Pause Buffs while in homes.

sPark101

Oftentimes I find myself in my home doing various things but I'm always in a hurry because my exp/food buffs are slowly dwindling down. Can buff timers please be paused while at our homes?

Eric_Prince

Probably just too hard to do in terms of coding.

Dr_Con

I had a similar topic asking if respondents think the hourglass that freezes time should halt food buff countdown and the response was overwhelmingly negative on the forums. Some people even rationalized that biochemical processes would be happening even in a time-stopped home, others voted no simply because they wanted to see other things added before this was added (an overcomplicated way of saying no, but a no nonetheless).

overall I agree with the following sentiment

boi_anachronism_ wrote: »

I [...] don't see why it would matter if food isn't depleted while you are at home. You aren't in combat and it doesn't give any true advantage that I can discern.

combat buffs would still need a timer since people parsing on dummies is a factor.

if buff = food and zone = player home then pause food buff
if buff = drink and zone = player home then pause drink buff
if buff = exp and zone = player home then pause exp buff

Mik195

It would be nice. There's no reason to have XP scrolls run down while in a home.

Four_Fingers

Just as ap scrolls/tortes should be paused out of combat.

Stanx

I wouldn't mind. I believe someone pointed out the last time this was raised that other things would have to freeze too, like your bounty level, for this to be implemented logically. I personally prefer having the time ticking over as buff food is pretty cheap overall and I like fleeing to my house to get away from guards.

mandricus

Absolutely not! Houses are where a lot of PvPers test their builds dueling with friends, whitout harassing other players or being harassed by other players, and you can't properly test a build without the food buff.

You know, before going for a real test at the Bergama Wayshrine (on Pc-Eu) you want to test your build first against some of your friends in your house, where nobody can see that your build plays like s**t as usual (that was my case, at least, most of the times).

mandricus

Forgot to add that houses are also the place where you test your DPS against a dummy, and you can't parse for a realistic test without the food buff.

sPark101

mandricus wrote: »

Forgot to add that houses are also the place where you test your DPS against a dummy, and you can't parse for a realistic test without the food buff.

The food buff would still be live, just not counting down. That's my wish.

Dr_Con

mandricus wrote: »

Forgot to add that houses are also the place where you test your DPS against a dummy, and you can't parse for a realistic test without the food buff.

Parsing on dummies is literally not a factor in this simple QOL request.