User talk:Tennessee Ernie Ford/Archive 04

Editorial Suggestions for TEF
To help me improve my contributions, please add your suggestions here in reverse-chronological order. Thanks!

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Viper reminds TEF to sign posts.
Please use talk pages to comment on articles, and sign posts on talkpages with ~. Cheeri-o's --- -- (contribs)  &emsp;(talk)  18:20, 28 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Whoops. Yes, I should be signing everything. For some reason, I thought there was a pref that forced my sig. Sorry 'bout that. -- Tennessee Ernie Ford  is the nom de web of the author of RPG guides. No relationship to the fantabulous gospel singer of the same name is intended or implied. 19:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

New Section
On talk pages (and a few other pages), next to the Edit tab at the top there is a "+" tab. Click on it to create a new section. This is useful if you want to create a new section on a talk page that is long (so you don't have to scroll down). It also formats the summary in such a way that in the Special:RecentChanges a link takes people to the section directly. (-: -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 08:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool - thanks for the tip. (I can see how that would be useful for all.) --Tennessee Ernie Ford 09:26, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Customize
I like your edit of that article, it's gotten much better! -- ◄mendel► 11:30, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! (And thank you for taking the time to say :-)--Tennessee Ernie Ford 16:46, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Mostly harmless
"This user frequently casts Hexes on treasure chests." You scare me. You scare me to tears. Of laughter. -- ◄mendel► 01:23, 21 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Aw, shucks :-) (in other words: thanks!)
 * The really scary thing: I really have tried to hex the chests during battle. (To be fair, I was trying to hex Am Fah Healers, but ended up targeting a Bukdek chest instead.)
 * --Tennessee Ernie Ford 17:15, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Matrix: Similarities &amp; Differences of Outposts, Mission Outposts, Towns and more
I put together this matrix to help me understand what was frustrating about the current location taxonomy. Feel free to amend, suggest, etc.

Location Features Matrix
Table notes: --''Tennessee Ernie Ford
 * For completeness, I included GNW (the mission).
 * Single Origin Chocolate: shouldn't the game include fancier sweets? And a bonus for anyone patient enough to read this far :-)

Observations
TEF's Observations:
 * Minor differences between the mission Outposts and Outposts generally: Mission Outposts have a different icon, allow mission kickoff, and generally lack services;
 * Minor differences between Towns &amp; Outposts: Towns have a different icon and offer more services;
 * Interesting differences between explorables and mission-created explorables: mission explorables do not have a unique map label &amp; lack service NPCs.
 * Mission explorables have similarities to POIs (e.g. can't portal directly), although even Village POIs have more services.
 * Also, you can only reach POIs by going through an explorable portal and walking; you can only reach mission explorables by going to an Outpost and entering the mission.

Mendel's Observations: For PPva (combat areas), those with a portal are those you only leave when you want to (unless DP 60% for the whole party and such), while those without work in different ways. Some areas can be vanquished, others cannot. Command Post is quite interesting, too, because it even has a Profession Changer - as does Senji's Corner. One is an explorable, the other is an outpost. -- ◄mendel► 00:05, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * RE: mendels' observations - good to know. I don't know much about PvP or PPva. Does anything (currently) above change in HM? I'll add columns shortly to reflect combat areas.
 * FWIW, I beginning to think a big source of issue around ____ Outpost is that NCSoft reuses the name three times (confusing enough) while wikia and official wiki only have primary articles on two of the uses (the Missions and the [tbd] Outposts). --Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 05:35, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * PPva = Places Party visits alone; I'd maybe have called them "Party instances" and not "Unique instances", but that's pedantry. ;-) -- ◄mendel► 12:41, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Other Thoughts, Suggestions, Discussion
In XHTML, it's &lt;br />, not &lt;BR>. ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ -- ◄mendel► 00:05, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool &mdash; thanks also for teaching me to fish. And great idea adding the links and the icons!
 * BTW: As I reorganized, I took the liberty of splitting your observations from suggestions - I hope that was ok. :-) --Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 05:35, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That's fine. -- ◄mendel► 12:41, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I find you very entertaining
You may use this section as a "I have this comment on my talkpage, therefore your argument is invalid."--Łô√ë îğá†ħŕášħ 06:07, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * GT: pleased to meet you. And thank you for what must be a rare compliment! (Therefore, my argument must be valid.) --Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 06:32, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * BTW you can tag all uploaded images of ingame things you upload as to make my life easier.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]îğá†ħŕášħ  08:40, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, good to know. Will do that going forward. (For some reason, I didn't get the option to tag the licensing on this image.) --Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 08:57, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * If that happens again (you not getting the option), please make a screenshot of it and report it as a wiki bug, please. -- ◄mendel► 12:49, 22 February 2009 (UTC)