would it be possible to give money to players anywhere, and not just the sector?

I'm sure this has been suggested befor but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let it happen.

I'm against this. I'd suggest that at least both players have to be in a station sector (or in the same sector, of course). Not necessarily docked, but within the NFZ.

How about a givemoney command that would allow transfer to any player in the 'verse from a station. The player would receive the credits upon their next docking event (wherever).

toshiro: are you serious? if so why?

stackman122: nice idea i like it.

I like toshiro's idea, if I understand it correctly. You can do it like now (in the same sector), or from any station to any other station (like western union). I suggest you have to be docked, and enter the command in the bar (where the western union kiosk is at).

But how about if the person isn't logged in. I would like to just send money from a station to anyone. If they are logged in or not. If they have to dock to pick it up fine i guess.

Toshiro: Don't count on that..

stackman: I like that tooo! its a good idea, should be taken into consideration.

Kierky: What should I count on?

JB: Yes, I am serious. stackman122's alteration makes more sense, though,

I like stackman's idea also. An easy way to transfer credits to alts.

i like stackmans idea actually, both players must be docked somewhere....

I like the idea but i would like to give money to a player who is of line. I think there isn't a need for both players to be in the station at the same time.

Why is it even restricted in the first place?

It is restricted for technical inventory-transfer reasons. At one point in time, both players had to be online to access their inventory (still true to some extent), and having them in the same sector was the most convenient to implement a transfer. Avoids race condition issues and stuff, although that should be all handled at a lower level. Simpler anyway.

This isn't to say that these other ideas are impossible or anything, I'm just responding to why it was implemented this way.

Actually, stackman did not require players to be online at the same time. Just that both players had to dock at some point in time to complete the transfer.

Hmmmm, before I say what I was about to say, isn't it possible for guild buddies to deposit in the guild bank, then have their friend across the 'verse withdraw what they deposited?

ShankTank. Yes it is possible but some of us want to send money to people not in our guilds.

I fully support what stackman122 said and would love to see this ingame ASAP :D

There is no reason why you can't send credits to stations from a station.

In the year 4435 we can fly to different star systems, but the transfer of money is still stuck in some kind of 19th-century mentality where the money has to change hands in the same locale?

I never did understand this. I'd like to be able to transfer credits from any character to any other character at any time and from & to anywhere.

Even better, I'd like to be able to do it when not ingame, using some kind of web interface.

Aren't character credits just written to a database? I can't understand why this should be hard.

Would be even better if we has some kind of "online checking" system for VO just like we do with our real-life accounts.
This might mesh well with the new economy and the new crafting system, when those become reality.

Not now, Leber! They have to tweak the FOG!!!