Mailing Packages

[ShadowHM]

As I am sitting here, babysitting a balky printer that needs to spit out 45 clear and faultless copies of some documents for hubby, I have been perusing those Official HG:L forums.

One thread seems to indicate that not only is the mailing function working, but it also can be used to send items to characters other than your own.

Muahahaha Now, when I find those items that I think might suit one of your characters, I can deluge you with them. You know who you are!

More seriously, this could be incredibly useful to guilds.

[KingOfPain]

oh noes!!!

I guess I am adopting the life style of Ironman. I am never towning anymore.

Noted this is not the same as account shared stash, which I hope is still coming in the near future.

It is good news, and especially so if items we attached no longer take up inventory or storage space. If we still possess attached items we sent before they are received, can we move them around our inventory/storage, or dispose of them?

By the same token, can we use the upcoming consignment house as temporary storage?

KoP

[ShadowHM]

By the same token, can we use the upcoming consignment house as temporary storage?

KoP

Spoken like a true collector.

[Nougan]

Based on what I read in HGL forums, and my experience with mail in WoW (I will specify below):
1) You can only check the text in your mail while not in a station.

2) While in a station, you will be able to get the attachment from your mail, and send mail with attachment.

3) You can send mail with/withou attachments to any toons in game, whether that toon is online or not.

4) There is going to be an expiration date to all the mails in each toon's mailbox, there maybe a different expiration date whether the mail has attachment or not, and whether the mail has been read or not. (E.g. in WoW, each unread mail has a longer expiration date, 30 days if I remember correctly. Once you opened the mail, it's expiration date will be shortened to a few days.)

5) If it works like WoW, once you attached the item in the mail, it will be in the mail system and not taking up your inventory space. While you can use the mail system as a temporary storage, it can't be permanent since as mentioned above, there will be an expiration date. There may also be a postage fee, even though it may be low.

6) BTW, you will be able to send out a mail to everyone in the guild. One way for KoP to spam us...

7) Consignment House, is unlike Auction House that there will not be any bidding involved. It's more like a market place where you put up your item with a fixed price and when people like the price they can just pay and take it, like the Buy It Now option in Ebay/WoW's AH. However, if it is like WoW/Ebay there may be a fee to put your item up in the CH. This fee may even be proportional to your list price. So if you want to use the CH as a storage, then you probably want to list your item with a very high price to avoid ppl from actually buying it. But then the fee will be higher. You may as well use the mail system. Besides, I doubt you can list your item forever. In WoW, you pay more to have the item listed for a longer time, but at least when you do list an item, it will be taken from your inventory and free up some space.