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sparklerfish:
I would really like this.  I have a friend who is generally listening to music while gaming and can't hear people and he clearly has "(no audio)" next to his name on Steam so people will immediately know that he can't hear them and react accordingly.  It is INCREDIBLY frustrating to hold up a whole lobby of people who are ready while you try to tell someone repeatedly "please don't bring two fire suppression tools and a buff hammer" only to find they aren't listening to you at all.

One of the major draws of this game for me (and many others) is that it is really based around teamwork and communication.  When you remove that element, you just get a disorganized mob of people on airships shooting guns at random targets and dying unnecessarily.

Hoja Lateralus:
Well if you wouldn't want to play with such a person - I guess it's good to let them have some way to communicate their "disability".


--- Quote ---It is INCREDIBLY frustrating to hold up a whole lobby of people who are ready while you try to tell someone repeatedly "please don't bring two fire suppression tools and a buff hammer" only to find they aren't listening to you at all.
--- End quote ---

This. Very much.

Edit: Also another idea, the AFK button in lobby with some time limit (let's say 5-10 minutes) which shows the sign [AFK] with some red letters on the right side of person's nickname. If time passes - person is moved to spectator zone (if filled - moved out of lobby). Important thing: the AFK marker doesn't make you unable to start match (or unable captains to click "Ready") - it's just for everyone's information and information only.

NallyNally:
Well hey, if Muse has the time to include it and feels like it, I don't see why not. Other than that, it's nothing you can't get by saying "Hello, I have music on, so if you want something, text me."

Most of the time I actually have music on myself, and I still win about 80% of my games. It's a matter of knowing what you're doing. About the afk, same thing, you can usually guess when someone has decided to alt tab to look at lolcats and is just not here, or is faking to be alt tabbed looking at lolcats so he can bring whatever he feels like rather than what he needs.

TL;DR: They wouldn't do that, because it's a little redundant when you can just say that you have music on, and people can guess that you're AFK.

Hoja Lateralus:
Well sometimes you change lobbys quite often, and more important - people can join in in the middle and/or forgot/don't notice that you wrote something. Of course the someone who did notice can say "I think he's AFK" or sth like that, but most people won't.


--- Quote ---Most of the time I actually have music on myself, and I still win about 80% of my games. It's a matter of knowing what you're doing.
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^This^

HamsterIV:
I can see this being useful in lobby. After I get my load-out and position instructions I usually wander off and watch funny videos until the game starts. Once the game starts I am fully focused on it and I expect everyone on the ship to be too.

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