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Mail Delays and Inconsistencies
Cazic
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This has been a problem since the very beginning, and I'd really like to know whether it'll ever be fixed. Or at least have an explanation as to how it works so we know what to expect in game when wanting to receive mail.
Sometimes I'll get really lucky, and an item I purchase or have sent to me will come through right away. I'm always amazed when this happens.
Other times, I can zone or travel to a wayshrine (anything with a loading screen) and mail will then come through. Kind of a pain, but not the worst when it works.
And pretty often, mail will not come through until I actually log out to character select, and log back in. I've basically resorted to doing this almost every time I want mail to work, as it's the only thing that works every time.
There has to be something triggering a push for in game mail when we zone or log in. Why can't this same trigger just occur naturally when an item is sent or purchased? It's been two years since launch and it's just starting to feel like such a clumsy oversight that we don't have a reliable in game mail system.
Is the system inherently flawed to the point that it'll just never work the way we'd expect? Or are improvements possible but difficult to implement?
Sometimes I'll get really lucky, and an item I purchase or have sent to me will come through right away. I'm always amazed when this happens.
Other times, I can zone or travel to a wayshrine (anything with a loading screen) and mail will then come through. Kind of a pain, but not the worst when it works.
And pretty often, mail will not come through until I actually log out to character select, and log back in. I've basically resorted to doing this almost every time I want mail to work, as it's the only thing that works every time.
There has to be something triggering a push for in game mail when we zone or log in. Why can't this same trigger just occur naturally when an item is sent or purchased? It's been two years since launch and it's just starting to feel like such a clumsy oversight that we don't have a reliable in game mail system.
Is the system inherently flawed to the point that it'll just never work the way we'd expect? Or are improvements possible but difficult to implement?
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Nestor✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭It would be nice if there was some consistency with this. I have gotten mails right away or after a zone. I have never had to relog specifically, although I have if I did not want to move my crafter from the crafting station (went there after purchasing supplies)Enjoy the game, life is what you really want to be worried about.
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Swampfox✭✭I have found the Easiest Method is to change Zones
Should we need to ? Probably not
Until its fixed then i will continue to use my method -
Xendyn✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I thought ZOS just used the USPS
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SHADOW2KK✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I have found the Easiest Method is to change Zones
Should we need to ? Probably not
Until its fixed then i will continue to use my method
Heheh love the `Until its fixed` line, I am pretty sure this bug was in the closed betas, never mind right from day one.
Same with the guild bank bug, when you have to sometimes reapeatdly access the bank screen to finally get in, that does my head in too.Once I was a lamb, playing in a green field. Then the wolves came. Now I am an eagle and I fly in a different universe.
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Cazic✭✭✭✭✭I have found the Easiest Method is to change Zones
Should we need to ? Probably not
Until its fixed then i will continue to use my method
Sure, we can all keep doing that, but that's not really the point.
As SHADOW2KK pointed out above, this has been an issue since beta.
How long are we going to have to waste time working around it?