Say / Yell / Zone / etc...

Looeeze

Does anyone even know the answer to my question?

What exactly is "emote"? Other than it coming out a pretty lilac colour, I don't yet see what it does.

Say = close proximity
Yell = larger area
Zone = everyone within that load screen
Group = everyone in group
Guild x = everyone in guild x
Whisper = just that one person
Emote = ?????

Eweroun

Looeeze wrote: »

Does anyone even know the answer to my question?

What exactly is "emote"? Other than it coming out a pretty lilac colour, I don't yet see what it does.

Say = close proximity
Yell = larger area
Zone = everyone within that load screen
Group = everyone in group
Guild x = everyone in guild x
Whisper = just that one person
Emote = ?????

role-play man, f*in' role-play

driosketch

I'm pretty sure /emote has the same range as /say. It's used primarily by RPers to describe actions.

Phica_Lovic

All people see it.

It's for RP-ers to distinguish an action, which is why it only says your name.
Example:
[Phica]: strolls through Grahtwood happily.

Glurin

Pretty much just for RP.

"Looeeze pokes himself in the eye, then jumps up and down swearing like a lifelong sailor from the pain."

That sort of thing. The text version of doing /sweep or /bucketsplash. Has a pretty short range on it. About the same as /say I think.

Enslaved

Phica_Lovic wrote: »

[Phica]: strolls through Grahtwood happily.

ArchMikem

Emote is short for Emotion. In internet terms, an Emote is used to describe one of those smiley faces used in Text Chat, and in-game, an Emote is one of the numerous little Animations you can have your character do, such as dances, poses etc.

Looeeze

So it can be used for:

a) literal emoticons like : ) : ( etc..? (obvs without the actual symbol appearing, so : ) rather than )

and

b) in place of using the old ** system like *eats a long taffy treat*?

Cool cool, thanks guys and gals

Looeeze

Glurin wrote: »

Pretty much just for RP.

"Looeeze pokes himself in the eye, then jumps up and down swearing like a lifelong sailor from the pain."

That sort of thing. The text version of doing /sweep or /bucketsplash. Has a pretty short range on it. About the same as /say I think.

Can you type /sweep or /bucketsplash and your character does the action? If yes, will it only work using the emote text?

driosketch

Looeeze wrote: »

Glurin wrote: »

Pretty much just for RP.

"Looeeze pokes himself in the eye, then jumps up and down swearing like a lifelong sailor from the pain."

That sort of thing. The text version of doing /sweep or /bucketsplash. Has a pretty short range on it. About the same as /say I think.

Can you type /sweep or /bucketsplash and your character does the action? If yes, will it only work using the emote text?

There are several animations to can make your character do such as those. They will work in any chat channel.

Looeeze

Awesome, gonna try them out later.

Alucardo

I noticed in Stonefalls yesterday it's used by roleplayers after one removed her blouse. I am a big fan of /emote

Looeeze

I bet you are ;P .... now!!

Drummerx04

Looeeze wrote: »

Awesome, gonna try them out later.

Check the help menu (default F1). There is an emote tab that lists all of the available emotes (or at least the ones zos remembered to list).

MasterSpatula

ArchMikem wrote: »

Emote is short for Emotion. In internet terms, an Emote is used to describe one of those smiley faces used in Text Chat, and in-game, an Emote is one of the numerous little Animations you can have your character do, such as dances, poses etc.

No, it is not. Emote is a verb that means to take action that depicts an emotional state.

Emoticon is a coinage based on the already-existing word emote, specifically applied to digital communication.

So /emote is just that, your character is expressing an action, i.e. he or she is emoting.

Bryanonymous

It can also just be used as a different /say. Why? Because lol.

But on the subject, really wish there was a zone trade channel.