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Revision as of 17:01, 13 February 2009

2009 redesign

The NPC template will be up soon for redesign. Ignoring the vendor template for now, here are my thoughts on the general NPC template:

It's going to use the new Intro Template so the related quest section of the table is going to be removed. Route is hardly ever filled in - in most cases the location is a town anyway so there is no need. Route would be better placed in a notes section. The "NPC Summary" title bar & first line "NPC Name" are a waste of space, the title bar can simply be the NPC's name. After all that we are left with a very short NPC summary - Name in title bar, then 3 lines in the table - title, race, location. I can think of 1 more useful bit of information - NPC's level. In many cases, especially recently, the NPC's level is the level restriction of the quest they give out.

I had a thought - why not include the stats? Granted, other than level, NPC stats are not all that important, but it doesn't take up that much more space, and showing full stats is important for dev controlled/special NPCs. Check out Borelean Strathelar to see what I'm suggesting. --An Adventurer 11:01, 13 February 2009 (CST)

I think we should update the NPC template to be grey like the quest template, it looks outdated. Also, I think the "route" entry is not really necessary, and in many situations is much too long for the space provided, which clutters the page. --Atarax 10:38, 17 December 2008 (CST)

I agree it should be updated, though I know the route is an oft used item (copy and paste to give to someone when they ask how to get to someone). --Tlosk 14:24, 17 December 2008 (CST)

We should create a vendor specific NPC template. Things to consider: should items listed just be links? Should we include icons? Pyreal cost? And should all items be listed in a single column (by item category) or in a multi-column table, like the Hero Tokens listings.

Here are some examples of vendor styles we have:

--An Adventurer 17:36, 19 September 2008 (CDT)

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+It's going to use the new ''Intro Template'' so the related quest section of the table is going to be removed. Route is hardly ever filled in - in most cases the location is a town anyway so there is no need. Route would be better placed in a notes section. The "NPC Summary" title bar & first line "NPC Name" are a waste of space, the title bar can simply be the NPC's name. After all that we are left with a very short NPC summary - Name in title bar, then 3 lines in the table - title, race, location. I can think of 1 more useful bit of information - NPC's level. In many cases, especially recently, the NPC's level is the level restriction of the quest they give out.
+I had a thought - why not include the stats? Granted, other than level, NPC stats are not all that important, but it doesn't take up that much more space, and showing full stats is important for dev controlled/special NPCs. Check out [[Borelean Strathelar]] to see what I'm suggesting. --[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 11:01, 13 February 2009 (CST)
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 I think we should update the NPC template to be grey like the quest template, it looks outdated.  Also, I think the "route" entry is not really necessary, and in many situations is much too long for the space provided, which clutters the page. --[[User:Atarax|Atarax]] 10:38, 17 December 2008 (CST)
 : I agree it should be updated, though I know the route is an oft used item (copy and paste to give to someone when they ask how to get to someone). --[[User:Tlosk|Tlosk]] 14:24, 17 December 2008 (CST)