Dropping Items

[Posie Cherie]

This isn't a major issue, but I would like the Poltergeist team to discuss about this idea because I see that there is no reason not to implement this.
Whenever a player presses the drop key (Q) , the chat says "type /dropitems if you want to activate this before it expires in 10, 9, 8..etc"
for instance. Many servers have this feature and it would be nice if PotterworldMc can have this too to avoid players dropping an item to the wrong person and them having a hard time trying to return it.

Thank you and I hope you take my suggestion into consideration.

 

[ChimpyNut]

I get where you coming from and for some cases this can be useful if, for example, they are collectibles from an event but chests runs are a big thing on the server, and I don't think many people would appreciate it if it's a common choco hop cars (most of the chest runners only collect the purple ones) to do every time /dropitems. They would just like to press q and go further with their run. It would really slow them down!

 

[Posie Cherie]

I get where you coming from and for some cases this can be useful if, for example, they are collectibles from an event but chests runs are a big thing on the server, and I don't think many people would appreciate it if it's a common choco hop cars (most of the chest runners only collect the purple ones) to do every time /dropitems. They would just like to press q and go further with their run. It would really slow them down!

Thank you for your comment, you are right we have to think about people who are doing chest runs.
After thinking about this exception for a while, I figured that they should do this for rare items ONLY and not items labeled as "collectables" for example, choco hop cards as you mentioned. And with this way all the players on Potterworld will not have to worry about dropping rare items ever again, the only safe way is through trade.

 

[Magma]

I don't see dropping items as much of a problem for PW. Most items that you use all the time are bound and non-droppable. If anything it would still be annoying even if it applied to rare items only. If they were to add this to the game then there should be a way to disable it via the /me settings. There are a lot of steps you can take to prevent dropping rare items. You can rebind your drop key, avoid placing rare items in your hotbar, or you can get a mod that allows you to "lock" items so you cant drop them.

 

[Evux]

but chests runs are a big thing on the server, and I don't think many people would appreciate it if it's a common choco hop cars (most of the chest runners only collect the purple ones) to do every time /dropitems.

It would encourage them to dispose in the /me > dispose sector instead of dropping the chocolate frog cards, I consistently pick the chocolate frog cards up due to the litter of other players and it is quite frustrating, I like this idea, 100% support. <3

 

[Honey_Dwarf1]

I'm not sure about this idea. I see what you mean about dropping rare items, which can be annoying if you haven't tried to stop it by not keeping it in your hotbar, but I think it's much easier to make sure the rare items aren't in your hotbar than type /dropitem every time you want to drop it. I agree with Magma that if this is implemented, you should be able to turn it off in /me.

 

[nathan1e]

It would encourage them to dispose in the /me > dispose sector instead of dropping the chocolate frog cards, I consistently pick the chocolate frog cards up due to the litter of other players and it is quite frustrating, I like this idea, 100% support. <3

I also experience this annoyance, but then again, I'm also part of the problem by actively dropping them on the floor myself. Oh well. I also sometimes accidentally throw a purple card on the floor, which has me jumping after it...

I agree with what's been said so far about this not being a pressing problem in the game. Important items are already undroppable and droppable items can usually be easily replaced. I personally don't think this should be a priority for now, as PW already has plenty of plans to move towards the future.

 

[deci]

Hello! I'll now bring up your idea to the rest of the poltergeist team so we can discuss your suggestion and come back as soon as possible with a response! Thank you for your suggestion.

 

[Nicolas.V]

yea i like this idea

 

[deci]

Hello!
We discussed your suggestion, and we like the main idea behind it! We decided that this is going to be implemented, however it is going to be slightly different and most likely toggeable. Thank you for your suggestion, we appreciate it a lot!