[Gallagher]

The less you ask, the less pain you'll be in.

[Tohopekaliga]

For your own inventory? oldest items first. Might be good to flip that around, now that I think about it.

If you know the name of the item, you can type it in the box above, and it'll be singled out lickity-split.

[Gallagher]

Lol, in the exchange? It's not even close to oldest first. It's literally all over the place.

[Tohopekaliga]

Actually, it is oldest first, but not the oldest you're probably expecting.

Specifically, it's oldest item instance. Which is...likely not the best sorting method, lol. Only real advantage is Jack-O-Loot things will be at the end of the list at the moment.

[Gallagher]

Uh, yeah. I get oldest by release date, and I get oldest that the account has gotten, but this has items all over the place. Man, it has items I just got today and only uploaded in this last week somewhere with... a ton of eyeballs. From years ago. Wat.

[Tohopekaliga]

Ah, you're right. I didn't specify a sort order, so the database was just grabbing it how ever it felt like.

Now it sorts by item id, newest items first.

[Illusion]

Gave the thing some time, just my few suggestions for the future full release:

Have the inventory viewer for the feature just be our inventories, allow us to click an unlimited amount of items then click accept to donate all of them for inventory cleaning.
For wonder trade just show a limited version where you just click the item you want to trade and click accept.

So if this feature goes on for a long time, basically the dumpster will be loaded with items because there's virtually no output to it. So will people be able to dump items from it in the future using game coins/tokens? (Are you guys waiting for it to have a beefy amount of items before establishing this system?)

Make sure to keep free items out of the dumpster (pandora items) before release to keep the dumpster from being overfilled with them.

Dump items in the dumpster from banned accounts to help distribute older items that might had been lost for good do to frozen accounts.

A non item/money reward for donating to the dumpster. (Colored Titles, a number depicting how much you donated in your profile. Access to a Good Samaritan subforum.) And if this does happen, add tiers/points for items being donated based on aurum cost and rarity.
So tiers from lowest to highest common items > token shop items > event items > anka egg items > monthlies > special items (Japan items, jackets from God Wars, ect.) > Yearlies.
And offset this by losing points for taking things out of the dumpster. (Can't go below zero to negative points.)

Just some thoughts :P

[Gallagher]

That sorting is so much better. Appreciated.

Also, neener neener you were wrong!

[Glitch]

Haha ya I was like "hey there's stuff all over, there's no oldest XD"

so glad it's fixed <3 ty

[Tohopekaliga]

Thanks for the feedback. :D


Mass donating would be useful, yes. I may implement that down the line.

The exchange tracks all donations and exchanges, so I know who donated what, when, and what they got in return. This data isn't being used for anything right now, but we certainly can implement rewards for giving items, should we choose in the future (and past donations won't be left high and dry).

Freebie items (pandora whatevers and all those hair types) are actually checked for and outright deleted when donated. You can also try exchanging them and see what it says (it won't eat one of your 5 for the day).


I have considered allowing users a free grab daily, but not for a while, because I don't really want the exchange to be increasing the item pool of the site much, and it would run out pretty quick without a decent reserve.


Your give/take points idea is pretty good. We'll certainly keep it in mind for future improvements to the Exchange!



The current plan for the exchange is that after the Halloween event is done, I will open up the exchange option to all items except freebies and monthlies. The exchange is not entirely random. What you give it determines what it gives back--you give it a common, it gives you a common. Pretty much everything else is free rein, though (and won't give you commons).

[Obsidian]

Okay so... this exchange thing, when you do open it for the higher end stuff... Is there going to be calculations set in that if I try to exchange a very rare item, I'm guaranteed an item of equal rarity or do I risk getting a craptastic item?

I seriously don't want to get rid of my old extras that I can't seem to sell if I'm running the risk of getting an item that is 100 times lesser in value.

[Coda]

It's a gamble! Commons (defined as "item currently for sale in the shops with a price in Aurum") will always exchange for commons, but everything else goes in one big pool.

[Sei]

Thank you for the newest at the top. My inventory gives the system a hard time every time I go to exchange an item. xD

[Hero]

I like the exchange but it sucks that I get the same item back x_x

[Obsidian]

Originally Posted by Hero

I like the exchange but it sucks that I get the same item back x_x

I was getting that in the beginning, lol. Now lately, I've been getting other stuff.

[Obsidian]

Originally Posted by Coda

It's a gamble! Commons (defined as "item currently for sale in the shops with a price in Aurum") will always exchange for commons, but everything else goes in one big pool.

I forgot I asked a question in here, lol.
So commons trade for commons and rares trade for rares?