In Game Character Switcher

Sly Sniper

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Guild Rockers

R/Mo

its kinda silly to logout to change characters and all i mean there is a way to transfer items between characters so why not a in game character switcher ?
you could put it in the menu list it would just have your current characters listed in a drop down list maybe click on one and just load it up

{IceFire}

{IceFire}

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/

/signed, sounds good i think

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sly Sniper
its kinda silly to logout to change characters and all i mean there is a way to transfer items between characters so why not a in game character switcher ?
you could put it in the menu list it would just have your current characters listed in a drop down list maybe click on one and just load it up
according to Anet (the sillies) it has to do with account security that they just wont give up

if you want a faster switch put your password in the shortcut so you relog in instantly and just click the next character.

it also avoids keyloggers as you dont make any keystrokes to log.

same way as FPS

c4sped

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

cir

E/Mo

its a protection thing if you leave your computer on someone could delete your items and such but not your character or thouch things on your other chars

benmanhaha

benmanhaha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

nowhere!!!

N/Mo

I think it sounds good, but the fact that a-net left this out, makes me feel they had a reason for doing so. I couldn't tell you what it was, but I get the feeling there is a legitimate reason.

Edit: Just look up and you will see why they have it the way they do.

Katari

Katari

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Upstate

Me/

If you add in the command-line switch it's no more annoying any other RPG. As long as you're the only player using a given computer, this is really a non-issue.

An alternative would be to have a sort of tab in your storage, that lets you access the inventories of your other chars. I feel this would be best, since it would require the least amount of loading.

aeroclown

aeroclown

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Louisiana

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Loviatar
according to Anet (the sillies) it has to do with account security that they just wont give up

if you want a faster switch put your password in the shortcut so you relog in instantly and just click the next character.

it also avoids keyloggers as you dont make any keystrokes to log.

same way as FPS
Ever wounder why peoples accounts have their stuff missing in them ? Let make it easy for anyone who looks at my pc to login to my account and destroy my characters

Errm no thanks

/not signed

Sly Sniper

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Guild Rockers

R/Mo

well they have they're reasons so ok then it was my first good idea possibly my last lol

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Loviatar
if you want a faster switch put your password in the shortcut so you relog in instantly and just click the next character.
This is what I do, but I still like the idea. If you could just switch chars while at an outpost would be nice.

Kool Pajamas

Kool Pajamas

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Maryland

Mage Elites [MAGE]

Why cant they just make an option to enable/disable this feature?

If you share your computer with others you could just disable this or if you are the only one that touches your computer (like me) then you can enable it.

Ken Dei

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/Mo

A.Nets call, security issue, I find it annoying too, but not enough to make it go away. I'm glad A.Net tries to protect us from ourselves.