07-30-2016, 10:35 PM
1. Add a checkbox option when hosting a group challenge to allow others in the group to force start that challenge.
In other words, with this option active, anyone in the group can force start the challenge, not just the party host. Default the value of this checkbox to ON.
- Note as particular justification for this: Force starting a challenge is only really useful when you're being carried, right? In most cases, that means it will be used to help new players. New players are unlikely to know they can force start a challenge themselves, so the fact that they're able to is ultimately pretty useless in most cases. This will prove frustrating for higher level players hoping to carry them. By allowing other players to force start the challenge, we'd allow carries to happen much more smoothly and regularly. But by having the option to toggle this off (so that other players cannot force start the challenge), the host can prevent people from trolling him (if that's a concern he has), or he can keep the challenge up if he's waiting for other players to join.
2. Add a way to communicate with a challenge group even before the challenge is started.
Perhaps the icon that shows how many people are in the group could be clicked on, which would allow a member to broadcast a message to the others?
In other words, with this option active, anyone in the group can force start the challenge, not just the party host. Default the value of this checkbox to ON.
- Note as particular justification for this: Force starting a challenge is only really useful when you're being carried, right? In most cases, that means it will be used to help new players. New players are unlikely to know they can force start a challenge themselves, so the fact that they're able to is ultimately pretty useless in most cases. This will prove frustrating for higher level players hoping to carry them. By allowing other players to force start the challenge, we'd allow carries to happen much more smoothly and regularly. But by having the option to toggle this off (so that other players cannot force start the challenge), the host can prevent people from trolling him (if that's a concern he has), or he can keep the challenge up if he's waiting for other players to join.
2. Add a way to communicate with a challenge group even before the challenge is started.
Perhaps the icon that shows how many people are in the group could be clicked on, which would allow a member to broadcast a message to the others?