Mailboxes in front of Mog Houses

[Rhianu]

It doesn't take all that long before you know who they (item delivery NPCs) are.

Still, it should be more obvious than it is. Some kind of visual indication should be in place. The lack of such indicators on all types of NPCs as always been one of FFXI's biggest flaws.

You might be able to remember the locations of enough NPCs to get by, but chances are you haven't memorized the locations of every NPC in the entire game.

As for the icon usage, I don't think my haubergeon or stack of coeurl meat would fit inside a normal sized envelope.

Why not? Every item in the game can each fit into a single inventory slot, regardless of size. Your haubergeon and stack of coeurl meat, for example, would each take up exactly the same amount of inventory space as a flower or a slip of paper would, not to mention how we adventurer's can carry around up to 240 items without any visible backpack of any kind. So clearly Vana'diel's items must be susceptible to some kind of inter-dimensional space/time compression, thus allowing any item to fit into almost any space. :P

[Mirage]

Actually, I think it is the bags we carry things in that have interdimensional properties. In that case, delivery NPCs should probably have icons depicting small time-space warping delivery crates.

[bungiefan]

Also, another thing, I've always felt that the current icon the game has always used to represent item delivery is horribly inadequate. It looks like three bricks stacked on a table, which doesn't convey the message of mail or item delivery at all! A better icon would be to use an image of a mailbox or an envelope. That way people know what the icon is supposed to mean at first glance, and it actually makes logical sense.

It's a ship with 3 sails, facing you. I noticed it the first time I saw it.

[Meyi]

What I like about Final Fantasy XI is its attention to the roleplay aspect of the game. I don't want to see names destroyed and replaced with "Item Delivery". Keep the names the way they are.

[ch405]

2) Put an envelope or mailbox icon next to their names, so that you know they're item delivery NPCs (personally, I like this option better than #1).

I rather like Rhianu's second idea, adding an icon beside their name, like how players have Linkshell icons but dealing with the Auction House. Another way would be to add initials to the end similar to how conquest-related NPCs are (T.K., W.W., I.M.) but for the delivery system.

[Mercer]

Thats a really good idea.

[Rosalie]

I thought those npc's were used to go let you into your friends' mog houses.

[Ladycandygem]

Better idea. How about letting us send things from -within- our Mog Houses?

Yes, please. It would make muling things so much easier.

[MissAngie]

The NPCs in Mhaura and Selbina are right next to the Nomad Moogles.

umm. no one's hometown is in mhaura or selbina. why are you bringing that up? is anyone gonna make their homepoint mhaura or selbina just so they can have their moogle and their dbox right next to each other? I dont think so

[MissAngie]

Better idea. How about letting us send things from -within- our Mog Houses?

this is the best idea ever so far.