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byteme! · Jan 17, 2009, 02:27 AM // 02:27

Make it so we can swap out our belt pouches and bags. This multiplies our storage by like ~4-10x (too lazy for math) just by doing something as simple as this. Problem solved.

HawkofStorms · Jan 17, 2009, 02:36 AM // 02:36

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Originally Posted by byteme!

Make it so we can swap out our belt pouches and bags. This multiplies our storage by like ~4-10x (too lazy for math) just by doing something as simple as this. Problem solved.

*eye roll*

Oh for gods sake. It has NOTHING to do with the interface of the item storage. It's not that simple. They can't just magically replace the word "belt" with "bag" and expand our storage.
The problem is trying to figure out a way to expand the storage/backpack space which is limited by the computer coding and the server space. It has to do with... you know... complex mathematics and lines of code about how data is stored and transferred.
This is the biggest problem a lot of people have on this forum is a lack of understanding about the nature of how video games are made. I mean, I don't know much about coding myself, but I know some engineers who do and I know its a lot more complex then people give them credit for. It isn't just point and click. It is a long, arduous process that has a lot of variables.

RedNova88 · Jan 17, 2009, 03:21 AM // 03:21

Not to derail the thread or anything, but I don't quite understand the deal with all the negativity in this thread. You aren't paying money to play every month, and they still offer updates at no cost to you, you cannot honestly expect them to roll out updates constantly catering to you and others while receiving little income. This is the price you pay in place of more money.

Seriously, see things from their side before you judge.

Spaced Invader · Jan 17, 2009, 04:32 AM // 04:32

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Originally Posted by RedNova88

Not to derail the thread or anything, but I don't quite understand the deal with all the negativity in this thread. You aren't paying money to play every month, and they still offer updates at no cost to you, you cannot honestly expect them to roll out updates constantly catering to you and others while receiving little income. This is the price you pay in place of more money.

Seriously, see things from their side before you judge.

True.
I think it's just a kind of bad marketing. Writing a wall of text about how awesome that new live content team is and what unlimited possibilities they have and that they have tons of content in store... and then closing that outlook with more or less a single addition ("bigger storage which will take us 4 months to implement") simply begs to be laughed at.

They should have just made a "we give you more storage"-announcement when it's about to be done and everyone would be happy.

Abedeus · Jan 17, 2009, 07:05 AM // 07:05

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Originally Posted by RedNova88

Not to derail the thread or anything, but I don't quite understand the deal with all the negativity in this thread. You aren't paying money to play every month, and they still offer updates at no cost to you, you cannot honestly expect them to roll out updates constantly catering to you and others while receiving little income. This is the price you pay in place of more money.

Seriously, see things from their side before you judge.

Simple solution - release content packs every 6 months, like promised.

Besides, there are games where after more than 3 years developers still fix bugs and release patches.

Diablo 2 and Neverwinter Nights, for example.

Stuart444 · Jan 17, 2009, 10:02 AM // 10:02

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Originally Posted by Abedeus

Simple solution - release content packs every 6 months, like promised.

Besides, there are games where after more than 3 years developers still fix bugs and release patches.

Diablo 2 and Neverwinter Nights, for example.

1) they explained why they are not making any more content like that....or do you really expect 2 full time developers to make big content packs like that ¬_¬

2) Diablo 2 and Neverwinter Nights both were developed by bigger companies with more people and more resources that could be used.

Takeko Nakano · Jan 17, 2009, 12:41 PM // 12:41

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Originally Posted by RedNova88

This is the price you pay in place of more money.

Who said we didn't want to pay more money for more content? I would pay for new content.

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Seriously, see things from their side before you judge.

Which is that what, it's somehow good business practice to tempt someone with a new game and then not release anything hard for years? This isn't a woman teasing a man to keep him interested - this is a customer-service relationship.

Lycan Nibbler · Jan 17, 2009, 01:47 PM // 13:47

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Originally Posted by Takeko Nakano

Who said we didn't want to pay more money for more content? I would pay for new content.

I probably would too.

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Which is that what, it's somehow good business practice to tempt someone with a new game and then not release anything hard for years? This isn't a woman teasing a man to keep him interested - this is a customer-service relationship.

You the customer received the service, being the game and able to play it on the server for the length of time anet choose. they are under NO obligation to provide anything extra - just all these people have come to expect it and QQ when they dont get their personal itinerary satisfied - well its their problem not anets.
ANYTHING such as extra storage/MOX quests etc etc that are not charged for, are things we should be grateful for.

Rocky Raccoon · Jan 17, 2009, 01:52 PM // 13:52

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Originally Posted by Abedeus

If you told only few people on Some Site Somewhere that there will be a news, you are favoring those few Chosen Ones.

If people wanted to know the news, why didn't you post it here? Or on any of the big fansites?

Do you really think Guru is the end all of forums? If it is posted on the official website and you don't know emough to check it out, your problem.
Half the posts in this thread are just whining by people who have no patience and haven't had their personal agendas satisfied.

Takeko Nakano · Jan 17, 2009, 01:54 PM // 13:54

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Originally Posted by Miss Drops Az

You the customer received the service, being the game and able to play it on the server for the length of time anet choose. they are under NO obligation to provide anything extra

Actually they are if they want to retain players. If ANet don't want people to play, fine - don't release any new updates or content. If they don't want people to wait patiently for GW2, don't release any information about it. But if they do they HAVE to keep people interested.

It's called business common-sense, which so many people here seem to have zero appreciation of - perhaps because they've never worked in business.

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just all these people have come to expect it and QQ when they dont get their personal itinerary satisfied - well its their problem not anets

Actually the problem is the forum bullies that start pushing people around as soon as they make a single word of complaint.

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ANYTHING such as extra storage/MOX quests etc etc that are not charged for, are things we should be grateful for.

Assuming they want it. I haven't played the MOX quests and what the monkey's am I going to do with extra storage when I could just sell the stuff I've accumulated over the years but not done anything with?

BuD · Jan 17, 2009, 01:59 PM // 13:59

All of you complaining that this isnt a "good enough" update or OMG not till April! Are a bunch of ungrateful brats.

Jesus, more content for free wtf. They are under no obligation to give us more updates/content. Especially for free.

People suck.

Oh & BTW Regina said that the list that was posted is JUST A FEW of the projects they are working on. Theres no telling what they have in store for us. There may be another BMP in the works for all we know.

FN get over yourselves....

Rocky Raccoon · Jan 17, 2009, 02:02 PM // 14:02

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Originally Posted by Takeko Nakano

Actually the problem is the forum bullies that start pushing people around as soon as they make a single word of complaint.
Assuming they want it. I haven't played the MOX quests and what the monkey's am I going to do with extra storage when I could just sell the stuff I've accumulated over the years but not done anything with?

The real bullies on this forum are the ones who jump all over anyone who might have the audacity to say some good about ANET. Thank you for your great example of what I just posted just before yours.(notice the bolds)

Fril Estelin · Jan 17, 2009, 02:20 PM // 14:20

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Originally Posted by Risky Ranger

The real bullies on this forum are the ones who jump all over anyone who might have the audacity to say some good about ANET. Thank you for your great example of what I just posted just before yours.(notice the bolds)

Some of these people have said countless times positives things about Anet, and continue to a very limited extent. I'm one of them and was seriously annoyed by the change of CR/M policy. Guru used to be lively with meaningful discussions, while now information is lost in a sea of opinions, not all good.

Not to say that this announcement is not good, but I honestly think that the anticlimax ("We're planning big things...some of them are: storage update...") was simply a bit strange. But I praise Anet for their continued support and I'll patiently wait for this new stuff in the coming month (it's not like it's 6months-1 year away!).

Shemsu Anpw · Jan 17, 2009, 02:26 PM // 14:26

To keep people interested is one thing, to demand they make you new stuff because you feel you are entitlted to it or demand it is silly. They have your money, the servers are still up and they are providing updates to GW overall, not to a small slice of select few that are apparently never satisfied. It is more likely most of the QQers just want to antagonize peope for fun, and also no longer play. That in itself is a sad state of affairs when this is what they do to pass the time.

Sjeng · Jan 17, 2009, 02:32 PM // 14:32

I've posted this idea a lot of times already, and also on my own wiki talk page, as well as on Linsey's talk page:

I'd really like an option to manage ALL my characters inventories plus my storage all at once.

Imagine a window or a full screen display if you will with all of your characters' inventories next to each other, say up to 5 inventories in one screen (1 row of 5 inventories) and all your Xunlai tabs on the bottom (tabs 1 through 4 and the materials tab next to eachother.) So you'd have 2 rows of 5 tabs in total.

In this window you can easily drag and drop all of your stuff to whatever spot you like.

If you have more than 5 characters, you can simply scroll through tabs with a "left" and "right" arrow button on the left and right side of the window/screen (kind of like the character selection screen, only your inventories just swap 1 place instead of "sliding" along like your characters). You could also add heroes with a rolldown menu, and manage their gear as well. Pre-searing characters would be greyed out.

Here's a photoshop image of this idea. R.Shayne also made a screenie that sort of shows what I'm thinking of.

Abedeus · Jan 17, 2009, 02:41 PM // 14:41

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Originally Posted by Risky Ranger

Do you really think Guru is the end all of forums? If it is posted on the official website and you don't know emough to check it out, your problem.
Half the posts in this thread are just whining by people who have no patience and haven't had their personal agendas satisfied.

Read what the golden circle says in the upper-left corner of the forum.

"Elite Fansite".

If a Community Manager doesn't visit or post important things on an Elite Fansite, then where else?

Besides, what kind of CM makes fans ask him/her for some news? I thought CM's job is informing the community what's going on, not to wait and see if they ask.

Shemsu Anpw · Jan 17, 2009, 02:55 PM // 14:55

@sjeng interesting idea. Seems like it would be nice way to manage all chars inventory

natuxatu · Jan 17, 2009, 04:37 PM // 16:37

Sorry but this is very unimpressive. I don't think at this point anyone really wants Anet to work on another tab of stroage.. in the end it's still going to be more of the same unless they add new areas to explore and what not. Wish they'd get on with Guild Wars 2.. they announced that way too early imo.

daraaksii · Jan 17, 2009, 05:30 PM // 17:30

Wtf storage update. Seriously.

Do you remember the implement of Sorrow's Furnace? Now that was new content. More storage? Who gives a damn?

Takeko Nakano · Jan 17, 2009, 05:39 PM // 17:39

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Originally Posted by Risky Ranger

The real bullies on this forum are the ones who jump all over anyone who might have the audacity to say some good about ANET.

RR your behaviour is an exact model of what you did when they made the update about faction. I did not say ANYTHING towards people who like the update - I was responding to someone who, as the bully-brigade does, was putting down others because they wanted something else/weren't satisfied.

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Thank you for your great example of what I just posted just before yours.(notice the bolds)

Yes, I know you hate individuality and the right for a person to have their views. We must submit to what you think, sorry, I mean what the "majority" thinks.