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    Default New Compendium Features for Mod 9!

    We've been hard at work in the DDO Compendium making improvements for Module 9! Here is a look at some of the changes coming!

    New Look!

    The Compendium will have a new look with a dark background. Official and player entries will look more similar. You can see an example of the new look in the images throughout this post.

    Expanded Feat and Enhancement Information

    The archvists of the Twelve continue to expand details in the Compendium!
    • The Enhancements section in class articles now display links to to other feats/enhancements that are granted when you take the enhancement.
    • Feat articles now list any prerequisites required to take the feat.
    • Sub-feats, e.g., weapon proficiencies, are rolled up nicely into one article now. This extends to class and race articles; the class will only list the particular sub-feats you get. e.g., Drow Elves list only the Shuriken for the exotic weapon proficiency feat.
    • Feats and Enhancements have been appropriately separated into their respective categories.


    Standard Search Auto-Complete Feature

    If you're trying to find something in the Compendium using standard search, the auto-complete feature can help! Just type in three or more letters, and a list of possible matches in the official content will appear. Selecting a match will forward you to the appropriate article or advanced search result page.


    Quest, Raid, Story Arch & Adventure Area Info!

    The Compendium archivists are pleased to finally show their first illuminations of Story Arcs, Quests, and Adventure_Areas in the Compendium. This is just the beginning of the work, but they are pleased with the first fruits of their efforts....

    Story Arcs list the various chapters in the arc; each chapter will list the goals necessary to complete the chapter. Goals will link to the quest or NPC you must interact with.


    Adventure Areas list the rare encounters available, exploration points to be found, and slayer deeds to be had.


    Quests list the max group size, any patron you gain favor with, the duration, and a table of the base XP gained for each difficulty level available. It will also list the main objectives necessary to complete the quest along with any optional objectives available. The optional objectives list the % of base XP bonus given upon completion.


    You can also continue to add any other helpful tidbits, quest facts, or other information as a player entry that will apear immediately below the official quest entry. Your entry is separated by one separator bar that indicates it is a player entry, but in color, style, and placement, it looks the same as the official entry!

    To complement the new Quest articles, we've added Quests to the advanced search! You can search for quests by name, level, group size, type, and more!


    NPC Info!

    Archivists have also taken a first pass at adding NPCs. Vendor NPC articles are the most useful at the moment. You can see information such as what items the vendor sells, and use your mouse to click through to the full item description, or view it in a small pop-up when you mouse over the icon! We will be continuing to expand the information available about the NPCs in the future!


    Favor Info!

    You can also browse the list of Patrons and learn how much favor you must curry from them to get that elusive title and rank. Quests also include a link over to the appropriate Favor associated with the quest.


    Parsers

    Our resident archiver of the Twelve had this to say:
    Some people have been asking for the MediaWiki parser functions; sadly, we could find no reference to them in any of Stormreach's libraries. However, an unusual looking Warforged informed us that he has equipped the Compendium with these parsers. Perhaps you can make something out of them...
    New Glossary Feature

    Still trying to get the hang of basic DDO game terminology? A glossary is now available in the Compendium! You can see the base definition of common DDO game related terms, and links are provided to any compendium articles that may relate to it (such as related items, abilities, feats, spells, etc).


    We hope you will enjoy the new look, functionality, and features coming to the Compendium for Mod 9!
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    That's very nice indeed. Just hope there are enough quests in mod9 to keep me busy for a few months until mod10.

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    o.O

    Now *that* is **** sweet. Thank you in advance!
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    What's with the Cerulean Hills Slayer quest: Collect a lot of scraggly beards? Something else new?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geriant View Post
    What's with the Cerulean Hills Slayer quest: Collect a lot of scraggly beards? Something else new?
    Good question. I suspect Duwis took that shot back when we were still scrubbing for old left over back end comments in code that previously weren't visible in game, but the Compendium can see and post out. We'll keep my eye out for scraggly beards or other oddities showing up prior to the Compendium update.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tolero View Post
    Good question. I suspect Duwis took that shot back when we were still scrubbing for old left over back end comments in code that previously weren't visible in game, but the Compendium can see and post out. We'll keep my eye out for scraggly beards or other oddities showing up prior to the Compendium update.
    We will not keep your eye out. We will put it back in. You deserve two eyes. Don't be so hard on yourself!


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    In one of the Pictures I see

    Patrons

    The Yugoloth

    and the other favor patrons that im familiar with
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    Default Hold Up

    Collect Scraggly Beards in Cerulean Hills? What is that!!!?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghirmeshk View Post
    Collect Scraggly Beards in Cerulean Hills? What is that!!!?
    weare going beard hunting I guess
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghirmeshk View Post
    Collect Scraggly Beards in Cerulean Hills? What is that!!!?
    I think it's called filler text LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghirmeshk View Post
    Collect Scraggly Beards in Cerulean Hills? What is that!!!?
    A dwarf infestation maybe?

    It does seem a bit...odd...

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    Looks pretty cool Tolero, Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghirmeshk View Post
    Collect Scraggly Beards in Cerulean Hills? What is that!!!?
    What? The news about the new monster Gil'ette in the dungeon of Nor-el-co hasn't been released yet?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Duwis View Post
    What? The news about the new monster Gil'ette in the dungeon of Nor-el-co hasn't been released yet?

    Ye gods! The beast was horrific with one blade, became more daunting with two blades...but now you must face FIVE BLADES!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rimble View Post
    Ye gods! The beast was horrific with one blade, became more daunting with two blades...but now you must face FIVE BLADES!!
    Is that an enhanced TWF feat?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Duwis View Post
    What? The news about the new monster Gil'ette in the dungeon of Nor-el-co hasn't been released yet?

    Emm.. in that case we could actually see just how powerful the WF Titan's laser cannon is. Could be fun to set that up in a pvp pit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duwis View Post
    What? The news about the new monster Gil'ette in the dungeon of Nor-el-co hasn't been released yet?

    Nice . . . but I hear Orc beards smell funny . . . or is that just orcs.


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    Smile

    Nice

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    By the way, since you used the Compendium to host these you spoiled the surprises to me before you posted the thread.


    Quote Originally Posted by Tolero View Post
    New Look!
    Cool. I really like this one.
    Quote Originally Posted by Tolero View Post
    Expanded Feat and Enhancement Information
    Probably the one everyone loves most to hear.
    Quote Originally Posted by Tolero View Post
    Standard Search Auto-Complete Feature
    Duwis realized he could turn that option on? hehe
    Quote Originally Posted by Tolero View Post
    Quest, Raid, Story Arch & Adventure Area Info!
    Interesting that you do not follow the terminology used in your own game.
    Quote Originally Posted by Tolero View Post
    Parsers
    Yay! Now, I only have to remember the things i wanted to write when I asked for that. XD
    Quote Originally Posted by Tolero View Post
    New Glossary Feature
    Copycats! It's very good to have that in the official source.

    Will it be accessible from in-game (or at least advertised)? It should be. The learning curve to DDO is quite steep.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Borror0 View Post
    By the way, since you used the Compendium to host these you spoiled the surprises to me before you posted the thread.

    Yeah with the web issues I wasn't able to load up my images normally, so I had to make a b-line so I could get the thread out ^^

    Interesting that you do not follow the terminology used in your own game.
    In reference to?

    Copycats! It's very good to have that in the official source.
    Heh this one was a case of Duwis finding things in the game data that could be made use of. It takes the basic glossary that is available with a / command in game, and expands the usage with the linking etc in the Compendium.

    Will it be accessible from in-game (or at least advertised)? It should be. The learning curve to DDO is quite steep.
    That's a goal, but it's currently not set up to work that way...yet.

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