Please fix the personal banker!

Panomania · April 2018

I am getting REALLY tired of opening the banker, depositing items, having it wander off to chase butterflies and I end up consuming a motif or pattern on a character that cant use em! PLEASE PLEASE ZOS, make the banker either stand still or bring back the banker window closing when he moves off! You changed this without telling anyone, and its hit a LOT of people!

Wreuntzylla · April 2018

Panomania wrote: »

I am getting REALLY tired of opening the banker, depositing items, having it wander off to chase butterflies and I end up consuming a motif or pattern on a character that cant use em! PLEASE PLEASE ZOS, make the banker either stand still or bring back the banker window closing when he moves off! You changed this without telling anyone, and its hit a LOT of people!

Yes. I don't have the consume problem, but the wandering off with the screen still open is driving me nuts.

ArgoCye · April 2018

He is very rude. Typical banker behaviour, though

PlagueSD · April 2018

I love it when I summon him while mounted. I ride up to him since he spawns too far to interact with and he ends up running AWAY from me. It then becomes "Keystone Cops" with me trying to talk to my banker.

Zorgon_The_Revenged · April 2018

They should have made it a stationary summon that disappears shortly after you stop using it. I'm sick of seeing an army of bankers that stop me interacting with things. Between sorc pets and warden bears trying to do things is sometimes a nightmare.

DoctorESO · April 2018

Panomania wrote: »

I am getting REALLY tired of opening the banker, depositing items, having it wander off to chase butterflies and I end up consuming a motif or pattern on a character that cant use em! PLEASE PLEASE ZOS, make the banker either stand still or bring back the banker window closing when he moves off! You changed this without telling anyone, and its hit a LOT of people!

Why is the banker programmed to move away like that to begin with? To make it look more realistic?

delta_mystic · April 2018

I'll admit his pathing is infuriating. FYI if you place him in your homes he stays right where you put him, no interruptions. Depending on the situation, it's often worth porting to a home when you need to do banking that takes a few minutes. Since that's not always convenient, I hope the devs see this and change the banker's behaviour to the protocol already used in player homes.

Tasear · April 2018

I would try putting him a small house like snugpod.

delta_mystic · April 2018

DoctorESO wrote: »

Panomania wrote: »

I am getting REALLY tired of opening the banker, depositing items, having it wander off to chase butterflies and I end up consuming a motif or pattern on a character that cant use em! PLEASE PLEASE ZOS, make the banker either stand still or bring back the banker window closing when he moves off! You changed this without telling anyone, and its hit a LOT of people!

Why is the banker programmed to move away like that to begin with? To make it look more realistic?

I think that's what they're going for. Though it's hardly realistic when he jumps on another NPC's head or slams his face into a bookshelf

Esquirel · April 2018

Super annoying when you're sorting through your inventory. I did not expect this rude behavior from a servant that I coughed up big bucks for.

If it would be possible, I'd chain him to a Daedric Throne.

commdt · April 2018

Well, there may be AI, no AI and Anti-AI (which better have no AI at all), here we deal with the latter.

NoTimeToWait · April 2018

delta_mystic wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

Why is the banker programmed to move away like that to begin with? To make it look more realistic?

I think that's what they're going for. Though it's hardly realistic when he jumps on another NPC's head or slams his face into a bookshelf

I especially like when you run towards the banker who is standing a bit far away. And when you are almost near him, he teleports behind your back like 2-3 meters behind or just runs through you very swiftly.

And the most annoying thing that in cluttered interiors with a lot of stuff around he could just keep teleporting away from you

bottleofsyrup · April 2018

It's super annoying. Here's a tip, Tythis: if I don't move, neither should you!

Violynne · April 2018

Zorgon_The_Revenged wrote: »

Between sorc pets and warden bears trying to do things is sometimes a nightmare.

Agreed. I would love to see ZoS implement an automatic removal of pets and bears when in non-combat buildings, like they do with mounts.

I know people can't put them away on their own easily, but this is because ZoS removed this ability for reasons which still cannot be explained.

RANKK7 · April 2018

I opened a thread about this. Others opened a thread about this. ZOS it seems doesn't give a *** about this.

Not a single reply in any thread I've seen.

TheOldPopster · April 2018

This could be resolved by ZOS issuing a lore-consistent equivalent of a baseball bat that we could use to break the banker's knees so he could not run away. I too am tired of inadvertently consuming expensive motifs and other items when he wanders away but the window does not close.

Everstorm · April 2018

Funny you mention this. Yesterday I opened the bank to look at something then walked away from my pc for five minutes or so and when I got back the window was still there. Had the vague hope they fixed it.

Wreuntzylla · April 2018

delta_mystic wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

Panomania wrote: »

I am getting REALLY tired of opening the banker, depositing items, having it wander off to chase butterflies and I end up consuming a motif or pattern on a character that cant use em! PLEASE PLEASE ZOS, make the banker either stand still or bring back the banker window closing when he moves off! You changed this without telling anyone, and its hit a LOT of people!

Why is the banker programmed to move away like that to begin with? To make it look more realistic?

I think that's what they're going for. Though it's hardly realistic when he jumps on another NPC's head or slams his face into a bookshelf

Mine chats up the nearest lady NPC. Gets no play, though.

My only beef other than the time limit is seeing 20 Tythis' in one area. I am in the Matrix and Tythis is really Mr. Smith.

Kodrac · April 2018

The window used to close when he walked away. When and why did they change that?

agegarton · April 2018

While you’re at it, if you can also give him access to my guild bank, that would be great.

I guess access to the guild store is too much though.....right?

Coolio_Wolfus · April 2018

From when the assistants were introduced it's been a feature/ahem bug
The idea is they spawn in and come running up to your summon co-ordinates, but you have moved so it runs to the summon, then re-targets you and runs to where you were again, re-targeting you....

Example with key:
B = Banker, S = Player Summoning Position, T = Bankers Target, P = Players Position

__________P_ < Player summoning Banker/Assistant
_B___P___S_ < Banker/Assistant heading for players ORIGINAL position, Player headed to Banker/Assistant
_P_______B_ < Banker/Assistant has passed the Player and is now re-targeting them from behind the Player
_T__P_B____ < Banker/Assistant still targeting where the player was but the player has opened the interaction window
_B__P______ < Yes the Banker/Assistant wandered off to the previous player location and then comes back

Ideal scenario, summon Assistant and wait for them to get to you
Best case ZOS fixes them to either lag the server constantly pinging you or makes them more static.

But based on the Non Combat pets spawning in facing backwards I wouldn't hold my breath for a fix, but at least you know why the Assistants, especially the Banker are idiots and keep running past you.

Hope this helps make sense of it all...

Oh and regarding:

agegarton wrote: »

While you’re at it, if you can also give him access to my guild bank, that would be great.
I guess access to the guild store is too much though.....right?

There were a couple of possible reasons given at the time...

They would make the areas near the actual bankers become deserted
They could release a Premium Assistant* or an Advanced Banker

*Datamined so feel free to search the multiple threads and posts about why Premium Assistants are/were a bad idea

jssriot · April 2018

Panomania wrote: »

I am getting REALLY tired of opening the banker, depositing items, having it wander off to chase butterflies and I end up consuming a motif or pattern on a character that cant use em!

Had this happen to me today. Accidentally used a Worn Cult Dagger motif on a lv25 toon when I meant ot deposit it in the bank via my banker for my main crafter to use. I'm still groaning about it, especially when I saw what some guildies were trying to shake people down for that page.

In my banker's defense though I was very tired from many hours of grinding dailies on multiple toons and it may have been , very likely, user error, at least in some part. I immediately logged off and took a nap.

NolaArch · April 2018

Aahhh, yes, Tythis. He either stonewalls me, refusing to interact, or he runs away like I’m “it” and I didn’t realize we were playing.

Armatesz · April 2018

Banker has always been glitchy, same with merchant and the fence.

DoctorESO · April 2018

agegarton wrote: »

While you’re at it, if you can also give him access to my guild bank, that would be great.

While you’re at it, if you can also give him access to my guild store, that would be great.

DoctorESO · April 2018

"My name is Tythis the Banker.
I have a very particular set of skills.
Skills I have acquired over a very long career.
Skills that make me a nightmare for ESO players like you."

NolaArch · April 2018

DoctorESO wrote: »

"My name is Tythis the Banker.
I have a very particular set of skills.
Skills I have acquired over a very long career.
Skills that make me a nightmare for ESO players like you."

9/10* trying to interact with him, dodge. They really missed a great opportunity on April 1st to literally make him roll dodge away from us.

*possible exaggeration

alenae1b14_ESO · April 2018

It would be nice to change this fella's outfit.. there are so many Tythis' sometimes I chase after the wrong one.

DoctorESO · April 2018

NolaArch wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

"My name is Tythis the Banker.
I have a very particular set of skills.
Skills I have acquired over a very long career.
Skills that make me a nightmare for ESO players like you."

9/10* trying to interact with him, dodge. They really missed a great opportunity on April 1st to literally make him roll dodge away from us.

*possible exaggeration

That would've been hilarious!

Integral1900 · April 2018

It’s not the wandering that annoys the most, it’s the way you get the same two quest comments a billion times, if I hear the line about the coral heart or ‘how dare the veriansu’ once more I may have to use this great axe on something other than daedra

Lake · April 2018

Someone on here mentioned that they made them non-stationary because people were abusing it to avoid being auto-logged-out? Is that true?