A few people have mentioned that neighbors drop off food as a gift or nice gesture and they never get it due to thieves. Would it be possible to add a mail slot on front doors? Or maybe just leave something and be able to assign it to a person?
With the huge inrush of players this week, this is really becoming a necessity. There's almost no chance of a player getting goodies left out for them any more. New players either don't know it would be polite to leave the items they find at random homes. or they simply like to take things from others.
On the street where I live, we even had a note left by the person that took all the goodies - it said, "Raided!"
Of course, their name was at the bottom so we know who did it.. but that doesn't really help. It just makes me sad. =(
So, please, give us a secure way to leave goodies for people at their homes.
+100,000,000!
I left some bits as a house-warming gift to my new neighbour today, but half an hour later they were gone and my neighbour was still offline.
I mean, maybe they were online briefly and got the things, but I doubt it, and it would be so lovely to be sure they got them!
If you look at the house, it tells you who lives there. Add that person to your contacts, and then mail them a gift. I have done it for my neighbors, no problem. How hard is it to walk to the mailbox to post the present so it actually gets to the recipient? There is a mailbox outside of every neighborhood.
-1 for people who think scattering stuff on the ground is a good way to present a gift.
I would disagree with you Jewel Stoned. I like arriving at my house to find things there. Mail is good, but I like just seeing it in front of my house.
I think it's a great idea. And I support it over the mailbox point because sometimes I'd just like to be able to anonymously give my neighbors something. Anonymous gifts aren't so much fun when they're not anonymous.
Jewel Stoned: I tried your suggestion and it was quite cumbersome. You had to remember the spelling of the houseowner's username, look them up, add them to your friends, find a mailbox, pay 20-100c to post them something, and hope they walk past a mailbox. If the mailbox is RIGHT THERE then why not just drop it there?
heck this could also be a good way for the auction frog to send us purchases without having to cart everything - imagine coming home and seeing all these packages for you!