QoL Adding a timer for skills on cooldown

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  1. PurePoisonXD
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    Hello! I'll keep it simple and short here.

    I was wondering if it was possible to add timers for skills on cooldown like this:

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    It would make it very useful for smokes during HT tail as you have to time them exactly since if you're a second late the whole party would die. That's the only situation I can think of atm but it would be a nice QOL change for any classes with skills with a CD.

    Thank you! :)



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    Orrr if its too complicated; maybe have it flash like green -> yellow -> red for the last few seconds so you have a clear idea of when its finishing. Idk if that would be easier than the initial proposition tho LOL.
     
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    If they're unable to do this then an alternative they could do is have a text notification of your skill going on cooldown and it shows server clock timestamp of when it went onto cooldown followed by the cooldown time.

    Examples:
    "PurePoisonXD readied Smokescreen (02:10:54). Cooldown will reset in 10 minutes"
    "PurePoisonXD readied Echo (02:13:17). Cooldown will reset in 120 minutes"
    "PurePoisonXD readied Resurrection (02:15:42). Cooldown will reset in 57 minutes"


    Developer wouldn't want to put timestamp of when it goes off cooldown because some people might dc/log off, making the calculation moot. But it could be useful though if people want that. Though they could just have that you also receive a text notification for when your special skill is off cooldown.

    "Smokescreen is ready"
    "Echo is now ready to be used"


    List of skills people might want notification for:

    Echo
    Hero's Will
    Resurrection
    Holy Shield
    Infinity
    Time Leap
    Smokescreen
    Enrage
    Concentrate
     
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    When the mystic door is activated, create an icon on top of the right screen with a timer so that all party members know when the door will close.
     
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    We have recently discussed this within staff and decided against it for the following reasons:
    • Micromanagement for tracking cooldowns can be done without this by using the Serverclock UI for example
    • There already is a system to visualize cooldowns on the quickslot UI
    • We don’t many want more system notifications/commands
    • Modern maple has many more skills with cooldowns compared to MapleRoyals to justify a system for easier cooldown tracking
    Nevertheless, thanks for your feedback!
     
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