thunderclap
Youngster
- Joined
- Mar 12, 2013
- Messages
- 462
- Points
- 63
Currently there's no easy way to even find open Playerdex profiles, let alone search them. To find an open profile you basically have to check everyone's profile, or rely on forum threads/word of mouth. Then you have to look at each of their pages one by one. Very inefficient and ineffective.
Would be great if you could run a search, for example, to find all 31 speed Salamences that exist (among open profiles), all shiny Vulpixes with 28+ IVs, or all shiny Phanpy.
Would make it much easier to gauge a Pokemon's rarity and value, and much easier to find people who have things you want, in order to contact them to make an offer. Would help PWO harness its greatest strength, which is Playerdex, to be even better.
Currently if sellers advertise a Pokemon for sale, they are putting themselves at a disadvantage in negotiations, because it implies they want or need to sell the Pokemon. Consequently hardly anyone ever advertises anything good for sale. There's also a certain stigma or taboo about showing off amazing stuff in chat, but it'd be more acceptable to just passively allow others to find it. More offers/exposure would lead to higher prices, and less effort for everyone.
I think we'd see more communication and trading activity, and more open profiles, if this feature existed.
Possible downsides? People can restrict or set their profiles to private if they don't want to be harassed with unsolicited offers. We also have /pmoff, /ignore, and /ano. Server load should be no problem on our $330 server with 15 players. Anything else?
Vote here: https://playerdex.pokemon-world-online.com/suggestions.php?Rep=1416
If you downvote please state a reason..
Edit: TL;DR / refinements based on discussion below:
1. Allow players to mass-search open Playerdex profiles that they can already view.
2. Enhance box control: Allow players to make specific boxes visible or invisible to others. (Ramensnoodle)
Other possible enhancements / stretch goals (Unnecessary "nice-to-haves"):
3. More box control: Allow players to mark specific boxes as "not for sale" or "want to sell". "Not for sale" boxes will be invisible by default unless specified.
4. Whitelist/blacklist to allow/deny specific players to view your profile. New view permission type in profile settings "Whitelist Only".
5. Add "Make Offer" button to each Pokemon page, if the owner allows. The owner can decide which specific boxes have the button. (Guii)
6. Add PM function directly into Playerdex so we don't have to use external chat like Forums / Discord / Game. (Guii)
7. Add Notification settings to allow players to ignore notifications for offers made with Make Offer, and PM notifications.
8. When viewing list of boxes on Playerdex, grey out empty boxes, and make red any boxes you don't have permission to view. (Klay)
Thanks for reading.
Would be great if you could run a search, for example, to find all 31 speed Salamences that exist (among open profiles), all shiny Vulpixes with 28+ IVs, or all shiny Phanpy.
Would make it much easier to gauge a Pokemon's rarity and value, and much easier to find people who have things you want, in order to contact them to make an offer. Would help PWO harness its greatest strength, which is Playerdex, to be even better.
Currently if sellers advertise a Pokemon for sale, they are putting themselves at a disadvantage in negotiations, because it implies they want or need to sell the Pokemon. Consequently hardly anyone ever advertises anything good for sale. There's also a certain stigma or taboo about showing off amazing stuff in chat, but it'd be more acceptable to just passively allow others to find it. More offers/exposure would lead to higher prices, and less effort for everyone.
I think we'd see more communication and trading activity, and more open profiles, if this feature existed.
Possible downsides? People can restrict or set their profiles to private if they don't want to be harassed with unsolicited offers. We also have /pmoff, /ignore, and /ano. Server load should be no problem on our $330 server with 15 players. Anything else?
Vote here: https://playerdex.pokemon-world-online.com/suggestions.php?Rep=1416
If you downvote please state a reason..
Edit: TL;DR / refinements based on discussion below:
1. Allow players to mass-search open Playerdex profiles that they can already view.
2. Enhance box control: Allow players to make specific boxes visible or invisible to others. (Ramensnoodle)
Other possible enhancements / stretch goals (Unnecessary "nice-to-haves"):
3. More box control: Allow players to mark specific boxes as "not for sale" or "want to sell". "Not for sale" boxes will be invisible by default unless specified.
4. Whitelist/blacklist to allow/deny specific players to view your profile. New view permission type in profile settings "Whitelist Only".
5. Add "Make Offer" button to each Pokemon page, if the owner allows. The owner can decide which specific boxes have the button. (Guii)
6. Add PM function directly into Playerdex so we don't have to use external chat like Forums / Discord / Game. (Guii)
7. Add Notification settings to allow players to ignore notifications for offers made with Make Offer, and PM notifications.
8. When viewing list of boxes on Playerdex, grey out empty boxes, and make red any boxes you don't have permission to view. (Klay)
Thanks for reading.
Last edited: