Ability to e-mail Inf. in I17
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Posted on: 2010-02-23 11:07 in The Market and Inventions
no idea if it will be cross server, maybe could do experiment to see if you can send emails cross server now
and at least emailing inf will be able to MUCH more easily transfer funds between your own toons
The way you send an ingame e-mail now though is by character name. If you have the same character name on two or more servers, then how would the game know which one to send it to?
it would make more sense that its not cross server, but i rarely use the email system as it is now, once were allowed to transfer inf between our own toons, no need for person for inf transfers.
the cross server part didnt really bother me too much either, since all the toons i actually use are on the same server, but i do understand poeple who do have toons on other servers.
this might be a dumb question, but can we email it to ourselves? character to character?
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Originally Posted by beyeajus74018
this might be a dumb question, but can we email it to ourselves? character to character?
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Yes, that's the idea.|
Originally Posted by beyeajus74018
this might be a dumb question, but can we email it to ourselves? character to character?
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It's going to make my red-blue/blue-red inf. transfer service much easier to facilitate.
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Thank you for pointing that out.
I don't want to thread jack but this caught my eye near the inf announcement.
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well, i hate to bring up the negative here, but this just makes it a lot easier for RMT to get the new peeps. all they have to do is email a trivial amount of infl/inf(prob 10,000-50,000) to a player and tell them that if they would like more to contact them. and we all know new players emails come turned on for everyone and unless they know that they can turn it off we're going to have a problem.
like i said, i hate to bring this part of it up, but someone had to do it.
For the RMTs, that may be a problem for some, but I have and I'm sure many others too, have selected the option of only receiving emails from those in their friend list. I haven't had a spam email since I've selected that option. 
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But...if you set the option to friends only, can another character of yourself still be e-mailing the one with the friends only option?
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Yes, if you /friend the other character name ahead of time.
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Originally Posted by Lyrik
But...if you set the option to friends only, can another character of yourself still be e-mailing the one with the friends only option?
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total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
First off.
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Does this merely enrich the ether? Or are all your alts automatically considered friends?
Second off. A dumb question.
How EXACTLY does this interact with the spam-control methods released in previous issues? If you only take e-mails from friends but try to mail yourself inf...
How EXACTLY does this interact with the spam-control methods released in previous issues? If you only take e-mails from friends but try to mail yourself inf...
Does this merely enrich the ether? Or are all your alts automatically considered friends?
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You can't. The email system predates the current global name system, and was definitely designed for same-server communication. It'd be nice if that was revamped. That said, I don't really see email as very useful given the current chat system, which is already cross character and has a fairly reliable queuing mechanism for offline recipients. So I can only really see people making use of cross-server email specifically for cross server inf moving, which might mean it might not happen for a variety of hypothetical reasons.|
Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
no idea if it will be cross server, maybe could do experiment to see if you can send emails cross server now
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Still, this is a nice QoL step. As a holder of two accounts, it doesn't add much for me, but it's nice to see it added.
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Fantastic news. I'm wondering how it'll work in practice. Will emailed influence be immediately claimed upon reading the email? If not, this could work as an alternative influence banking method.
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this is a good point here, honestly, you could just for the second or so your sending the email just turn off the email blocker , then once you get the email on the desired toon just restore the settings.
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
How EXACTLY does this interact with the spam-control methods released in previous issues? If you only take e-mails from friends but try to mail yourself inf... Does this merely enrich the ether? Or are all your alts automatically considered friends? |
If nothing else it will allow inf. capped characters to send a bit to an alt so that they can claim their last sale without losing anything.
It's a nice little QOL addition.
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Originally Posted by Bionic_Flea
If nothing else it will allow inf. capped characters to send a bit to an alt so that they can claim their last sale without losing anything.
It's a nice little QOL addition. |
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That assumes you can mail inf to characters not on your account.|
Originally Posted by Sharker_Quint
well, i hate to bring up the negative here, but this just makes it a lot easier for RMT to get the new peeps. all they have to do is email a trivial amount of infl/inf(prob 10,000-50,000) to a player and tell them that if they would like more to contact them. and we all know new players emails come turned on for everyone and unless they know that they can turn it off we're going to have a problem.
like i said, i hate to bring this part of it up, but someone had to do it. |
(Please oh please let this be cross-server)
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Huh, lots of odd ideas and wishes here. I thought the note was pretty straight forward.
Yes, you can send money to your alts (that's the entire idea). Yes, you can send it to other people's characters.
You are automatically on your own friends list, so you can turn e-mail off for everyone else but still send yourself e-mails.
NO, you cannot send it to someone on the other faction.
Cross-server is unknown, though not likely.
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So, any predictions on how this will affect the market? With lowbies having more money to throw around, does that mean more inflation?
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No. People can just as easily buy stuff on rich toons and put it in base storage to go get on lowbies, or have a trusted friend help transfer influence/items. |
So, any predictions on how this will affect the market? With lowbies having more money to throw around, does that mean more inflation? |
This email option just makes it easier.
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Originally Posted by Sharker_Quint
well, i hate to bring up the negative here, but this just makes it a lot easier for RMT to get the new peeps. all they have to do is email a trivial amount of infl/inf(prob 10,000-50,000) to a player and tell them that if they would like more to contact them. and we all know new players emails come turned on for everyone and unless they know that they can turn it off we're going to have a problem.
like i said, i hate to bring this part of it up, but someone had to do it. |
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Originally Posted by Demobot
Fantastic news. I'm wondering how it'll work in practice. Will emailed influence be immediately claimed upon reading the email? If not, this could work as an alternative influence banking method.
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http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/gam..._overview.html
Says we'll be able to e-mail Inf. to each other! Granted it's probably not cross server, but it's a feature I'm sure will get used a bunch.