NoticeMeArkay wrote: »To be honest I don't see any reason as to why this would be an issue.
Everything that'd be a shame to miss out on still remains for 14 days straight.
Nobody holds onto system mails.
Hireling mail comes in daily and isn't generated without logging in anyways.
Who runs a random dungeon and then goes on a 14 vacation streak right after?
Same goes for PvP rewards which basically pile up as you travel from keep to keep.
Don't think I've ever bought something from a guild trader without immediately plucking it from my mailbox.
So, that'd be my perspective on things. But please explain why you think this makes for a bad change, perhaps I'M just lacking a certain perspective here.
The guild sales one is bad.
The rest I could live with, though the inconsistency of all the different lengths isn't very user friendly. I especially like to be able to save some rewards of the worthy in mail to take and open one a day if I'm not currently PvPing much. It's a lot more convenient than storing them on characters when I don't always log the same ones each day.
VisitHammerfell wrote: »I understand purchases, hirelings, RFTW, random dungeon rewards, but leaderboard rewards and guild sales should be 30 days, as these can come in while on vacation and not logged in
Hello, All. We have received a lot of feedback regarding the changes to the Mail expiration timers on the PTS. We understand the concerns raised around shortening Mail timers, specifically in instances where a player may need to step away from the game for an extended period of time, and that with this shortened window they may miss items or gold coming from Guild Traders through the Mail.
As we reviewed this feedback and investigated those concerns, our data revealed that the vast majority of items listed at Guild Traders sell within a week. If an item does not sell by then, it typically doesn't sell during that listing period. In light of this, Guild Trader listings will now be reduced from 30 to 14 days. All Mail expiration timers will remain at 14 days. To be clear, the timer for Mail expiration will be 14 days from when the item sells or is returned to the player. A Guild Trader listing will expire 14 days from when an item is listed. This will affect all new Mail items and Guild Trader listings from U42 launch onward.
We understand that this may not be the news some of you were hoping to hear, and want to provide context for this decision. Based on the data of how quickly items typically sell, the team felt that 30 days for Guild Trader listings was unnecessarily long, and reducing the Mail expiration timers and the Guild Trader listings will allow for improvements in server performance by reducing strain on the database.
If you plan on being away from the game for an extended period, we recommend taking those personal plans into account when making decisions regarding Guild Trader listings.
We hope this information has been insightful, and as always, you are welcome to leave additional feedback in the PTS section of the Forums.
Hi all, we just provided an update on the official PTS thread for this. It is also viewable on the Dev Tracker. However, we are quoting it here for easy viewing.
Hi all, we just provided an update on the official PTS thread for this. It is also viewable on the Dev Tracker. However, we are quoting it here for easy viewing.