128236-suggestion-add-in-game-calendar

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Hi there I am not sure if this is the right thread for this. Apologies if it is not, I looked through the threads and don't see any for suggestions.
 
I would like Carbine to add an in game calendar. This has been a staple guild feature in WoW and yes I know we don't like to mention that other game but most (not all) people have started from there. In the other game we used to be able to get quite a lot of sign ups for raids and low level runs etc as we would just have to check the calendar it became something we just did and was a handy way to find out about other in game events. 
There is a reason I mentioned WoW because with that in mind and I know not all people may want this I feel the majority of people would. I say this for a reason in WoW it was often unheard of for you to sign up to a guild website and check on the guilds forums for events etc. This was only really common in the hard core raiding guilds. There ofcourse would have been exceptions to this including multi gaming communities but for the average player all that was taken care of with the in game calendar. Now with people coming from that feature in a game which is probably the biggest QoL thing that could be added for guilds, we enter the problem of getting the players onto these outside forums for guilds. Again not everyone is unwilling but it is one of the hardest things for guilds to do when trying to prepare to do end game content etc as people don't often like having to sign up to yet another site and then have to keep checking that site for the latest updates.
 
Having to have an outside forum for the guild also detracts from the game as it breaks immersion as you have to leave the game to go check it and it makes more work for guild leaders who have to then create that site and I know it can be pretty painless on guild hosting sites etc but that site still has to be set up and maintained by someone from the guild. This takes players out of the game which is not what people would want as an in game calendar would mean such events could be set up in 5 mins or so drastically reducing the time needed to organize things.
 
There could be arguments made that this is all down to player laziness if they want to raid etc they can just do this but I honestly believe that had this feature been in the game for many guilds perhaps not so many of them would have fallen to the lack of players. Yes there was many issues and one feature wouldn't have stopped all of them from going the way of the dodo but I'm certain it could have saved a decent percentage of them because it would remove one of the obstacles guilds often have for preparing end game content.
 
Thanks for taking the time to read this post I know its long but I am passionate about this feature :)
 
Please do leave your thoughts on this matter whether you agree or not as it all helps and hopefully we may just get Carbine talking about it.
			
				
	Edited June 19, 2015 by Godrick	
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			Maybe someone could make a calendar addon?	
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I actually prefer using the guild's website to using something like a calendar in WoW. That being said, I think once they start having real holiday events in game (Shade's Eve this fall! Gourd launcher already in the AH, check it!) then those kinds of things could go on a calendar in game.
 
It sounds more like you're asking for extra functionality in the guild window in the game?	
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Maybe someone could make a calendar addon?
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someone did but the last drop broke it and I don't know if it is getting fixed.
An ingame calendar is a great addition, you can add your own events for people to sign up for and you can also see all the game holiday and event start date and times.
It's such a great feature I am always a little surprised that it is one of the things from WoW that other MMO's don't copy
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Yeah, +1 to this.
 
Our guild is very casual. Having the in-game tools to plan events is something we need in the worst way, since most of us just come and go with no real concern about group activities. Being able to have an easy-to-access calendar would be amazingly helpful for us.	
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Maybe someone could make a calendar addon?
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			I dont understand how this thread is getting little action! An official ingame calendar will make planning events a lot easier!	
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I'd like one...
Put that an an LFG bulletin board up and we're gold for social stuff.	
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Maybe someone could make a calendar addon?
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Yeah, without having some way of storing the data, a calendar add on is going to be tough to make work. The best you could probably do is have each person have an individually maintained calendar and allow people to share information (like how google calendar works). That could be nice, but it wouldn't work for raid/event sign ups.
 
I do like having our sign ups out of game, because it allows people to sign up via phone, at work, or whatever when they know their schedule. Of course, it would be awesome if there was a way to integrate this in game as well, but I just don't think you'll see that happen. That kind of integration would leave Carbine quite vulnerable for exploitation.
 
As I've recently mentioned, I'm trying to get the sign up app our guild uses to the point that other guilds can use it (actually, one other guild already does use it). We've had good success with it. One of the features that (I think) makes it better than a typical guild website is that it doesn't require a login. That is, we can simply point our members to it and they can find their name and mark their attendance. Making it easy for people to respond is a key to making these things work, I think.	
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Yeah, without having some way of storing the data, a calendar add on is going to be tough to make work. The best you could probably do is have each person have an individually maintained calendar and allow people to share information (like how google calendar works). That could be nice, but it wouldn't work for raid/event sign ups.
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Ugh. Unauthenticated access is a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, bad idea. Really. Your current users are well behaved for the most part. If and when some more competitive groups join in then there might be some shenanigans.
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