It appears as though several players take issue with getting thank-you notes from the folks they bust out of jail. Perhaps the notification feature should be removed? Your thoughts?

or maybe just give people the option to hide jailbreak notifications.

it just seems a little unnecessary from my viewpoint. it's such a minor thing and time should be spent elsewhere. 

the result of the change could even lead to people mailing the person they broke out, so that they are aware!

Ahem. I am one of said people who hates getting thank you's. They clutter up my inbox and are an utter waste of time. Complelety unnecessary addition, though, because all too often these personals get deleted automatically before I even see them. Well... I think it's unnecessary anyway. If were to be coded in(probably not too terribly difficult,) then I agree with -Shasta, it could be given the option to be hidden.

Now that Mystery brings it up, I'm not sure I understand the benefits of witnessing someone else's pickpocket, either. Perhaps someone can enlighten me? I've asked around, and no one seems to have the answer.

I was given the impression that in case there was a dispute about the PPing there was a witness.

I'm pretty sure somewhere along the course of the replies someone has misread something.

There is nothing wrong with the notification system. 'Thank You' messages are not exactly a huge inconvenience - you read it and click the delete button. As for the actual notification, it deletes itself after however long so again not really an issue.

I for one like seeing who broke me out of jail. That doesn't mean I send thank you mails though; it means I'm nice to that person when I see THEM stuck in jail and I want to return the favour.

"Thank You' messages are not exactly a huge inconvenience - you read it
and click the delete button"

Each man to their own opinions mate. I personally despise them, as you can tell from my speech.

You despise people showing gratitude to you? That's an odd one. And yes I know you only do it for your own selfish reasons etc etc, but either way you just saved someone from prison. If you think about it realistically it makes no sense for you to say 'i was doing it for the experience' because in RP terms that does not make any sense at all.

The simple option for people that don't like getting thank you messages is to not break people out who are active and in jail. Problem solved methinks.

Afro.

"doesn't make sense RP wise"

Getting experience so you have it when you need to bust family out doesn't make sense?

Heh. Are you actually saying that they did practice runs of breaking people from jail by actually breaking people out? I don't think so :P

At most I would say they would try and create a replica of possible things they would encounter. There's no way in hell they'd practice in real jails - things like that lead to increases in security and many other things.

For instance; a very common gypsy thief training thing to do was to have life size dolls with bells in their pockets and all over the doll. If the thief moved too quickly or did something wrong they would ring a bell and that would mean they failed.

Nobody would risk something like that without what I would call 'safe practice'.

Well if you're bashing the concept of jail breaking as a whole, as opposed to what you originally said about saving people from prison, then good on ya. Jail breaking isn't realistic in the mass quantities that this game allows, and it certainly shouldn't be used as often as it is, in my opinion. (Granted if I run across a free jail, bet your ass I'm busting the 20's and then leaving.)

The way I see it, there is a legitimate reason to suggest a valid alternative change to a piece of code which directly affects the game.

However, the issue in this case is not the build of the game, it is the way players approach it. If you are aggrevated by a player's actions, don't suggest a change to the game - stop being an absolute fanny and ENFORCE your will. If you're not happy doing that, you're probably playing the wrong game ;)

Hypocrite.

I don't get aggrevated by player's actions too much so np.