Mail system/saved posts
FAQ/Comments
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
Now that the system is ready to go, I'll probably work on a system where we can send mail to players on login, yes.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
The mail system is on the Test instance and I've set up a mailroom in Icemule Trace for testing. I'm not sure if Test is active right now, but I'd like to get some eyes on this before it goes live live.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
Recipients can be offline at the time of sending.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
Players looking to have an extra locker will be disappointed. Mailboxes aren't big.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
Right now, the stamp ID system allows 999,999 letters to be sent a year. If it seems like the volume's going to be higher than that, I'll have to make a tweak there.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
So anything you can put into a box, you can send.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
Players can have 25 parcels waiting for them before the mail system starts rejecting parcels.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
Packages can be reused, although I'll probably make them break down over time before release. Envelopes cannot.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
All of the towns will have post offices eventually, but I asked Town GMs to at least get both sides of the Dragonspine covered for immediate release.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
I plan to sell collectible stamps! And stamps control the shipping cost and speed.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
Right now it's going silvers > notes > MH > WL > IMT > SH > TI/TV > Teras > RR > Cysaegir > ZL.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
I could potentially add an ignore list in the future.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
I'll be paying attention to how cluttered the mail tables get. If they do start getting awkwardly large, I'll probably clear things out after a month so they can't be retrieved. Or rejected.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 27th, 2021
- Do existing stationery sets work with the mail system?
They are not yet. You can put stationery stuff into packages to send them. But... the waxes and signets are their own deal right now. My codeload (I coined it, don't judge me!) is a little heavy right now, so it'll be a bit before any back-conversion gets done.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 28th, 2021
- Will there be mass mail?
No. Any mass mail is probably going to come from GMs. Like, let's say a GM wants to send a reward to every citizen of IMT that logs in over the next month. That'd be pretty easy to do.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 28th, 2021
- Why don't you use an items value instead of its weight?
If I had my druthers, an item's value would be charged against rather than its weight, but values are wildly unreliable.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 28th, 2021
- Why don't you use an items value instead of its weight?
The 'value' of an item as we track it is all over the place. Otherwise I'd just slap a very low % surcharge on value of all items sent and call it good.
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Author: GM Auchand
Date: September 28th, 2021
- Why do we have to pay a tax on COD? Why is it the value it is?
Player shops charge a 4% tax. Not to mention rent and all that!