Friend's List Tag

Essence Snow

Essence Snow

Unbridled Enthusiasm!

Join Date: Nov 2009

EST

DPR

Just thought it would be nice to have a tag color for friend's on fl so you could find them in towns/outpost more readily. It would be mainly for those on fl that are not in your ally, kinda like the gold ally tags but for your fl.

North Dragon Slayer

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2008

USA

W/A

if you want to know where they are why not just ask , "hey man where are you?" really, why ask for dumb updates

mage767

mage767

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

LOVE

Me/E

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Originally Posted by Essence Snow View Post
Just thought it would be nice to have a tag color for friend's on fl so you could find them in towns/outpost more readily. It would be mainly for those on fl that are not in your ally, kinda like the gold ally tags but for your fl.
I have always wanted this feature, but it never got implemented. Hopefully, this easy 'fix' will be in GW2.

Prestige

Prestige

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2011

Canada [GMT -5]

Krazy Guild With Krazy People [KrZy]

D/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by North Dragon Slayer View Post
if you want to know where they are why not just ask , "hey man where are you?" really, why ask for dumb updates
I agree.

Not does this sounds useless, but why ?

Ask your friends where they are (duh). It's called typing.

:P

Bristlebane

Bristlebane

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

Mo/

I like it but sadly it's not gonna happen.

womBonk

womBonk

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2011

I don't think it's a stupid idea. However, I think I'd rather have the team working on other more important fixes at the moment.

Quote:
easy 'fix'
Not everything is such an easy fix. Game programming/maintenance is a lot more complicated than some people seem to think it is. Some things they simply can't fix without re-writing thousands of lines of code.

Essence Snow

Essence Snow

Unbridled Enthusiasm!

Join Date: Nov 2009

EST

DPR

Quote:
Originally Posted by North Dragon Slayer View Post
if you want to know where they are why not just ask , "hey man where are you?" really, why ask for dumb updates
It's more specific than that...ofc we would already know what outpost they are in....this would be moreso within the outpost. ie you could just pres cntrl or whatever your hotkey is and pick them out of the crowd in the same manner that u can pick out ally members.

What you are implying....
you~"hey where are you?"
them~ "I'm by the chest!"
you~"there's tons of ppl by chest"
them~"I'm the derv"
you~"there's 5 dervs there"
them~"I'm the one on the right"

What I'm implying....
you~"where are you?"
them~"aed1"
you~(hold cntrl and their tag is color highlighted) "gotcha"

Idk....just thought it would be nice since I would rather have this then the ally highlight, since im more likely to group via fl than ally tag

Olle

Olle

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2008

Ign: Miniature Julia

Teh Academy[PhD]

W/

well good idea, but the "what i'm implying" part can be countered with

add him to you party..

Atro

Atro

Miss the good ol' days

Join Date: Sep 2009

Where don't I live?

A/

I like the idea, I found it rather rude the way North Dragon Slayer put it. It'd be a nice feature for the reason above but its not likely to be implemented in GW, it'd be nice it the team considers it for GW2 tho.

Venganza

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2011

Fire

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Originally Posted by Atro View Post
It'd be a nice feature for the reason above but its not likely to be implemented in GW, it'd be nice it the team considers it for GW2 tho.
Yeah so how about we stop with stupid ideas that detract from them being able to work on GW2 eh?

Reverend Dr

Reverend Dr

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Super Fans Of Gaile [ban]

W/

I want aliases for the friends list.

Essence Snow

Essence Snow

Unbridled Enthusiasm!

Join Date: Nov 2009

EST

DPR

Quote:
Originally Posted by Olle View Post
well good idea, but the "what i'm implying" part can be countered with

add him to you party..
Fair enough.

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Originally Posted by Venganza View Post
Yeah so how about we stop with stupid ideas that detract from them being able to work on GW2 eh?
So it would be detracting asking the live crew to work on GW1? I thought working on GW2 was based on the GW2 crew and not soo much on the GW1 live crew.

Olle

Olle

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2008

Ign: Miniature Julia

Teh Academy[PhD]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Essence Snow View Post
Fair enough.



So it would be detracting asking the live crew to work on GW1? I thought working on GW2 was based on the GW2 crew and not soo much on the GW1 live crew.
i DO think its a good idea, but tbh (as with much wanted these days)

theres bigger problems to be dealt with before.

Shenro

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2010

P/

Well if you found out What district they are in

Simply copy and Paste there Name(While in same district of course) into party box bar (where henchmen name appears if you click them) Click invite and boom found them.

Bristlebane

Bristlebane

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

Mo/

Here would be an alternative idea..
We can already see the outpost a mutual friend is located in. Now if we clicked their name in the friend's list while in the same outpost, it would target them. Possible also showing a [+] sign next to their names allowing to send invites without having to type their names? While at it, it should also show current guild/alliance members on the same map to more easily party up.

gremlin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

GWAR

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by North Dragon Slayer View Post
if you want to know where they are why not just ask , "hey man where are you?" really, why ask for dumb updates
Well one reason would be that asking someone a question sometimes comes at an inconvenient time.
afk, middle of battle middle of a trade etc, people often forget to set their status every time they are busy.

Tags that could easily locate people you select could be useful, though I guess it could be abused most things are.

Is it very important no so it its a difficult thing to program then forget it, if its fairly straightforward then add it to the list of game improvements.

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

This has been suggested before.

Closed.