Suggestions

[center]This is a compilation of all of the quality of life changes suggested on FR. I think we've desperately been lacking in QoL updates, and a lot of these suggestions have been in the suggestions forum for many many years In my humble opinion.. I dont need any new breeds or genes right now. I just want better site function. Even if a few of these suggestions were added in itd massively improve the quality of the site and save time for every FR player Please suggest more QoL changes to be added on to this list. I'm focusing mainly on the necessities, and the most popular changes that every FR player has desired at some point. I've also included some popular but controversial suggestions and proposed some compromises. feel free to comment and add on to the list edit: I'm a bit slow and usually add suggestions one at a time when I'm free but I will be reorganizing and adding them in here when I can! [quote name="Nesting Grounds" ] "[b]Breed Lock[/b]" so you dont accidentally breed a dragon - this is simply a function to exclude certain dragons from breeding. Could be a toggle on the individual dragon or a breed lock list in the Nesting Grounds. [b]Nest Cancellation Feature[/b]. I've heard people suggest this could be an item, or it could simply be a feature beside your nest to disregard them [/quote] [quote name="PM system" ] [center][b]Reply Chain[/b] add a reply chain so you can see every message in a specific conversation. Replaces the re:re:re:re system that desperately needs to be revamped [b]Mark PMs[/b] Mark important PMs and add them either to an "important PMs" list or simply pin them at the top of all your messages, similar to forums[/center] [/quote] [quote name="Auction House" ] [emoji=question mark size=1][b]Relist all[/b] This one has been suggested many times and is somewhat controversial. Reasons include clogging up the Auction House and lag. The current system forces people to relist each price individually, as well as forcing them to think about why their current items aren't selling. Possible solutions? Perhaps relisting all of a specific item that you are selling, being able to relist one page of items at a time, or even the option to relist 5 items at a time. [b]Relist Keybind[/b] Alternatively, a keybind to relist every item individually could work as well. It would make relisting items more accessible to people who have wrist problems (I do not have wrist or hand issues, but even for me relisting items in the AH can make my wrists hurt) Let me know how you guys feel on this one.[/center] [/quote] [quote name="Search Function" ] [b]Search PMs[/b] searching PMs either by username or by subject title. Optionally, searching content or keywords inside PMs themselves would be useful too [b]Search Crossroads[/b] [center]Again, search CR by either username or content of the trade [b]Search in Item, Baldwin & Crossroads attachments[/b] Having to scroll through items when trying to attach an item in PMs or melt down in baldwin is inconvenient. [b]As an important addition, not having to rescroll through your entire items list after adding an item would be a good addition as well.[/b] If you're adding multiple things into a PM, its extremely inconvenient (suggested by BassetBites) [b]Improvement in pre-existing search function[/b] this includes the user, dragon, and forum search function. The search function is not the most useful in its current state. A good example of this is in usersearch. If you looked up the word "Thorn" a whole bunch of people with the word thorn in their name appears before the user Thorn themselves. [/quote] [quote name="Misc QoL Changes" ] [center][b]Easier Captcha Accessibility[/b]. I hear a lot of people with eyesight problems complaining about this one, and to be honest, I have problems getting the captcha wrong too. As far as I'm aware there aren't any problems with making the captcha easier and I dont think there are any particular reasons its as hard as it is now [b]Option to "shuffle genes" in Predict morphology[/b] (EDITED FOR MORE CLARITY) This is one I would personally enjoy. a "Shuffle genes only" button. Or simply a button to shuffle everything except colors and gender [emoji=question mark size=1][b]"Collect All" For Achievements[/b] Another thing thats very tedious and requires a lot of clicking to do [b]Achievement Keybind[/b] Again, a keybind for collecting achievements would make it more bearable if Collect All is not an option [b]Protect Items in CR[/b] Restrict items from being sold or turned into food while in a CR trade. Self Explanatory [b]Keybind for "Fight On" In Coliseum[/b] Its the only thing left in coli without a keybind (aside from selecting stage, dragons etc) [emoji=rainbow star 2 size=1][b]Dark Mode[/b] Self explanatory (I do hear this one is planned already) [emoji=rainbow star 2 size=1][b]Hatchlings in Dressing Room[/b] Previewing skins on hatchlings would be nice (I hear this one is also planned) [b]Greying Out Hibden Icon[/b] Greys out hibden icon on hoard items used for a hibden slot you have already completed (Suggested by QuantumShift) [b]Pin Arlo Plot[/b] Pin your current Arlo plot at the top of the screen so its not necessary to scroll down every time. (Suggested by PossessedFae) [b]Pin Baldwin[/b] Pin an item at the top of Baldwin, [b]Alternatively, a "Transmute Last Item"[/b] so you can redo the last item that you transmuted in the pot (Suggested by PossessedFae) [/center] [/quote] And finally... [quote name="Mobile Accessibility" ] [center][b]Complete mobile revamp.[/b] This one's going into its own category because its pretty big. We desperately need this. I've basically given up on trying to play FR anywhere but on my PC. I don't really have any good suggestions on this, just that I know it needs to happen at some point. Due to how much effort this would take to implement for a small team I doubt its happening anytime soon, but I'm still throwing my "pretty please" coin into the wishing fountain anyways.[/center]

[quote]Search items in Hoard and Vault Self explanatory[/quote] This already exists! Just click the magnifying glass in the hoard/vault tabs. [quote]Option to "shuffle all" in Predict morphology[/quote] You can technically shuffle all by just refreshing the morphology page. [quote]Hatchlings in Dressing Room Previewing skins on hatchlings would be nice (I hear this one is also planned)[/quote] This is in the works! Otherwise heavily agree with all of these. :)

@Grune
Lmao my bad! I'll remove the first one, thanks!

Support for all but the ah relist. While I do definitely agree there needs to be a easier solution. The relist all will put heavy strain on the game (looking at the several people I know who have thousands of items expire daily, this is not a dig at all. I totally understand the ah grind), and definitely affect how laggy the sight can be.

As for another QoL thing, specifically for mobile, this. Please let me exit without having to click that tiny x.

I'm also in support of everything but the Auction House "Relist All" feature. Server strain and all that. I'd rather have a slow and tedious AH experience than a nonfunctional one.

May I also suggest a revamp of Baldwin, Crossroads, and DM item attaching? One of my biggest gripes on the site is how cumbersome it is to find certain items when you're trying to melt things down, or when you're attaching items to send via CR and DMs. The window is so incredibly tiny, and the fact that I have to scroll through it after each and every item I send is frustrating beyond belief.

I really really hope staff focuses on a big QOL update to improve the general site experience. New stuff is fun! It's cool! We love it! But I feel it's more important that the base site experience is smooth and that these difficulties and irritations are smoothed out, and then we can focus on and properly enjoy the sparkly new things.

One I'd like to mention that's come up time and time and time again is greying out the hibden icon for hoard items used for a hibden slot you've already completed.

ETA: ""Collect All" For Achievements" I believe staff has stated they won't do this one, as people generally only need to mass collect achievement rewards once. Plus site strain. So we probably won't see this one unfortunately (but understandably).

Two more ideas building on your own:

- if we don't get the relist all button, can we at least get rid of the flickering that happens with holding down enter and pressing on relist? I'm not someone who is affected by eye strain things but that is giving even me a headache.

- up and down arrows for genes and colours in the predict morphology workshop so I can cycle through all the genes and related colours easily

Pretty much all of these have gone through my mind as "why on Earth don't we have X?" at some point or another. Big fan!

I'd also like to add a feature to scroll through genes/colors/etc in the dressing room without having to manually re-select or click "predict" every time. It makes browsing for different options sort of a hassle. Not necessary, but would be really nice.

A couple of things I would like to add that I see frequently suggested/complained about:

The ability to pin your current plot in Arlo's for precision digging so that it stays on the top of the screen.

For pickaxe digging to be weighted towards undiscovered plots.

For a shelf or pin to save the item you want to melt in the cauldron so you can just click on the item without having to go through your inventory.

Queue for Baldwin. Frequently suggested with varying degrees of limitations because people are tired of having to babysit but has extremely divided opinions. (I'd personally prefer a separate feature for this to build off of which isn't very QoL but I'd be happy with a plain queue).