I have already made this point many times and got shot down for some reason. THe best way to deal with it is align the buy option with the yes button on the “would you like to” message. That way you can just spam click and still get them.
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A tick box that says “do not show this message again” would solve this for all sides
No, it wouldn’t. An annoyingly large fraction of players would click this the first time they spend more than a few shards. Then, 3 days later, they would complain that they didn’t get a warning message.
No one likes being slowed down by a message, until the first time they accidentally buy an extra something — and then everyone wants it.
(Mind you, I personally prefer fewer warnings and having individuals take more responsibility for their own mistakes. However, not every player is as overly cautious as I am about spending and so I can’t really argue against ANet’s choice to offer more warnings.)
John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”
It’s the same with converting pristine relics to fractal relics to spirit shards. You confirm each purchase with pristine, then open all the bags. Then confirm each purchase of Dessa’s journal, then double click all of those. And there is no way to line up the “Buy” button on top of the “Yes/Confirm” button.
Set your interface size to small, then it will line up.
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Just have options for like, 5x Siege Guides, and 10x Siege Guides. One confirmation window.
Also, if people intentionally disable a warning message, that’s clearly their fault.
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A tick box that says “do not show this message again” would solve this for all sides
No, it wouldn’t. An annoyingly large fraction of players would click this the first time they spend more than a few shards. Then, 3 days later, they would complain that they didn’t get a warning message.
No one likes being slowed down by a message, until the first time they accidentally buy an extra something — and then everyone wants it.
(Mind you, I personally prefer fewer warnings and having individuals take more responsibility for their own mistakes. However, not every player is as overly cautious as I am about spending and so I can’t really argue against ANet’s choice to offer more warnings.)
Well then it is their fault 100% then if they choose to unclick the box. Can’t hand hold people forever.
I agree with you that it would be 100% their lack of caution. ANet’s take is: we’d rather keep the customer satisfied, rather than worrying about who’s at fault. I think that’s an equally reasonable position to take and probably reduces their support costs (that many fewer tickets and cranky forum posts).
In other words, better to explain to savvy folks why there’s an error message slowing them down, than it is to explain to hasty people why they can’t get back the spirit shards they didn’t mean to spend.
John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”
A tick box that says “do not show this message again” would solve this for all sides
No, it wouldn’t. An annoyingly large fraction of players would click this the first time they spend more than a few shards. Then, 3 days later, they would complain that they didn’t get a warning message.
I’d suggest a check box something like “Do not show this message again for 10 minutes”. I’d also like to have that applied to salvaging rares so I don’t have to click “Yes” and then restart my salvage kit again to keep salvaging.
In another thread (about salvaging rares) someone suggested adding a a modifier key to suppress the confirmation message, e.g. [shift+click] versus just a [click]. I think that’s better than any sort of permanent or semi-permanent option, in that it means you always have consciously suppress the confirmation — it can never happen because you forgot about an option you selected earlier.
John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”
