Suggestion:20071208 Drop Items while asleep

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20071208 Drop Items while asleep

Shrapnelwolf 06:17, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Suggestion type
Slight improvement.

Suggestion scope
Survivors who like to end their day by searching.

Suggestion description
How many times has this happened to you? You only have a few AP left, so you head back to your safehouse. Let's say you've set up base in a mall, like I have. With a few AP left, I usually like to search for items to use upon my next login, and you might too. However, you get some item that is useless to you (i.e. a DNA extractor when you already have one, a generator when you have nowhere to put it, etc). Now as you know, dropping items takes no AP in the first place, so why not allow players to do it when they have no AP left? It seems slightly arbitrary to force players to wait half an hour (at least) to do something that takes no AP.

The only problem I see is that of explaining this in character, because of course your character is asleep when you have no more AP left. My suggestion is that the flavor text be something to the effect of: "You rouse yourself from your slumber for a minute, take *item name* out, and toss it on the floor, then go back to sleep."

Voting Section

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Keep Votes

1. Author vote. --Shrapnelwolf 06:18, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
2. Keep. -- Between the times I've used up my ap and the next day, when I log in, I forget what I wanted to drop. --MrCoolantSpray 16:38, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
3. Keep ----Secruss^|Yak|Brahnz!|CGR|PKA||EMLN|Templates|RRF|RFTM|Crap|WHOZ||MU|GN|C2008||00:01, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Kill Votes

1. The whole reason for the sleep page is likely to reduce server load. There is really no need for this; it costs 0 AP, so just do it when you log in next time. Also, you in fact CAN drop items while sleeping, using the Items internal codes and a bit of URL crafting- try http://www.urbandead.com/map.cgi?drop=ITEM_CODE and see what happens. The real issue is you can't check out your inventory- which rather makes sense, given that you are "asleep".  Swiers 06:38, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
2. Also, you can go into your settings and toggle certain items on/off. For example, if I already have a spray can but I'm looking for fuel, I can uncheck the box and presto, problem solved. --Uncle Bill 06:50, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
3. Kill As above. --Blobdude^{Talk TM MC} 07:12, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
4. Kill - As above above. --Anti Gorefest5^TMW!B! 08:34, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
5. Now listen here cake breath, The day I agree to this is the day I agree that Master Chief is better than Doomguy...and that day will NEVER EVER come! --Happy doodle 08:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
6. Kill - Every smart little survivor knows to move out of TRPs before going to sleep. --Midianian|T|T:S|C:RCS| 08:57, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
7. Kill - I don't think that many people sleep-walk! --_Ducis ^Dux_Sloth^Talk 11:08, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
8. Kill - Wait (a maximum of) half an hour, then drop stuff -- boxy ^{talk • i} 12:33 8 December 2007 (BST)
9. Kill with a firery passion - Did I drop my third generator in my sleep or did someone install it? Oh well, atleast they left my twelve shotguns...Seriously, drop your carp (yes, the fish) when you have one AP left. Antitribu 13:29, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
10. Kill - Above.--  AHLGTH 17:53, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
11. Kill - As, so many above me. Acoustic Pie 18:27, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
12. Weak kill - No point.Studoku 18:49, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
13. Kill - Wait half an hour. --Druuuuu ^Ocular 20:11, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
14. Kill - Sleep means sleep. --Pgunn 20:17, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
15. Kill- As above. Also, dropping items isn't "free," it costs an IP hit. --Darth Lumis^{T! A! E! SR} 20:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
16. Kill - Makes no sense. When you're asleep, you're asleep. --Waterspark2 04:54 p.m., 8 December 2007 (EST)
17. Kill - Doesn't have an AP cost to drop stuff, so who cares? --Howard Bentley 23:11, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
18. Kill - I understand your point, but... I mean, you can't even see what building you're in or how much health you have while you're sleeping. I think the point of being asleep is that you're not *supposed* to do anything/see anything. It seems these minor irritations are intentional for some game-related reason. Like, you use your last action point to wind up in a building- you have no idea if it's full of zombies, people... until you wake up. --Ms.Panes 09:52, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
19. Kill - Just check your settings and toggle certain items on/off. --the wallaby^♥ 12:30, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
20. Kill - Because of the IP hit and the affront to realism with sonambulatory inventory management.--Squid Boy 00:59, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
21. Above...and maybe below. --AXE HACK _TALK ^{Desu Nōto} _χIII ^{Everyday I'm Shufflin'!} 11:23, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
22. Kill - Wait a half hour --Ryiis 16:20, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
23. Kill - I regularly sort out my stuff while I'm....oh, wait, I'm too busy SLEEPING! Iscariot 15:23, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
24. kill - pointless... just drop it later. once you're passed out, you're passed out... this is unnecessary and goies against the whole point of ap ticking and limits..... --WanYao 16:15, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Spam/Dupe Votes

1. Spam You're asleep, you don't sleep maintain inventory.--Karek^maps?! 08:52, 8 December 2007 (UTC)