My storage idea - feedback please

Vyktor Morte

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Crimson Lukoi

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On another board, someone suggested an armor tab be added too....let the pic load and tell me what you think. The image is large in height so may take a moment to load.

reverse_oreo

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Scars Meadows [SmS] Officer (not recruiting)

HAHAHAHAH YOU ONLY HAVE 31K LOL POOR MAN...... [/sarcasm]

no really though, good ideas, i like them

My Passion

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

Mo/

Nice idea I like it, and it would be nice if Anet followed through with this.

Blind Rage

Blind Rage

Krytan Explorer

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New Zealand

Inyurface Gaming [IYF]

great ideas

Opeth11

Opeth11

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Richmond, British Columbia, Kanada

Demon of the Fall [Opet]

Mo/Me

Sexy looking vault.

ahfeng

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/Mo

I think this is a real cool idea, increases lotsa storage space. hope anet will follow up with this.

J snukka

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

New York

I'm sure anet thought about this. Just don't know why they haven't put it in yet.

derrtyboy69

derrtyboy69

Grotto Attendant

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The Clouds

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/Me

THe idea sounds alright, but i would just like mabye just buying 50 gold a post in storage or sometihn like that, with a maximum.

Vyktor Morte

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Crimson Lukoi

N/A

thanks for the feedback so far

(as for the 31k, that's just on this account :P I have two accounts :P)

But I do hope that the devs at implement something very similar to what I came up with. I like organization and lots of space in case you can't tell :P

jackie

jackie

/retired

Join Date: Dec 2005

On the Beach

Very nice looking ideas indeed , hoping to see them in game someday as well.

golem bigstick

golem bigstick

Academy Page

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Elite Rifle Squad Faction

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i think i just orgasmed looking at that beautifuly put together storage

Hidden in the Mist

Hidden in the Mist

Banned

Join Date: May 2006

What about an armor slot?

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

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Wasting away again in Margaritaville

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Nifty and all, but increased storage does have it's downsides. Econ 101, hoarding is bad for the economy. Realistically, you don't need to packrat everything you find, if we all did that, everyone would be a lot poorer ingame.

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

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W/

I love your pics I like the idea.

actionjack

actionjack

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Join Date: Oct 2005

Kali

W/E

Very nice pictures.
Great and all, and more storage is a definate /Sign.

Now...I do need a question to be answer... Why didn't the Dev also add the material storage to Prophecy? Extra data storage needed? Devs want people to buy character slot/extra game to increase their storage? Balance the economy?

Its up for guess... but that is my fear and concern that such thing won't get added to the game.

Maria The Princess

Maria The Princess

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Aequitas Deis

wow nice photoshoping

and yea good idea its about time we have somewhere to store all those things... and plz add a warderobe for my armors

/signed

Syphon

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2006

Australia

Obstinate Arrow [OA]

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With the upcoming purchase of additional character slots and planned release of two campaigns per year increased storage is a must and your ideas are sound. Lets hope the Devs are considering some of these options.

Raiin Maker

Raiin Maker

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

England

Blood On The Worlds Hands

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Quote:
Originally Posted by J snukka
I'm sure anet thought about this. Just don't know why they haven't put it in yet.
most probaly beacause it would take up too much server space etc. thats why they only added a materials tab.

Great idea, but i dont think Arenanet can afford/are able to add more storage, hence why they havent. With the ability to buy more charater slots however, it means we can buy storage chars.

Dark Dragon

Dark Dragon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

RTD

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Very nice idea and very detailed

/signed hope they consider this or somthing very similar

Jo0Lz

Jo0Lz

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Netherlands

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raiin Maker
most probaly beacause it would take up too much server space etc. thats why they only added a materials tab.

Great idea, but i dont think Arenanet can afford/are able to add more storage, hence why they havent. With the ability to buy more charater slots however, it means we can buy storage chars.
Still, this is a really neat idea.
I think that the cap of 250 items for materials should be 500 aswell.
For my guildies, I store alot of stuff, having 4 stacks of 250 bones, well that's not needed, but I wished I could just store 500 and sell the rest.

/me hopes for more storage improvements.

Raiin Maker

Raiin Maker

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Join Date: Oct 2005

England

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jo0Lz
Still, this is a really neat idea.
I think that the cap of 250 items for materials should be 500 aswell.
For my guildies, I store alot of stuff, having 4 stacks of 250 bones, well that's not needed, but I wished I could just store 500 and sell the rest.

/me hopes for more storage improvements.
i also hope for improvements, but i dont think arenanet will, otherwise they would have had them instead of a more or less usless material tab.

i belive that, if they could have added better overall storage they would have, instead of adding material storage, and still having the problem they had beforer (hence twice the work).

Sjeng

Sjeng

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Join Date: Aug 2005

in my GH

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I like this idea a lot. A few suggestions though:

make the dye-vault a shared storage like all else.
make the key-ring an upgrade for your belt pouch.
character based storage would be nice for quest items (although you need to bring them with you on quests... so why store them?), armor and holiday masks. The rest is fine in a shared storage.

A guild storage would also be a nice idea Where was that thread again...

Raiin Maker

Raiin Maker

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Join Date: Oct 2005

England

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sjeng
I like this idea a lot. A few suggestions though:

make the dye-vault a shared storage like all else.
make the key-ring an upgrade for your belt pouch.
character based storage would be nice for quest items (although you need to bring them with you on quests... so why store them?), armor and holiday masks. The rest is fine in a shared storage.
Farming/knowing you are not going to the quest area, thus no point taking up a backpack slot.

Sjeng

Sjeng

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raiin Maker
Farming/knowing you are not going to the quest area, thus no point taking up a backpack slot.
Farming quest items? For selling them to people too lazy to do the quest? (Althea's ashes? lost son's letter?) Not something Anet will approve of, so don't expect storage for quest items.
Not going to the quest area? Doing the quest later? Well, tough. Like you're gonna accept 50 quests that require you to carry an item and not finishing any of them. Don't take the quest then or abandon it.
(PS: Anet: stacking the elonian mirrors would be nice though)

Raiin Maker

Raiin Maker

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England

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sjeng
Farming quest items? For selling them to people too lazy to do the quest? (Althea's ashes? lost son's letter?) Not something Anet will approve of, so don't expect storage for quest items.
Not going to the quest area? Doing the quest later? Well, tough. Like you're gonna accept 50 quests that require you to carry an item and not finishing any of them. Don't take the quest then or abandon it.
(PS: Anet: stacking the elonian mirrors would be nice though)
I meant when farming an area for drops you dont want to have quest items in your pack, taking up slots that useful dropscould be stored in.

I also take every quest when i get into a new town, and usally very rarely finish them, i dislike abandoning quests, as then i forget where i recived them, in that instance, a quest tab would be very useful.

Sjeng

Sjeng

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Well, the I'd suggest another upgrade rune for your bags, so you get more general storage, because what's the point of a quest item storage when there are only so many quest items, and when finished with the quest you'll be left with useless storage space...

quest item storage = kinda useless imo.

Raiin Maker

Raiin Maker

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England

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sjeng
Well, the I'd suggest another upgrade rune for your bags, so you get more general storage, because what's the point of a quest item storage when there are only so many quest items, and when finished with the quest you'll be left with useless storage space...

quest item storage = kinda useless imo.
What i want to know is how come we can store more in our invisible backpacks then the storage agents can in their GIANT chest?

Mournblade

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Join Date: May 2005

Houston, Texas

Dawn Treaders [DAWN]

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I'd be happy if they just added dyes to the material tab, but I can't say I wouldn't be thrilled to see everything the OP put together.

Vyktor Morte

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Crimson Lukoi

N/A

Here's my idea for guild vault storage. Please read the text in the image carefully, as it explains everything you will see.

Kareem

Kareem

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Minnesota

Guildless & Looking

Damn..you put a lot of thought into this. I'm liking what I see, and although the storage update we had was nice, there is always room for improvement. Armor storage would be nice. My monk has too much armor -_-

/signed

Gargle Blaster

Gargle Blaster

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

i get the feeling they will add a tab to storage with every new chapter... that we will have to buy to get...

Evilsod

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

Keys and dyes are great ideas for extra storage, so would weapons and/or armour. But why in gods name are people wanting Rune storage?! The most i ever have is a Major Vigour that i'm saving to put on my new character.

gene terrodon

gene terrodon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Maryland/DC Area

Farmers Unite [FU]

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The key ring idea is the best and only storage upgrade I would like to see. Placed on the character, not in the storage box, with a limit of 10 of each key.
(Most chest runs get you 3-5 chests, so 10 should be more than enough)

The only reason I don't want to see upgraded storage is because of hoarding. Prices for items are already out of balance. With the mass farming going on in the game, I can see a people hoarding the most popular items to sell them for outrageously inflated prices down the road.
I love to see inventory blowouts, as it lets new and middle experienced players get their hands on weapon/items that they would not be able to afford otherwise. With extra storage, this will all but cease to exist and the blowout prices would likely increase also.
Extra storage is a bad idea.

gabrial heart

gabrial heart

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Las Vegas

Beautiful Peoples Club [LIPO]

Mo/Me

It's a really nice idea, but i don't think there needs to be personal storage. Each character has slots and thats definately enough. I do like the organization ideas though, like keychains/dyes. And OMG, a storage tab just for ruins??? hmmm maybe GW could start up an in-game-real-estate biz for all the pack-rats of the game! We could all own houses and fill them with crap :P

Mala

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Nice ideas, but to implement something like the two suggestions here would take a lot of server space, and of bandwith only to sync it everytime someone accesses the vault.

Also, i don't think they'll increase the materials to more than 250 items, since 250 has the nice property that it's smaller than 255 which means 1 material storage slot = 1 byte of serverspace per account.

I also doubt we'll see (m)any further storage enhancements, since with buyable char slots, anet is probably gonna get quite some money for mule chars

mqstout

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Pittsburgh

Let's see. Key ring, runes, dyes, quest items. That's at least four more expansions.

hobbit321a

hobbit321a

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

gold

E/R

great idea we all want more storage dont think its going to happen thanks for the pic the idea that server space is not that real becues your only talking about only a verry small amount of real storage space if they charged a fee of 10.00 per tab or something like that they could make enough to cover the cost of dev and storage

Mouser

Mouser

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Defenders of Gods

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This is some great work, I would LOVE to see this, as well as an Armor/Headgear closet...
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10000147

Not sure about rune storage, or a keyring in the vault (however, a keyring inside the belt pouch, as someone else suggested...) I like the dye storage locker though.
-M

Omega X

Omega X

Ninja Unveiler

Join Date: Jun 2005

Louisiana, USA

Boston Guild[BG]

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Its too bad that ANet will just write this idea off and do something half baked.

Celestial Shaman

Celestial Shaman

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

The Blood Lotus Syndicate

Mo/

Good ideas, id like to see a dye and key storage and maybe an armor storage (my monk has four sets, and I use them all, im not a pack rat), and maybe not have a rune storage but just make runes stackable since i only keep vigor and attunement runes atm