Please let me know if there is something like this currently available in Guildwars. As far as I know, the only way for a guild to share something is for there to be a spare account used, or trades
The idea
The idea behind this is to allow people to leave items and gold behind for fellow guildies if they aren't around. An example may be some gold loaned to be payed back, or a weapon or just a general gift. I can remember countless times waiting for people to get online just to give them something back.
How it works
It would be added to the Guild Hall as an upgrade, just the same as the Merchant, or the Weapon Customiser. It could even be a Xunlai-Extension.
The Depositary Box would at first look very similar to storage. It would have a gold-counter in it, displaying any gold sitting in the Box, and a small section for items. To prevent people using this as an extra storage, this would have to be withdraw-items only, so you get the red-crossed circle when trying to drop items into it.
It would also have a button to "Withdraw Gold" and a second button labelled "Make a deposit". See below for a basic diagram.
Making a Deposit
Clicking the "Make Deposit" button would launch a new window. This would appear VERY like the trade window with 7 Item slots. However, there would be a dropdown list (similar to the District-selection list) which would allow you to choose which Guild Member to send the items/gold to.
This list would have to be categorised something like;
( Send to | V )
| -Guild Leaders Name
| --Officers Name
| --Officers Name
| --Officers Name
| ---Members Name
| ---Members Name
| ---Members Name
| ---Members Name
| ---Members Name
Once the items had been put in the box and the member selected, there would be a "Make Transfer" button. As always, there would be a Cancel button there too.
But what about scammers?
I have pondered the potential this gives to Scammers. An example might be person X stealing person Y's account details, transferring items and then leaving the Guild.
Simple solution...
History Button
This would be a 3rd button in the main window. When clicked, it would launch a list showing all the recent items sent, and the players they were sent to.
If a player had been scammed, he/she could simply Screenshot his/her recent Item Sending history and report to Anet. They could then investigate this.
But what about forwarding it then to another account to cover their tracks?
Again this could be a major problem. For this, I have only had one idea. Similar to forums, the system could have a "flood timer" that stops people from moving items they have recieved in again for another, example, 2 hours. Whilst this might not be long enough for players to come online and realise what had happened, it could be long enough to bore scammers, or for someone else to see them "loitering" afk around the Depositary NPC.
This flood timer should not be a problem for none-scamming players, since if someone is making a deposit, it likely means that the player recieving the items will be offline for at least 2 hours or more anyway. When they logged in, eg the next morning, they could pick their items or gold up without a problem.
Pros
- Easily sharing items with Guild Members.
- Doesn't require members to be online to make traders
- Saves purchasing a second account to use as "guild storage"
Cons
- Scamming potential. This is unlikely in Guilds, but may still happen.
All feedback on this idea is welcomed with open arms.
Thank you
