by Bayn on Mon May 03, 2004 2:35 am
It kind of makes sense to me that they are character based. If a specific character is having a problem or a question, then they should be in-game when the GM arrives.
I gm'd on another shard (a sphere shard) a couple of years ago and we had account based pages. Nothing more frustrating to show up to help someone and either wait until they change characters or have them expect us to fix or examine the other char even if it wasn't logged in. "Well, you are a GM, why do I have to log him in? Don't you just KNOW?"
Another aspect I like is that if the problem is important enough to you, you'll stay in-game to get the resolution. If you don't have the patience for it, then the problem can't be that severe. Unless, of course, a player gets stuck somewhere. That is the only exception I can think of.