Board Thread:Suggestions Forum/@comment-26073467-20150316155300/@comment-26119768-20150317032420

Glflegolas wrote: No, I don't like this idea for hiring units, it's far too OP. However, this system could be implemented in another way and be very useful on servers; you could send a carrier pigeon (or whatever bird you're using) in order to send a private message to another player on a server (which would pop into their inventory within about two minutes) and get rid of the slash command for private messages.

The message you sent would appear as follows in the player's inventory upon recieving:

Private message

Subject

Written by: NBT-data of author

To craft a message, you would use two pieces of paper, a feather, and an ink sac. This could then be attached to a tamed bird and sent off. The amount of text you could write would be the same as in one page of a book.

If the inventory of the player recieving the message was completely full, a message line would appear in their chat saying "[Player] sent you a message. Type /read to get it." If there was still space in the player's inventory, the message would appear there, and a message in chat would say "[Player] sent you a message." After reading, you could either keep the message in your chest or inventory (to save it), or discard it by throwing it onto the ground.

Glflegolas (admin) Send a Messenger 17:12, March 16, 2015 (UTC) This is a great idea.

However there could be different tiers of messages. The normal one is free and takes 2 minutes to get to the player

The second tier costs one coin and takes one minute to get to the recipient.

The third tier costs 5 coins and would be 10 seconds, perfect if you need reinforcements.

And there should be a messenger bird block that has a messenger bird sitting on top of it, ready to fly.

It would be crafted with a 3 wood blocks on the bottom row of the crafting table, a feather in the center, and iron bars on the sides and top. These would be faction specific, each with a different bird inside. You can not spam the messages either. You have to wait until the bird comes back, unless you use the third tier, and even that isn't completely instant.only the person who placed the block can use it, unless the player whitelists others. This is to prevent people using the messenger and forcing the owner to wait.