Talk:Loot
I'd like to suggest a few, or perhaps a few dozen, separate pages where screenshots of maximum stats can be posted. Just low quality jpgs, enough to show the stats. Set up a table, say 3 wide, with description above and shot below, something like:
| Alduressa Maximum AL | Amuli Maximum AL | Celdon Maximum AL |
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The reason I suggest multiple pages is because of all the types of armor and weapons and all the different stats we would want the maximum for. It would simply be too many images and too much information to list on a single page. If we also want to include minimum burden, we would need a spot for every piece of every type of armor. These max stat screenshot pages would be listed on the loot page. Images would be named the same as the title above them to make uploading new max stats easier.
Another option would be to include all this information on the talk pages of the various armor type pages I created. So for example, max stats for alduressa would be posted on Talk:Alduressa Armor. We would, of course, then have to create the same style pages for all loot types of weapons. This option follows the style we have for quest items and creatures, posting SSs of stats on the talk page, so I am leaning towards this idea. --An Adventurer 11:01, 11 December 2008 (CST)
- I like the talk page as well for it. Nice adding the 400 tier 7 lines, that'll be good to have. --Tlosk 13:43, 12 December 2008 (CST)
- Yeah, thanks to the giftbox quest I finally got some new loot pulls. I noticed a few 400 wield weapons with attack and def mods higher than +15%, so I figured that maybe the tier 7 400s (and corresponding bows/wands) have better stats than those available on regular loot. After thinking it over, I don't think we really need pages for every type of melee weapon since most weapons of a class share the same max stats. So I'd like to suggest keeping the max stat screenshots for weapons on that weapons talk page, for example max sword stats go on Talk:Swords. For weapons like axe, we will just break the talk page into axes and hammers, with all the screenshots below each section. --An Adventurer 13:54, 12 December 2008 (CST)
Kabuton is yoroi. Koujia, like celdon and amuli, have no hand, foot, or head armor. The same is true for the 2nd tier viamont armor, tenassa I believe. The crested helm (the one that looks like the helm of the crag) is Chiran. --An Adventurer 15:26, 21 November 2008 (CST)
I'm unsure if the Kabuton is for Yoroi, Koijia, or both? Perhaps the Crested Helm is for Kojia, or would you say Koujia has none?
--Tlosk 11:54, 21 November 2008 (CST)
I do not have any larger versions of those images, but I can take them again. I had another thought for armor though - in the body armor table, each armor name would be a link to a page about that armor. It would be set up like this: [[Celdon Armor|Celdon]]. Each page could have some larger shots and color variations (dyed and loot) as well as link to any quest armor of that style - and whatever else would be relevant. And then we can take the picture sections out of the main loot page completely. --An Adventurer 17:10, 7 November 2008 (CST)
I've put on hold for a day or two updating the old tier numbers, I want to do some more research in game to make sure we have solid tier spreads. --Tlosk 13:30, 7 November 2008 (CST)
Do you have the original shots that you made the small shots from? I was thinking it would be cool to have a small and large version of the armor pictures, and then link the small picture to the large one so if you click on it you would get a more detailed picture. If you don't maybe we could at least do it for ones we add in the future. --Tlosk 13:24, 7 November 2008 (CST)
I posted this in Talk:Risks and Rewards but didn't get any response there. In Risk and Rewards, the patch that upped the max ALs, I noticed that the base AL of store-bought armor increased. So, are max ALs determined by base? They didn't mention increasing store armors, but then again, they also didn't mention the increase to max AL. --An Adventurer 10:09, 7 November 2008 (CST)
Keep an eye out to see if there might be two tiers of max AL, like there used to be higher max for heumes (I found some studded leather boots with 278 but not sure if that's for everything or just boots). If there is then we can just make two entries and distinguish them in the areas covered boxes. --Tlosk 09:58, 7 November 2008 (CST)
Added section headings to some of the tables to be able to directly link to them from scrolls etc. --Tlosk 07:55, 5 November 2008 (CST)
I'm in the process of converting all the loot tier number in the creature tables to be consistent with the revised tiers here.--Tlosk 07:00, 5 November 2008 (CST)
I included Society Armor because it's more akin to loot armor than quest armor since it has random stats and workmanship. --Tlosk 22:29, 4 November 2008 (CST)
Found the original turbine article that ACvault copied its info from:
- http://ac.turbinegames.com/index.php?page_id=217
- earliest web archive
- newest web archive
--An Adventurer 19:17, 27 October 2008 (CDT)
Are you sure? I know when turbine redid the loot system there were only 6 tiers. But at that time there were also only up to 325 wield melees and such. I thought that they added tier 7 at a later point. At the time of the first loot redistribution there was even talk of adding another tier, with wield reqs similar to what we have not (see 2nd ACvault link). This is the first I have heard of that there was not a tier 7, and I and others have been throwing around the tier 8 term a lot without being corrected about it. --An Adventurer 19:23, 14 October 2008 (CDT)
There are only 7 loot tiers, not 8. Previous to the 100th patch, there were only 6 loot tiers. The 100th patch introduced only 1 loot tier -- no work was done to change any of the existing tiers. It's called "tier 8" mostly because of the confusion between "tier 7" and "level 8 spells."
There are a couple of ways to easily distinguish between tier 5 and 6 without looking at the trophies. 1) Tier 5 is ws 3-9, while Tier 6 is ws 4-10. (Of course, you can get Tier 5 confused which Tier 6 Quality, which is 4-8, but items of ws 9 with no items of ws 10 dispels that quickly.) 2) Red garnet, jet, and black garnet cannot appear in Tier 6. There are a few other gems that don't, but those are the ones most people look for first.
--Afura Mann 19:14, 14 October 2008 (CDT)
The info cards look good, but it makes it harder to compare the stats, so I prefer the second one where all the information is together. That makes it very easy to compare the stats at a glance. Keeping all of the images close together also makes them easier to compare.
I'd also like to see minimum loot-generated burden of the pieces. Maybe separate the Covenant shield from the rest, like you have for the armor, since each wield requirement has different maximums.
--Widgeon 05:33, 10 September 2008 (CDT)
I'd like some feedback on the loot article so far. Specifically, the armor section. What do you think of the little 'info card' look I made? Should we keep the armor section like this, or redesign it in a way so that all the info is contained in a table (or several, shields/armor/etc could all be separate as they are now) and the small pictures could be below the table(s) or not included at all? I've made an example in the Sandbox with shields in both formats.
Also, do you think it looks better now with all the tables aligned left instead of centered?
--An Adventurer 19:48, 8 September 2008 (CDT)
The first one was from a thread post by Srand on turbine's forums that is no longer available (don't you hate how forums trash old threads after a while). The second one is probably still there, when they redid the site a few weeks ago they did it in a way that broke all old links (very frustrating), though a lot of the content is still there, just has a different index (if you strip all the cruft). I may or may do a new index, the old one took a long time to do and I just wish I had archived the information locally, which I had plans to but they made no announcements just turned off the old site abrubtly. --Tlosk 19:04, 8 September 2008 (CDT)
I would like to get screenshots of the missing armor types up as well, but I lack the matching sets. If anyone is interested in putting up some pictures, all images are named <Type> Armor Small.jpg. They are 100x150px. They were taken inside any meeting hall, standing flat against the stone wall to the right of the upper throne (right if you are sitting in it) zoomed out slightly with the side window open. Then I simply used photoshop to scale the picture down by percentages until the picture of the armor fit within the 100x150 small picture.
I would like to have the Amuli/Celdon/Koujia all be greater shadow armor, preferably the 30+ version of the armor, because the silver/brown colored armor is very neutral. Unfortunately, I do not own any shadow armor, and do not want to spend the time/scints to gather armor I'll use for just 1 picture. As for the Lorica/Nariyid, any shot of matching armor would be great.
Information regarding the loot system, although dated, can be found on ACVault:
I believe these two articles are direct copy+pastes from a turbine article, but I have not yet located the offical source.
More Links:
- Maggies - Dev comments on loot changes - Feb 2004 - The Madness of Men
- Maggies - Treasure in AC - March 2004 - Across the Vast Divide
--An Adventurer 09:31, 26 August 2008 (CDT)