Topic

My item was taken.

So, I was happily farming a tree when a nice Musicblock popped up.
Sadly, I did not have enough room for it.
While I was clicking a food item to eat it to get some room-
SWIPE! Someone ran by and picked it up. Like, so not cool, man. Way to make my orange face turn blue.

Could there be a reasonably long timer set for items dropped by/for another player, like 15-20 seconds, so we can let our slow child brains comprehend that there is a nice, shiny, but kind of dirty item laying on the ground for us?

Posted 15 months ago by Cirnots Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • don't like that idea.
    you are aware of the risk yourself when not having any room in your inventory.
    kind of removes a funny part of the game.
    Posted 15 months ago by Pravus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If I see someone standing directly on or very near to an item on the ground, I always ask before I pick it up.  But, you can't expect everyone to do that, unfortunately.  
    Posted 15 months ago by Poppy of Detwoit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Pravus
    For one, at that point since I just started, I didn't even know why it popped up. So no, I didn't know the dangers.
    And every other game except one I can think of has a timer set on items, why not this one?
    Posted 15 months ago by Cirnots Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This game *does* have a timer of 30 seconds. But perhaps that only applies if the item in question drops by your feet. 

    In which case, I'd like to suggest that all harvestables, if they overflow out of our bags, drop by our feet rather than on the other side of the thing we're harvesting from.
    Posted 15 months ago by Millie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Millie
    Oh, it does? Well, my mistake, didn't seem like it to me.
    Would still be nice when I unexpectedly get new items for them to not be snatched from me so easily, I can only afford a bag or two, when I sell my food...
    Posted 15 months ago by Cirnots Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Cimots, I have a bag you can have if you like...when the game gets up again, holler at me, happy to give it to you.
    Posted 15 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Nanookie
    Thanks a lot! But I do have a small and medium bag now, so inventory isn't nearly as much of a problem.
    Posted 15 months ago by Cirnots Subscriber! | Permalink
  • happened to me too and it really pissed me off.  By the time I could type out a request to give it back, the person had left the street.  There should definitely be a delay before someone else can pick up your item, especially since the item management system is such crap.
    Posted 14 months ago by djbeema Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think that the freezing of items is on things that you've dropped from your inventory, not necessarily proximity to your feet like a zone.  In this case, since your backpack was full, the musicblock never entered (or left) your inventory, so the freeze/hold wasn't put on it.  The tree just kind of spit it out there as a free for all.
    Posted 14 months ago by muffin Subscriber! | Permalink