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mr_groovy

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Netherlands

No Inherent Effect [NiE]

17 Jul 2007 at 23:22 - 1

Gaile, Andrew Patrick please would you awnser me this:

Quote:

Whenever a party leader broadcasts “glf,” “lfg,” lfp,” “wtb,” “wts,” or “wtt” in All chat, that party will now be entered into Party Search automatically with that chat message used as the party's description.

Why for the love of god don't you guys increase the string size of partysearch!

People have asked for it, and got no official reply for it, Now we have to use it and everthing you put in wts, wtb , etc is cut off. Please tell me why you guys can't increase the stringsize? Is it taking up to much server space? Do you guys need to recode the whole partysearch to add it? Please tell me, because how i see it, it's getting pretty silly

Xero Silvam

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Holland

PM me if you want to know

Mo/

17 Jul 2007 at 23:24 - 2

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makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

17 Jul 2007 at 23:27 - 3

/signed

It's too short. More detail about your item(s) means quicker trades and less questions asked.

pork soldier

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

17 Jul 2007 at 23:28 - 4

Party search would actually be useful if it had a longer string size, I'd use it. Right now it's garbage.

Snype

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

.:Pro Guildhopper:.

Mo/Me

17 Jul 2007 at 23:30 - 5

It can be compared to trying to use a text message to write an essay on War and Peace. It just doesn't work

Psuedo Halgoen

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

GMT+10

17 Jul 2007 at 23:34 - 6

/signed.......

Operative 14

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Arizona, USA

[OOP] Order of the Phoenix I

17 Jul 2007 at 23:35 - 7

I definately want an answer to this. It seems like it would be such a simple change, but if they gave a valid reason, I would understand why they couldn't do it.

Alas Poor Yorick

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

18 Jul 2007 at 00:14 - 8

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For each of my characters

We tell them over and over the text size is too short and their answer is to force us to read the words "party search" 100 times a minute?

Yeesh!

liner

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

R/Mo

18 Jul 2007 at 00:23 - 9

/signed

Its impossible to sell multiple items currently using the party window

kazjun

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

HoVa

W/N

18 Jul 2007 at 00:30 - 10

/signed

Pretty useless as is

Yaga Philipe

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

Insanity

Vis Decus Vertus [vDv]

R/

18 Jul 2007 at 01:48 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snype

It can be compared to trying to use a text message to write an essay on War and Peace. It just doesn't work

lol, I agree.

Coridan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

US

Old Married Gamers {OMG}

W/

18 Jul 2007 at 02:34 - 12

/signed.

I love the addition of it...it allows me to browse whats for sale in my district...how about extending the text limit...and the que limit of how many posts are in the panel. right now they scroll by pretty fast...make it atleast as long as the chat panel. and allow more than one post. Most people that sell things...sell numerous things

carbajac

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Medicine Cabinet [PILL]

E/

18 Jul 2007 at 04:08 - 13

Yeah, the party search window would be used more if you could fit more in the screen. It's a nice idea, it's just not practical as is. Being forced to use it is kinda lame.

Lord-UWR

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Fiction We Live In [FaKe]

W/R

18 Jul 2007 at 04:13 - 14

/signed

Compared to SOME of the updates people are asking for, like fixing the lag or the rubberbanding, THIS string size increase DOES NOT TAKE THAT MUCH EFFORT!!! For God's Sake, Increase it before you have mob of angry gamers outside your building.

Mindtrust

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Stockholm, Sweden

Wolffestar Clan - WSC

Mo/

18 Jul 2007 at 04:49 - 15

/signed of course

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

18 Jul 2007 at 05:20 - 16

It is not possible for us to extend the character size at this time. We understand the request, but for right now, what we have is what we need to work with.

Thanks for understanding, and of course we are alert to the request and will see what we can do about this in the future!

Firebaall

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

18 Jul 2007 at 06:05 - 17

Party Search - /signed

mr_groovy

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Netherlands

No Inherent Effect [NiE]

18 Jul 2007 at 08:00 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

It is not possible for us to extend the character size at this time. We understand the request, but for right now, what we have is what we need to work with.

Thanks for understanding, and of course we are alert to the request and will see what we can do about this in the future!

Thank you for awnsering us this. Question is if you know the char limit can not be increased, why do you force people into using it?

With the loot scaling you informed us, that people should make money through trading of items. Not by merching white items drops from mass farming. That was fine offcourse. (Although my imo it was not, but then again anyone can have his or her imo on that issue ).
Then came the more restrictive chat channel that forced people only into the trade chat. That was fine too, although making it harder for people to get each other attention.
Now if i am selling,buying, trading something I need allways to open the trade or send a whisp to get the statistics on the item of purchase. You can't simply put in: "WTS Colossal Scimitar Req 9 15^50 20/20 +30Hp 100K + XE no trade". It will only fit: "S Colos Scim r9 15^ 20/20 30hp 100K+XE", and forget about putting a second item in there

(Mind you this is an example, I'm not selling one

)

So how does this improve the player experience is my question? I really would like to use the partysearch in this matter, but in the current state it's simply broke.

mr_groovy

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Netherlands

No Inherent Effect [NiE]

18 Jul 2007 at 08:26 - 19

Ok I was thinking how we could solve the Char limit and came up with the following idea. Since all items in game are made out of a weapons skin, dam modifier, req, and 2 "magical" components. Can't we make the party search work like the template system? You can get a couple of pull down boxes:

WTB
WTS
WTT

Gold Weapon
Purple Weapon
Blue Weapon
Green Weapon
Weapon Mod

SHIELD
SWORD
AXE
BOW
SCYTHE
SPEAR
DAGGERS
WAND
FOCI
STAFF

15^50
15^Stance
15^enchanted
15 etc

REQ 8
REQ 9
REQ 10
REQ 11

Vamparic
Zealous
Icy
Firy
Ebon
Sundering 20/20
Sundering 19/20
etc

Health +30
Health +29
Armor +5
etc

These would then create a template code, which can be put in Party Search.

Second thought, There is already a system to make pvp items. Why not convert that with skins to party search. Or have a weapon code extractor.
Which reads out the characateristics of an item and puts the template code in to party search. There is allways away to make limits work

Iuris

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Crazy ducks from the Forest

W/

18 Jul 2007 at 08:27 - 20

So just place an AD, and anyone that is interested in the item can ask for extra details. Many people will want to see the item first, anyway.

You should realize that while spamming in the trade chat will yield you more space, your party search ad will remain there for anyone to see. I regularly check the party search screen, and I have noticed that the static placing of the ad helps a lot more than posting it 30 times.

Terra Xin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2006

New Zealand

Me/R

18 Jul 2007 at 08:41 - 21

If they ever do manage to increase the character limit, they might as well take the extra mile and make it so that you can click on your weapon itself to have it marketed for sale on the trade (search) panel... It'll be a lot more convenient.