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DakAtak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/Mo

24 Feb 2006 at 18:19 - 1

As we all know, there is an auto complete feature for the whisper field including names of those people with whom we have recently chatted or that are on our friends/guild lists. It seems obvious that they should apply this feature to the add party member field as well. As ANet always stresses, this is a team game, so please make it easier to team up! I am sure we are all tired of copying and pasting long names into this field. Please rally for the cause and post with a /signed if you agree and maybe this will be noticed. Thanks ANet for all your hard work!

Edit: Also suggested below ...

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommarrow

I think even easier would be if you click on someones name in the chat window then their name could appear in your party window so all you have to do is click the + symbol. It is like this when you click their character why not the chat window?

Blair46

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

[GRDS]

24 Feb 2006 at 18:34 - 2

I'll /sign this because I guess it is useful.

What I tend to do though is click them and get the whisper field to show up, let that autocomplete the name, then copy-paste. It's not difficult or annoying to repetitively have to do that, but it would be a bit easier just to have autocomplete in the party entry field.

DakAtak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/Mo

24 Feb 2006 at 18:44 - 3

Thanks Blair. I do the exact same thing, as we probably all do. Imagine how much copying/pasting is going on everyday when the auto complete code has already been written. I have to believe that this is just an oversight that has somehow gone unnoticed.

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

25 Feb 2006 at 02:13 - 4

I think it would require a lot of server processing power but if it doesn't I am all for it.

Blair46

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

[GRDS]

25 Feb 2006 at 02:55 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by LifeInfusion

I think it would require a lot of server processing power but if it doesn't I am all for it.

How so? The auto-complete for private messages automatically saves any names of people online in your friends list and guild list, but they also save the names for auto-complete when you've previously talked to that person (well, if you've talked to them since you've logged on).

Seeing as how districts hold like what, maybe 50 people? maybe 75.. but, since they don't hold that many, wouldn't they be able to treat it the same way as friends/guilds list?

I mean, I can only assume that the same is going to be happening with online Alliance members when Factions comes out.

The only downside to having auto-complete for a whole district, is that since there are so many people, there are bound to be times when there are several people with very similar names.

That can get annoying.

DakAtak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/Mo

26 Feb 2006 at 03:45 - 6

All of the client processing talk is really not a factor. All I am asking for is the same auto complete from the chat field to be applied to the party window. The feature itself exists already and is already running, we should just have it in both spots.

DakAtak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/Mo

27 Feb 2006 at 16:24 - 7

Bump...

abatage

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

Preston, UK

The Right Effect [REF]

E/Mo

27 Feb 2006 at 23:37 - 8

Yes I ALWAYS wonder why the autocomplete is in whisper but not in add team invite! I sign

/signed

DakAtak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/Mo

02 Mar 2006 at 22:43 - 9

I really think this should be a no brainer...

DakAtak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/Mo

04 Mar 2006 at 17:55 - 10

Bump...

David Lionmaster

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

above the floor and below the celing

Fortunes Favored

04 Mar 2006 at 18:01 - 11

sounds good, i cant tell you how many times ive accidentally misspelled people's names, when they have these wierd names that make no sense.

/signed

Flixified

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

UK

Mo/W

04 Mar 2006 at 20:17 - 12

/signed

brpeck

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2006

Ultimate Genesis

E/Me

05 Mar 2006 at 04:23 - 13

/signed

This is a great idea! It wouldn't be intense on the server processing and the entire thing could be made client side. It's just the same as when you hold ctrl to see all the names, they are already on your client, so it's just a matter of sorting the list.

Znow Whyte

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2006

07 Mar 2006 at 19:53 - 14

Yes! If there was some way for that to just auto complete my life would be so much easier!

tommarrow

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Shyft Machine [MYTH]

E/

07 Mar 2006 at 21:22 - 15

I think even easier would be if you click on someones name in the chat window then their name could appear in your party window so all you have to do is click the + symbol. It is like this when you click their character why not the chat window?

/signed

DakAtak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/Mo

09 Mar 2006 at 15:44 - 16

Thanks, Tommarrow. I added that to the original post.

DakAtak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/Mo

11 Mar 2006 at 02:55 - 17

Bump...

DakAtak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/Mo

13 Mar 2006 at 16:32 - 18

Bump...

lishi

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

13 Mar 2006 at 18:49 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by LifeInfusion

I think it would require a lot of server processing power but if it doesn't I am all for it.

not really probably the client have all the name of player on the same district(if you lagging and press ctrl you will see the name of ppl even if you can't excange info with server) so everthing will be client side.

and filtering a name in even 100-200 names take nothing comparing rendering the screen

DakAtak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/Mo

23 Mar 2006 at 04:32 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by DakAtak

All of the client processing talk is really not a factor. All I am asking for is the same auto complete from the chat field to be applied to the party window. The feature itself exists already and is already running, we should just have it in both spots.

Again, I don't think it is a factor.

DakAtak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/Mo

30 Mar 2006 at 18:39 - 21

Bump...

roblethal

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

USA (EST)

Ultimate Genesis [GEN]

R/

31 Mar 2006 at 18:10 - 22

it should be this way

/signed

xiaotsu

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Doomlore Shrine

Just Us Gamers [JUGs]

R/

31 Mar 2006 at 21:01 - 23

It doesn't really bother me, but it would make things easier...

/signed

0siris

Riding the Gravy Train

Join Date: Oct 2005

Chicago Area

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

W/

31 Mar 2006 at 21:26 - 24

/signed

Mystic Deathblades

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Kentucky

Ultimate Genesis [GEN]

R/

03 Apr 2006 at 18:44 - 25

/signed

no gutz

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2006

Ultimate Genesis

Mo/W

07 Apr 2006 at 01:06 - 26

I definately agree wqith your suggestion!! Would make gw alot more user friendly!!

Tanstar

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/Mo

07 Apr 2006 at 22:52 - 27

/signed

Good idea!

DakAtak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/Mo

20 Jun 2006 at 16:28 - 28

I still feel like this is an obvious improvement.

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

20 Jun 2006 at 16:45 - 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by DakAtak

Bump...

I like the idea, so I will \sign it. Plus it is an orginal idea.

However DakAtak please don't consistanly /bump your thread or double post in order to do so.

People do look beyond the 1st page of the suggestion forum, in fact many look at least upto page 3 and beyond sometimes.

So there is no need to bump your idea and push others off the 1st page.

Keep that in mind for feature suggestion threads.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DakAtak

I still feel like this is an obvious improvement.

More then likely it would be, but /bumping up contantly is really not needed. Thanks

echo envitas

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

E/W

20 Jun 2006 at 17:30 - 30

/definately signed