They could separate the outfit into individual pieces like they used to be..
Outfits were never separate skins in gw2. They have always been one style, completely covering everything else except backpieces. Unless you’re thinking of complete armor sets that were previously sold in the gem store, or town clothes – which to clarify, were not outfits.
I am aware of what it was like in gw1, and while I would like the change to happen, realistically I just don’t see it happening. Outfits and headpieces were two separate pieces of armor. Outfits in gw2 are one piece, and always have been. Yes, it is possible to hide the headpiece if there is one, but unless they have the manpower to change it (and we all know they’ve been working on HoT), I seriously doubt they’ll give it a second glance.
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Remember back in the days when we buy a Gem store outfit, we could mix and match them with any clothes? Nowdays, it’s just one outfit.
We were never able to mix and match outfits. We, however were able to purchase a set of armor skins. The OP is saying about how now we can’t mix and match outfits, when they were never outfits in the first place, they were armor skins.
I’d say OP is talking about both armor skins and outfits.
While I may like the idea, I just don’t see the devs changing the system at all.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
They’ve stated that outfits are going to be found in the gem store, and new armors are going to be found in-game. With that being said I seriously doubt that they’re going to change outfits into armor skins.
As sad as it is, that’s their decision and we need to either decide to deal with it or leave it and move on. There’s nothing complaining will fix here.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
They’ve stated that outfits are going to be found in the gem store, and new armors are going to be found in-game. With that being said I seriously doubt that they’re going to change outfits into armor skins.
As sad as it is, that’s their decision and we need to either decide to deal with it or leave it and move on. There’s nothing complaining will fix here.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
Yup, They are usually pretty darn awesome. I’ve had them replace a mistaken Gem Store Purchase before. With the warning that they wouldn’t do it again if I messed up again, lol. So I am always extra careful when buying things in the gem store.
I’m also extra careful when deleting characters – even just key farmers! They helped me replace a Copper-Fed Salvage-o-Matic when I accidentally deleted it on my keyfarmer
And just recently they gave me a refund for some items which I couldn’t use anymore, which was awesome of them!
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
What if some new player wants some help and cannot whisper you? Or maybe your friend that you did not add to your friend list yet? Or maybe you forgot to set your privacy setting back to ‘normal’ and all of a sudden all people have issues whispering to you. They probably gonna think that you are rude or something…
If you actually read the thread you will find out a lot.
And to those saying “oh what about new people wanting help?” there will be a system implemented with Masteries where it actually shows new players on the map who actually wants to help them. Please don’t make me repeat this same info for a fourth time in this thread.
Which you’ve made me do again. Congratulations.
It’s not my personal job to help out every single new player who wants help – nor is it any of yours – though I can and do offer help when I’m not busy, and I like sharing info with players, but it is not unreasonable to want privacy settings. If you want to be able to help new players 24/7 then don’t make use of the settings (that is, if they become implemented).
To be honest I don’t care if people think I’m rude in regards to not replying to whispers. That’s like someone getting upset because I didn’t answer their text or call. I may have been on the toilet for all they know, not that it would have been any of their business in the first place.
All the examples you’ve put are very specific instances, that are minor problems, that can’t be sorted out with re-logging, or using the mail. Again, please actually read the thread, and you will find a lot of info.
None of these are good reasons as to why privacy functions should NOT be implemented.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
Happy you all got the gift because i didn’t and I’VE been here since launch.
So many people getting all passive-aggressive and angry just because they haven’t received something in-game.
Understand this; your character gets a birthday gift on the character’s birthday. Not your account’s birthday. Doesn’t matter how old your account is. If you delete and remake your toons over and over you’re going to be waiting longer and longer for bday presents.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
I think that’s what the top left colour slot is meant to be for. Currently I can see absolutely no change when I dye that slot. I’ll be reporting it as a bug and then waiting to see what happens.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
In your original post you got about 10 whispers from the same gold selling account. That means he probably sent hundreds of messages to other players – and this is something to look into.
Yeah that’s exactly why I’ve been wanting privacy features implemented. The system as it is now is not ideal for those of us who don’t want to be harassed. I’m honestly really surprised that this hasn’t been addressed/looked into/inquired about by devs before the 3 year mark. I made this suggestion shortly after release (and a few times since then), but it seems to have been completely swept under the carpet – multiple times. You can bet I’ll be fighting to keep this thread alive til something is finally done about it.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
I would read the two pages of this thread, but , the half of the first page is… just wow , your all missing the point.
How about , we have the option to block whispers from under lvl 10 , since gold sellers are usually to lazy to level past 2.
And before you all start on about how then new players cant whisper someone for help , guess what , they should take a guild invite, and ask their guildies. Anyway , when was the last time any of you rolled a new toon , and it took more than an evening to get past lvl 10.
2. Gold sellers spam from new accounts (presumably). At least every time they spam me they use Djhgjh character names and Hjhfgjhf.XXXX account names which makes me think that they are not stolen accounts, they are just new accounts used for mass-whispering. Maybe there is some way of limiting mass-whispering for newly-created accounts?
How long do typical spammer accounts live for? If you can’t mass whisper people on an account with less than 100 hours’ playing time (if you need to at all, for that matter?) then the problem might be solved. Or at least mitigated. You can get a bot to AFK for a few days so there might need to be some progress/AP gating as well.
And if you’re a new player, you don’t need to be mass whispering people in the first place.
For mass-whispering, sure, but we all know what happened when basic features were locked behind level walls with the NPE. It was not pretty. Whispering should not be one of those.
Instead of trying to put limits on accounts making it impossible to whisper people until <x> is achieved, how about suggesting an option that we can choose to use. That way no one is affected unless they specifically go out of their way to change a setting.
Seriously have we all forgotten about the NPE?
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
Victory or Death was bugged. You were unable to interact with the cannons. That has been patched since, so you should have no further issues.
If you read the OP, there is no mention of the cannons. This is a completely different bug that quite a few of us have experienced, and it was because of skipping cutscenes.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
The offline feature however, is royally messed up. Appearing offline cuts you off from Guild Chat (can’t read it or write to it) yet you still keep the [Tag] of the guild next to your name so people can still identify you as being a guild member.
Now that in itself isn’t such a problem. If you are appearing offline then you don’t want your online presence to be seen so why would you need guild chat.
Except that you aren’t actually hidden when appearing offline. Your location still updates (hover over someone appearing offline and you can see where they are) this is true in both Guild Chat and Friends list.
Additionally, when you are appearing offline (if you log out, and log in while appearing offline) you will consistently (at least this holds true for me) bug out in LFG. By this I mean, all the groups in LFG will be from the Euro Server if you’re on NA
This is yet another reason why appearing offline is not a fix. Thank you for posting this, as I had posted it previously, but it has since been removed. It is so incredibly easy to tell when someone is just appearing as offline it’s not funny.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
I would read the two pages of this thread, but , the half of the first page is… just wow , your all missing the point.
How about , we have the option to block whispers from under lvl 10 , since gold sellers are usually to lazy to level past 2.
And before you all start on about how then new players cant whisper someone for help , guess what , they should take a guild invite, and ask their guildies. Anyway , when was the last time any of you rolled a new toon , and it took more than an evening to get past lvl 10.
How long do typical spammer accounts live for? If you can’t mass whisper people on an account with less than 100 hours’ playing time (if you need to at all, for that matter?) then the problem might be solved. Or at least mitigated. You can get a bot to AFK for a few days so there might need to be some progress/AP gating as well.
And if you’re a new player, you don’t need to be mass whispering people in the first place.
For mass-whispering, sure, but we all know what happened when basic features were locked behind level walls with the NPE. It was not pretty. Whispering should not be one of those.
Instead of trying to put limits on accounts making it impossible to whisper people until <x> is achieved, how about suggesting an option that we can choose to use. That way no one is affected unless they specifically go out of their way to change a setting.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
Watch all the cutscenes. I had the exact same bug, and another progress-stopping bug in another story instance. Both of these times were able to be fixed by completely watching all the cutscenes.
It’s a pain in the butt, yeah, but if it works then I’ll just make a cuppa while I wait.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
Why would that even be a thing though? I have specifically chosen my character/s to be female. Why would I want to preview male hairstyles?
With this functionality it’s also more difficult to just go in and start previewing. You can’t choose your own gender to go into. I was on a sylvari when I tested this out, so luckily I was able to choose the ears tab and get back into the normal female hair that way, but other races won’t be so lucky. Not sure if you’re completely screwed on those without customizeable ears or not. I shall check.
Edit: If you only have the one tab you have to click on the hair tab again (though it’s already selected) to see what is available to your race and gender.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
I really hope Anet can do something about privacy settings. I take the steps to block and report a gold seller who is pestering me over and over. And by that I mean at least 5-10 whispers flooding my chat. Then after I report and block them a fresh name starts spamming me directly afterwards.
Whether I’m on EoTM or LA it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t stop. :/
Yep, like I said in the original post, I was whispered 9 times in 1 minute, and that only stopped because I blocked him.
It seems to be that either people experience it really badly – like we do – or don’t experience it at all. Either way I’d seriously like an overhaul to the lack of privacy in this game.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
How long do typical spammer accounts live for? If you can’t mass whisper people on an account with less than 100 hours’ playing time (if you need to at all, for that matter?) then the problem might be solved. Or at least mitigated. You can get a bot to AFK for a few days so there might need to be some progress/AP gating as well.
And if you’re a new player, you don’t need to be mass whispering people in the first place.
For mass-whispering, sure, but we all know what happened when basic features were locked behind level walls with the NPE. It was not pretty. Whispering should not be one of those.
Instead of trying to put limits on accounts making it impossible to whisper people until <x> is achieved, how about suggesting an option that we can choose to use. That way no one is affected unless they specifically go out of their way to change a setting.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
So, essentially what you are asking for is a way to have options like “Receive Whispers”:
From All
From Friends and Guild Members
From Friends
None
This seems like a reasonable feature request.
If Player A is on Player B’s friends list, but Player B isn’t on Player A’s friends list, how does that interaction work out?
Would this also extend out to things like mail?
(Please note this does not mean that this will happen, won’t happen, is planned to happen, and or not planned to happen)
Hi Branden,
Perhaps implement as inclusive checkboxes, instead of a single option, with no selection indicating “none”?
Whisper Settings:
[ ] – Public (receipt from any one, selecting this would check all the others)
[ ] – Friends (people on my friends list)
[ ] – Guild Members (should include all guilds, not just the active one)
[ ] – Party Members (as they may be neither friends nor guildies)
[ ] – Team Members (for PvP)
[ ] – Squad Members (maybe unnecessary)
And then add:
[ ] – Apply Whisper settings to Mail
In your example, player B having added A is inconsequential with respect to player A’s settings. Just because B considers A as a friend shouldn’t grant them rights to circumvent A’s settings.
I love this idea, and I completely agree with having all guilds one is a part of to be able to pm them as an option (like I’ve mentioned I’m in a few LFG-type guilds and get asked for dungeon runs a few times each day).
I think possibly party/team/squad could be going a bit far though. That being said, I wouldn’t be against it being implemented if it was a possibility.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
Well, I for one hope SAB doesn’t return…Why? because i invested in SAB skins way back..and now they are worth a ton. The longer no SAB, the more i get when i sell. Call me greedy but…I wasn’t that fond of SAB to begin with..might as well make some quick coin of it..
What you have portrayed yourself as is far worse than greedy, Don’t bring back this content that some people enjoyed so i can make more digital currency is an awful thing to admit feeling.
Hertz, that is one of the most horrible things I have ever seen. “Don’t bring back this content because it’ll drop supply of the expensive skins I have” is NOT a good reason for them not to bring back content that many, many players enjoyed.
If you didn’t enjoy it then fine, if it’s re-implemented then don’t bother playing that content. But don’t kitten on someone else’s parade because of your greed.
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I pointed this out in LA mapchat a few hours ago. Literally every profession will be able to have a staff (including elite specs) except for Warrior and Engineer.
Warrior and Engineer are the only two that can use Rifles.
Coincidence? I think not!
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Store the gift until a new set comes out. No-one who knows is probably allowed to tell and the rest of us can just guess.
Guess I will have to wait for a new set to be released then. But would be nice if an anet employee would give us an answer instead of having to make us wait.
Yeah I was wondering about this. One of my guildies only has 6 dyes to go til he has everything. Hoping that there’ll be something worthwhile in store for those who already have all of them unlocked.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
So, essentially what you are asking for is a way to have options like “Receive Whispers”:
From All
From Friends and Guild Members
From Friends
None
This seems like a reasonable feature request.
If Player A is on Player B’s friends list, but Player B isn’t on Player A’s friends list, how does that interaction work out?
Would this also extend out to things like mail?
(Please note this does not mean that this will happen, won’t happen, is planned to happen, and or not planned to happen)
Perhaps the fourth (or even a fifth) option could be: “Ask me” so that a message such as: “Playername.1234 wants to whisper you. Accept / Decline?” appears.
If this is made as a once-only request – and I mean once-only as long as you’re logged in for the entire session – then I’d support it, but otherwise I’d still prefer my suggestion above.
@Hidori, no, not even taking PvP into account. I don’t PvP on this account either. Gating anything by AP/level/rank or anything will just hurt people playing on their alt accounts or even completely new players – as we’ve seen with the dreaded NPE. I completely oppose your suggestions.
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
simple solution to prevent mass whispers from gold sellers:
you need to be level 80 and/or have 1000 AP in order to be able to whisper to more than 3 persons in a set amount of time.
or at least they should get automatically flagged for spam if they whisper to more than X persons in a set amount of time and muted.
furthermore if a goldspammer in map chat gets reported a few times, that account should also be flagged automatically AND muted until an ANet employee has reviewed the flag.
Might possibly have a higher impact on PvP only players who have played a long time but don’t have high AP and PvE/WvW people who have played a long time so they know a lot of people, but they also play on a low, AP alt account. In addition, both of these groups may not have a level 80 char on that account.
This account of mine has existed since release, and the highest level character is ~18, with 273 AP. This is not a good fix. I still much prefer what I have already suggested above.
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Welp now at least I can do some key farming knowing I’ll be getting even more scrolls to make up for those used. Not sure if I’d be bothered using them on anything bar my revenants seeing as everyone is already at least level 22.
Welp, time to buy level 30 gear for my key farmer!
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
So, essentially what you are asking for is a way to have options like “Receive Whispers”:
From All
From Friends and Guild Members
From Friends
None
This seems like a reasonable feature request.
If Player A is on Player B’s friends list, but Player B isn’t on Player A’s friends list, how does that interaction work out?
Would this also extend out to things like mail?
(Please note this does not mean that this will happen, won’t happen, is planned to happen, and or not planned to happen)
Yep, that’s exactly what I’m asking.
In the event of non-mutual friendship I would suggest that only mutual friends would count. I can tell who has added me on their friend’s list when I’m browsing mine (as it pops up with ALL their details when I mouse over them instead of just their account name and status), so I think there’s part of “finding out who is friends with who” already available. (I really do think that a confirmation of friendship [ie. no followers at all, only accept or deny adding to friends list] would have been a good idea to implement at the beginning of the game.)
I don’t see why having these options available for mail wouldn’t be reasonable either.
And to those saying “oh what about new people wanting help?” there will be a system implemented with Masteries where it actually shows new players on the map who actually wants to help them. Please don’t make me repeat this same info for a fourth time in this thread.
It’s not my personal job to help out every single new player who wants help – nor is it any of yours – though I can and do offer help when I’m not busy, and I like sharing info with players, but it is not unreasonable to want privacy settings. If you want to be able to help new players 24/7 then don’t make use of the settings (that is, if they become implemented).
45 characters, 20 level 80s, 11 impersonal story completions and counting.
How about, if possible, another option for whispers from people on map, so that way if you want to help someone, they can whisper you, but only if they’re on the same map as you. As for if someone has me as friends, but I don’t have them as a friend, and I have “friends only” they can’t whisper me. I think extending it to mail might be a bad idea. I don’t get a lot of gold seller spam in my mail, so I don’t think that’s necessary, plus sometimes I mail people small amounts of gold to thank them for helping me and if they had it set up for friends only, I couldn’t do that.
With the Mastery system there will be a Mentor symbol put on the map, showing new players who actually wants to help them out. If new players pm me asking for help and I’m not in the mood, you bet your goat I won’t be replying at all. When the mastery system comes out all I’ll be doing is pointing them towards the player who has the tag on saying they actually want to help new players.
Also; please actually read the thread so you can see where I’ve mentioned this before.
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