Bonus Item Acquisition - Discussion, Improvements, Ideas

GuildWiki Jamie

GuildWiki Jamie

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Heroes Of Primeval Eden

N/Me

25 Jan 2007 at 10:23 - 1
I'm starting to get quite collection of bonus items:
  • Factions preorder (2 weapons)
  • Nightfall preorder (2 weapons)
  • Prophecies One Million Edition (7 weapons)
and so.. when I want just one weapon for a pvE characters (who's inventory is always pretty full) and it creates them in order and I don't get the item I want this can be pretty frustrating.

So... this is the idea if the /bonusitem command were changed to include a text string after it for a weapon eg: /bonusitem Tiger's Roar would create a Tiger's Roar and no other items.

Anyone else think this is a better way to obtain bonus items?

Tact

Tact

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

Voice of the Darkness

25 Jan 2007 at 10:43 - 2
Good idea, I'm getting tired of having to type /bonus for only one item.

What also might work is when you type /bonus, you see a small window much like the 'unclaimed items' window you see at the end of a mission. This way you can select one or mutiple weapons which will be added to your inventory.

DeanBB

DeanBB

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Arizona

Wizardry Players Guild, http://4guildwars.7.forumer.com

25 Jan 2007 at 15:36 - 3
I like the 2nd idea, showing them all in a window that you can then drag to your inventory.

GuildWiki Jamie

GuildWiki Jamie

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Heroes Of Primeval Eden

N/Me

25 Jan 2007 at 16:05 - 4
yep, that sounds like a better idea, to be honest. I think the bonus item emote is long overdue a change in functionality.

WhiteWasabi

WhiteWasabi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

KAMADAN AD1

Zealots of Shiverpeak

E/

15 Mar 2007 at 20:51 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tact
When you type /bonus, you see a small window much like the 'unclaimed items' window you see at the end of a mission. This way you can select one or mutiple weapons which will be added to your inventory.
This is a GREAT idea. I collect prophecies preorder keys. I have one from every store except for the ithas bow. I even have the chimeric prism. When I type /bonus 16 items appear in my inventory. That means if I want the 16th one I need to make room for 16 items and then delete the others when I am done. It would be GREAT to have a little window appear that will let me choose the one I want.

They also made all preorder keys not moddable. It would be GREAT to let them be usable in that way again.

*I will continue to keep my eye out for a unused ithas bow key to complete my collection*

lyra_song

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

15 Mar 2007 at 22:42 - 6
/SIGNAGE on Tact's idea

Strange Guy

Strange Guy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

MI, USA

Is Gwen Eighteen [yet]

Mo/Me

15 Mar 2007 at 23:15 - 7
/sign!

Not very needed but this idea can improve the game!

tenshi_strife

tenshi_strife

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

in sardelac getting yelled at.

Angels of Strife[Aoc]

E/

15 Mar 2007 at 23:18 - 8
/signed but this has been brought up before....

Yawgmoth

Yawgmoth

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

15 Mar 2007 at 23:42 - 9
great idea
/signed

I have 5 preorder items added to my acc.
Getting 5 free slots on a pve char is a challenge, and having to delete all those unneeded items is also an annoyance.
Buying the Prophecies One Million Edition (7 weapons) is a big No for me just because getting 12 free slots is often just impossible.
It wouldn't be hard to implement as it could be based on the 'unclaimed items' window, just make it open when the command is typed.

Pan Head

Pan Head

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

W/R

16 Mar 2007 at 01:52 - 10
/signed
needs to be done

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

16 Mar 2007 at 04:10 - 11
/signed to Tact's idea.

annachie

annachie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Guam

-

N/Me

16 Mar 2007 at 06:26 - 12
/signed

do it

Deagol

Deagol

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Denmark

16 Mar 2007 at 08:33 - 13
Instead of the /bonusitems emote (or in addition to it), I'd like a bonus items NPC that worked the same way as the festival hat NPC, offering you your bonus items for free. In fact, it could be a new task the festival hat NPC.

It would both feel more in line with the game world, and give you a choice of which bonus items to get (rather than to get them all).

The NPC would obviously have to be accessible early in the game.

Dashface

Dashface

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Melbourne, Australia

iMud

Mo/

16 Mar 2007 at 08:41 - 14
Or even any kind of menu interface, NPC-based or not. When I want one of the bonus items, I don't like it throwing up all ten of them into my inventory.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

20 Mar 2007 at 18:53 - 15
Quote:
Originally Posted by GuildWiki Jamie
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Anyone else think this is a better way to obtain bonus items?
After reading two complains about this... I finally had this another idea:

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...31#post2468831

The 'bonus tab' of that idea is the fastest, easiest, and user-friendlier way to get those items.

Alaris

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

R/N

20 Mar 2007 at 19:30 - 16
/signed Tact or the bonus tabbed idea

Knight Othin Of War

Knight Othin Of War

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Spartan Warrior Elite

W/Mo

20 Mar 2007 at 22:10 - 17
/Signed
this idea would benefit alot of people and stop the extra time being wasted on destroying the one's you don't want

raven214

raven214

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

R/

20 Mar 2007 at 22:37 - 18
That's funny, I was just about to start a thread on this. My main character has 7 or 8 spaces free in inventory, and with preorder and special edition items it isn't enough to hold all of them when I /bonus, so I have to move some of my storage stuff onto another character and clear out some of my inventory everytime I want to use it. IMHO we are overdue for a better way.

What I was thinking of was the create items window for pvp characters (J key). Why not assign a new key, like B, so that it would open a simple window listing the bonus items for your account. You select the item, click create, and it appears in your inventory customized for you, similar to pvp stuff. That way you only make what you need, and you don't have to worry about clearing out your inventory just to make room for it. Simple and practical.

/signed for a bonus items tab or "B window"