In-Game Mailbox

I have an idea for In-Game Mailboxes.

Nearly every MMORPG in existence has some form of a mailing system, and i believe OSRS is long overdue. Here are my reasons for wanting this, and my arguments against needing more J-Mods for supervision or lack of development.

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1) Examples.

I am an event leader for my clan. Today, the winners of our Skill of the Week event have been named and i would like to pay out the gold for our top 3 winners, with one issue; all 3 players are offline, and i won't be on for the next two days. What better way for me to solve this issue than to simply mail the gold to our winners? With a mailbox system, this, and many other clan activities would be made much easier to manage.

I am a clan member that only uses mobile with no discord, and i have noticed sombody joined our clan while no staff were online, and that new member decided to do some shady things. With a mailbox system in place, i could leave a message for clan staff to read once they get online, reducing the time between observe and action greatly.

My friend has lent me their Dragon Warhammer for the evening and would like it returned when i am finished using it. Instead of waiting for my friend to log back in, i could just mail back his item for him to access as soon as he logs in, even if we're nations apart with crazy play-times.

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2) Function

Much like poll boxes in all banks, i propose a mailbox to either be attached to the current banking system, or to stand just outside most bank entrances as a small object with 2 options upon right-clicking. Send Mail, and Check Mail.

Sending mail would open an interface allowing you to send a message containing txt, items, or gold to any player. This could be amended to allow only txt, but i will explain a few failsafes pertaining to items or gold.

Jagex account mail could be directed to this mailbox as well, honestly i haven't checked my account mailbox in over a year, but if i were to get these same notifications in game, i'd be more willing to read them. This could also be a much better means of broadcasting information to players, as opposed to an almost spammy in-game broadcast that we currently have.

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3) Development and Failsafes

To prevent the use of scammers and spammers, usage of a mailbox could be locked behind a few prerequisites and limits such as; Membership or 500 total level required to use the mailing system, 3 messages allowed per day, and a 500k gp sending limit per day on gold and item value, (this could increase over time with total level or hours played being a determining factor on item value limits)

As opposed to the openness of game-chat, the mailing system could impose a much more strict word filter, blocking most hateful comments from being able to be sent, and stopping those pesky "I'm a bitcoin millionaire with covid show me your bank to double it" spammers from clogging up mailboxes.

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Additional J-Mods would NOT be needed to oversee transactions or messages, as this mailbox could share a similar "report sender" button that sends the appropriate logs to the current J-Mod team that deals with in-game reports, Reports would not increase, but split into a new format. We don't need a whole new system, or a brand new team to deal with the downsides of this, as long as it is implemented properly.

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The work required to put this system in OSRS takes a total of 12 hours for one man, Because i did it. I have used an OSRS replica source+client to dabble with the coding required to make this work, and short from some fancy interface, it's perfect. I'm even willing to share this code here if it would increase the chances of it being used, but it's mainly a tie-off of the current Grand Exchange system. The man-hours claimed to get this working are likely to be inflated to much greater effort by staff because of other current goals like Group Ironman, Clan Banks, and more, but there are systems almost already in place that we're not taking advantage of, and that's mailing.

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This suggestion came from a clan that prides itself on making Runescape a better game in general, with or without game-changing suggestions. If you're looking for a an open minded group of people who are dedicated to changing the entire idea of what a CLAN is, i urge you to pop into "FusionCC" to see what we're working on. Many of our suggestions have been implemented in game over the years, or are currently in development by Jagex Developers. The leaders of FusionCC have over 20 years of leadership and Java Development experience and have plans to work closely with all facets of the OSRS community to improve the game we all love.

Thank you for reading, i'm excited to get your opinions. Is this a bit too much? Would you like to see mailboxes in game? Or would you prefer somthing else?