Xenosaur
Well-Known Member
Adding partial name searching to "OTHER" choice, for a NEW or existing Message TOPIC
Have you Checked the Ideas section for the same idea posted by someone else? Is this idea similar to one that has been previously suggested? I made a fair and reasonable search here to see if this was previously suggested, and could not find anything focused on this same issue.
Reason: On the FOE mobile platform, Friends, Guild Members and Neighbors are ALL classes of player types that employ partial name searching/matching to help the user in the selection of the right people to add as recipients to a new or existing message topic.
The Other class selection type, does not. Adding OTHER players requires the message creator to know the FULL EXACT name, with no system assistance. If someone has the name N4weGo12Quest1l, you have to type that name in FULL (ALL characters...) and get it 100 CORRECT to get them added to the topic. You can't mistype anything - or miss a space, or add a space, etc It has to be ... always PERFECT.
Details: Simple fix: Remove the code attached to the mobile OTHER player class dropdown box and selector, and attach the SAME code that mobile users would use to find new friends, which support name search via partial typedown. In fact, that code uses partial searches and is a perfect solution for this.
Visual Aids: Everyone using mobile does have the same Create Conversation, ADD new recipient screen with 4 choices, as dropdowns. It's in the message center, Social tab - CLICK "NEW", then start adding people via OTHER. Can you remember their exact names so as to get the ability to add them to your message? Try a really long player name without writing it down on paper first!
Balance: No other impact. This facilitates and augments gameplay making the last choice (OTHER) consistent with classes: Friend, Guildmates, Neighborhood.
Abuse Prevention: Cheating or exploitation via this feature isn't a factor any more than not addressing it.
Summary: This would facilitate finding people that are NOT friends, or guild members or even hoodies - to add to a message. It's not a difficult fix, and makes all 4 classes of user types as choices - consistent and ergonomic.
Have you Checked the Ideas section for the same idea posted by someone else? Is this idea similar to one that has been previously suggested? I made a fair and reasonable search here to see if this was previously suggested, and could not find anything focused on this same issue.
Reason: On the FOE mobile platform, Friends, Guild Members and Neighbors are ALL classes of player types that employ partial name searching/matching to help the user in the selection of the right people to add as recipients to a new or existing message topic.
The Other class selection type, does not. Adding OTHER players requires the message creator to know the FULL EXACT name, with no system assistance. If someone has the name N4weGo12Quest1l, you have to type that name in FULL (ALL characters...) and get it 100 CORRECT to get them added to the topic. You can't mistype anything - or miss a space, or add a space, etc It has to be ... always PERFECT.
Details: Simple fix: Remove the code attached to the mobile OTHER player class dropdown box and selector, and attach the SAME code that mobile users would use to find new friends, which support name search via partial typedown. In fact, that code uses partial searches and is a perfect solution for this.
Visual Aids: Everyone using mobile does have the same Create Conversation, ADD new recipient screen with 4 choices, as dropdowns. It's in the message center, Social tab - CLICK "NEW", then start adding people via OTHER. Can you remember their exact names so as to get the ability to add them to your message? Try a really long player name without writing it down on paper first!
Balance: No other impact. This facilitates and augments gameplay making the last choice (OTHER) consistent with classes: Friend, Guildmates, Neighborhood.
Abuse Prevention: Cheating or exploitation via this feature isn't a factor any more than not addressing it.
Summary: This would facilitate finding people that are NOT friends, or guild members or even hoodies - to add to a message. It's not a difficult fix, and makes all 4 classes of user types as choices - consistent and ergonomic.