a_Stalker Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Don't be so dramatic. Sometimes people don't feel like having to wait through 3 load screens to get some crafting done. Those loading screens that you want to avoid are actually in the heart of SWTOR and the designers have placed a lot of faith on to bring in the MMO crowds. You are simply not playing the game as was intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayduke Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 This thread started with a simple and innocuous request. But the way the hyperbole is going I bet by page 5 someone will compare mailboxes on spaceships with the downfall of western civilization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeada Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) yet lightsabers are perfectly plausible.. Hate to tell you, with the technology we have now, we can create a magnetic field to contain plasma.... and that's exactly what a lightsaber is. It's just a matter of technology just getting better and thus smaller now. Only other issue is the heat of the plasma, which needless to say, would not be able to be held in one's hand. On Topic: I would definitely like a mailbox in our ships, with maybe the requirement that you have to land on a planet in order to get the goods being sent. Edited January 11, 2012 by Daeada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embrosil Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 How would the physical objects you receive in the mail get to your ship? The same way as an object crafted by you companion on your ship arrives in your inventory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itekazzawrrlic Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Those loading screens that you want to avoid are actually in the heart of SWTOR and the designers have placed a lot of faith on to bring in the MMO crowds. You are simply not playing the game as was intended. Actually when i just want to pick something up from another planet so that i can craft, it's quite annoying when i could just do it from my ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itekazzawrrlic Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 You can craft anywhere. Your mats can all be in your ship's cargo hold in space while you are on planet and you can craft to your heart's content from those mats. Actually crafting on my ship is more fun and more realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw_dragon Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 we need mailboxes in our mailboxes so we can mail while we mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noxside Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 How would the physical objects you receive in the mail get to your ship? Because your ship is docked quite often, so the mailman brings it into the spaceport, then it gets loaded on your ship when you dock? makes perfect sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tybius Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 not once have i been to fleet and not said something along the lines of this, currently when theres 250 people in fleet i lag like no tomorrow(dont have the best pc but it does ok) -id like to see mail at a terminal on ships (or at least on thier guild mothership if that goes through) -id like to be able to grab dailies from somewere else - evan another terminal on ship, seperate ones for pvp, flashpoint - so i can travel through space, i have a holo terminal but cant manage to send a msg or recieve? i understand people saying no it groups us together for community, but traveling to fleet isnt always the best option when ur out questing. people still have to travel to fleet for vendors,flashpoints,rest xp this would also help fill in some of the wasted space on the ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putok Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 How would the physical objects you receive in the mail get to your ship? The same way you can send you companion across the galaxy on a mission to retrieve an exotic biochemical compound, and have it magically appear in your inventory 3 minutes later without them ever even showing up to hand it to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haluo Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 How would the physical objects you receive in the mail get to your ship? YEAH!! cause in this game you can see mail men driving mail trucks and dropping of loads of mail to all the mail boxes. in fact how do the mailmen know exaclty where to send my mail, like i might have mail and i might decide to grab it on tatooine, how did that mailman know to leave the mail exactly at tatooine??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alohen Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 YEAH!! cause in this game you can see mail men driving mail trucks and dropping of loads of mail to all the mail boxes. in fact how do the mailmen know exaclty where to send my mail, like i might have mail and i might decide to grab it on tatooine, how did that mailman know to leave the mail exactly at tatooine??? Force Sensitive Super Mailmen, Trained in the ways of the Force for this Humongous Destiny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saiaku Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Ships need to play a larger role and have more features. The whole ship deal about this game was hyped so hard before release, but it's just a interactive teleporter. Tbh having my own ship played a large role in why i wanted this game so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sernon Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 youre taking the realistic argument in a fantasy world... You're suggesting dumbing down the game mechanics in favor of laziness in turn. --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itekazzawrrlic Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 You're suggesting dumbing down the game mechanics in favor of laziness in turn. --- How is adding a mailbox dumbing down the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sernon Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 YEAH!! cause in this game you can see mail men driving mail trucks and dropping of loads of mail to all the mail boxes. in fact how do the mailmen know exaclty where to send my mail, like i might have mail and i might decide to grab it on tatooine, how did that mailman know to leave the mail exactly at tatooine??? One is called abstraction, the other is called magic. This was not a Pixie game last time I checked. --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sernon Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 How is adding a mailbox dumbing down the game? Magically appearing mail is a dumb feature. You can send items in it, delivery can't be done in a vacuum. That's not a literal statement. --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itekazzawrrlic Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Magically appearing mail is a dumb feature. You can send items in it, delivery can't be done in a vacuum. That's not a literal statement. --- There's no such thing as the Force either, but you don't have a problem with the game for having force lightning and lightsabers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putok Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 One is called abstraction, the other is called magic. This was not a Pixie game last time I checked. --- Magic like when you send out your companions on simultaneous gathering missions to the four corners of the galaxy (for 3 minutes), and have the mats magically appear in your inventory without them ever even being summoned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sernon Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 There's no such thing as the Force either, but you don't have a problem with the game for having force lightning and lightsabers. This game is based on certain movies, there was no indication of magical physical shipment there. My expectations are firmly based on what can be reasonably expected in view of the source material, as opposed to suggestions based on nothing reasonable at all, manifested only here. --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sernon Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Magic like when you send out your companions on simultaneous gathering missions to the four corners of the galaxy (for 3 minutes), and have the mats magically appear in your inventory without them ever even being summoned? That's abstraction. It still follows a certain logic, it's just that the time scale is compressed. --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firolaine Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 The people against this sort of idea need to stop playing MMO's. The convenience of a mailbox in your ship would be highly useful! If you are a purist, you can completely avoid your ship's mailbox. Besides, it's much more realistic that you can get mail in your ship than it is for your lvl 10 companion to go on a crew skill mission to alderaan and search some viable bacteria and be back in 3 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itekazzawrrlic Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 This game is based on certain movies, there was no indication of magical physical shipment there. My expectations are firmly based on what can be reasonably expected in view of the source material, as opposed to suggestions based on nothing reasonable at all, manifested only here. --- They never mentioned datacrons, or holocrons or vibroswords or force focusers, or power crystals either. Yet that is all in game and doesn't phase you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sernon Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 They never mentioned datacrons, or holocrons or vibroswords or force focusers, or power crystals either. Yet that is all in game and doesn't phase you. Those items doesn't especially break any inherent logic or sense of continuation in the process. Mail delivery is a process, it comes with certain expectations. --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macumba Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 yeah I would also like that and in addition to that I would like a crew skill trade vendor and the ability to dock my ship at the ziost shadow because entering the social hub aka lagfest became a nightmare for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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