User talk:AudreyChandler

Hi!

If you could just explain what your attack chain QR is supposed to achieve (maybe list it under Suggestions), somebody could do it for you. -- ◄mendel► 23:23, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, please! (QR style brainstorming)
I agree with you that there's something odd about skill QRs. With 100s of skills, it's hard for anyone to really follow the sometimes subtle differences between the choices available. I'd love to hear/see your ideas. Or even your questions. I have a feeling that a new, improved presentation of skills could come out of ppl just talking about what they try to learn when they look up a skill or a table of skills. &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 09:01, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Skill QR formatting
Hi! I think that's a very good idea, giving a forum of sorts to discuss what is and is not felt to be needed from skill pages. I can list plenty of improvements that spring to mind in the short term, but I'm not sure how many would truly be useful in the long term. Dialogue would be dandy.

Is there an established process for creating a "discussion of ideas about subject X" page where people can freely browse and contribute? :P -- AudreyChandler 08:57, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * People are free to browse and contribute to nearly any page on the wiki, so it only remains to find an appropriate location for the discussion. You can use the Forum: namespace to make Forum:Skill QR formatting or such. You could use one of the various relevant talkpages. You could use the Community Portal. Etc... I hear that putting stuff on certain people's talkpages is also a good way to generate attention. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 11:02, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * A big part of the "established process" on this wiki is to reply to discussions where they got started. :) This means that you could keep it here (that's perfectly ok), or, if you want a more "neutral" location, take it to the Community Portal or make a Suggestions page for it. -- ◄mendel► 15:19, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Some thoughts to kick off controversy

 * is there a better way to display the impact of attribute on skills than the current does 15...50 damage for 1...3 seconds ? I always find that makes it hard to compare to damage skills, esp. taking into account warm/cool times. Worse (to me), when attribute affects two variables, I find it hard to match (e.g. why not 15 dmg for 1 sec...50 dmg for 3 sec instead)
 * is there a better way to present long/short descriptions? The official site needs to use the official descriptions, but this wiki does not.
 * why don't we ever include the formulas for how rank affects results?
 * Why not include some analysis, in addition to the basic facts, e.g. how much damage do we get for investing this energy in that skill? in a 60 second battle, which skill ends up dealing more damage?  &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF )

Kitchen Sink Example
§ Assumes 1 attack/2 sec, which is between min/max attack rates.

So, if you're an Me/El, you can see that (all things being equal in short periods) you get more bang for your buck to invest in domination over fire. (Not obvious IMO to newbies.) I've left off the impact/60 sec (laziness: you have to take into acct max energy, etc.), but I would also find that useful. &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF )

Some Other Thoughts
This table is, no doubt, too busy; it's mostly an example of the types of things that could be included rather than a suggested presentation. Maybe ppl like the impact info, but find the analysis to be overkill. On the other hand, we could keep all the data and use wiki-formulas to present; that would allow us to change the view depending on the emphasis of the article (e.g. an advanced guide might use analytical info, the skill page might present a basic box and an advanced box, and a newbie guide might display just the basic info). &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 22:00, 14 March 2009 (UTC)