Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30891950-20170224224339

I thought it would be helpful to newer players for all of us to give our best tips for using the game wish list.

The five slots for your wishlist are almost the only way you have to communicate with your game friends other than changing your user name or chatting on a forum like this. So, try to make the most of the list. Keep your wishlist updated and remove items that you have asked for and no one has sent after several days or a week perhaps.

First - The ONLY way to gift dragonflies, cotton, claws, old event fixers and other special items is to GIFT THEM WHILE VISITING. Your friend must have these items on their wishlist or they cannot be gifted. Make sure to include a few of these goodies in your list. Whether or not a player has a few of these on their list is a good indication of whether or not they know how to gift these items. I, personally, don't accept new friends who don't have them listed.

Please note that in order to send the better items you MUST have ONE in your inventory. If you do not have one, put it on your wantlist and then always keep at least one on hand. The game sends messages that are inaccurate asking if you want to gift your only item. Ignore these messages where these fixers are concerned when you are gifting while visiting. This does NOT apply when gifting from the gifting pages.

Collectibles! Yes! List a few collectibles! In order to get the most CIs while gifting, you need to gift CIs to your friends. But if they don't have any CIs on their wishlist, you can't gift them! So help yourself and your friends - list a few that you need. BUT - be realistic! DON'T list all very difficult to find items such the tea set or the bakery items - everyone needs those and we rarely have them. Limit yourself to asking for only one tough one. Also limit your requests for collectibles from previous events that are now only available through purchasing chests. If you ask for those, you are asking your friends to send you items that they had to PAY for and many players can't afford to buy those chests. Again, limit yourself to one super tough item like this on your list. A list filled with only difficult items isn't realistic. You're probably not going to get them, so why waste the precious space on your list? It is not a lot of fun for your friends to constantly be unable to help you.

Fixers; Everyone should have at least one fixer on their list that everyone can gift. The better fixers such as the cotton and dragonflies and old event fixers mentioned above are included in this list, but all of the other fixers are included, too.

Empty lists; this is often a signal from experienced players that they are on vacation or taking a break. A few extremely advanced players leave their list blank to signal that they don't need anything. I personally think that folks really like to reciprocate, so I'm not super fond of the blank lists other than to signal vacations.

Placement; Some folks place the item that they need most to the extreme left, but there doesn't seem to be any common practice for this.

Keys! These cannot be place on the wishlists, but many players are always needing keys. If you are unsure what to send the advanced player with a blank wishlist, send keys.

Advanced players who TT generally have plenty of regular fixers acquired from the blue thank you boxes. Unless these folks ask for fluff, or tar or other common items, don't send them to these folks. Send them what is on their wishlist or send a key instead.

So, a nicely balanced wishlist would have a fixer or two or three, including at least one better fixer (ie cotton) and one to four collectibles including no more than one tough to find collectible.

Any other suggestions?  