I use a bind myself.
/bind p "beginchat /send "Channel Name" {$name - $level}:"
p being the key you want it bound to. It shows the name and lvl of the char I'm on. Think to show your archetype you put in $archetype within the brackets as well.
Hope this helps somewhat.
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Now the question is, why would you want to do so? At least for your local name.
I suppose I can see the value of broadcasting your current character's archetype and level if you're really into TFs and below 45, but why waste valuable chat line space with the local name? It's not as if people have to open the team finder and search for you to add you after communicating in chat... (since they can click on your name and invite you, even through your global)
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I just put side and name in mine, and only in my SG's global channel (we have 3 SGs and 3 VGs so can't just use the SG channel). If I'm on another server, I put side and server. Most of my toons on Victory are known by name as to what they are by the rest of the SG.|
Originally Posted by JD_Gumby
Now the question is, why would you want to do so? At least for your local name.
I suppose I can see the value of broadcasting your current character's archetype and level if you're really into TFs and below 45, but why waste valuable chat line space with the local name? It's not as if people have to open the team finder and search for you to add you after communicating in chat... (since they can click on your name and invite you, even through your global) |
For wider channels I don't bother.
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Name, especially for an established character, can help tell powerset info as well.
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Interestingly enough I get the feeling that a decent number of people do not know this. When I'm forming or joining a team through global channels I frequently get people either telling me their local name (if I'm forming the team) or asking me for my local name (if I'm joining their team). This implies to me that a lot of people don't realize that you can use the global name either to invite someone or to find their local name.
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Originally Posted by JD_Gumby
Now the question is, why would you want to do so? At least for your local name.
I suppose I can see the value of broadcasting your current character's archetype and level if you're really into TFs and below 45, but why waste valuable chat line space with the local name? It's not as if people have to open the team finder and search for you to add you after communicating in chat... (since they can click on your name and invite you, even through your global) |
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It's also partially legacy from when you couldn't just click on a person's name in chat and invite them. At one time, you did have to have the local name to invite to a team.
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Originally Posted by JD_Gumby
Now the question is, why would you want to do so? At least for your local name.
I suppose I can see the value of broadcasting your current character's archetype and level if you're really into TFs and below 45, but why waste valuable chat line space with the local name? It's not as if people have to open the team finder and search for you to add you after communicating in chat... (since they can click on your name and invite you, even through your global) |
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Originally Posted by JD_Gumby
Now the question is, why would you want to do so? At least for your local name.
I suppose I can see the value of broadcasting your current character's archetype and level if you're really into TFs and below 45, but why waste valuable chat line space with the local name? It's not as if people have to open the team finder and search for you to add you after communicating in chat... (since they can click on your name and invite you, even through your global) |
. . . and "valuable chat line space"? When did that become valuable?
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Originally Posted by JD_Gumby
It's not as if people have to open the team finder and search for you to add you after communicating in chat... (since they can click on your name and invite you, even through your global)
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Interestingly enough I get the feeling that a decent number of people do not know this.
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I've noticed that on some global channels, some folks are broadcasting their current character's name (and other info) alongside their global handle. For example:
This is presumably done through a bit of neat macro / slash command wizardry (the exact format seems to differ) , but for the life of me, I can't figure out how people have set this up. I can't imagine folks are constructing this information each time they send a message, so I presume that they've got a macro or bind that starts a message on the relevant channel, adding in the character info, but doesn't send it - allowing them to add the actual message content themselves.
I hope I'm making sense here...
Can anyone point this duffer in the direction of some notes on how to do this ? (I did try searching for info on this, but couldn't find anything here, or at the various Wikis)
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