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Isolrem
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Post by Isolrem » Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:35 am

On my wizard I am running out of aliases even for the spells I cast somewhat frequently, having to constantly swap between them. This doesn't seem like the type of issue that should be confining for the player, so I'd like to see it expanded (at least doubled, preferably more). Not sure if this is a hardcode issue
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Re: More aliases

Post by Birk » Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:37 am

What client are you running? Aliases are usually easier to handle clientside.
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Re: More aliases

Post by Isolrem » Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:40 am

zmud, but I play from multiple locations including on regular telnet interface from a public computer in a pinch, I'd prefer not to do it clientside.
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Re: More aliases

Post by Lirith » Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:27 am

I would support a bigger alias list in-game.
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Re: More aliases

Post by Aveline » Sat Nov 16, 2013 1:14 pm

Me too please! I run out on all of my characters, not just wizards. though it is worse for them.
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Re: More aliases

Post by Casamir » Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:48 pm

Best suggestion I've heard yet, definitely could use a higher cap.
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Re: More aliases

Post by Algon » Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:58 pm

I completely agree with this. The alias list could definitely use a boost. I do use the built in alias in Zmud quit a bit though. It is great for the aliases that most all spellcasters get, like bulls strength and bears endurance and the alias works for all characters so you do not need to use your in game alias list. A really big help when trying to thin out what you have.
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Re: More aliases

Post by Trillarel » Sat Nov 16, 2013 8:18 pm

I am in Isolrem's situation (playing from a public computer most often) so I would like to support increasing the in-game alias list, too.
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Re: More aliases

Post by Harroghty » Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:01 pm

I referred this to Mask because it is something of which I am totally ignorant.

Isolrem, could you lay out the situation and your specific proposed changes so that I can send that along also?
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Re: More aliases

Post by Isolrem » Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:21 am

Well, the current alias list is capped at 40.

Others have reported a shortage of aliases in general, but for my case in particular, my wizard currently has 53 distinct spells memorized, so I could not have a shortcut for every spell even in lieu of aliasing for other commands. I think increasing this size to 100 would solve most of my problems.
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