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Resource Box for the home - extra storage to fight the lag monster

We all love to pile endless amounts of things all over the place at times.  But it can be quite an overload to then re-move all that and sort it too.

Why cant we have a resource box, it can sit somewhere in the house and only be accessed by the house's owner?  No other users would be permitted access.

My ideal box would hold 25k of each type of rock in it - Sparkly, Dullite, Beryl and Metal. 

It would also be capable of having a whole bag's worth of material added or removed at once, to speed load times, as well as small amounts for when you are trying to grind.

Another box that could sit on top of this could hold Lumber, Barnacles, Peat, etc.  I dont use much of those at all so I can't tell you what an ideal amount would be.  But I do have a lumber pile in my yard that I would not mind seeing vanish.

I try to keep my place as free of random objects as I can, but sometimes its hard to do that.  A box to dump my rocks in would be a good addition to a house.

I think a reasonable price on a special goody like this would be around 25k currants.  Maybe we could have a few different ones for different resources since folks just love to grab everything they can.  Since this is all computer based, why not take advantage and let us keep tally with a box instead of having to draw it every time we come home?  It might save some wear and tear on the servers, too....I am no IT expert but I can't see it hurting anything.

If anyone has any good refinement on this or thoughts I'd love to hear it, please post and lets make something happen.

Thanks :-)

Posted 13 months ago by ☣ elf ☣ Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • hahaha, sometimes i think my glitch must be suffering diogenes syndrome considering the amount of things he hoards in the floor & bags.

    +1 to ronin's idea
    Posted 13 months ago by Brugu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i agree! this would be super helpful! i get overwhelmed with the amount of items that i have at my house lying around on the floor, despite how much i try to only keep around necessities. it would be sooo wonderful to have the option to buy a box for all the minerals, emblems, food/drinks, stuff that's been harvested, etc. that are useful and necessary to have an abundance of regularly. it'd be neat if you could buy different sizes, kind of like with the bags, but i like the idea of it being made for the house with nobody else allowed access (as trusting as i am, some people have been really shady lately! >.<). great idea, elf! i hope something happens with this! =)
    Posted 13 months ago by starrkittyface Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +11111 lovely idea. my home is cluttered full of stuff and would love this
    Posted 13 months ago by Santa Clause Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +eleventy-one

    Even on my connection, which is usually pretty fast, things are beginning to bog down.
    Posted 13 months ago by Woochi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • + 1

    Love it
    Posted 13 months ago by Rev. Lightbringer Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It does seem a bit of a faff the way things currently work, yep.  Having to draw every item in massive piles made my last house almost unusable when on my netbook, unless I remembered to reboot just before entering my house each time.  Fairly ridiculous. 

    What I wonder about the storage room is, as well as the 'dispenser' type storage you hint at, which sounds a good soultion, whether a storage room in the house might be instanced for each person. That way not only would everyone using the same house, even with shared keys, have access to a secure area of their own, but moving would just be a case of pointing the door to the 'storage' in a new house to the player's storage instance.

    I guess now the new housing is on the way we'll maybe have to wait and see, I really hope the problem is addressed though. The mechanics of the game do  kind of require at least some hoarding at some point no matter how you play
    Posted 12 months ago by Nobbin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +100
    I like the idea of having a resource box in my backyard that would hold all of my rocks, wood, lumber and such. I would like to add a gardening bench to your suggestion. It could be used to store your gardening tools, seeds, and powders so you don't have to carry them everywhere with you. Or it could just be a general work bench.

    I'm not sure about everyone else's house but mine has a kitchen with a fridge and stove. It would be nice if I could actually use the fridge to store my food, produce, and drinks. If it made ice that would be even better!
    Posted 12 months ago by Sparrow Odele Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is a great idea!
    Posted 12 months ago by glassy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love this idea. 
    Posted 12 months ago by Thursday Soleil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think the reason they don't do this is that it lends itself to an auction-flooding possibility.  By limiting your storage, they're preventing people from storing up tons and tons of any particular item, then later flooding the market with that item at unmatchable prices.  While I agree that it could be very convenient, it definitely has the potential for abuse.
    Posted 12 months ago by Sicupocalypse Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh yes yes YES! I have so many bags filled with harvested stuff, it's not funny. I use some up, but then take note I need more and go out and harvest a bunch more. This would DEFINETELY come in handy.
    Posted 12 months ago by Ayasta Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Custom housing people, and all this will be fixed.
    Posted 12 months ago by Kirnan Subscriber! | Permalink