Option to turn OFF the friendlist.

[kamk]

@zeroslaw & Turbulence:
Well, would be nice if they start with the basics. Think it would keep some people, and help especially the quake newbies.

My basic suggestions would be:
- option to turn off the FL / or fixing the ingame notification / lag
- offline messages or PM system
- basic community features for clans and players maybe

[malk_]

Don't take my word for it, but I think I remember an explanation from the beta days. I think it was stated that those messages (XXX is now online) directly come from the xmpp server. Maybe this is a reason why its a bit more complicated to fix.

A question (out of curiosity) to the people experiencing those lags, how many people do you have on your friendslist?

[pikaluva13]

Don't take my word for it, but I think I remember an explanation from the beta days. I think it was stated that those messages (XXX is now online) directly come from the xmpp server. Maybe this is a reason why its a bit more complicated to fix.

A question (out of curiosity) to the people experiencing those lags, how many people do you have on your friendslist?

I'm wanting to say that I've got like 40-50 friends...but I'm not sure on the exact amount
it also doesn't help to have several friends that have bad connection and they lag online and offline every now and then...

[minibi]

An option would be nice to disable the ingame notifications for on or offline coming friends.

[Turbulence]

i had about 300 in my friends list all players that i knew and could follow me and join games etc and see what i'm upto. but now i deleted about 200 of them cuz i was sick of the lags when someone comes online etc , now i dont have so many lags and i am alot less stressed about it. on the other hand all those players that would have bought a Pro/Prem account cuz they want some of the action knowing that there is a community growing here will not now see it or know it and not pay for it so all lose out and in the long run it can only be worse =/ unless there's some way of solving the problem. then its happy days again

[Kripp]

I'd love to see that option too. Getting 0.1 sec game freeze everytime a friend comes online that often results in a missed rail, rocket, lg fight lost and basically sux in any crucial moment, especially on tournaments and leagues.

[kamk]

i gonna delete my friendlist for tournaments (c) dahang

well, that was just a fake quote (i hope, lol), but it basically points the main problem: iD introduced community features, but when you use them you possibly get a huge disadvantage, especially the ones who keep the community alive.

i even think the poll is pretty much directing to ONE side.

@Kripp: it even rocks more when you play maps with void and try to rocket jump... guess the outcome of the jump.

mfg
me

[*mrkzjn]

The in-game lag can't be more annoying and the only application I have open is Quake Live.

[kamk]

Wow, just had like 30 messages in a two or three seconds... awesome & totally unplayable.

Especially when friends suffer from minor bugs they reconnect to the QL network, and you'll get the message spam all the time - pretty annoying.

[Jaza]

F1.

Because of a bug(occurs only with mac), I get lag and it makes my friends see me going online/offline all time. Option for disabling friends list would fix my spam for friends and perhaps fix the lag too.