Organizable friends list

JSpayde

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2008

CTEG

R/Mo

I don't know about everyone else but am I the only one who is uber annoyed by the friends list's lack of any organizing capabilities? Now I know some people use their list just for friends, but I use mine to keep track of people who I plan to PUG with (from these forums) and see when they're on. And I know with organized PUGs people I play with come and go so I tend to add/delete people all the time. It just gets bothersome remembering who is who and I know some people are just on my list because I don't know who they are but its possible I planned to PUG with them.

How hard would it be to implement an organizable friends list, one where you can group people into different categories to make things just a bit easier?

Zorrilo Gw

Zorrilo Gw

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

NS, Canada

FTF

W/

I've been wanting a feature like this for a long time also. I don't play the game that often anymore, so when I want to group with some friends on the list I often forget who they are / what things I've done with them before. Categories should be easy implement.

@ Above, you agreed with him so don't be a dick.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

With a so little friend lists it would be like making an expensive road for a single house.

If they added a way to store client-side extra information and friends, it would be more useful.

t3dw4rd0

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

Liars Cheats and Thieves [Liar]

D/

/signed
I'd like to make my own categories, like "people I actually know," "friendly pugs (aka nonexistant category)," etc

Darkchyld

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2008

I agree with this. I also would like for them to implement an enemies list. I like to keep track of them too...

Shasgaliel

Shasgaliel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2008

[bomb]

That would be wonderful improvement. There could be also added an indication when given person was last time logged in like in Guild window. So it is easier to track some friends. I wonder if the ignore list could be extended and also categorized like: leachers, scammers etc...

pamelf

pamelf

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

Any improvement to the friends list is welcome imho.

[DE]

[DE]

Hugs and Kisses

Join Date: Oct 2005

Scars Meadows

Friends lists are in alphabetical order.
Friends lists are for friends.
Friends lists only have a small amount of slots.
If you can't remember who is who on your friend list then maybe those people shouldn't be on it?

I'm not sure about everyone else but I can go down my friend list and recognize each and every name.

/notsigned

macie28

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Surrey, BC

[DL] Desolation Lords

A/

/signed

been waiting for this for some time now

Winterclaw

Winterclaw

Wark!!!

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

W/

It'd be nice for GW2 but not so much GW1 since everyone is leaving. I've got 7 people left on my friends list after my last purge and have seen only one of them online in the past month or so.

daky

daky

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

R/

Something else i would like to see happen with friends list is that when in town your friends name stands out as a different color. Kind of like how your guild tag is gold and alliance a rusty gold. Make finding them easier/forming parties.

Demonstar

Demonstar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

There is no point, really. Friends are automatically alphabatized and are split between Online/Offline. If in GW2 there is an increase in the amount of people who can be on the friends list, yes, otherwise I see no reason to change it.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2008

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by [DE] View Post
Friends lists are in alphabetical order.
Friends lists are for friends.
Friends lists only have a small amount of slots.
If you can't remember who is who on your friend list then maybe those people shouldn't be on it?

I'm not sure about everyone else but I can go down my friend list and recognize each and every name.

/notsigned
In friend list I got people I met in RA or TA and that I might want to play with them again when I have a TA team , and I also got some people from previous guilds and even from the time when I did PVE.
Simple thing as making a category could make it so much easier , because now I simply use a "myfriendlist.txt" file to keep track of all the people (simple thing im sure ANET can implement , I can implement for them , just ask !) ..


EDIT:
By the way , those that don't sign , will it bother you if ANET _will_ put categories ?
You don't have to use them.

/signed !

Joe Fierce

Joe Fierce

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

Disconnect the fascination

LF High End PvE Guild that's not filled with elitists.

R/

signed because new stuf is always nice, but the idea is honestly hardcore supported by me to the point that i find it remarkabley necissary, if you cannot remember who 100 people are, then obviously they aren't that important, delete them off the list.

this idea would be more valid if they upped the number of people you can have on your list, it's kinda borderline retarded the way it is atm.

Destro Maniak

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2006

A/

I also want to give short descriptions
I mean after a while sometimes we forgot the nicks and thats bad

dilan155

dilan155

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

living room

N/

/signed it will be a nice thing to keep you more organized BUT its a minor thing and only signed if this doesnt get in the way of more important fixes.

Alicendre

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by [DE] View Post
Friends lists are for friends.
Not true.
There are people who use their friends list to remember people they trade with for example. Unless there's a new list in the line of "trading guys list", which is kinda the same as this suggestion, I don't see why they shouldn't go there.

And even if the list is "small", I can't really remember the in-game names of 50 people which I often don't even know IRL...
So yeah the list needs a big overhaul, it's pretty messy at the moment.
/signed

carnage-runner

carnage-runner

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada, B.C. Vancouver. aka.. amazing.

[Sith]

W/Me

People have alot of friends in this game.... A no limit, folder organized friends list would make life easier.

/signed

Screensaver91

Screensaver91

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2007

[PhD]

Quote:
Originally Posted by carnage-runner View Post
People have alot of friends in this game....
I don't.

/notsigned

Nah I'm joking, would agree with a more organized friends list. /signed for sure.

Sweet Mystery

Sweet Mystery

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Shadow Hunters Of Light [SHOL]

R/

What is the point? You want your friends list to be like facebook next?

/unsigned as no need in the game - you should know people or they are randoms with no need to be there

romeus petrus

romeus petrus

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Urgoz Warren

Legion of Doom [LOD] Home of PWNZILLA http://PWNZILLA.guildlaunch.com

/signed, my friends and ignore lists are always full. It is good to remember why ppl are on either.