Snooze Icon (afk, brb..)

[Chalrok]

Again and again I see situations where this would be awfully useful, and I guess it's worth throwing out there for any elaborations or thoughts. x:

A Snooze Icon.
Pretty much what it sounds like. I know there is a box checked for 'I am away from the computer', but (for all I am aware?) it only sends an automessage if somebody sends the player a tell or something. I think perhaps anything from a simple animation of 'Zzz's floating from the players head, or a blocked cross sign to a whole emote would be a convenient addition. Just something visual that perhaps we could hotkey or have on tab that we could just quick click if y'know...the brother is crying or you've gotta go grab the door perhaps.

Comments, critiques..? Thoughts?

[Creme]

Sounds cute!

[rizo/nawkia]

maybe color change>.> kinda just black out:P

[Chasing]

An emblem that can be equipped that says "AFK" etc

[Shian]

All of these are great ideas! Nothing quite like seeing someone nearby, swooping down to talk to them in spatial, then wondering why they are so quiet, send them a tell to get the AFK message.

Great... now I feel really stupid. I've just been talking to myself for the past 5 minutes

[Charys Stormchild]

I would love something like this, can't count the number of times I've been talking to someone only to find out they're not really there.

[Xanthia]

Hmmm well.... for "plan B" you could always set up a hotkey that sends out a repeating message like:
text command:"/say Zzzzz" or "/emote mumbles something about being AFK"
wait
execute hotkey

This will most certainly allow players talking in /say to know you are not around...... though might make everyone angry with the constant spamming. Especially if you are gone for a long time while in a populated area . Hehe but hey..... hearing someone snoring in RL is annoying too, it adds to the realism in roleplaying . ^^

[Favoran]

Just don't set it to fire every second.

[Veruliyam]

I like the token idea.

Token of the Wandering Mind.

[Takora Drakan]

"XYZ the Sleepy"



The emblem thing would be a good idea, maybe it switches automatically to that as soon as you do the /afk command.

[Vlisson]

yes would be a nice emote and feature for afk

[Salama]

Oh yes, a some kind of AFK-emblem or a snooze icon would really come in handy.

One idea also came into my mind last night: A sleeping animation? Just like sit/stand one, but if there was a separate for sleeping.. for dragons it would look pretty much the same as sitting one, only their head would be resting on a ground. That would be cute!

Of course, this would require a bit more work to do, but.. just a thought.