New Link and Stuff (in Changelog)
Yes, now you can get your BA ala carte with the sidebar.
Also new background changes to fix some xmlhttp problems some people had.
CoolWater
October 27 2005 7:17 PM EDT
Great! Like it.
! Love Barney
October 27 2005 7:19 PM EDT
thank goodness for the ba change. . .
clicking on "manage characters" made it hard for me to buy ba.
Very cool. I like it. Just curious though, why isn't this in Change Log?
Small issue, gents: If I run out of BA, I get the "no more BA" page, which tells me to click Manage Characters (link) to purchase more. If I click the link, the "buy BA" bit is now missing from that page.
Either the "buy BA" bit needs to appear (also) on the Manage Characters page (my preference), or the message & link need to change on the "no more BA" page.
YNM
October 27 2005 9:56 PM EDT
Cool change, but i hate it on the right side. Maybe we could move it a tad to the left to make it more aesthetically pleasing.
But then again this isn't pretty blender. (Excepion being gun and kitty)
Maelstrom
October 27 2005 10:32 PM EDT
Actually, I like it on the manage characters page, since you can see how much money you have left... can we keep it there?
yea i agree with mael, an option to leave it under "manage characters" would be cooler ;p though kudos on direct link in tools :p
yea.. the link on the sidebar is cool, i like it alot, but i think there should still be the possibility to purchase ba on the manage character page as well. Why not have both?
AdminShade
October 28 2005 4:09 AM EDT
I'd also like to have the ability to visit both places to buy my BA...
The only reason you want the extra click for getting BA is because you are accustomed to it. Give it a couple weeks and you'll get used to it. :) Trust me. I've had this greasemonkey script that did exactly what that get more BA link did on my browser for a while, and it was a bit of a habit to break, but eventually I grew to like it much more.
AdminG Beee
October 28 2005 8:07 AM EDT
I like the change.
Given that "you're on a roll" it may be a nice wee touch to show: MPR, PR and EXP to train alongside the Score* Cash* Ammo* on the Manage characters page. You have the space now :)
Don't know if the EXP to train is possible - in truth it's the only one I'm really interested in as the others would be purely cosmetic.
QBJohnnywas
October 28 2005 8:13 AM EDT
Nice change.
I would still like a link to my users page in the left hand frame. I know I can click " 'settings' ----> 'You can see exactly what other users are shown about you here'" but I'm lazy like that lol.
bartjan
October 28 2005 8:40 AM EDT
Shouldn't it use Ajax to see how much BA can be bought?
AdminJonathan
October 28 2005 8:52 AM EDT
it could, but it's not worth the extra round trip since it's so inexpensive to compute on load
Maelstrom
October 28 2005 9:31 AM EDT
The only reason you want the extra click for getting BA is because you are accustomed to it.
No, it's because I like to see how much spare cash I have before I buy my BA. In the pop-up window, why not add in "You currently have X $cb2"?
QBOddBird
October 28 2005 10:26 AM EDT
Because you can click home, look in the top right hand corner, and see where it says, "cash"?
Maelstrom
October 28 2005 10:39 AM EDT
but the whole point to having this new link is to avoid extra clicking
Talking about useful links, i would love to see a link directly to "my account" page.. I think it would be nice to have a link to that page over/under manage characters.
I like the "get more BA" link, but i support the "you now have X$" addition. Thx!
Oh.. and why not elaborate on the Recent battles part..
Instead of the discussion of whether the "Mine" link should point to the old style list or the new Summary , maybe you could just change the Recent battles tool to: Mine/All/Summary ??
How about a direct link to Pizza Hut on the side bar too? ;)
Nice addition.
AdminShade
October 28 2005 2:19 PM EDT
Why not make it even better and have a fill in field in which you can type the amount of BA you want to buy directly, instead of that pop up ;)
Buy more BA
[ ] max xxx
in which xxx is the amount available at that time.
YNM
October 28 2005 4:08 PM EDT
but the whole point to having this new link is to avoid extra clicking
--Maelstrom, 10:39 AM EDT
Because if your using BA your most likely fighting, and when you are fighting you can see your cash. :P
Unless you are forging, in which case you have to click the home link.
Which brings me to a suggestion. Can we see our cash on the forge page?
Maelstrom
October 28 2005 5:16 PM EDT
Yeah, you're right, if I'm not at the home page, I'd be at the page of the most recent battle, where I would see how much cash I have.
And complaining aside, I like the new link ;)
YNM
October 28 2005 5:55 PM EDT
YNM saves the day again... /me flies off into e-space.
QBRanger
October 29 2005 1:58 PM EDT
Whee little problem again with the treo.
When I click the new link it says you may purchase an undefined amount of BA at and undefined price (or something close to that).
Then When I enter an amount it just goes back to that pop up.
Would it be a huge problem to add the BA buying back to the manage characters page for those of us that have a problem with the new linkage?
Thanks.
YNM
October 30 2005 8:19 PM EST
Oooh, new question. is it possible or just another FORS for me to ask if we could stay at the forge page when we buy BA?
the "out of ba" page still links to "manage characters" for ba purchasing.
AdminShade
October 31 2005 2:25 PM EST
YNM, it would be nice enough to stay at your current page when you buy ba, but instead it now always moves you to your home screen...
just noticed the "out of ba" thing was brought up before in other posts. sorry for being repetitive.
YNM
October 31 2005 7:23 PM EST
Shade, not to be rude but is that a too bad just deal with it post?
AdminShade
November 2 2005 12:45 PM EST
erm? sorry but my reply wasn't aimed at you...
it was aimed at the coding, the Ba buying link always sends you to the home screen where ever you were before clicking.
so: it would be nice to be able to stay where you are in the game when buying ba :)
AdminShade
November 2 2005 12:45 PM EST
nice addition now: your current amount of money!!!
AdminG Beee
November 2 2005 4:33 PM EST
Heh, I liked it when it took me to home. Oh well nvm.
Tell you what else I would like though :)
How's about giving us the option to "merge with equipped" ammo. It's always bugged me having to unequip my dross to merge it with my new purchases, before equipping it again.
See what you've started Verifex - give us an inch and we all want a mile :)
AdminShade
November 2 2005 5:23 PM EST
Another nice thing i saw: we stay on our page when buying ba, instead of returning to the home screen :)
YNM
November 2 2005 6:30 PM EST
Sorry Shadehpoo, i did mistake your reply as an attack. Sorry.
YNM
November 5 2005 1:37 AM EST
Thank's guys.
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