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post office/ glitch office/ postman / gnome man / spiritman

keep seeing the mentioning about mail and sending players / self things I think it would be good to put this in server context by having some kind of postman type character that comes between X and X time each server day, with your mail could be a gnome or a tree spirit etc or a different character all together. maybe this would open up the ideas for getting random rewards for doing well through the post like you do with achievments but instead special little surprises like some extra resources and such or a donations voucher to donate to any giant of your choice. I think it would add a new kind of buzz to each day people rushing home to see if the postman have come etc. this way its not instant and abusive as much as nothing physicaly happening and there could be no post on certain days.

with this being said, there could be a post office like you have the office you get your card for the housing and such. where you would go between x and x time to send mail.

If there was some post offices around, there could be a random quest generator mechanic where you could goto the post office and get given a quest to deliver mail to a certain npc. e.g  X named Vendor in X named Street. for currants or xp / mood etc. probably more mood for helping the community. this way if people get a little tired of farming or mining all day they have something extra to go site seeing in places they may have not seen or have forgotten about.

Posted 20 months ago by Hootaholic Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • + 1 Googleplex (as my kids are now saying)
    I love this idea Lt and I think it solves a number of problems as well as adds a bit of fun!  I like the idea of a post slug doing its rounds!
    Posted 20 months ago by Bob Apple Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1  I like this idea too, especially if it would allow you to send items to offline players.
    Posted 20 months ago by Fleep Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is exactly what is done in the nintendo game Animal Crossing. You send mail/presents from the post office and once a day the mailman in that instance a stork delivers to your mailbox in front of your house.  I think we do need something like this.
    Posted 19 months ago by Gruff McGruff Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 19 months ago by gia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • a delivery gnome. You see him/her...it wandering around streets.
    Posted 19 months ago by sugarj Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I thought last night about the idea of homing pigeons or doves bringing you your mail before I saw this post. I think it could open up a skill of some sort and then you acquire the bird and you must have Penpersonship. Then you write notes and send them to your friends even if they are offline. I also do like the post office idea and mailbox thoughts as well.
    Posted 19 months ago by Holly Waterfall Subscriber! | Permalink