I just wondered why we are not able to "Auto Pick Up Gold"
I understand that there is a satisfaction of seeing a pile of gold drop, but beyond that, I cannot think of a circumstance where I would not immediately want to pick up the gold.
Since it is shared equally, it does not matter who picks it up.
Bot farmers already have auto pick up scripts, and I've often doubled back on an area to find a pile of gold I missed earlier.
Automatically pick up Gold.
arsie
The Legg
/signed
True about it not being a hinderence to the bots. Would be great if the gold was just added straight to the party.
Or a button you can press to auto pick loot up within a certain area. Plenty of RPG's have it and it works great.
True about it not being a hinderence to the bots. Would be great if the gold was just added straight to the party.
Or a button you can press to auto pick loot up within a certain area. Plenty of RPG's have it and it works great.
tenshi_strife
well i matters a lil who picks it up as it divides the gold but any remainders are given to the one who picked it up but thats at most 7 gold so its no big deal, so yea /signed
freekedoutfish
I would sign, but I just dont see a need for it.
This isnt a platform game, where you run into the gold and it does a nifty animation and mates a sweet little sound and you exorb the gold.
Its an MMO where you have to walk to stuff and pick it up.
Plus how would the system know which human in the team got priority to "auto" picking up the gold!
It really doesnt take 2 seconds to go collect gold. And assuming your in an 8 man team of humans, then you have more then enough hands to collect it.
This isnt a platform game, where you run into the gold and it does a nifty animation and mates a sweet little sound and you exorb the gold.
Its an MMO where you have to walk to stuff and pick it up.
Plus how would the system know which human in the team got priority to "auto" picking up the gold!
It really doesnt take 2 seconds to go collect gold. And assuming your in an 8 man team of humans, then you have more then enough hands to collect it.
Crusheer
When u get blessing of allegiance (for example Luxon Blessing), you too get 125 factions for killing boss and u dont have to take-em-from-ground.
/signed
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poobert
/Signed or get henchmen/heros to pick up gold too
KlutzySpy
/signed for auto pickup
it can notify that it is shared, but it should stop dropping
it can notify that it is shared, but it should stop dropping
loa
/signed for auto pickup
Loa
Loa
Lonesamurai
Two years ago? I'd have signed this...
Now? /notsigned as it will make botting easier
Now? /notsigned as it will make botting easier
TempusReborn
Hasnt he already said Bots are already programmed to do this? So Bots won't be easier. My Gods /signed !
VaMpIrE|OrD
/Signed, if bots can do it why cant normal players!
Lonesamurai
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Originally Posted by TempusReborn
Hasnt he already said Bots are already programmed to do this? So Bots won't be easier. My Gods /signed !
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Auto pick up would make bot programs easier to code and set up as the whole part of the code for setting up the bot wouldn't be necessary
??iljo
/signed.......
Pericles
/signed it's a good idea
deadman_uk
/signed
Or have henchmen/heros pick up the gold
Or have henchmen/heros pick up the gold
pamelf
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Originally Posted by Lonesamurai
No, they are programmed to pick loot up, but they pick it up in the exact same way you and I would...
Auto pick up would make bot programs easier to code and set up as the whole part of the code for setting up the bot wouldn't be necessary |
/signed
MithranArkanere
Gold drops are drops... they won't bbe drops if they didn't drop...
They could just make drops appear instantly in player's inventories, like Challenge and Arena rewards, but...
They won't be drops in that way.
I would agree with Miniatures picking stuff, though.
They could just make drops appear instantly in player's inventories, like Challenge and Arena rewards, but...
They won't be drops in that way.
I would agree with Miniatures picking stuff, though.
Hawkeye
Why don't we go the whole nine yards and implement a feature in which a bot will play for you if you do not touch the keyboard? That way you can win missions and not even have to play. The only real enjoyment involved in the game is choosing skill builds anyway, right? We'll just make it so that you can choose the skill builds and the bot plays the game for you. And oh, while we're at it, people aren't going to want to have to stop what they're doing to change skill builds, so we'll make it automatically generate too and then the bot will continue to play the game without your ever having to touch the mouse. There.. Perfect game.. Why shouldn't we do it this way?
Why? Because *you* are playing the freakin' game. You don't need to be so lazy that you can't pick up a few pieces of gold. If you don't want it, don't pick it up. And once more, you don't even have to get your fat lazy butt off your chair to get the gold, so go eat a salad and stop complaining!
/uber unsigned
Why? Because *you* are playing the freakin' game. You don't need to be so lazy that you can't pick up a few pieces of gold. If you don't want it, don't pick it up. And once more, you don't even have to get your fat lazy butt off your chair to get the gold, so go eat a salad and stop complaining!
/uber unsigned
MrFuzzles
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Two years ago? I'd have signed this...
Now? /notsigned as it will make botting easier |
By this logic, wouldn't it be better for us to have to pick up XP and faction points?
I would definately not mind this. I see no reason (other than the roleplaying aspect) for us having to pick up gold manually. I'd love it if it just went "Your party earned 302 gold, you received 37 gold as your share." or something as you killed a mob.
Isileth
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Originally Posted by Hawkeye
Why don't we go the whole nine yards and implement a feature in which a bot will play for you if you do not touch the keyboard? That way you can win missions and not even have to play. The only real enjoyment involved in the game is choosing skill builds anyway, right? We'll just make it so that you can choose the skill builds and the bot plays the game for you. And oh, while we're at it, people aren't going to want to have to stop what they're doing to change skill builds, so we'll make it automatically generate too and then the bot will continue to play the game without your ever having to touch the mouse. There.. Perfect game.. Why shouldn't we do it this way?
Why? Because *you* are playing the freakin' game. You don't need to be so lazy that you can't pick up a few pieces of gold. If you don't want it, don't pick it up. And once more, you don't even have to get your fat lazy butt off your chair to get the gold, so go eat a salad and stop complaining! /uber unsigned |
Its a case of what enhances the game and what just bogs it down. As it is picking up gold is not a task that requires great skill or a vast knowledge of the game. Its just something that gets in the way of playing it.
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Noa Lutra
I remember in Diablo 2 there was some kind of summonable that followed you around and picked up all your loot for you. That would be fun as I often tend to forget to pick my stuff. In any case, I'd like the feature proposed by the OP.
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Thom The Brawler
U do know you can pick stuff up by tappin the ; key then hitting the space bar right?
/notsigned I like to see the drops.
/notsigned I like to see the drops.
Glider of chaos
Probably it was mentioned before but I think it will be really neat to give this function to minipets 
kratimas
/Signed
A guild mate and I were talking about this last night. I would however like to see a enable/disable button like the auto-targeting they just added.
Krat
A guild mate and I were talking about this last night. I would however like to see a enable/disable button like the auto-targeting they just added.
Krat
Hawkeye
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And okay, it's only a game, but an optimal game for me doesn't mean getting rid of everything which doesn't require skill. Picking up gold helps keep me in the mindset of the game. Everytime I'd see 'Your party gained 100 gold, and your share is 12 gold", I'd be reminded I was playing a game. Picking up gold is something you'd have to do if it were reality, and keeps it more 'realistic' (and of course I use that word loosely, but I mean to say that you can see yourself there).
Isileth
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By this logic, you could say picking up items period bogs down the game, since that too doesn't take great skill or vast knowledge of the game. At this point, no monster drops anything except quest items. May not seem like a big deal, but what you're doing is stepping that much closer to Final Fantasy style play. "Enemy defeated! Your party gains 234 exp and 100 gold. Your character leveled up!"
And okay, it's only a game, but an optimal game for me doesn't mean getting rid of everything which doesn't require skill. Picking up gold helps keep me in the mindset of the game. Everytime I'd see 'Your party gained 100 gold, and your share is 12 gold", I'd be reminded I was playing a game. Picking up gold is something you'd have to do if it were reality, and keeps it more 'realistic' (and of course I use that word loosely, but I mean to say that you can see yourself there). |
I do agree that it can pull you out of the game world a bit but then there are so many things that are left out simply because adding them wouldnt grant the game anything extra and in some cases would even lessen the games appeal. The fact is when you pick gold up you see a message about gold being split between you anyway, so how is that any different?
Div
MMORPG's aren't always about the convenience of becoming the richest person the easiest. It's about the experience, and picking up gold adds to that experience. See stuff like Diablo and Diablo 2, one of the oldest forms of popular online RPGs.
MrFuzzles
I don't think auto-gold has anything at *all* to do with becoming richer easier. It's only to alleviate having to press that button every few seconds, which - imo anyway - doesn't add anything fun and exciting to the gameplay.
It's not like it takes "skill" to pick up gold. I don't find it "fun" to pick up gold. There is no space management involved like there is with items. There is never any reason not to drop gold in favor of better gold.
I still don't see what's so great about having to pick it up, and why picking up XP and faction points wouldn't be fun and engaging as well.
It's not like it takes "skill" to pick up gold. I don't find it "fun" to pick up gold. There is no space management involved like there is with items. There is never any reason not to drop gold in favor of better gold.
I still don't see what's so great about having to pick it up, and why picking up XP and faction points wouldn't be fun and engaging as well.
Mouse at Large
I've seen similar features in other games. What I'd like is to have the ability to autopickup selected classes of items e.g. all, money, blue, purple, gold, green etc. You then select which "classes" of item you want to regularly pick up and a single keystroke will get the job done (after combat/when convenient of course 
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Can't see any downside to this myself......
)Can't see any downside to this myself......