Forum:Weapon & Armor Collection categories/templates (Atarax Mar 2009)
I would like to propose we create 2 new categories & templates called "Weapon Collection" and "Armor Collection" to classify "groups" of related weapons & armor. This would be used to A.) group similar weapons/armor together, like we have already done in many places, and B.) to group together various sets/upgrades that, while they may various quests, are related to one another.
Examples of possible Weapon Collections:
- Atlan Weapons
- Isparian Weapons => Shadowfire Weapons, Weeping Weapons
- Living Weapons => Palenqual's Living Weapons, Renegade Living Weapons
- Runed Weapons => Princely Runed Weapons, Royal Runed Weapons
- Red Rune Silveran Weapons
- Singularity Weapons => Singularity Weapons, Bound Singularity Weapons, Ultimate Singularity Weapons
- Spectral Weapons
etc...
Examples of possible Armor Collections:
- Shadow Armor => Regular Shadow Armor, Prismatic Shadow Armor, Sharded Shadow Armor, etc...
- Noble Armor => Contains Empowered Noble Armor (or whatever it will be called).
- Relic Armor => Contains Noble Relic, Ancient Relic, Relic Alduressa
- Hieromancer's Armor => Thaurugmatic Plate, Exarch Plate, Auroric Exarch Armor
Just throwing it out there. Since we already have several "groups" of weapons that are currently classified incorrectly as "Weapon", it might be a good way to properly classify this stuff. What do you guys think? --Atarax 00:58, 12 March 2009 (CDT)
Since there aren't a ton of them I might suggest having a "Collection" category and add it to the list pages (and keep the weapon, armor etc). But I'd be fine either way. Your call. --Tlosk 06:01, 12 March 2009 (CDT)
To: Tlosk
Well, I thought more about it last night, and I think afterall, it would be good to keep each group of weapons/armor separate, like Princely Runed Weapons vs Royal Runed Weapons. Then in the template, just have "related articles", which link to the others. I still think having a more specific category called "Weapon Collection" would be more appropriate than listing it under Weapon & Collection, since its not a weapon, its just a group of weapons. What do you think? --Atarax 10:38, 12 March 2009 (CDT)
I agree that a general collection would be better than specific weapon and armor. First, Tlosk is right - there are not many sets out there. Second, there are some possible collections that could contain both weapons and armor, and even jewelry. For example, the various renegade tumerok and lugian weapons, armor, clothes, and jewelry could be listed on a "Renegade Equipment" page. All the olthoi armor and weapons could be on another page. --An Adventurer 14:14, 13 March 2009 (CDT)
Honestly, I do not think we need to have many collection pages. For the most part, collections or sets come from the same quest, and all the items belonging to that set would be listed on the quest page anyway. I'm not saying we don't need collection pages at all, just that they should only be used when the entire set cannot be found on a single quest guide already. --An Adventurer 14:14, 13 March 2009 (CDT)
To: An Adventurer
I see your point. Lets take Weeping Weapons for an example, where would you propose that these be listed, if not on their own page? --Atarax 15:28, 13 March 2009 (CDT)
To: Atarax
Weeping Weapons would be listed on the Heart of Innocence Quest item listing. Elemental Weeping Weapons would be listed where they already are, on the Elemental Weeping Weapons guide item listing. The heart of Innocence would have Isparian Weapons Quest and Elemental Weeping Weapons listed as related quests.Isparian Weapons would have the following quests listed as related: Shadowfire Stone Quest, Heart of Innocence Quest, Major Atlan Stones, Major Prismatic Stone Quest. --An Adventurer 16:01, 13 March 2009 (CDT)
To: An Adventurer
Fair enough, I like that Idea. I'll start purging those "collection pages" and redirecting them to the quest that yields them. --Atarax 18:26, 13 March 2009 (CDT)