Ugh, I had written up a really long post in reply, but I was replying in the Game Master and Official Announcements so it was lost.

I'll see about re-writing here in a bit -- tl;dr version is yes I think this would be very valuable. Especially in invasion or group hunting settings, anything which cuts down on screen scroll is very much appreciated; however, I think it should be done in such a way which allows a couple things.

1) The Bard should be able to tell who/what is being affected by the song, and if any additional people are affected on subsequent pulses.
2) PCs in general should be able to tell when they are affected by the song.

I had written up a quick suggestion for a new window, something like Combat Statistics, which messages semi-OOC key info summarizations for combat stuff.

~ Leilond
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My suggestion

Make a buff window in Storm Front and other front ends.

Populate that window with your current buffs (personal) buffs (other sources) and debuffs (with the option to color code them) attack spells (personal) and attack spells (other).

Allow players an option to turn off refresh messaging on spells by source and type (personal buff vs group buffs).

>>Populate that window with your current buffs (personal) buffs (other sources) and debuffs (with the option to color code them) attack spells (personal) and attack spells (other).

I've already got a hack for this in Avalon for personal buffs, and let me tell you, it's pretty great. I'd love it if there were a Simu-supported window (although something tells me it would not be in Avalon).

Briefmsg option -- I will need to take some time to test this, but the concept sounds great! Personally I would still prefer a completely silent option (I just hate scroll that much), but I'll take whatever I can get.


-- Player of Eyuve