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themonkthatiscool

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2007

London, England

Phoenix Of Ra

Mo/

25 Jan 2007 at 22:54 - 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chev of Hardass

Anet will NOT do anything that does not directly affect the sales of new accounts.

If your suggestion is not going to bring in more business (i.e. Observer Mode) it will not be done.

Thank you for your purchase of guild wars.

This can't be true?

and

/signed

catagories and comments for friends would be Úber!

II Mr Sinister II

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Bodyznatchers

Me/N

16 Feb 2007 at 14:11 - 42

Well i just heard on guildcast that there will be some big changes to the friends list comming soon, theres one thing i hope they also add!

I thought of something else for my wish list, Colour 'Guild TAG's' for Buddies list.

My guild recently switched to bigger alliance group & although were still friends with some of our old allies there names no longer have the Orange/Gold Tag next to them obviously but have most of them on my friends list.

While standing in Kodash i just didnt notice one of them in the same town cause there name is now merged in the mass of blue names you see in a town or outpost.

All your views are pretty good, I hope the new changes also adds a colour to buddies in your friends list and so we can at least see when a friend is in town.

Pan Head

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

W/R

16 Feb 2007 at 16:55 - 43

/signed please please please put this in an update

c_ras

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Eternal Deliverance

R/

16 Feb 2007 at 18:26 - 44

/signed

I had mentioned this idea to one of my guild mates a long time ago. Right now, the friend's list is just...well....a friend's list. I use my friend's list for a lot of different purposes.

I add guild leaders/officers from other guilds in my alliance to my friends list to discuss guild/alliance issues/stuff. It is a great way to see if they are online. Being able to add groups would make it easy for me to distinguish who is in what guild and etc (since you can't few the roster of an alliance guild without getting an invite. I also have PvP friends. Making a PvP group that I can easily see who is online and not have to weed out everyone else that pretty much does PvE would be great too. And then I just got my plain friends. People I have encountered while playing Guild Wars or actual friends that I know. Having these separate from all the others will also be useful. There are plenty of other groups, but having the ability to put people in certain groups would make my life so much easier!!

- Aldoros of Faydark

GhostHand

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kaos League

Mo/

19 Feb 2007 at 18:08 - 45

/signed

As of now friends list is relatively useless. I used to add people to my friends list but always end up removing them because i cant remember who they are, or why I added them in the first place. If I at least had the ability to type in some notes about the player i add would be helpful.

Drelias Melaku

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

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Denizens of the Underdark [Nite]

N/Me

27 Apr 2007 at 22:39 - 46

/signed

Categories, at the very least!

Exterminate all

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

In a house

Not Behind My Back [Back]

W/

28 Apr 2007 at 02:07 - 47

/Signed... why not? It would help the cluster

Echuu Ishtar

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sacred Forge Knights (SFK)

28 Apr 2007 at 18:58 - 48

/signed

The friends list is the one of the things they've barely touched since the release of GW, aside from the update they just gave us with the recent teammates section. That could be put to more use with more catagories on the list.

Ama Seraphim

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

War Torn [Torn] - Guild Leader

D/R

29 Apr 2007 at 22:48 - 49

/signed

this would be so very very helpful, at most at least adding notes, but to be greedy, would really like the categories also

Tricky Star

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/Mo

10 Aug 2007 at 16:22 - 50

Bumping up this post because everyone thinks its a good idea, but the categories, lvl and profession still arnt in the game.

I recently added alot of people in my friendlist who play HA and vanquish areas, but i dont know who does what anymore. It would be extremely useful to place each person in a category.
Last night i asked 3 guys if they wanted to vanquish, but 2 of the 3 were HA players and never did any vanquishing. But I can't remember what every person in my friendlist does when you add alot of people at the same time.

So everyone sign this and they might update the list

/signed

TigMagick

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2007

Gods Ravan [GR]

Me/

13 Aug 2007 at 20:37 - 51

/signed
I've been wanting this for awhile

genofreek

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

USA

Jenova's Apocolyptic Remains [JAR]

D/

13 Aug 2007 at 20:55 - 52

/signed

There's no way I'm keeping a pen and paper list, but except for personal friends and a few people I got close to during festival events (D9 FTW!) I don't recognize a good portion of the names.

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

14 Aug 2007 at 01:12 - 53

Up to 5 categories should do.

They could also add a 'client sided' list.
It could access a Friends.txt file, and store them like this:

:Category name
<character name>
<character name>
<character name>
:Category name
<character name>
<character name>

Then you'll have a limited online list, and another list in your hard drive.

arbiter

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

that dwarven house in beacons perch

koss

W/

14 Aug 2007 at 06:17 - 54

/signed

people have been wanting this for a long time now and i see nothing it would hurt to do this. it would make it a lot easier for people who do services or have different friends ofr pvp or pve and stuff like that

LunaKali

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

South Africa

[TsR]

W/N

14 Aug 2007 at 06:47 - 55

I vote for that - Just expand the friends list so that you can choose where to put that person. Get a few standard categories.

Horace The Great

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Netherlands

Lament of the Phoenix [LotP]

14 Aug 2007 at 10:58 - 56

that's an old idea, but still a cool idea
/signed

Komradkyle

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Pennsylvania, USA

W/

14 Aug 2007 at 14:41 - 57

/signed I would like this very much. The recent teammate and stuff is a good start but that isn't specific enough. Also can there please PLEASE be a confirmation before removing friends from the friend list because I remove friends all the time when I try to whisper them because I have my mouse setting high and those to selections are right next to each other.

the_jos

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Hard Mode Legion [HML]

N/

14 Aug 2007 at 15:31 - 58

I have mixed feelings about this change.
My friends list got full recently. This was a good time to evaluate the list.

All players I don't remember the name from got deleted. Those are not friends.
People I do remember by name, but I don't have/want contact with anymore are also from the list. Also not friends.

Then there are the players I remember and still have on my list.
There the categories would be usefull.
However, having a name and not knowing in what type of play they are would put them in the `don't have contact with anymore` category -> delete.
My friends list is full again, but that's no problem. I know who to remove.

But I do understand that this might be difficult for other players to manage, so I do vote in favor of categories.

Winter Lady

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fused Source

Mo/Me

15 Aug 2007 at 17:02 - 59

/signed

How many friends have I lost simply because I don't remember who they are and how we became 'friends' >.<

Kubik2000

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2007

GODS

Mo/Me

23 Dec 2007 at 21:55 - 60

hmm it could be done by "note behind the name" system so you could add a short sentence behind the name lets say with up to 50 characters and it would be nice to add same thing to guild's roaster, theres also other way to do that by some preset sentences like
"buyer", "selled", "trader", "friend", "good friend", "he helps me", "i helped him", "can't play", "irritate me" or something like that

it would be nice to see every character name of player I know (I have seen in the past) when mouse over friend list or guild roaster - sometime i remember someone by his basic nick i have stored as basic but sometimes not [lets say that u have added nick when selling a stuff and l8tr meet him while playing the Deep and u will remember him with the deep char better than the trader one and when chceking for him to call him to join u will see him with new nick and as basic "also known" nick the thrader one so u will have to hardly remember who was the player you are searching for]

Lawliet Kira

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

E/Me

23 Dec 2007 at 22:09 - 61

/signed becasue i have my own mission service and i need to know which people need runs and a tab would be nice

I D E L E T E D I

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

[BAAA] guest me NOW

Mo/

23 Dec 2007 at 22:18 - 62

/singed
It has so many uses i dont even know where to start.

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

23 Dec 2007 at 22:41 - 63

Since I have a horrible time of remembering where I meet people, categories would be very much appreciated.

/signed

deyond driven

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Our Titles Are [SiCK]

N/E

02 Jan 2009 at 16:53 - 64

this hasnt been implemented yet :O
I cant imagine its that hard to program
/signed!

Puebert

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Mo/

02 Jan 2009 at 18:15 - 65

Lawl thread necro.

/signed, not sure how hard it would be to implement, but I would really like to see this.
I have many people on my friends list that just recently came back to Guild Wars, but I have no idea where I met them or what profession they play haha.

Massive Impulsa

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2007

In Viking land! (Norwaii)

Beyond the Gates of Infinity [sKy]

R/Mo

02 Jan 2009 at 19:05 - 66

So signed, categories would be lovely!

/SIGNED