User:Erszebet/Sandbox

Copied some ideas from User:Aberrant80's Sandbox...Trying out different things on creature listing: Profession listing done as in-game: W, R, Mo, N, Me, E, A, Rt, D, P. Additional listing: lvl - alphabet (asc.) Note: not all bosses have elites or skills. On the other hand, some bosses have multiple skills otherwise unavailable until much later in the game - esp. Prophecies. To quote Tetris L: "It's the few exceptions that kill the system..."

Creatures 1
Basic listing, no species or skill icons involved. Different symbols between name and skill (bosses).

NPCs

 * 5 Ascalon Veteran
 * 6 Captain Calhaan
 * 15 Kilnn Testibrie

Monsters

 * 4 Carrion Devourer
 * 4 Grawl
 * 5,6 Charr Blade Warrior
 * 6 Charr Axe Warrior
 * 8 Charr Axe Fiend
 * 4 Whiptail Devourer
 * 5,6 Charr Stalker
 * 3 Grawl Ulodyte
 * 7 Charr Shaman
 * 3 Plague Devourer
 * 4 Shatter Gargoyle
 * 3 Flash Gargoyle

Bosses

 * 28 Balthazaar's Cursed &mdash; "Charge!"
 * 28 Maxine Coldstone : Quick Shot
 * 15 Ijan the Cursed &rarr; Scourge Healing (unavailable before The Royal Papers at Fishermen's Haven) &rarr; Vengeance (unavailable before The Forgotten Ones at Destiny's Gorge)
 * 28 Dwayna's Cursed -- Martyr
 * 28 Dosakaru Fevertouch (Tainted Flesh)
 * 20 Inner Council Member Argyle &rArr; Panic (only during quest Final Blow)
 * 28 Geckokaru Earthwind - Elemental Attunement

Comment: I like &rArr;, doesn't distract too much but still stands out and a clear divider between boss name and skill.

Pros: Clean, ordered list. Icons make it look pretty. Cons: No species-info, not much of a problem with Monsters - it's mostly in the name - but nice to have with bosses I think. Look at Ijan: multiple skills: simply doesn't work this way.

Creatures 2
Added species and skill icons. Note the wikify-once - rule applied.

NPCs

 * 5 Ascalon Veteran (Human)
 * 6 Captain Calhaan (Human)
 * 15 Kilnn Testibrie (Ghost)

Monsters

 * 4 Carrion Devourer (Devourer)
 * 4 Grawl (Grawl)
 * 5,6 Charr Blade Warrior (Charr)
 * 6 Charr Axe Warrior (Charr)
 * 8 Charr Axe Fiend (Charr)
 * 4 Whiptail Devourer (Devourer)
 * 5,6 Charr Stalker (Charr)
 * 3 Grawl Ulodyte (Grawl)
 * 7 Charr Shaman (Charr)
 * 3 Plague Devourer (Devourer)
 * 4 Shatter Gargoyle (Gargoyle)
 * 3 Flash Gargoyle (Gargoyle)

Bosses

 * 20 Inner Council Member Bolivar (White Mantle) (only during quest Final Blow)
 * 28 Maxine Coldstone (Human)
 * 15 Ijan the Cursed (Undead)
 * (unavailable before The Royal Papers at Fishermen's Haven)
 * (unavailable before The Forgotten Ones at Destiny's Gorge)
 * 28 Dwayna's Cursed (Abomination)
 * 28 Dosakaru Fevertouch (Drake)
 * 20 Inner Council Member Argyle (White Mantle) (only during quest Final Blow)
 * 20 Inner Council Member Cuthbert (White Mantle) (only during quest Final Blow)
 * 28 Geckokaru Earthwind (Drake)

Pros: Same as Creatures 1, species-info available although it only has a real use with bosses in this case. Skill listing like in Ijan's case is definitely an improvement. Cons: Species-info hard to read @ bosses (not aligned - major shortcoming of using lists). Skill icons not aligned, looks messy. Although I strongly support it, the wikify-once rule makes it look...less pretty :/

Creatures 3
Grouped by species. Note the use of singular instead of plural: it's 'Human NPCs', not 'Humans NPCs'. This way it'll also look less silly if you only have 1 to list :p. Also; Plural of some species (f.i. Charr & Grawl) is the same as singular - so I favor singular.

NPCs

 * Human
 * 5 Ascalon Veteran
 * 6 Captain Calhaan
 * Ghost
 * 15 Kilnn Testibrie

Monsters

 * Charr
 * 5,6 Charr Blade Warrior
 * 6 Charr Axe Warrior
 * 8 Charr Axe Fiend
 * 5,6 Charr Stalker
 * 7 Charr Shaman
 * Devourer
 * 4 Carrion Devourer
 * 4 Whiptail Devourer
 * 3 Plague Devourer
 * Grawl
 * 4 Grawl
 * 3 Grawl Ulodyte
 * Gargoyle
 * 4 Shatter Gargoyle
 * 3 Flash Gargoyle

Bosses

 * Abomination
 * 28 Dwayna's Cursed
 * Drake
 * 28 Dosakaru Fevertouch
 * 28 Geckokaru Earthwind
 * Human
 * 28 Maxine Coldstone
 * Undead
 * 15 Ijan the Cursed
 * (unavailable before The Royal Papers at Fishermen's Haven)
 * (unavailable before The Forgotten Ones at Destiny's Gorge)
 * White Mantle
 * 20 Inner Council Member Bolivar (only during quest Final Blow)
 * 20 Inner Council Member Argyle (only during quest Final Blow)

Pros: Wikify-once can be avoided. Easy look-up of what species a certain creature is. Definitely better for bosses imo. Cons: Prof. icons-stream gets interrupted (minor annoyance). Skill icons still a mess. Grouping looks redundant when you only have 1 of a certain species.

Creatures 4
Replaced the skill icons with the &rArr; from Creatures 1. Note: I dropped the arrows at Ijan because they didn't align well horizontally with the little square.

NPCs

 * Human
 * 5 Ascalon Veteran
 * 6 Captain Calhaan
 * Ghost
 * 15 Kilnn Testibrie

Monsters

 * Charr
 * 5,6 Charr Blade Warrior
 * 6 Charr Axe Warrior
 * 8 Charr Axe Fiend
 * 5,6 Charr Stalker
 * 7 Charr Shaman
 * Devourer
 * 4 Carrion Devourer
 * 4 Whiptail Devourer
 * 3 Plague Devourer
 * Grawl
 * 4 Grawl
 * 3 Grawl Ulodyte
 * Gargoyle
 * 4 Shatter Gargoyle
 * 3 Flash Gargoyle

Bosses

 * Abomination
 * 28 Dwayna's Cursed &rArr; Martyr
 * Drake
 * 28 Dosakaru Fevertouch &rArr; Tainted Flesh
 * 28 Geckokaru Earthwind &rArr; Elemental Attunement
 * Human
 * 28 Maxine Coldstone &rArr; Quick Shot
 * Undead
 * 15 Ijan the Cursed
 * Scourge Healing (unavailable before The Royal Papers at Fishermen's Haven)
 * Vengeance (unavailable before The Forgotten Ones at Destiny's Gorge)
 * White Mantle
 * 20 Inner Council Member Bolivar (only during quest Final Blow)
 * 20 Inner Council Member Argyle (only during quest Final Blow)

Comment: It looks better without the icons. I'm in favor of using this (as long as spacey tables are off limits :p see below)

Monsters
Same table - no fixed width & 1 column for every piece of info:

Another test
What ? Too much on the colours ? :p

Description
Saris Headstaver is a Stone Summit mesmer boss that randomly spawns in the Borlis Pass mission.

Location

 * Northern Shiverpeaks
 * Borlis Pass (Mission)
 * Traveler's Vale

Items Dropped

 * Dwarven Robes
 * Stone Summit Badge