Any possibility you could implement a personal "history" of sorts? Something like a scrollback of the last 5/10 things sent to your client.
This way, instead of...
Some Tavern in A Big City
Everyone's here having a ball. Most of the PCs are idling. Have
fun idling with them. Maybe someone will emote. It'll be interesting.
A black-haired guy is here.
A blue-haired girl is here.
A green-haired breed is here.
A hoovooloo-eyed male Templar is here.
A hoovooloo-eyed male Templar turns to you, eyeing you sharply.
%%%disconnected.
Reconnecting to your character...
A blue-haired girl says to you, in sirihish,
"Do it!"
>ooc uh... missed the last few seconds?
It could be...
Some Tavern in A Big City
Everyone's here having a ball. Most of the PCs are idling. Have
fun idling with them. Maybe someone will emote. It'll be interesting.
A black-haired guy is here.
A blue-haired girl is here.
A green-haired breed is here.
A hoovooloo-eyed male Templar is here.
A hoovooloo-eyed male Templar turns to you, eyeing you sharply.
%%%disconnected.
Reconnecting to your character...
>history
A hoovooloo-eyed male Templar turns to you, eyeing you sharply.
A hoovooloo-eyed male Templar tells you, in sirihish,
"Bow."
A green-haired breed fingers the hilt of her blade, sneering.
A hoovooloo-eyed male Templar gnashes his teeth impatiently, approaching you.
A blue-haired girl says to you, in sirihish,
"Do it!"
>emote bows quickly to ~templar.
Sometimes a client doesn't know you have been disconnected...
But it may be a good idea for a special armageddon client.
It wouldn't be for the client, and wouldn't be for just when you were disconnected. It would be useable at any time to show you the last 5 things sent to your client from the server, whether disconnected or not.
This is an unspeakably beautiful idea. As someone who runs into occasional connection hiccups, I would love this. You should idea this in game if you haven't already.