Create A Universal Mail System

[1420Guy]

How about linking all the servers, to one universal mail system? It would definately make things simple, rather than having to quit and swich servers. Plus, sense your not charging, for the service, why not allow limited sending of weapons and currency. Just like the current system. This whould make a great VIP benefit!

[incineration]

A VIP benefit of sending items cross server? to do what? balance out all economies? you seem kinda obsessed with trying to get more benefits that you feel you want regardless of what it would do to the game

[The_Brave2]

Dont really see this happening, seems un-needed, they make money when people want to switch servers though character transfers... if you could send some of your money [little at a time] and twink gear you wouldn't see the need to transfer a toon over if you really wanted to switch servers.

Granted this is a small segment of the population and obviously you cant send BTC BTA items in the mail and would still make you want to use the character transfer system, it seems rather pointless to allow people to mail cross-server.

Generally grinds down to this:

Why are you playing on two different servers in the first place?

Since if you want to change servers you use the chr transfer system, or you start over... as it should be...

So... obviously you are trying to maintain characters on different servers by sending money/items to them, which personally I dont see a reason for, each server economy is different on each server as it should be...

everything costs more on Khyber! xD

[Memnir]

Don't see the need.

[Rumbaar]

Just shift to a single instance game.

But the economies of servers will not be well suited to cross server transfers of this nature.

[MsEricka]

Not necessary to do a system like this. A so-called universal system could end up ruining economies on some servers. Of course it could do the opposite and create an equal economy on all servers.

The thing is, we don't know what will happen, and I'd rather not test it out.

SO I guess the question I have to ask back is, why do you want more easy button?

[Rumbaar]

Also I'm sure the base database doesn't have server flagging prefixes for character, etc.

That can't even change surnames but you think they'll be able to determine a character of same name between multiple server to ensure it gets to the right person?

[Talias006]

Also I'm sure the base database doesn't have server flagging prefixes for character, etc.

That can't even change surnames but you think they'll be able to determine a character of same name between multiple server to ensure it gets to the right person?

Nope, and I know of several times I've tried to make same character names on different servers and been told that I had to choose a different name as that one was taken already. So I know that just sending items from Character A-Server1 to Character A-Server2 won't matter if the Character owners are different accounts.

I really don't see the purpose of this. It's been mentioned that this could affect economies adversely or create a universal equality. Or, the third option, make all economies universally adversely affected and ruined.

[BlargneyTheSecond]

I think it's a fine idea. I could see it being a useful feature that I would use occasionally. It would make the time you spend doing things on different servers more productive overall.

[Talias006]

You really want to be more productive over multiple servers? Isn't that what Character Transfers are for?

You can transfer a character that started on server A to server B, and then transfer a character that started on server B to server A.

You win the productivity, and Turbine wins with more funding to keep the updates going strong.

I play multiple servers and while there might be some things that it'd be nice to have on one server brought to the other, it's nothing I can't just grind for on any server.

Still don't see the need for this, even if I do see the reasoning behind it.

[Flavilandile]

Don't see this happening in the forseable future.

Reason ? $24.99 for character transfer. ( for everybody VIPs or not )

Cross server mails costing nothing ? no way, not generating any revenue.

[Rubiconn]

Not a good idea, I was surprised noone brought up the suggestion of account bank spaces that went across servers as a VIP benefit talk about messing up the economies, AH on some servers would be empty and on other servers things would get overpriced more so than they are today. And with the new crafting it would get totally out of whack.


Sorry I dont want anyone in DDO thinking along these lines.