Auto-identify button (tiny utility)

Oro Mana

Oro Mana

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

California

X Legion Of Doom X [LOD]

Mo/

I think it would be nice just to have a button in the inventory window to auto-identify all blue/purple/gold items in your inventory to save a minute or so after those long runs =D. Just a simple utility, nothing big.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Merchants could do so for 6 gold/ID.

Farter=More expensive.

Seppi

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2007

Behind you O.o

The League Of Extraordinary [NUBS]

Mo/

/signed
carpal tunnel ftl

shru

shru

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

Anything to prevent the aching triple click of the regular ID'ing, and if it saves time too? great! I also agree that it should cost a bit of extra money, small gold sinks for minor convinences like that are always a plus.

edit:
forgot to /sign

EinherjarMx

EinherjarMx

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Mexico

La Legion del Dragon [LD]

E/

i was about to make a thread about this, but found the existing one

/signed and bumped!


edit: maybe they could rise the price of the Superior Identification Kit (50-100g at much) to do so

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

/signed
If nothing else, it will make more people realize IDing white increases their value significantly (and maybe we will get less "wahh... I'm poor" threads).

The Bard

The Bard

Metal Machine

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scions of Carver [SCAR]

/signed!
maybe with a check box system to pick which color items to identify. some people id white items and some save gold items for their wisdom character.

Proff

Proff

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2007

/not signed....

why not add auto salvage too... or just auto farm the areas for you...

The Divine Deity

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2008

Mo/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Proff
/not signed....

why not add auto salvage too... or just auto farm the areas for you...
So, I would be missing out on a major part of the game if I didn't have to ID every item in my bags one by one? Its not like this hasn't been in games before, Deckard Cain anyone? : (

take_me

take_me

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2006

Europe

Country Roads [HOME]

/signed

WTB Autocast Identification Kit^^

pamelf

pamelf

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

/signed. Not a fan of triple clicking. If it were a permanent addition and it just charges us a small fee every time we use it... ?

newbie_of_doom

newbie_of_doom

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

WTFPRIVACYDUDE

Endangered Feces [DoDo]

W/Mo

/signed

Its not much of difference, still useful. Just note that this option should be Charactar based and not account based.^^

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Character based?

Aren't we talking about an UI change? That's not about characters or accounts, it's just about how the player uses the interface.

ragnagard

ragnagard

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2007

In Spain, of course

Gamer Espa??ol[GE]

N/Mo

/signed

After a round of quest, dungeons or even farming.... you may be tired of pressing buttons / keys and make clicks.

Maybe Laziness, maybe just a healthy idea too

carpal tunnel

NamelessBeauty

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2008

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Mo/

Not auto plz. It can be unidentify ALL option somehow but no, not auto plz. Know why? Those bot farmers will be rich lmao!

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Bots already can identify a bit (Superior ID kit, 45 mouse moves moves).
Until the kit is used up.

But I think that here 'auto' do not mean that they will be identified instantly upon pickup, but at once without having to CoubleClick+Click so many times.

A hand saving option.
That's why I said that it should cost 6 gold per ID. Save time = Lose money.

Cebe

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

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MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

There could be many ways to do so... for example:
- Hold Shift while double clicking a kit.
- Double Click a kit, the hold Shit, then click any item to quickly ID them without having to double click the kit again.
- A button in any NPC trader or merchant, that costs 6 gold per ID.
- A button in the Storage or Inventory panels that uses up the first kit that can be found in your invetory, once used up, it checks for the next kit or shows a red error message (No Kits Found)
- Etc...

Musheen

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2008

In a house

Defenders of the Faithful[DoF]

N/

I think this would be a valuable addition. I also don't like having to sift through my entire inventory after an extensive time in the gaming area to ID all the things I've picked up. Please add this functionality.

/signed

pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

Yes! thank you for this suggestion, /signed for identify all in a single click button.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

I must add thet my wrist sounds like a rattle thanks to the constant clicking that I only do while ID in GW.

Yeah, it's the onkly place where I have to do so, anywhere else I use keyboard shortcuts and things like that.

freaky naughty

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2007

Mo/N

/signed, I id my whites as well and it takes a rather long time so I just have a superior id kit in every single bag so I don't have to put my cursor over a bag to id an item in a bag different than the one the id kit is in.

Omnidragon42

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Pantheon of Shadows [dei]

W/A

Sounds like a wonderful idea! I do a lot of farming, and having to manually identify each item definitely wears me out after a while >_<

/signed.

EinherjarMx

EinherjarMx

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Mexico

La Legion del Dragon [LD]

E/

just because http://lix.in/39aeaf6b

although a 6g fee would reduce the overall gain, i'd pay some npc for it

Aera

Aera

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Galactic President Superstar Mc [awsm]

E/

/notsigned

I can't believe how lazy people can be. And aren't you having fun when you're ID'ing stuff to find out what the stats are? Doing them all at once takes the fun away.

Dronte

Dronte

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aera
/notsigned

I can't believe how lazy people can be. And aren't you having fun when you're ID'ing stuff to find out what the stats are? Doing them all at once takes the fun away.
Have you ever tried identifying 5000+ gold items? Its not fun.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aera
/notsigned

I can't believe how lazy people can be. And aren't you having fun when you're ID'ing stuff to find out what the stats are? Doing them all at once takes the fun away.
yeah... wohoo! double clicking on a white item to find out it has no additional stats... wait what?

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aera
/notsigned

I can't believe how lazy people can be. And aren't you having fun when you're ID'ing stuff to find out what the stats are? Doing them all at once takes the fun away.
My doctor do not say the same.

"User-friendly" is usually the same as "Lazy friendly". But more importantly, it's HEALTHIER.

Do you want to hear a .wav file with the sound of my wrist? IT's not fun. It hurts.

GW is the ONLY game where I'm force to double-click so much. In other games there were always automated systems, like Cain in Diablo.

refer

refer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

US

As you suggested it, no. But if you could ID one bag at a time, THAT I would use. What if you want to sell some unidentified stuff, you don't want to ID it all and then you'd be back to ID click ID click again. But if you coudl ID only a bag then you could prevent that. Oh and I ID whites too, it really helps. If you can't do that then ID click ID click.

EinherjarMx

EinherjarMx

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Mexico

La Legion del Dragon [LD]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by refer View Post
As you suggested it, no. But if you could ID one bag at a time, THAT I would use. What if you want to sell some unidentified stuff, you don't want to ID it all and then you'd be back to ID click ID click again. But if you coudl ID only a bag then you could prevent that. Oh and I ID whites too, it really helps. If you can't do that then ID click ID click.
that might work the same way the merching process work, you could check/uncheck the bags where you can ID the items

Nanood

Nanood

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Supermans Crystal Palace

Legion Of The Dark Sun

I'm sure this has been around before but I will say YES PLEASE once again. This feature if it were able to be implecated would be awesome.

How about if you are carrying an identify kit in your inventory a once click on any unidentified item automatically identifies the item and takes 1 point off your identify kit.

Then you could just go through and one click identify each item without causing wrist destruction.

KoKoS

KoKoS

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

aBove Empress Amarox xP

KDT

Mo/E

hi

this has been sugested before but i'll /sign it again xD

bye

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by MithranArkanere View Post
- Double Click a kit, the hold Shit, then click any item to quickly ID them without having to double click the kit again.
At first I was going to /notsign because this IDing doesn't bother me but this idea is quite good. I would use it and it wouldn't be hard to implement. /signed.

gameshoes3003

gameshoes3003

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

I think this won't exactly happen because the game probably still wnats you to choose what to ID.
Say your ID kit has one left and you happen to pick up a blue item before a gold, now most people would want to ID the gold item but that won't be possible if the auto-ID does the blue first.
Plus there's the function of no IDing during or shortly after combat this would change that.

EinherjarMx

EinherjarMx

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Mexico

La Legion del Dragon [LD]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by gameshoes3003 View Post
I think this won't exactly happen because the game probably still wnats you to choose what to ID.
Say your ID kit has one left and you happen to pick up a blue item before a gold, now most people would want to ID the gold item but that won't be possible if the auto-ID does the blue first.
Plus there's the function of no IDing during or shortly after combat this would change that.
The double click + shift is nice, just like D2

pamelf

pamelf

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aera View Post
/notsigned

I can't believe how lazy people can be. And aren't you having fun when you're ID'ing stuff to find out what the stats are? Doing them all at once takes the fun away.
I just don't get comments like this... it's a game, not work. If there is something in the game that makes it less fun then it should go. Frankly, RSI makes things less fun. It takes time away from playing, and is completely unnecessary. Laziness has absolutely nothing to with it...if I weren't quite as lazy as I am I would probably do something OTHER than play computer games...

dark4190

dark4190

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

IGN: Serial Experiments

Farm people, not drops

Mo/

I wouldn't mind if GOLD UNIDS had a gold-colored background in the inventory instead of having something auto-identify for us. This way with just a smack of the f9 key, I can see all the GOLD UNIDS I got in my inventory. Will make ID'ing them easier too!

stale

stale

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2008

canada

Bong Wielding Maniacs

R/Mo

honestly, i think an earlier poster nailed it with the whole having it as a merchant function idea.

really, just have a button that says "ID all" with the price at 5-6g per item ID'd. that way you could check/uncheck boxes to ID (already built into the merchant system) and there's no extra clicking involved.

vandevere

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

The Great State of Denial

W/Mo

/Signed. I really love this idea. it's time-saving, and wrist-saving, for anyone who suffers carpal tunnel.

Really, there's no reasonable reason not to want this...

Aljasha

Aljasha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2009

signed.

alternatively, anet could introduce an npc similar to decard cain (or how you spell him).