eegreen wrote:I 'll clarify on what I said earlier.
I do hope they make it an option to have or not have your name on items you have crafted. I respect that some people want their privacy and others want the free advertising.
My post was just pleading with people to give it a chance before bashing it. An informed critic is better than an ignorant complainer.
When I played Dark Age of Camelot, I had several crafters making various things, and anything my characters made, when delved, gave the crafter's name. It wasn't an option, just something that was there. Of course, in that game, there was for the longest time no way to put your goods up for sale except to holler out in the main cities what you had for sale. Until they developed the housing expansion, which included consignment merchants, that was the only recourse they had to sell their gear. And I have to tell you, I rarely got /tell asking for gear when I was away from town, because I wasn't advertising. Now, granted, there were mob drops that were equal, if not better, to what could be crafted, so, the parallel isn't exact, but it is there to an extent.
Now, with Ryzom's merchants selling our wares, in this player driven economy, it's a whole different ball game. I, for one, think it's neat to see stuff I made with my character's name on it, and initially, probably wouldn't complain too much. However, I can appreciate that some folks prefer their anonymity and would just rather put their stuff on merchant when they have it ready and go with it.
For what it's worth, this whole 'crafted by' business is now a feature, and quite a few people don't like the way it was done, namely, automatically without the consent of the crafter. If this describes you, then, I would suggest putting it in as a suggestion. Enough of those, and chances are, it'll be changed in an upcoming patch, perhaps as a checkbox on the crafting window for 'add your name to this item'. I, for one, like the new change, at least at this point (I haven't logged in yet and gotten a ton of tells asking for medium armor hehehe), but I also think those who don't are entitled to their opinion and desire to get things changed. There is no need for us bashing one another over what might be considered a minor feature.
Peace out, yall
