Parking EttiquetteFollow

Ok, rant time (sort of)...

This has to do with where you 'park' your toon while you are doing the various non-moving duties associated with EQ. Things such as inventory, banking, talking to friends, buffing, etc.

Is there or can there be a convention as to what is good and bad parking etiquette?

Main concern is the ability of EVERYONE to get to and fro in a timely manner.

This is most noticable in heavily trafficed areas such as the Bazaar or PoK but general rules should apply, so I propose somthing like:

1. Never park in a doorway, archway, connecting tunnel or other limited width conveyance. Some toons are...LARGE...and do not always have shrink.

2. Do not park in a zone-in spot. Once you zone-in, MOVE. This includes Druid/Wizzy port spots (PoK spot being a prime example). Do not hold group conferences in these spots either. Again ONCE YOU ZONE IN, MOVE!

3. Do not set up a buff service DIRECTLY in path to zone, stone,
bank or other (see #1 above). Gee Whiz...my KEI service needs to do big biz, let's set up...right in front of the main bank door in PoK! WOOT? Would it really hurt to get to the side or back? People WILL find you... People seeking buffs should be just as mindful.

4. Be mindful when entering and exiting a building, you may have to back up to allow others to pass by.

I know that most people abide by this from common sense. You see the people in the bazaar and PoK hugging the wall to med or do other stationary buisness.

Anyone else just as annoyed with this (I know, it's minor) 'problem'? (Rant over) Please add any other 'parking etiquette' you may think germain...

-DoT

Edited, Fri Mar 26 10:49:18 2004 by Dothammer

I would add:

Get off your horse/drogmor to do your banking or trading.

There is absololutely no reason to take a mount into the bank and even less to stay on it and ride it out again.

In the unlikely event that you were so encumbered that you could not even walk to the teller you can still dismiss it immediately you are in banking range.

Ah yes! Excellent one.
5. Get off your mount when entering buildings. Ok you need to pull up to the drive through cause you got 10Kpp in copper...Drop the mount when you can.

-DoT

Two more banks in PoK would be a good idea.

I understand that people set up buffing stations by the Nexus Stone and Bank because people know those locations, but please move out of the path most people walk.

Most people do this and we all appreciate it.

Now i agree with post almost 100%. But when casting a MGB as is commonly done in front of the bank in PoK one should be a little considerate of recieving a free and usually very usefull buff and be pacient.

If you're on a horse and encumbered out of your gourd and are either worried about:
A) Being able to get into the bank
or
B) Blocking traffic with your horse
Then I'd say to just zone into shadeweaver's thicket and head across the path. There's an outdoor bank there that I've NEVER seen anybody at and it's only about a 15 second run/ride from the POK book.
*Provided you have luclin of course*

In reply to as why people stop in the hallway from nexus to bazaar on the bazaar side, I believe it has a lot to do with the lag issues that people have traditionally had there. Even with the improvements and people reporting that lag is better there, like was said before... creatures of habit. Zone in, move to the wall and look at it to drop the lag. Find what you want, scootch over to the nearest bank and glide around looking at the floor or in overhead view to find your new toy. Lag has improved drastically for me since the patch in the bazaar, but I still walk around looking at the floor... *shrug*

Hey, I guess I wasn't alone...Here's a recap of mostly don'ts:

EQ PC Parking Etiquette:

1. Never park in a doorway, archway, connecting tunnel or other narrow conveyance.

2. Do not park in a 'zone-in' spot. Includes Wizard/Druid/Nexus landing areas. ONCE YOU ZONE IN...MOVE!

3. Do not set up a buff station, group conference or other mass gathering DIRECTLY in the path of bank, building entrances, PoK stone, or other thoroughfare including 'zone-in' spots.

4. When traversing through tight spaces, move to allow others to pass.

5. Dismount (drog/horse) before entering a bank, building or other confined area where others may be congregated.

Thanks to all.

I was thinking, we should have a shorthand way of telling people they are blocking the road, like 'MUP' in LDoN for 'Move up please'. Send em a nice tell first...

You have just gotten better at BLOCK! (197)...

YAB (You are blocking)
YABE (You are blocking Entrance/Exit)
YABS (You are blocking stone)
GOOTR! (Get out of the road!)
MYA? (Move your...)
MYAP? (...Please?)
PMYFA? (I know what you are thinking, keep it g-rated...f=fat)

Great Thread, never ceases to amaze me that people will be AFK while sitting in the bank at Felwithe or elsewhere.

I remember onetime we had buffed up and were about to head into the Crypt entrance for MM LDON and an AFK ogre was sitting on the steps blocking the way! We sent tells and OOC but no response - we finally found we could get pass by jumping (over) him, but I know all 6 of us added him to our ignore list.

Common sense and courtsey should be a required skill for EQ.

Great to put all this in words, should be common sense, but I know some people do it on purpose.

I love the buff station idea for pok, nothing like running to the back of the bank for virtue, then hitting the second bank for something, heading to the GD or POT stone for something else.

Now next question is a different subject, but it was brought up and I didn't know this. You can still move on a horse or drog when you are way overweight? Does the price of the horse or drog determine how much overweight you can be, or is there a limit?

Yes, having a mount guarantees that you will never be immobile from encumberance. You still get encumbered and will begin to slow down as you become REALLY encumbered, but just like SOW, as long as you got it you can at least move while so encumbered .....

Thanks for my off-topic answers (not that I can afford either a horse or a drog in the near future). But I guess the weight thing escaped me.

Charging to let someone get by. That is pure evil, but it may be worse even that the person now is just not moving, the other way at least you can get by.