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Lexxguard

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27 Mar 2008 at 18:04 - 1

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The Definitive Storage Thread

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I'm a bit tired of running to storage, it seems I do it in every town i go to and some towns are a pain when it comes to storage, i.e Vasburg Armory, Droknar's Forge just to name a couple. It would be nice to be able to just walk up to the merchant type /storage and bam sell all those whites, instead of having to run to storage afterwards (already getting old) then walk to the merchant, material trader or rune trader. It would help with spontanious trades with other players as well, say you have to switch dis to meet with another player and make a trade but you forget or you dont have storage up and the item is still there, switch /storage trade simple. People might call this lazy but lets not all forget that this is a video game.

This would not be hard for the designers to add into the game, and of course it will onoly be aloud while in a town with a storage chest. I don't think we should have any other things like /merchant, storage takes of almost half the time spent getting rid of your junk and would make me happy. And for those who would think that this would take away some of the realistic features of the game no one is forcing you to do it you can still walk if you want.

/signed

suitcasewilliams

Banned

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27 Mar 2008 at 18:07 - 2

Heck yeah plz incorporate this into the game. I hate running the merchant marathon

/SIGNED

miskav

Jungle Guide

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None

Mo/

27 Mar 2008 at 18:17 - 3

Or just keep your storage open when you go on a selling spree, it has unlimited range in the towns itself.

/signed anyway.

Artorius.Maximus

Lion's Arch Merchant

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27 Mar 2008 at 18:19 - 4

Kind of hope that this is a repeat suggestion where search was not used, but this is something that really needs to be in the game.

/signed

Jetdoc

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27 Mar 2008 at 18:41 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by miskav

Or just keep your storage open when you go on a selling spree, it has unlimited range in the towns itself.

This is exactly what I do.

I personally would love it if they had a hotkey for it (much like "I" for inventory)...

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

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Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

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27 Mar 2008 at 18:51 - 6

Like Gandalf says: Fly, you fools.

You don't have to run a lot to get to the storage. Never more than one minuto to get there.

I prefer to run around a little than seeing a lot of dummy models not moving at all in all outposts.

Zamorakk

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27 Mar 2008 at 18:56 - 7

Same as the guy above me

Elder III

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27 Mar 2008 at 18:57 - 8

sounds like a waste of the development team's time to me - seriously, is it that hard to click the storage chest & also, who stocks their storage with whites??? that's rather counterproductive.

I sell them as soon as my backpack/bags are full. No sense in keeping them any longer or storing them. It's fine as is so leave it as is.

cheers

Elder III

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27 Mar 2008 at 18:58 - 9

sounds like a waste of the development team's time to me - seriously, is it that hard to click the storage chest & also, who stocks their storage with whites??? that's rather counterproductive.

I sell them as soon as my backpack/bags are full. No sense in keeping them any longer or storing them. It's fine as is so leave it as is.

cheers

Tarun

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27 Mar 2008 at 19:08 - 10

How about instead of storage, a hotkey on the keyboard that opens storage and only works in towns/outposts? - That I would definitely sign for.

Albert Algorn

Frost Gate Guardian

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27 Mar 2008 at 19:10 - 11

I see where your going with this and it would be a help and would save me time in towns. If you could avoid having to actually run from the merchant to the traders to your storage... that's why it's usually best just to jump to the guild hall where things are laid out better (depending on the hall).

Snograt

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27 Mar 2008 at 19:18 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

Like Gandalf says: Fly, you fools.

You don't have to run a lot to get to the storage. Never more than one minuto to get there.

I prefer to run around a little than seeing a lot of dummy models not moving at all in all outposts.

2 words for you: Vasburg Armory

The only one that springs to mind, though!

Eldin

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27 Mar 2008 at 19:19 - 13

Isle of the Dead has epic NPC placement.

Also, this would be a good idea so long as we fix any exploits.

It's kind of laziness on your part though. Next I assume you'll want a command for your skill trainer, merchant, etc. Soon towns will just be chat rooms.

pablo24

Frost Gate Guardian

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27 Mar 2008 at 19:20 - 14

Hmm, I made a mod that pops up your storage when you write 1234 into chat. I don't know ANet's stance about that though and I wouldn't recommend using it.

suitcasewilliams

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27 Mar 2008 at 21:08 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elder III

seriously, is it that hard to click the storage chest & also, who stocks their storage with whites??? that's rather counterproductive.

I sell them as soon as my backpack/bags are full. No sense in keeping them any longer or storing them. It's fine as is so leave it as is.

You dont sell your whites from storage you sell your whites from inventory then deposit your gold in storage.

MithranArkanere

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27 Mar 2008 at 21:25 - 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snograt

2 words for you: Vasburg Armory

The only one that springs to mind, though!

I hate that place too. But it's only one outpost and we have map travel and Guild Halls.

crazybanshee

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27 Mar 2008 at 22:33 - 17

It's annoying, but the actual running isn't that hard, it's FINDING the stupid storage that stinks (like in some doa towns) but meh, doesn't really seem worth it.

I D E L E T E D I

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27 Mar 2008 at 23:42 - 18

i am sort of neutral on the topic, would be nice to have but its something you could live without.

Anyways ill /sign for a good idea in a huge pile of bad onces

Shayne Hawke

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28 Mar 2008 at 04:50 - 19

/signed. That would be wonderful, and it wouldn't be an issue, since the Chest is functional wherever you are in the town.

VOTD

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28 Mar 2008 at 07:39 - 20

/signed here

woud be much time to spare if there just was some kind of hotkey instad

Operative 14

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28 Mar 2008 at 07:44 - 21

/Signed-ish

While I agree it would be a nice feature, I also agree that it's nice to have a reason to move slightly away from the portal or spawn point whenever you go to a town. Since storage does work anywhere in town, and its use is not limited to a certain spot like other NPC functionaries, it doesn't really take that much effort to go to the bank, open it up, then unload it while you're standing at the merchant.

Nonetheless, it seems like a good idea.

Solas

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28 Mar 2008 at 11:55 - 22

/signed would be really handy to havenot

legion_rat

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28 Mar 2008 at 12:34 - 23

/signed for being lazy, but its not a I NEED THIS thing. Just a I want it.

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Cebe

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28 Mar 2008 at 12:48 - 24

I wish when you go into a dungeon you could just type /boss to go to the final boss.

I wish when you were in a mission you could type /win for masters (O wait no, we have Paragons for that)

...

It's not necessary, and really, really lazy. A resounding /notsigned from me.

Vasburg Armory's storage just needs to be moved out of D'Alessio Seaboard and actually back into Vasburg Armory, since the current place actually is stupidly out of the way, but that's one of the only towns which causes much annoyance.

Kanyatta

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28 Mar 2008 at 14:09 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

You don't have to run a lot to get to the storage. Never more than one minuto to get there.

I prefer to run around a little than seeing a lot of dummy models not moving at all in all outposts.

Which is more crippling to a gaming experience?

Exhibit A: Spending a needless minute to run to storage when you could just press some hotkey to open it up

Exhibit B: Seeing a bunch of people just standing there.

/signed to OP

Carrier of Darkness

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28 Mar 2008 at 14:30 - 26

/unsigned

we gw players right now only have to walk a tiny fraction of WoW player, the chests and the time it takes to run there (very short btw) makes it more realistic, and get a guild hall, thats where I always go, at least in the Isle of Meditation everything is relativly close together

Kanyatta

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R/Mo

28 Mar 2008 at 14:34 - 27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carrier of Darkness

we gw players right now only have to walk a tiny fraction of WoW player, the chests and the time it takes to run there (very short btw) makes it more realistic, and get a guild hall, thats where I always go, at least in the Isle of Meditation everything is relativly close together

Don't bring WoW into this, because that is completely irrelevant.

How is it "more realistic"? And, since when has Guild Wars been realistic? Yes, in real life, whenever I get hexed, I just have someone throw a Holy Veil on me and then remove it and the hex is gone!!!

Maybe some of us don't want to go thru 2+ loading screens just to get to storage?

Molock

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28 Mar 2008 at 16:06 - 28

Why don't we add hotkeys for /.. commands for the merchant, traders, and mission starters in NF also? :O

C'mon people, there is a limit to how lazy we can be

Molock

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28 Mar 2008 at 16:06 - 29

Edit: Slow school network = lag = double-post

Shai Lee

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Somewhere

28 Mar 2008 at 16:44 - 30

/notsigned

Reasons:
- seems more an issue of xunlai placement in towns (i.e. more convenient for them to be placed near town spawn points
- in most guild halls, the xunlai is near spawn point (if it isn't, most guilds are in an alliance with gh's that are closer to spawn point)
- or you can warp to a town that you know has an easier access to xunlai

Just as no one is forcing others to use a hot-key and players can still walk if they choose (as was stated), players can also still warp to a gh and do the same thing. Also less lag then when entering towns.

Those are just some of my thoughts, I look forward to others.

Vic

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Mo/

28 Mar 2008 at 16:51 - 31

Go for it! /signed

-Vic

Ctb

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28 Mar 2008 at 17:30 - 32

/signed

Tracking down storage is annoying if you spawn well away from it, but there's a lot of other, more important things they could work on than this.

Quote:

we gw players right now only have to walk a tiny fraction of WoW player,

And the immeasurable amount of time wasted wandering around the wilderness and towns is one of the innumerable reasons that WoW is complete and utter crap for anti-social nerds with nothing but time on their hands. But kudos on bringing up a completely irrelevant point about a completely different game.

HawkofStorms

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28 Mar 2008 at 17:47 - 33

/notsigned
Save your bunnies (rather then just eat all 300 of them at once) for times like this if it bothers you that much.

Artorius.Maximus

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28 Mar 2008 at 17:49 - 34

Other examples of poorly placed storage chests:

Granite Citadel
Original Lions Arch Storage (good for out of way trading, bad for needing money for other NPC use)
Beacon's Perch
Port Sledge (ok, I admit that the entire town is useless)
Gunnar's Hold
Henge of Denravi

I have yet to find the chest in the first town in Realm of Torment (town name escapes me right now).

It isn't so much being lazy, but some instances where this would improve things a lot are:

People wanting to see money for Droks Run in Beacons Perch, to get to storage you go up a hill, run around in a circle to go across a bridge, then come back to runner who is pretty much always on ground.

Granite Citadel go up stairs to second level to where you can no longer even see armor guy.

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

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28 Mar 2008 at 18:07 - 35

Port Sledge? That town is like 12 meters wide.
The others I agree with.

Granted, HoD just has LOADS of problems with it that make is an unpopular and out of the way city.

MithranArkanere

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28 Mar 2008 at 18:44 - 36

Just moving the Chest and the Agents would make much more sense.

Lexxguard

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29 Mar 2008 at 02:58 - 37

Which would be simpler for a GW designer moving 10 or so storages around only to have more people complain about other ones or add a simple hotkey or /storage function.

The answer....and more to come.............

......ok im back! The answer is adding the function into the game. And if its an issue of people just being too lazy then I guess I have to illustrate the point again...this is a game, if your job doesnt revolve around playing this game then any time spent playing it is you being lazy.

So obviously throwing those two worthless reasons why this function shouldnt be added, what are the good points of having it incorporated:

1. Less cluster control around the storage, seriously it like a cult near that box where everyone is worshiping it. (Oh great cube reveal your wisdom to me)
2. Easy access, of course.
3. Helps new people find storage easier.
4. Trade boost, enables people to sell and buy to other players or NPCs much faster and more productively.
5. Did I mention its an awesome idea?

StormDragonZ

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29 Mar 2008 at 03:40 - 38

I'll sign as long as it stays out being possible to access the storage in an explorable area. Don't want everyone to abuse that if it came to pass.

pamelf

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Australia

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Me/Mo

29 Mar 2008 at 07:10 - 39

/signed again since my last post got deleted due to me not wanting to repeat what everyone else had said before...

Sounds practical, and would get rid of all the really annoying unnecessary travel to storage boxes. If we added up all the seconds it took us to go to storage every time we enter an outpost we would have a LOT of wasted time on our hands...

Div

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29 Mar 2008 at 09:20 - 40

I want a /godwalkingamongstmeremortals