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Medion · Nov 17, 2005, 02:41 PM // 14:41

My idea: Ingame mail

It would help in a number of ways, namely:

Make it easier to trade on forums like Guildwarsguru.com/tradeforum, as you won't have to meet.
It would give you the ability to trade with people who are many hours away from you.

I think it would also help people who have more than one account. I guess it is rather irritating to not be able to 'trade' with yourself because you only have one computer.

Good Idea?

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Eldrig · Nov 17, 2005, 04:26 PM // 16:26

als if you could jsut send messages that would be invaluable. when guildies are not online at the same time as you but you want to tell them something, it would be nice to be able to shoot them a message they could read when they log on.

Shimus DarkRaven · Nov 17, 2005, 04:41 PM // 16:41

Something Like Eq2's Mail system: send them gifts too. I like the potential of this idea, but elaborate more, please.

--The Shim

Aera Lure · Nov 17, 2005, 05:11 PM // 17:11

I'd like an in-game PM system, speaking for myself. Is that what the OP means? Basically just the ability to send a message to someone who's offline. It would just be nice to have a simple communication system present in game for the times two players are trying to communicate and one is offline. At present, the only way to do that is to communicate outside the game structure. Would be nice. For this purpose at least, it doesnt have to be anything complicated at all.

D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E · Nov 17, 2005, 05:20 PM // 17:20

*cough*I want in-game bbs like .hack// *cough*

Yes leaving a voicemail, uhh via text msg would be nice....

Doooom · Nov 17, 2005, 05:49 PM // 17:49

Yeah, having mail would be great. Sometimes you need to leave messages for guildmates and such who aren't on.

Adi · Nov 17, 2005, 05:49 PM // 17:49

/signed

Definietly great idea

Tactical-Dillusions · Nov 17, 2005, 06:20 PM // 18:20

I think this is a good idea. Especially if we could send items too.

Wouldn't it be nice to log on and find that an anonymous donor has given you a max gold crystalline, a pile of ecto or a fetid carapace?

The Acolyte · Nov 17, 2005, 07:32 PM // 19:32

ummm...i like the idea and will get my hopes up for a simplistic email type system between accounts, but won't get my hopes up for receiving spontaneous gifts like ecto or crystalline swords....lmao

/signed (in blood if necessary)

Acolyte Devathi

DeanBB · Nov 17, 2005, 07:38 PM // 19:38

I like the idea and it would help communicate with Guildies. My only concern is logging in to find 350 spam messages "WTS uber axe and saw you in LA D1" since your character name is open for all to see in a town, or even here on forums if posted.

I don't know how it could possibly help with buying/selling though? What "send me 200k and when I get it I'll send you the uber axe" ~ yeah, right, sure, I'll fire that 200k right off to you!

The Acolyte · Nov 17, 2005, 07:41 PM // 19:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeanBB

I like the idea and it would help communicate with Guildies. My only concern is logging in to find 350 spam messages "WTS uber axe and saw you in LA D1" since your character name is open for all to see in a town, or even here on forums if posted.

Good point...this system would need to have a filter system where the user has to request access to the users account, or better yet, have the following abilities:

- Accept all
- Block all
- Accept only (and then have entry fields like friends list, and/or include an option for friends list)
- Block onlyl (and then entry fields which includes anyone you're currently ignoring)

Though, now that I think about it, I don't see this happening. The ignore list was made to be pretty small for a reason...I would think this is due to space/bandwidth on the servers.

Acolyte Devathi

Medion · Nov 17, 2005, 08:24 PM // 20:24

My idea was actually(ill explain it once more because i see my first post wasnt clear)

-send text messages to others
-send items/money to others

I see your point of getting spam, but the idea of a 'spamfilter' by naming the people who are allowed to send you mail.

But I think it would be a good thing to also be able to ignore this 'spamfilter'.
This could be done by saying:
Pay XX gold and you can send mail.

This way you would be able to contact people who you enjoyed playing with, but it would prevent spam. Because for spam to really work a price of lets say 100 gold is like high. Making it profit-less to spam.

Quote:

don't know how it could possibly help with buying/selling though? What "send me 200k and when I get it I'll send you the uber axe" ~ yeah, right, sure, I'll fire that 200k right off to you!

Another very good point, but I think it would help people with 2+ accounts.

Also, maybe an even more advanced system like:

When I Received XXXX gold, send XXXXX-item

Valerius · Nov 17, 2005, 08:27 PM // 20:27

/signed

Cnegurozka · Nov 17, 2005, 08:31 PM // 20:31

This was there in Beta ... and im still at the point of wanting it back. ^^

/signed

Mort · Nov 17, 2005, 08:45 PM // 20:45

Funny I was kinda thinking the same thing. I have 2 accounts, and I am not able to run guild wars twice on the same computer. So I have to rely on a trusted friend to transfer items from one account to another. I always thought It would be fun if they had a Mail system.

maybe in the towns there would be a Post Carrier NPC. If you have a new message/package an exclaimation mark will appear over his head. This will be great if you have a lot of friends in game. And if you can attach items to the message even better!

They could even charge like something really small to send a message ... like 25g or something... just to keep people from spamming WTS...etc in everyones mail.

Sentao Nugra · Nov 17, 2005, 09:31 PM // 21:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mort

I have 2 accounts, and I am not able to run guild wars twice on the same computer. So I have to rely on a trusted friend to transfer items from one account to another.

*cough*http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...11&postcount=5*cough*

Mort · Nov 17, 2005, 10:18 PM // 22:18

Thanks for that. I might try it. Im not the best with that kinda stuff so hopefuly I dont manage to destroy my computer. Im also sure that My computer will slow down to a total crawl when I run it twice, but perhaps if i change picture quality to low in the options it will help?

But i still like the Mail system idea!

Carinae · Nov 17, 2005, 10:23 PM // 22:23

WoW has a mail system, does it suffer from abuse/spamming? (I don't know)

Ole Man Bourbon · Nov 19, 2005, 05:08 PM // 17:08

I played SWG which has this, and it's invaluable. GW suffers from a lack of community, and the absence of in-game mail is one of the reasons.

Spamming isn't much of a problem with ig mail, btw.

*Another thing I really don't like is how character names per account aren't connected outside of the guild window (and only works when the player is online). For example, if I, Joe Blow, whisper John Doe (my 2nd character), the whisper should pop up in my (Joe Blow's) chat window.

Finally, friends lists should have a spot where you can make a note about each friend.

Flutter Box · Nov 18, 2006, 12:24 AM // 00:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shimus DarkRaven

Something Like Eq2's Mail system: send them gifts too. I like the potential of this idea, but elaborate more, please.

--The Shim

ya, like DDO's mail system let you send friends - or whoever - gold, armor (since armor isn't customized), weapons n stuff. was handy to send stuff to my other characters that way. if you sent just a message it's 3 copper pieces. if you sent items the postage increased depending on the "weight" of items like in a real postal system. of course, in gw there's only gold pieces, but you get the pic.

& in ddo it doesn't get abused. atleast i have never gotten spam mail.

/SIGNED.