HAK Poll

[Howlando]

Just to satisfy my curiosity.

If you're aware of a player who plays EFU, doesn't use haks, and doesn't often check the forums feel free to mention it here or nudge them to vote.

[TeufelHunden]

FIRST

[Mass Transit]

The content you miss out on if you don't use haks is not game-changing or breaking but it's certainly more fun to be able to go to the hak areas, and use new models/weapons.

[granny]

I honestly do not believe much on this "haks are not mandatory to play the game". Once they're around, it doesn't make sense to play with headless people and without being allowed access to some areas. But that's me. Obviously, there are people that think differently.

[Knight Of Pentacles]

Alright! Democracy! Yeah!  (go haks too)

[granny]

oh...!

I have been discussing with myself for a while now (I do that a lot) and I've concluded that this stuff of partially mandatory haks is something cool to allow those that never arrived to have a feeling and at least have access to the newbie area (sometimes people have access first into game and only after a while they look for the forums). So, yeah... a place that explains where to find stuff and understand more instead of that window that kicks you out from the game and tells you that you didn't get xxxx.hak file is better.

[Aefar]

I think technically. If there is condition to play game like "have haks, CEP, music etc." I will do it. I am not oriented to be "especially conversative" about news. And I think, anybody, who wants to be conversative, he or she shoudn't install even the 1.69 patch.

Haks are  a technicall way how to improve the module. If the improvement is good, it doesn't matter, what was used. If haks or imagination or new perk or script or new setting or new scripted quest or new items or new DM or new starting area or new... shoud I continue? ;)

[TroublesomeTree]

I honestly wish there were more haks. Specifically the ones with "CEP" in the filename! I've never really been sure why EFU doesn't use them, though considering how well-scripted the module is, I am certain there is a good reason.

There's tons and tons of vestigial, goofy stuff in CEP but there's more great stuff than bad, IMO

[Sankis]

Ack, count me among those who would not mind seeing more Haks with the game. I totally clicked the wrong button, though, and voted that I do not use them >.>

So.. -1 no, +1 yes

They're actually sort of mandatory on my current PC.

[MaimedGod]

I would personally like to see more HAK content as well. We have a downloader now, after all, so this sort of thing is a lot less of a hassle than it used to be...

[Frostbite]

I would like to add, more haks would be better... while I agree with granny...It annoyed the hell out of me when I couldn't join a server because I didn't have xxxx hak... With the launcher, might as well just add more...

[Vlaid]

I think it's important to maintain haks as an optional feature that doesn't take over every aspect of the server.

We are in a dwindling game/genre here; having a low barrier of entry for people just wanting to poke their nose in and check out the place is important. Even as a longtime NWN player if a module requires I download haks to even connect and login I usually won't even try it.

[Witchcraft]

The things I'd like to see most with haks are character customization options. More heads, more clothes, more obscure and difficult to obtain spells.

[Knight Of Pentacles]

I think it's important to maintain haks as an optional feature that doesn't take over every aspect of the server.

We are in a dwindling game/genre here; having a low barrier of entry for people just wanting to poke their nose in and check out the place is important. Even as a longtime NWN player if a module requires I download haks to even connect and login I usually won't even try it.

Support this claim with evidence.

[TroublesomeTree]

I think having to download haks might turn people off, but with the EFU launcher, I seriously doubt that would ever be a problem here

You've already got to jump through hoops to try a server out because of the lack of a master server, the launcher is as easy as it will ever get.