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Hello and welcome! I redacted this post with the intention of posting it in the Ask The Staff Pre-event thread dated 03/05/2019 but it has since been locked, possibly due to a flood of answers beyond the manageable.
In the meantime, I'd like to post my query in this forum for review if at all possible. Otherwise it's meant to keep track of my question until posting is reenabled. Thank you for understanding.

PS: I understand that the ATS rules indicate not more than one question may be written in one post. I'm unsure as to whether this applies to multiple suggestions within one question. If you have the answer to this, feel free to reply ITT!


Features

Good morning! Might I ask if your team has an upgrade scheduled for the Avatar Builder?
I'd gladly list elements I feel would optimize its use and further encourage its usage by the gaians that still miss it's previous iteration,
and have since awaited the day they'd be provided a tool as efficient, dynamic and user-friendly as it (such as myself).

----Glitches:

1)Loss of information
It seems there's yet to be a solution presented for this problem.
The builder tends to undo all progress at a random point, returning to the items currently equipped at that moment.
Sometimes it appears to be related to the amount of time the builder has been open at one time, and
sometimes this occurs completely arbitrarily, without an apparent reason.

2)Item glitch
This is the least pending concern, though I'd like to mention it as well. It has to do with the error text that often appears before the item database, stretching the page and making navigation slightly more difficult. I'm unaware as to whether this indicates that the listed items aren't able to be shown, as I never tested this.
3)Layering
This item is self explanatory

4)Unresponsiveness
When an item/pose is clicked numerous times and it doesn't translate to the avatar, rendering the item in question unusable/unavailable for reasons unknown.

----Potential features:


1)Wider database: Prices, item release date, sort by: color - price - release date - oldest vs newest - listed vs unlisted - etc
2) Allow undo once resetted, enabling one to preserve their progress in the case the reset was pressed accidentally.
3) Allow avatar to be saved as a link, therefore preserving the market data progress as well as the image
(even if the image were later to break, the market data would remain)
3) Include BBCode feature in Gaia 2.0 mode, to enable an easier, cleaner method to keep track of market data,
as well as adding linked item images for further accessability.
4) Possibly add "foreground" type item search? This could include all "overlay" items as well, meaning items that paint an effect
over the entire avatar, such as Astra: The Curse of the Grey Wizard, and Astra: Bloodstain. Which leads me to my next request:

----Astra Items: Will this feature return in a near/ distant future? Or will astra items disappear forever? I believe I read the
team was working/ would be working on this at some point, along with a new avatar closet upgrade of some sorts, if I'm not mistaken.

Thank you for taking the time to read this!
I kindly await your answer.
Have a lovely day.

edit:
I've already managed to post it! here's the link to the post