Topic

safely setting down items

Occasionally it becomes necessary to drop items off temporarily, just to clear some space in your inventory, but there isn't much of a way to do this safely (without the items being taken) without putting them into your house, which often isn't convenient. So I was thinking of having some kind of safe with a key, that's droppable and pick-up-able by only you, so you could set things down safely?

Posted 22 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • a safety deposit box in a bank located near a subway exit might "fit" the game style without it just being just an excuse to provide more inventory slots.

    would be nice for the homeless too.
    Posted 22 months ago by Another Chris Subscriber! | Permalink
  • But isn't that the whole point of having a limited inventory? It provides more of a challenge to manage your space properly. If you really need more space, you go to your house, which is out of the way, but does solve the problem to some degree.
    Posted 22 months ago by RobotGymnast Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I agree with RobotGymnast but my only question is what happens if you, say, receive a musicblock for squeezing a chicken and have no room to pick it up?
    Posted 22 months ago by Gabi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If falls to the ground, happened to me enough times.
    Posted 22 months ago by Ani Laurel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hang with me and you're likely to pick up drinks, gems and music blocks. Stuff's just spilling all over the place.
    Posted 22 months ago by caley dunn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think this depends highly on the community in the game. Right now we're a pretty small, tight-knit group and with that type of a community comes better manners (because there's more accountability!). If someone places something on the ground (and doesn't walk away from it) I doubt that it's likely to get picked up by someone else.

    That all being said, when the game goes live there will be waaaay more players and a constant churn of newbies who may not be a part of the community yet and so feel less bounded by politeness. Before the game goes live it may be good to have an alternative in place besides just dropping something to the group. For example, a menu could pop up that shows your entire inventory and lets you know that you have too many items. This would let you choose what to drop so that the new items weren't tossed by default.
    Posted 22 months ago by Jenna Banana Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Have a skill that lets you juggle spillage in the air until you make pack space.
    Posted 22 months ago by Tingly Claus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for Jenna Banana's idea
    Posted 22 months ago by RobotGymnast Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A delay of 15 seconds of being able to pick up an item either dropped or mined by somebody else would suffice. I've had Walloping Big Diamonds appear on the ground while mining, as I didn't have an open slot.
    Posted 22 months ago by Yeoman Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for a delay. I'd think 30 seconds would be better, though, just in case lag is an issue.
    Posted 22 months ago by RobotGymnast Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There would be no time limit with juggling. Heh, have hands come out of the rock and snatch spillage in mid-air, "Dropped something?"
    Posted 22 months ago by Tingly Claus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • community my ass.
    In order to fulfill a mining quest I had to 'drop' my fancy pick each time I wanted to mine with my regular pick (otherwise it defaults to using the fancy pick and the quest requirement is unfulfilled).
    Despite standing practically on top of my fancy pick 3 people(!!!) tried to take it!
    And yes- you know who you are and I'm looking right at ya!!

    I would never dream of picking up a tool with someone else standing next to it without asking whether it was theirs.

    So, please can we have the ability to throw guano when necessary? Pretty please?
    Posted 22 months ago by Wrendolin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wrendolin - that makes me sad :(

    But yes I am wholeheartedly in favor of an action that lets us throw stuff at other people! (guano? stinky cheese? snowballs? snowcones?)
    Posted 22 months ago by Jenna Banana Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There used to be lots of posts requesting marshmallow daggers.
    Posted 22 months ago by Tingly Claus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We should be able to put a boot on it...you know, like a tire boot. Or like the Club...those were big in the 80's..in Texas anyway...

    www.amazon.com/Original-Clu...
    Posted 22 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink