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:Temporary (reversed by gaining XP) skill drain now replaces the old permanent XP drain that draining attacks used to cause. I can write it up in the next couple days, though one of the more current players around here may also wish to do so. -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] 21:20, 28 July 2013 (CEST) | :Temporary (reversed by gaining XP) skill drain now replaces the old permanent XP drain that draining attacks used to cause. I can write it up in the next couple days, though one of the more current players around here may also wish to do so. -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] 21:20, 28 July 2013 (CEST) | ||
::I try not to repeat information TOO often on here, especially for features that won't be official for some time, but draining deserves a warning and status effects already had a History section for it to be added into. Done! --[[User:MoogleDan|MoogleDan]] 14:16, 29 July 2013 (CEST) | ::I try not to repeat information TOO often on here, especially for features that won't be official for some time, but draining deserves a warning and status effects already had a History section for it to be added into. Done! --[[User:MoogleDan|MoogleDan]] 14:16, 29 July 2013 (CEST) | ||
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| + | This is starting to look like the old [[List of unrands]] article: just too large to be that useful, vulnerable to broken redirects, and generally, let's face it, kind of ugly. So here's how I propose to reorganize it: | ||
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| + | * Don't describe the status effects here. Just link to the articles they're relevant to, and be sure to mention the status light on said articles. | ||
| + | * An idea I have might be to make this a great big chart. The status lights would be in the leftmost column in alphabetical order, the next column would be 1-3 word description (i.e. "Powered by death" for {{LightMagenta|Regen+}}), and the other columns would be to indicate how that status effect can arise: spell, god, potion, mutation, etc. For example, the {{Blue|Fast}} status effect would have as its second column "Haste", and then an X in the columns for spell, potion, wand. These X's would in fact be links to the [[Haste]], [[potion of speed]], and [[wand of hasting]]. Do people like this idea? I think it would be more compact and readable. | ||
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| + | Anyway, one way or another, I think this article really does need to be changed - things like this have a tendency not to get updated, because no one wants to go through and manually read through every status to find obsolete/changed ones. Inaccuracies had a tendency to persist in the old unrands article. -[[User:Ion frigate|Ion frigate]] ([[User talk:Ion frigate|talk]]) 04:31, 23 October 2013 (CEST) | ||
Revision as of 04:31, 23 October 2013
Should we keep the seperate pages that were created back when we had individual pages for these kinds of things? (example: the Blind article) --spudwalt 06:39, 10 May 2013 (CEST)
- I think so. The sheer massiveness of this page means we're trying to keep the descriptions pretty brief, but the details of each status effect should be available SOMEWHERE on the site. Individual pages make sense to me. --MoogleDan 08:01, 10 May 2013 (CEST)
new 0.13a status effect DRAIN
A Zot trap summoned Soul eater in 0.13a/trunk inflicted an formerly unknown status effect DRAIN to my octopode. Add & crystal ball cat? -- Bwijn 14:09, 28 July 2013 (CEST)
- Temporary (reversed by gaining XP) skill drain now replaces the old permanent XP drain that draining attacks used to cause. I can write it up in the next couple days, though one of the more current players around here may also wish to do so. -Ion frigate 21:20, 28 July 2013 (CEST)
- I try not to repeat information TOO often on here, especially for features that won't be official for some time, but draining deserves a warning and status effects already had a History section for it to be added into. Done! --MoogleDan 14:16, 29 July 2013 (CEST)
This article
This is starting to look like the old List of unrands article: just too large to be that useful, vulnerable to broken redirects, and generally, let's face it, kind of ugly. So here's how I propose to reorganize it:
- Don't describe the status effects here. Just link to the articles they're relevant to, and be sure to mention the status light on said articles.
- An idea I have might be to make this a great big chart. The status lights would be in the leftmost column in alphabetical order, the next column would be 1-3 word description (i.e. "Powered by death" for Regen+), and the other columns would be to indicate how that status effect can arise: spell, god, potion, mutation, etc. For example, the Fast status effect would have as its second column "Haste", and then an X in the columns for spell, potion, wand. These X's would in fact be links to the Haste, potion of speed, and wand of hasting. Do people like this idea? I think it would be more compact and readable.
Anyway, one way or another, I think this article really does need to be changed - things like this have a tendency not to get updated, because no one wants to go through and manually read through every status to find obsolete/changed ones. Inaccuracies had a tendency to persist in the old unrands article. -Ion frigate (talk) 04:31, 23 October 2013 (CEST)
