MULTIPLE CUSTOM WISHLISTS (UPDATED)

[Shiro Tora]

I wonder if it would be possible to code a dropdown menu style of wishlist where you could name your wishlists yourself and lock groups based on those, like a checklist. For example, say your wishlist contains a bunch of VRs, a few missed outcomes from the past months, a couple of hoard pets, some mid-'09 Uncommons you missed due to a holiday, and that one Rare you want as a gift for your friend. You could sort your wishlist into maybe five groups maximum, such as '1. Wishlist VRs', '2. Missed outcomes', '3. Hoards', '4. Mid-'09s' and '5. Seeking for friends', and then set up trade groups accordingly. Your VR trades would be open only to wishlists 1 and maybe 3, while regular trades would be open to 4 and 5, and only your monthly swaps group would be open to 2. No idea if that's possible to code within the system though. X3

Actually that's not a bad idea. Dropdown menu or not, if the wishlist was coded in Javascript (Sorry, Nick!), you could even drag and drop the pets in your list, much like how clothing currently works. All you'd need are a couple of empty category boxes that players could write what they're for. That's simple enough to understand and isn't a bother for players that don't want a complex wishlist.

Of course, I'd love a way to have three separate markings when trading, but there are a few cons to that kind of system.

I admit customizable wish lists WOULD in fact be more efficient, that way if some one wanted a hoard list they could have one, and if they didn't they could have a 'most important' 'semi important' and 'least important' wish list, or whatever they want for that matter. I'm just concerned with how difficult that would be to code and how well it would work within an actual trade. If you were trading with someone and trying to decide what to offer, would you be able to use the short cut we have now and go directly down the drop down menu to "pets on your partner's __fill in the blank__ list"?

[Atwood]

If such a thing could be implemented, it would probably look similar to the current trading setup but with multiple groups under 'Pets on your [partner's] wishlist' instead of just one group of all Wishlist pets. For example, the menu might look like:

Ungrouped pets (590)
Monthly pets (110)
Pets on your wishlist (120) <---- total number
- Major wishlist (9) <------------- number in each category
- Minor wishlist (104)
- Hoard wishlist (7)

You could then click on either a specific category (e.g. you're only looking for a missed outcome, so you go to Minor to see if they have that outcome for trade) or the overall 'Pets on your [partner's] wishlist' category to see all Wishlist pets (e.g. you want to gift them or are looking for anything to trade for).

If a group is wishlist-locked, various groups might show up as 'Trading for wishlist pets only (major)', 'Trading for wishlist pets only (minor, hoard)', 'Trading for wishlist pets only (major, minor)', etc., depending on their settings. Adding in a few wishlist-lock variations probably wouldn't be too difficult, though figuring out how to manage all the settings might be hard for some members. To help with that, the 'wishlist lock' option could still be listed as 'Only allow trades for these pets if your partner offers pets from your wishlist', as before, but selecting it would open a little dropdown menu with a checklist of the available wishlists (let's say Major, Minor and Hoard). It would say something like 'Allow trades offering pets from your:' at the top, and then you could select the wishlists you'd want to get offers from (e.g. Major + Hoard, Major, Minor + Hoard).

All this is entirely my own speculation by the way, not an actual planned change - wouldn't want people just coming into the thread to get confused and think this is actually in the works as described. X3

[Shiro Tora]

If such a thing could be implemented, it would probably look similar to the current trading setup but with multiple groups under 'Pets on your [partner's] wishlist' instead of just one group of all Wishlist pets. For example, the menu might look like:

Ungrouped pets (590)
Monthly pets (110)
Pets on your wishlist (120) <---- total number
- Major wishlist (9) <------------- number in each category
- Minor wishlist (104)
- Hoard wishlist (7)

You could then click on either a specific category (e.g. you're only looking for a missed outcome, so you go to Minor to see if they have that outcome for trade) or the overall 'Pets on your [partner's] wishlist' category to see all Wishlist pets (e.g. you want to gift them or are looking for anything to trade for).

If a group is wishlist-locked, various groups might show up as 'Trading for wishlist pets only (major)', 'Trading for wishlist pets only (minor, hoard)', 'Trading for wishlist pets only (major, minor)', etc., depending on their settings. Adding in a few wishlist-lock variations probably wouldn't be too difficult, though figuring out how to manage all the settings might be hard for some members. To help with that, the 'wishlist lock' option could still be listed as 'Only allow trades for these pets if your partner offers pets from your wishlist', as before, but selecting it would open a little dropdown menu with a checklist of the available wishlists (let's say Major, Minor and Hoard). It would say something like 'Allow trades offering pets from your:' at the top, and then you could select the wishlists you'd want to get offers from (e.g. Major + Hoard, Major, Minor + Hoard).

All this is entirely my own speculation by the way, not an actual planned change - wouldn't want people just coming into the thread to get confused and think this is actually in the works as described. X3

I think this is actually the better and more functional suggestion so far. The wish list lock setting does sound a little on the complicated side to manage. I'm not sure my little siblings would fully understand how to use it with out my help for a while, and a majority of chickensmoothians a fairly young, but it also doesn't sound like something that can't be learned either after all, everything takes a little trial and error. However, collectively Atwood's alteration of my suggestion, if possible to code, makes a lot of sense and I know it would surely make MY experience here a lot easier and more pleasant. It solves pretty much all of the issues Atwood addressed in my original post. Would it be appropriate to use your description of this suggestion Atwood, and make a new thread, not necessarily as a petition but more as a poll to see how many players agree and support this idea? And does Tess and Nick ever read these kinds of things?

[Atwood]

You could probably just add it to the first post of this thread if you want to make my version a new suggestion, since it's a variation and expansion on your original idea of multiple wishlists rather than a new idea in its own right. :3

[Shiro Tora]

Good plan

[Shiro Tora]

Okidoki all fixed

[Starfalling]

I think this would be a cool idea.

[Shiro Tora]

My brother Kurai Tora just said he wouldn't mind this feature either as long as "it is also obviously possible to code the archives in such a way to be able to add pets to each separate WL, otherwise it would kinda be pointless"

[Thing Two]

This sounds like a very good idea, if it could actually work but it sounds very complicated

[Shiro Tora]

This sounds like a very good idea, if it could actually work but it sounds very complicated

if it were possible and not too difficult for busy busy Mr. Nick would you support it?