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Reducing Server Load due to Mail Collection
Onigar
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Each time you want to update the inbox it means changing server (re-zoning / entering outlaws refuge) or relogging.
When you do one of these actions then there is server interaction to place your character along with all the visuals in the new location.
On my characters I do this for the helper mails (logging into each character in turn) and twice a day (16 logs for mails).
Also, as a crafter, I get requests by mail which to see I normally need to update the inbox.
Taking this wider to all players online you can imagine this introduces a load on the ZOS servers which could impact general server response times for other activity.
My idea is for ZOS to add interactive mailboxes at suitable locations such as Banks, Wayshrines, Crafting locations, etc.
These mailboxes would allow a character to refresh the inbox, ideally for all characters but at the very least for itself.
Any thoughts on this?
When you do one of these actions then there is server interaction to place your character along with all the visuals in the new location.
On my characters I do this for the helper mails (logging into each character in turn) and twice a day (16 logs for mails).
Also, as a crafter, I get requests by mail which to see I normally need to update the inbox.
Taking this wider to all players online you can imagine this introduces a load on the ZOS servers which could impact general server response times for other activity.
My idea is for ZOS to add interactive mailboxes at suitable locations such as Banks, Wayshrines, Crafting locations, etc.
These mailboxes would allow a character to refresh the inbox, ideally for all characters but at the very least for itself.
Any thoughts on this?
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altemriel✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭yes, good point!!!
I am not sure if this is a bug or intended...
but there should be a refresh button in the mail box!!0 -
Cryptical✭✭✭✭✭
✭Include 1 gold piece with any mail. It pops to the recipient without them needing to rezone.Xbox NA0 -
Agalloch✭✭✭✭✭Indeed! As an example..if u request some help from a friend ( some money, potion..mats ..etc) ..u must change the zone to receive that mail sent by your friend.
Aion has 2 types of mail services : Regular (from mailboxes scattered through the game world and Express which can arrive to a player, no matter where the player is via a courier )..and this is a game launched in 2009!
http://gameguide.na.aiononline.com/aion/Mail
It will be nice to see an improvement of the in game mail system in the near future...
English is not my native language.
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idk✭✭✭✭✭
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Zos would not need to add mailboxes to achieve the result you mentioned. Setting it so our mail refreshed when we entered our mail from anywhere or to have a mail refresh button in the UI would have the same result.
While this would be great, it is possible there is another reason mail does not work that way, though it is more likely an oversight. It is possible they consider mail would be refreshed more often leading to a more frequent load on the servers.0 -
justinbarrett✭✭✭the one gold trick works...although I like the interactivity in a game world of a physical mailbox structure...I hate to say this, but it is more immersive....at the cost of convenience.0
