Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-667748-20130513104011/@comment-6003396-20130620074952

sorry about the file name inconsistency. i caught it only after i uploaded them.

I think the weapon template looks pretty damn nice, if i may say so. Aside from implementation, I think we can call this one "done" (for the time being at least). Good work and thanks to Happypal and everyone else involved.

One last thing... the order of the tabs (some of you may have known it would come to this). I think the ideal order would be:


 * Standard | Raw | Crystal | Magic | Enchanted | Divine | Occult | Fire | Chaos | Lightning |

It is a rather minor change. Swap Raw and Crystal and put Lightning at the end. "Why?" one might ask. I will answer my own question:

(skip if you don't want to watch me (read me?) talk to myself)

Having Raw after Standard is pretty obvious, both are performed by Andre, and Raw is accessible long before Crystal. "Ah, but why not move Crystal along with Lightning then?" Because! It makes more sense to have paths that inflict physical damage grouped together, and likewise, to have paths that endow elemental damage grouped together. "But why in that order? This could also be achieved by switching Crystal and Raw, while not moving Lightning" Look here to see the proposed order in action. Now, click through the paths in the displayed order while noticing the figures under "Attack Values". The progression of the path damage types correspond to the order of the damage types that are displayed within the table, i.e., Physical | Magic | Fire | Lightning. "But, wh.." Now! go back to the standard tab and click through the tabs again, this time noting the "Parameter Bonus" values. Paths that give Strength and/or Dexterity bonuses will first be displayed, then Intelligence, Faith, and lastly paths with no parameter bonus, again, this is in the same order of the table (and in game). "This makes sense.. in a way, but all of the work involved doesn't seem to be worth the trouble." But it is no trouble at all, as Template:SuperWeaponBox makes switching the order of tabs extremely easy.

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The End.