Forum:Sortable Quest List
I don't know if someone is working on this, but if NOT, is it OK if I start on a sortable quest list? It would be sortable by name, level req, level recommended, timer, patch added, and year added.
Actually, I've kind of already started on it, just working on inputting the quests in order by patch (I'm probably 50% done with Release), because I didn't see it mentioned. However, I can stop, if I'm walking on someones toes here.
Thanks :)
I don't think anyone else has done anything like this, so go for it. I see you started at Quests (Sortable). As you can see, though, there are already problems with the level restrictions. When you sort by level, 8+ is listed as the highest one. There is also the issue of quests with various levels - olthoi pincers, moarsman forts, gaerlan, black mire temples, etc. Does each level of the quest get it's own line?
Suggestions:
- Use 3 digits for all levels, so they are sorted correctly. A level 35+ quest should be listed as level 035+, etc.
- Use only even 5s for level suggestions. Ice tachi looks odd at suggested level 11+, it should just be 10+ (and really, probably 5+, its really easy). The only time going by something other than 5s would be useful is at the lowest levels, 5-20, and people go by those levels so fast it is hardly worth giving the quests difficulties other than 5, 10, 15, and 20.
- Combine patch and year. No one wants to be able to sort patches alphabetically, its of no use. Display patches as YYYY/MM - [[Patch]] So release is 1999/11 - Release. This way patches are sorted by date, but still display the name and link to the article.
- Remove the timer column, for simplicity and because we may soon have a better option:
NoWorries posted that they will be standardizing quest timers. This means that once they implement this, we can edit the Quest Summary template to automatically add the timer as a category, and people will be able to browse automatically generated timer listings. When it comes to maintaining lists, having done for us will obviously be much easier.
- http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?&postid=482030#post482030
- Also we will be standardizing our quest timers.
- A month will become the longest time frame, the times will be as follows:
- 1 month = 27 days
- 3 weeks = 20 days
- 2 weeks = 13 days
- 1 week = 6 days
- 3 days = 2 days 20 hours
- 1 day = 20 hours
--An Adventurer 20:46, December 22, 2009 (UTC)