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--[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 02:44, 25 January 2012 (EST)
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'''Articles related to Item changes:'''
* [[Items]] - weapons section
** [[Weapons]] - possibly including the weapon sets links, to state which weapon uses which new skill
*** [[Finesse Weapons]] <font color=green>(create)</font>
*** [[Heavy Weapons]] <font color=green>(create)</font>
*** [[Light Weapons]] <font color=green>(create)</font>
*** [[Missile Weapons]] <font color=green>(create)</font>
*** [[Two Handed Weapons]] - will likely need updates to fit new standards
*** [[Axes]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
*** [[Maces]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
*** [[Swords]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
*** [[Spears]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
*** [[Daggers]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
*** [[Staves]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
*** [[Unarmed Weapons]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
*** [[Bows]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
*** [[Crossbows]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
*** [[Atlatls and Thrown Weapons]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* Every article for melee/missile weapons - The current pages need to archived as the retired versions, pages will need wiki template updates and new stats/skill reqs added
* [[Loot]] - This will need major revisions, and we will also want to archive current info somehow.
'''Articles related to Skill changes:'''
* [[Attributes]] - individual attribute pages will need their skill lists updated
* [[Skills]] - update both skill listings and racials, as those are going away
** [[Finesse Combat]] <font color=green>(create, these names are my best guess based on naming convention for Two Handed Combat)</font>
** [[Heavy Combat]] <font color=green>(create)</font>
** [[Light Combat]] <font color=green>(create)</font>
** [[Missile Combat]] <font color=green>(create)</font>
** [[Dual Wield]] <font color=green>(create)</font>
** [[Dirty Fighting]] <font color=green>(create)</font>
** [[Recklessness]] <font color=green>(create)</font>
** [[Sneak Attack]] <font color=green>(create)</font>
** [[Shield]] <font color=green>(create)</font>
** [[Axe]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
** [[Mace]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
** [[Sword]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
** [[Spear]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
** [[Dagger]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
** [[Staff]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
** [[Unarmed Combat]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
** [[Bow]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
** [[Crossbow]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
** [[Thrown Weapons]] <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Character Creation]] - Race/Heritage and Skills sections will need updating
* [[Character Templates]] - Most of these templates will no longer be possible. They should be archived and new templates (including any new in-creation templates) should be added.
* [[Character Races]]
* [[New Player Guide]] & [[Returning Player Guide]] - both of these are fairly incomplete and outdated anyway.
* Class Guides:
** [[Beginner's Guide to Playing an Archer]]
** [[Beginner's Guide to Playing a Mage]]
** [[Beginner's Guide to Playing a Warrior]]
** [[Advanced Guide to Playing an Archer]]
** [[Advanced Guide to Playing a Mage]]
** [[Advanced Guide to Playing a Warrior]]
* Quests/Content with heavy ties to skills being retired:
** [[Arm, Mind, Heart Quest]] - uses axe and spear for skill checks
** [[Atlan Weapons Quest]] - uses weapon skills for skill checks
** [[Bestowers' Guild of Dereth]]
** [[Composite Bow Quest]] - uses bow/xbow/tw for skill checks
** [[Harbinger Quest]]
** [[Isparian Weapons]] - uses weapon skills for skill checks
** [[Ruined Amulets]] and related quests - [[Nuhmudira's Boon Quest]] and [[Sunstone and Opal Gauntlets Quest]]
** [[Skill Redistribution]]
** [[Tesserae]]
'''Spells:'''
* [[Finesse Combat Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create, these names are my best guess based on naming convention for Two Handed Combat)</font>
* [[Finesse Combat Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Heavy Combat Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Heavy Combat Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Light Combat Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Light Combat Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Missile Combat Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Missile Combat Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Dual Wield Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Dual Wield Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Dirty Fighting Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Dirty Fighting Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Recklessness Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Recklessness Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Sneak Attack Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Sneak Attack Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Shield Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Shield Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=green>(create)</font>
* [[Axe Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Axe Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Bow Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Bow Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Crossbow Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Crossbow Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Dagger Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Dagger Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Mace Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Mace Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Spear Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Spear Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Staff Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Staff Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Sword Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Sword Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Thrown Weapons Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Thrown Weapons Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Unarmed Combat Ineptitude (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
* [[Unarmed Combat Mastery (Spell)]] and all sub-spells <font color=red>(retire)</font>
'''Page templates, wiki templates, misc'''
* [[Ammunition Template]] - possibly needs updating depending on what happens with missile weapons
* [[Melee Weapon Template]]
* [[Missile Weapon Template]]
* {{tl|Ammunition}} - possibly needs updating depending on what happens with missile weapons
* {{tl|Melee Weapon}}
* {{tl|Missile Weapon}}
* {{tl|Skills}} - I have made an updated version at [[User:An Adventurer/Sandbox]]
* {{tl|Weapon Links}}
* [[MediaWiki:MenuSidebar]] (will need various links added and removed)
--[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 06:00, 25 January 2012 (EST)
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Revision as of 14:00, 24 January 2012

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Forum:February Patch


With the feb patch coming, so are a TON of changes to the wiki. We need to create spell pages for the new creature buff spells, remove/retire old weapon buff spell pages, update all old quest armor with a weapon skill buff to the new buff. All quest weapons/rares will need to be updated. Rare crystals will need to be retired/replaced. I think the weapons pages can stay separated since you will still aug one weapon type. These are just initial thoughts, anyone else? --Immortalbob 01:47, 24 January 2012 (EST)

It's going to be a lot of work. Hell, we haven't even finished updating all the quest/trophy experience values from the Learning From Experience patch over a year ago. And now every weapon entry is going to have to be redone, along with a ton of other stuff. Although I left for other reasons, I'm glad I got out when I did. The wiki and the game are gonna be a mess for quite some time.

Now, that said, I have a few suggestions:

Melee/Missile weapon templates:

  • Leave the " Weapon Type = " variable, since, as you said, there is supposed to be some aug for that.
  • On the missile weapon template, simply add [[Category:Missile Weapon]] to the template itself, if my understanding is correct that bow/xbow/TW are all being merged into Missile Weapon skill.
  • On the melee weapon template, add a new variable above weapon type, " Weapon Skill = " with the options being Heavy, Light, and Finesse. An automated find and replace could handle adding this variable (left blank) to every template, but getting the new skill type added will probably have to be done by hand.

Skills:

  • Update the table on the main skill page - should be simple enough.
  • Update the {{Skills}} template, replacing the Weapons section with Heavy/Light/Finesee/Missile
    • Optionally, add a "Retired" skills section at the bottom. Here we can list all the old item appraisal skills and the weapon skills.
  • Keep all the old skill pages around as historical references, but remove any skill categories so they do not get listed as currently available skills.

Spells:

  • Keep old weapon skill spells around, but remove categories. Treat them as retired, and add the new spell buffs.

Misc:

  • Anything that is no longer in the game due to these changes, e.g. weapon skill rare crystals, should be updated to be listed as retired.
  • Make sure to check changes to the Sunstone Gauntlets, Ruined Amulets, Title Bestower Guild, Skill Temples, and any other things that had something for every weapon skill. I have no idea how the devs are going to handle some of this stuff. Ruined Amulets for example have an amulet for each weapon skill, but these are turned in for life prots/attributes. Not sure how this will be handled after the changes.
  • Be sure to check out things that used weapon skills for a skill check. Atlans/Isparians, Composite Bow/Xbow/TW, crafting a few of the Arm, Mind, Heart items, and probably a few other things that aren't coming to mind right now.

Good luck to all the contributors that are still playing after Feb.

--An Adventurer 05:44, 24 January 2012 (EST)

I agree with all of this, we need a plan of attack... This may be what we need to work from as a list: [1] --Immortalbob 11:59, 24 January 2012 (EST)

A lot of things we need to know!! [2] --Immortalbob 12:14, 24 January 2012 (EST)

I've gone ahead and mocked up how i think the weapons list pages should sorta look post patch at User:Immortalbob/Sandbox using information in [3]. Also, I've made changes to the weapon template (now residing in Template:Sandbox) Ex: User:Immortalbob/Sandbox3. Any suggestions? --Immortalbob 13:52, 24 January 2012 (EST)

Oh, crap, I hadn't even thought of the weapon pages. I think those have to be completely redone. If we want the wiki to be organized the same way after the patch, that is, weapon listings based on the skill they use, we need to retire the Axes, Swords, etc pages and have Heavy Weapons, Light Weapons, Finesse Weapons, Missile Weapons, Two Handed Weapons (this is going more or less untouched, right?) and Thrown Weapons if they are not merging that with bow/xbow.

I have not been keeping up on all the details since I've quit, but from what I understand players are more likely to pick up one on the new combat skills and use all types of weapons (e.g. heavy weapons spec'd and using swords, maces, and axes) rather than picking up multiple skills and sticking to a single weapon type (e.g. trained/spec'd heavy/light/finesse and only using swords). So IMO it would make the most sense to list weapons by their new skill rather than by spec bonus.

Then on the new weapon skill pages, we'd add a new column "Weapon Type" for the specialization bonus weapon classes of Sword, Axe, Spear, etc.


As for your weapon template mock-up, looks good to me, I can only think of a few minor tweaks:

  1. Change the Category from "Heavy Combat" to "Heavy Combat Weapon". This goes with the naming convention we already have with Category:Two Handed Weapon, Category:Thrown Weapon, and Category:UA Weapon.
  2. Change the order the categories appear in so that they are listed as <Item Type> | <Weapon Skill> | <Specialization>, e.g.: Weapon | Heavy Combat Weapon | Axe.

--An Adventurer 02:27, 25 January 2012 (EST)

Another thing to start thinking about now:

So, every weapon entry we have, except possibly some 2H weapons, is going to have a retired version (The current version using current skills). What are we going to do about retired versions of weapons that are still in the game, and I assume have to be updated to use the new skills? The first weapon that comes to mind is the Sword of Lost Light.

All of the info on Sword of Lost Light (Retired) would be moved to Sword of Lost Light (Retired 1). And all of the info on Sword of Lost Light would be moved to Sword of Lost Light (Retired 2). But what about those old school SoLLs that are still in the game? I assume they'll have to use Heavy Weapon Skill, since Sword won't exist. How do we handle an updated version of a retired item?

--An Adventurer 02:44, 25 January 2012 (EST)


Here is a list of everything I can think of that will need to get updated:

Articles related to Item changes:

Articles related to Skill changes:

Spells:

Page templates, wiki templates, misc

--An Adventurer 06:00, 25 January 2012 (EST)