Curse

Nestaron · Oct 11, 2007, 12:27 PM // 12:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yol

It doesn't have to go by the trade window......there's already the coding for putting wrapped boxes in your inventory (birthday minipets), and getting messages in the chat box, so how about you take your item to an npc for wrapping and you tell them the name of the player character you want to send it to. The item is then taken from your inventory and wrapped (with whatever fee). The next time the recipient logs in, they get the box in their inventory with a green message in the chat box saying "[Player x] has sent you a present". The wrapped present is customised to the recipient so it can't be used in scams. No trade involved.

YES!!

Thats exactly what i was thinking of but i couldn't get my fingers to type it.

110% safe and it gets to the person intended.

Karia Mirniman · Oct 11, 2007, 12:27 PM // 12:27

Features like this would help the 'struggling' social side of GW.

/agree

Hengis · Oct 11, 2007, 12:44 PM // 12:44

This isn't the first time that this idea has been suggested:

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10077373

This was one of the most original ideas I hadever seen suggested on these forums.

I liked the idea then, and I still like it now, but I doubt it will ever happen.

/ signed anyway.

Linksys · Oct 11, 2007, 02:25 PM // 14:25

If they do this, it would be nice if you make a present, you can move the mouse cursor over it and it says in a box what's in it. That way you can keep track of your presents. But if you're given a present, you have to open it to see what's inside.

Curse You · Oct 12, 2007, 01:38 AM // 01:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yol

It doesn't have to go by the trade window......there's already the coding for putting wrapped boxes in your inventory (birthday minipets), and getting messages in the chat box, so how about you take your item to an npc for wrapping and you tell them the name of the player character you want to send it to. The item is then taken from your inventory and wrapped (with whatever fee). The next time the recipient logs in, they get the box in their inventory with a green message in the chat box saying "[Player x] has sent you a present". The wrapped present is customised to the recipient so it can't be used in scams. No trade involved.

Then botters/gold farmers would have an easy way to send themselves items from their others accounts.

There's a reason Guild Wars doesn't have a "mail service" for sending items; it's too easy to abuse. Don't think it's just something they forgot.

Croco Clouds · Oct 12, 2007, 01:41 AM // 01:41

Anet would not waste time on this since they are busy with more important projects

roflcopter2445 · Oct 12, 2007, 02:40 PM // 14:40

Not too bad of an idea, I like it, and yeah I can see a million scams coming from it. But hey, if people are stupid enough to fall for them, too bad. Great idea.

/signed

A11Eur0 · Oct 12, 2007, 06:26 PM // 18:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curse You

Then botters/gold farmers would have an easy way to send themselves items from their others accounts.

There's a reason Guild Wars doesn't have a "mail service" for sending items; it's too easy to abuse. Don't think it's just something they forgot.

Again, many botters likely have multiple systems running at once. I saw a train of bots in Bergen international the other day, all moved at the exact same time to the exact same npc's. It may have been coincidence...random syncing of different peoples' bots...but it's very likely that botters have multiple accounts and systems. They can just trade straight across, hopping from one computer to another. Why should we have to go without such a great idea because it would make the botters' lives just a tad bit easier?(oh, and they'd have to spend money to do what they can do now for free..not only that but if the NPC is only in one town, that would take time away from their farming to load the new town, talk to the NPC, send the package, etc.)

This would benefit us more than botters. In fact, it may very well be inefficient for botters to use.

wu is me · Oct 13, 2007, 08:41 AM // 08:41

well... not if they wrap up a stack of ectos....

A11Eur0 · Oct 13, 2007, 11:17 AM // 11:17

Yeah because you can't transfer a stack of ectos to another player through trade.

Right.

Kook~NBK~ · Oct 17, 2009, 07:36 PM // 19:36

Customized ectos? I doubt that they'd be stackable on top of regular ectos, so there's another storage slot taken up - and would the rare material trader recognize them as ectos? They'd have to program those traders (mats, dye, runes, armorers) to recognize those things.

In a perfect world, it'd be a fun idea. But there are a whole boatload of d-bags who have nothing better to do than figure out ways to scam others.

/not signed.

Puebert · Oct 17, 2009, 07:40 PM // 19:40

Why not just make it so that you can only give presents for free? That was it's just not possible to get scammed that way.

Eragon Zarroc · Oct 18, 2009, 05:49 AM // 05:49

lol, /signed for sentimental value

(as long as the wrapping is easy to distinguish from b-day presents. can feel uber scam time otherwise)

MithranArkanere · Oct 18, 2009, 08:40 PM // 20:40

Hm... I don't see much use for this, if the item is not going to be seen in anywhere else but your inventory and the gift's recipient inventory.

Well, the time when you wait until they hit 'show offer' works as a gift wrapping now.

Sankt Hallvard · Oct 19, 2009, 02:53 AM // 02:53

Oh wow, I really hope they don't implement this.

I would giftwrap all my stuff, give it all away to random people getting high pretending I'm Santa Claus.

Yawgmoth · Oct 19, 2009, 02:58 AM // 02:58

/signed

It's a completely different (and much better) feeling when you give someone a closed present than a wrapped present.

Implementation suggestion: disallow trading of such presents for anything - the receiving person should have empty offer window, no cash and no items. Possible acceptable exception - exchange for another wrapped gift.