Dev-Question: Signed Items (Crafted items)

[Valmonte]

its not branding, its fame. i don't have lalafells turning out Blades and Armor with my name attached to it.

if i busted my ass getting the mats and making the Excalibur with next to impossible chances then hell yes i want my name associated with it. you shouldn't have the right to erase that.

people fear that all weapons will be signed, and while some people may do this i can guarantee you not everyone will. your fears are identical to mine regarding space bar jumping, there are going to be people who randomly stand in one spot and press it all day just like there are people who are going to sign every thing they possibly can.

[Mjollnir]

Also, on the flipside it gives players an incentive to not buy from players who are infamous, which means another little reason not to be a dick.

If you already had bought something that was signed by a dick and wanted to re-sell it on, it would still have a dick on it and people may then think your retainer was a dick retainer and not buy your other items either. Except soon enough players would realise (through their own experience) that just because something was signed by a dick, didn't mean it was being sold by a dick, so wouldn't care about the signature and it wouldn't affect the market for the item.

I'm pro-signature on HQ still though.

[Shougun]

its not branding, its fame. i don't have lalafells turning out Blades and Armor with my name attached to it.

if i busted my ass getting the mats and making the Excalibur with next to impossible chances then hell yes i want my name associated with it. you shouldn't have the right to erase that.

people fear that all weapons will be signed, and while some people may do this i can guarantee you not everyone will. your fears are identical to mine regarding space bar jumping, there are going to be people who randomly stand in one spot and press it all day just like there are people who are going to sign every thing they possibly can.

I say branding as people with more popular names or some other connection that may not of otherwise existed, like not knowing the creator of the item, now exists with signed items.

People if given two same priced items will pick the better - in this case the difference would be a name.

And making Excalibur would be pretty badass- but dont you think a gatherer busted their ass gathering those mats? I find a forced signed system a little selfish - however being a bonus ignore-able feature I think is cool. Besides most items are shitty SB or double melds (and even sometimes the melds were done by someone else).

[Kaizuko_Hakupac]

For me, Signed gear SHOULD be around, however there should be a way to remove the name aswell, and that certain way cant be easy either, if someone named :Xeak Ballox" for example, i dont think ide want to remove that persons name, or i wouldent care about it that much, but when u get gear with someones name like "fefefe fefefefefe" u WANT to remove it asap lol (that name Actually exists on masamune)

so yeah imo it should be both ways, have Signed gear ingame, and a way to remove the name without having to sell the item. like a loong quest lol

but thats just me c:

[raelee]

I loved signed gear in XI- when I quit, many people asked for many dishes of food I had signed (like Hellsteak and the like). Totally in support of this idea, lol.