User talk:Galbus
Inspects
Hello, and thank you for all your edits. I noticed that you updated many Eriador Roving Threat inspects to what you called 'max level', which is true now since level 140 is max level at the moment. That is actually not preferred. The Roving Threats are level 100 and therefore a level 100 inspect is most preferable. We try to get an inspect level as close to the level of the creature as possible. Since most of them had other edits and since you added other good contributions since the level 100 inspects were on the pages, I won't roll back the edits but just pull the data from the last known level 100 inspects.
There is a slight caveat to this, at least for me personally: if the health on the creature needed to be updated (they changed all health pools on mobs in 2018 or 2019 iirc), if there is any change to the inspect as well, like all mits being Fair previously but one of my higher level inspects showing one being Poor and the others Feeble, I will sometimes replace the inspect since it's possible the mits were changed as well in the interim. Otherwise it's best to leave on level inspection information. Use your judgement, in other words!
The on level inspects are what we aim for because they are most useful for any players on level with the creature or quest. ~ Ruby (talk) 18:58, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
- EDIT: Sorry if I came off as too short in my earlier comment, I wasn't in a great mood. What I really needed to say was this: It's always helpful to have an inspect of any level if the creature is missing the information! A higher level inspect is better than no inspect at all. So thank you for adding what was missing. However, when there is on-level inspect information already there, it's best to leave it for reasons already mentioned. Thanks again for your contributions. ~ Ruby (talk) 03:40, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
- Update: I'm not going to reread my cringe-worthy comment above but I wanted to let you know that I did revert back (my reversions---we could get almost recursive here) almost all your RT inspections so that they have your more recent ones. The only one I didn't revert had an inspection in 2020 at closer level so I figured it was fine. You know, part of my problem is a part of my brain said to me '2016 wasn't very long ago!' when I was checking history. In retrospect it kinda was/is. ~ Ruby (talk) 21:15, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
Wildermore Hidden Cave
Hello Galbus!
I can confirm that the characters you just noted in the Hidden Cave in Wildermore are indeed there. Two of them only appear after a certain quest is done, but I recently uploaded versions of all three characters to the wiki, two of them just need pages to call home. :) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sinordloresearcher (Contribs • User Talk) at 02:28, 15 February 2023.
Hidden Deed
Hi there, on this overview https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Eryn_Lasgalen_and_the_Dale-lands_Deeds i changed the type of a deed from "Hidden" to "Hobby" (what technically makes sense) and you corrected it to "Explorer" (what also makes sense). Playing a bit further i realised that we were both wrong: it is not in the "Hobby" deed page nor in the "Explorer" meta deed - it really is hidden until completed, then it appears in the regional deed page. Former wiki contributors labeled this deed correctly and put them in the proper category "Hidden deeds", so i reverted both your and my changes. --Dathor (talk) 15:45, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
- No problem, but next time do read the edits before reverting. It would save people a lot of trouble in the end. Galbus (talk) 17:08, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
Quest Chains
Hey Galbus, I noticed you re-added Mossward as a "Quest Chain" to all the quests in Mossward. You can see this section on quest chains that none of the quests in Mossward actually fall under a quest chain based on how it is defined in the game and generally how we use it on the wiki. As noted in the explanation I linked, it seems they very rarely use quest chains after Moria for whatever reason. You can see what quests are and are NOT a part of a chain in game, but also behind the scenes using something like LOTRO Companion where they are defined as "Quest Arcs".
I suppose there could be a topic of discussion whether to rework how we designate quest chains given they have been largely abandoned in game, but as we currently define it on the boilerplate, these quests should NOT have a quest chain defined. --Mastersturm (talk) 06:13, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
- I've removed the questchain from the infobox and put them in their own quest box. Also having raised the topic in the discord #wiki-templates channel. --Galbus (talk) 23:27, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
Re Crúgaul and spawn points
It does not look to me like the location list on Crúgaul is spawn points, but instead "points where the mob may be found." I apologize if I have transgressed. Could you (or someone) point me to the reference saying that such locations (on that sort of page) must be spawn points?
Having said that, I have to assume that you have verified that each of the other locations are, in fact, spawn points. Was this done by direct observation, or by parsing one of the data files? While I assume the latter, I would be interested in the methodology for the former. I don't have nearly that sort of patience. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 01:35, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
- No transgression at all. I did verify, seems like ages ago now, when Cardolan and Swanfleet were newish that the lists for Cardolan and Swanfleet were at the time spawn points. You can find them all in Lotro Companion. Precedent set by others much higher than me used spawn points to keep the lists short, and to make the locationlist merges on the deed pages as tidy as possible. -- Galbus (talk) 02:03, 5 December 2024 (UTC)