[Suggestion] Linkable items in the chat window

[Perrin_Aybarra]

Hello,

To start I'd like to apologize if I did not post this in the right section and if this was suggested before.

With the addition of the item database on the forums (ok I know the ZAM database isn't up to date but let's pretend) I think it would be great if the items you loot and the items you have in your inventore could also have this feature so that you could put your mouse over the item name in the game and see the status window for that item.

For exemple, you are running a dungeon and someone gets a piece of armor in their loot list. Everyone sees the name of it but instead of having to ask the person if it's good for them and what the stats are you could just put your mouse over the item and see for yourself if it's something you'd like. (this could be also solved by having a common loot list and having to bid/pass on items)

Another exemple would be to link items to friends in the linkshell.

Anyways, this is just a suggestion among others to improve the interface and playability.

comments?

[Jinko]

Yes I would like to see this also, Rentahamster posted something similar to this a while back where it was suggested, not heard anything from the devs about it.

[Moiren]

I hate current lot system... FFXI one was better :|

I suggest making a new one that's a combo of the two: now, when someone gets an item in their loot list, there are only 3 (?) options: Take, Trade, Discard. Why dont add a fourth one... "Share" or something like that... That puts the item in a shared loot (but the loot window is the same... maybe the shared item has a special icon or something like that) where everyone can "Cast lot".

This combo would be nice since:
- FFXIV lot system is still there, nice for not so important items
- FFXI shared cast lot system is there just after the player choose "Share", so that's nice for r/e equipment... (actually it's not that good when, for example, doing a dungeon run with non-LS players a XXX item drop -eg. GLA item- but ends up in a THM loot and he/she doesnt know who to trade it maybe because there are more GLA that need it)

[Rukkirii]

We know that the ability to link items, as well as quests and maps, into the chat window is an extremely convenient feature, and while it would be very difficult to implement, we will do our best to research just how feasible it will be to introduce.

[Perrin_Aybarra]

We know that the ability to link items, as well as quests and maps, into the chat window is an extremely convenient feature, and while it would be very difficult to implement, we will do our best to research just how feasible it will be to introduce.

Wow ^^ thanks a lot for the reply Rukkirii! I hope we can do that someday, it's fun to see things our friends get and it's more convenient when loot drops in instances ^^

and yay for my 1st rep answer in one of my post!

[Dragonheart]

absolutely loved this feature in wow, you can link anything like, item quests, skills in the chat , and when you click on them a pop up window appear with his description, stats etc .. Really nice feature.

[Sagagemini]

They cant do that cause of the server issues.
That's why we can't have a decent search feature, or a mail, or anything in this game.
But i'm sure they'll look into it and in a year or two, we'll see something.

[Starflare]

Damn server issues at it again...

This would be a fantastic addition to the chat log and is something that is common in almost every other MMO.

[Neptune]

We know that the ability to link items, as well as quests and maps, into the chat window is an extremely convenient feature, and while it would be very difficult to implement, we will do our best to research just how feasible it will be to introduce.

Wow nothing against Rukkirii or the dev team but what does it say about this company that a feature from 2004 is "very difficult" to implement in this game?

[Efrye]

Wow nothing against Rukkirii or the dev team but what does it say about this company that a feature from 2004 is "very difficult" to implement in this game?

Nothing.

If they would have built the game with that feature in mind, it certainly wouldn't be a problem for them. But now they already have the complete code and adding stuff like linkable items may require to rewrite a huge chunk of it.