no-fly maps suggestions [dev]

First of all, I am surprised that on this server there is no proper handling of the flight restrictions in no-fly zones yet.
I suppose this is due to lack of [proper] developers on GamezAion (haven't checked if there are any code contributions/patches for the Aion-lightning source to address this issue, but I assumed that the admins here did that already).

I've tried the implementation of no-fly zones on the Atomix server for a bit, to see if they have the same issues (they also have free fly everywhere except Heiron/Beluslan zones). It seems to be handled very well there, as it should -- the wings are promptly clipped as you fly outside the designated free fly areas in Beluslan, for example. Which I like very much. (Don't tell me to go there, I hate the grind on low rate servers like Atomix or IA, I really think Gamez is the best for my casual play style).

On the other hand, whenever I level up my new character in Beluslan I would like to be able to "exploit" this little "bug" that currently exists in GamezAion's non-fly areas, so I could actually fly from Beluslan to various quest points without having to waste time walking around monsters etc. Yes, that's the good side of free-fly, it's good for PvE, where walking is generally a waste of time. So how can we have both (free fly for PvE yet with decent ground PvP) ? For a real Java developer it shouldn't be a problem to code in a solution like this: clip the wings in the no-fly zones (like the Atomix server did it) but only if the altitude is lower than a specific threshold (e.g. maximum spell/arrow range (30m or so), or even higher).
This way we could maintain a high-altitude corridor that people can still use to fly and get faster to their various PvE resource/quest locations, but cannot "abuse" it by attacking any targets on the ground.

Another, even better way to prevent the flying-bug abuse that currently frustrates a lot of ground-PVPers, while still giving some freedom to fly-happy PvE-ers would be to clip the wings of a player only if s/he

• is in a no-fly area

AND

• gets into a specific range of an enemy player (this range should be set to be slightly larger than the maximum spell/projectile range).

IMO this latter solution is better than the high-altitude corridor suggested earlier because it would still allow PvE-ers to fly close to various PvE resources on the ground without losing the freedom to fly -- while any PvP encounter would promptly clip their wings whenever they try to get any closer to an enemy player (in a no-fly area)

 

You are talking but my question is this: Who from the Staff is listening? >.>

 

Problem is we don't have any Dev's atm.

 

I dug around found the old patch that I think was used on Atomix back in the Aion-unique days (as Sarynth seems to be one of the GMs on Aion Atomix):

http://aion-unique.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5315

I don't work much with Java and my time is very limited but if there are any developers around they could probably take a look at that patch for "inspiration" (probably needs to be adjusted a bit to work with the current rev of aion-lightning). Heck, if I ever feel like coding a bit after work perhaps I'll take a look at it myself.. Though let's be honest, without a proper motivation it's hard for a working man (or woman) to sacrifice their leisure time for more coding work..

This brings me to the issue of developers' availability and motivation on GamezAion (going a bit off-topic here I know).
Are the developers at least paid per contribution here? I mean, for a server that actually makes some money (through donations) it would only make sense to throw some bucks at the developers too -- if they really bring some valuable improvements to the server. If that is not the case, of course it's hard to find developers to work for free..

 

We got zero Devs atm...Only Carl is playing with Java, that's all... :whistling: