Add Account shared Bank Deposit in Bank selection.

Add Account shared Bank Deposit in Bank selection.
MrMushroom

MrMushroom

Proposal
My proposal is to add to the game, a bank deposit which is shared across an account. Meaning characters from the same account can quick access a storage at any city.

This will allow for an easy access 100/100 storage for unbound items such as armor sets and weapons, consumables and credits, along with items that can be shared by datapad such as familiar and mounts.
Justification
Logging in and out, tabbing across characters or dropping items in houses is becoming increasingly frustrating.

Particularly when trying to share armor sets, food and drink stacks and data pad items.
Motivation
Being able to quickly transfer gear between characters will major QOL improvement and remove unnecessary baggage of travelling to share houses or tabbing 3/4 times to transfer items to an alt
please add an account shared storage for easy transfer of items between characters.





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Not a bad idea per se but let me play advocatus diaboli and explore some potential consequences ("it" means "this proposal"):

- If players have one or more characters that benefit from the same gear they might be much less inclined to buy/get multiple sets if they can just transfer it via any Bank Terminal. This hurts providers of those goods.

- It would reduce the chance to see other players because a lot of the time you'd just need to find the next Bank Terminal. But seeing other players travel makes the game feel more alive (especially given the comparatively low player base).

- It could break immersion: If the helmet is in "Mushroom's House", or "Mos Eisley Bazaar", or "Aconite's Vendor" you gotta go there and get it. I am aware that Safety Deposit now already breaks immersion. But do we want to move further in this direction? If we go all the way we might end up with dungeon finders and instance queues one day...

- Inventory management is arguably a core gameplay mechanic of SWG. Do I spend my 2 remaining lots on a safehouse on Dantooine to share items or do I put down another harverster for passive income?

- We might lose credit sinks if players don't use shuttles or ITVs to get to their houses anymore (though this could be countered by making the shared bank deposit itself a credit sink)

- It would give players 100 slots more storage. I don't see how this would change a lot concerning gameplay but it might be of concern for the database. Devs will know more about this.

That said, I genuinely appreciate the suggestion! Looking forward to the discussion to make up my mind on whether to up- or downvote on this.
 
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