Present Wrapping service

Not a completely game changing idea nor is it uber awesome tbh. But after a Guildie brought it up yesterday i had a wee think about it and relised it would actually be pretty smart.

Basically it would be like the fesitival hat maker, except it would wrap items(weapons, materials, mini pets or whatever else) in a present box for a small fee. It would make recieving or giving presents a wee bit more special imo. Then again i don't know how many people bother to exchange gifts or give away things nowadays.

Basic theory of how it could possibly work.

So you want your X item to be boxed via minor fee so you can give it to you online friend more cool way?

that would be sweet too bad anet will never look at these post again LOL

wts - random present item - could be perfect chaos axe!! - 100K

o.O hey... it could happen.

So you want to disguise an item inside of a present box skin? So someone could try to fool a new player into thinking 1 wood plank is actually an ectoplasm for 1,500g?

Not to mention the bigger scams out there...

Personally, I don't think that a present box icon will make anything you give your friends any better. If you're giving them a great item, isn't that enough? Isn't it a surprise enough for them to see what the item is in the trade window for that matter?

It's a neat idea, but it would become easily abused and isn't necessary.

This reminds me of PSO, they had a similar function where you paid an NPC, and he would wrap an item for you to give away as a gift......It was always fun to sit on pioneer 2 and give out random prizes(watch some guy pout cuz he got a monomate and some other guy cheer because he got a red weapon).

Kinda useless, but amusing nonetheless.

If anyone is dumb enough to be scammed by this, they deserve it. The idea is awesome and would add a nice touch to the game, just like the shades my ele wears.

It wouldn't be for trades or sales and I would never purchase anything that's wrapped anyways. I like this idea for fun gifts. I'd also like to see a post box and delivery system so you can send packages to people who aren't online yet. Then they can go to some NPC to check his/her delivery box.

You overestimate the average intelligence of the player-base. I've seen a lot of really gullible people. Not everyone has been taught to be cautious with strangers (don't ask me why, not enough Sunday cartoons maybe?).

Because that couldn't possibly be abused by botters with multiple accounts...

You're underestimating the intelligence of the player base. You think someone would pay 100k+ for a promise of a perfect gold storm bow? No. If someone does that, they deserve to be taken. They won't do it again, that's for sure. If they do, then they deserve it even more.

How about coding it so they can't be traded for cash, just given directly? Direct deposit into the character's inventory, as a surprise. next time they hit I, bundle of joy waiting for them.

As for the delivery service being abused by botters with multiple accounts....yeah so that botter with 3 systems running at the same time can't just trade directly to the "bank" account real-time anyway? Uh huh...

/signed

This would be a nice feature.

I also wish there was a mail system of some kind, so that I could leave gifts and messages for friends who aren't online.

EDIT: the idea of making them untradeable in the regular fashion would help reduce scamming.

I think this is a nice idea.
Just make the icon and name special. like "Wrapped Present" with a unique looking icon that can be dyed =)

/signed

For all those people who are saying that it will result in scamming - you can only be scammed if you are desperate enough to buy one in the first place. It's not that hard to say "No, I don't want to pay lots of money for this mystery item".

There's the trade window and they can make a new gift window for one way item transfer.

it would be a nice cool little touch to the game, =]
but its not something i would pester anet over =[

/notsigned

sorry not saying its a bad idea! cos its not! if some 1 in Anet gets bored 1 day.. great!

^^ no wasted time needed - they already have the codes for present wrapping/unwrapping - wintersday gifts, birthday gifts. And they have the code for the NPC - festival hat maker.

Very cool idea for those of us with active, helpful, friendly guilds that do things for others just for fun.

As for scamming - the name tag would just have to be "Wrapped Gift" or "Personal Gift" and you close that door. Anyone paying stupid money for it would richly deserve his reward.

They won't implement the 'parcel service' though - that's been mooted before due to the game mechanic/coding restraints. Just deliver your gift in person.

Heartily SIGNED for the fun factor it introduces at minimal cost to the Devs.

just a thought... given that it's a present, shouldn't it be made completely impossible for the recipient to be paying something for it?

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.

Do the following steps:
1. Put armors, weapons, minis, etc into wrapped gifts.
2. Stack them (assuming behave the same way)
3. ?????
4. Profit

Im all for this idea i love giveing gifts to people this would make it soo much better