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It would be handy if the actual egg / hatchling / adult breed descriptions were shown somewhere on the encyclopedia pages. I know there were times I was reading the unlocked facts and was like "what, really?? I never got that impression from the description--" but then to go SEE the breed description I'd have to back all the way out of the encyclopedia and go find a dragon of mine to click. Having vital information split between two points seems counter intuitive. ;___;

 

As far as the wheres and whens, I think the information should go at the top of the breed's encyclopedia entry, in egg-to-adult order, and it would probably make sense to have the info unlocked at the same time the picture of the relevant stage is unlocked.

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I actually expected to see this when I unlocked the first breed and was surprised that it wasn't there, so I definitely support this.

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You have my support. It makes sense for those to be there anyway, instead of, again, making people flock to the unofficial wiki on Wikia.

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Absolutely agree. What I was expecting when I saw this was released was to have that information be unlocked first, either alongside the sprite unlocks, or as separate sections like the current bullet points. The current bullet points would then be extra information to be discovered as time/clicking went on.

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Agree, it can even be the starting blurb of text, that way dragons that have no supplementary info at least have their breed description.

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I support this. :> It makes sense and would be nice and neat, having that information all in one spot. I'd like it to be all together, though; splitting up the Breed Descriptions into bullet points would be distracting. xd.png

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Definite support. It's a tiny little thing which should be very easy to implement, but it would make quite a difference.

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Agree, it can even be the starting blurb of text, that way dragons that have no supplementary info at least have their breed description.

Totally agree. Having nothing there at all just seems like a waste of space. At least the breed description would make the page useful.

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Yep. For example in my case, not having a frill on my scroll, I'd have to go even further than my scroll to find the description (if it has one).

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I support this, considering its the encyclopaedia it should have such information included. Like if we could get that information when we hover over the sprites after its fully unlocked.

I'm pretty sure TJ would have to input everything manually though, so that would be a lot of work. Also, I'm not sure if thats ones of the things that can be tampered with without asking the artists first, although I'm sure their permission were already confirmed before the encyclopaedia was initiated, I'm still not so sure.

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Also, I'm not sure if thats ones of the things that can be tampered with without asking the artists first, although I'm sure their permission were already confirmed before the encyclopaedia was initiated, I'm still not so sure.

What I'm asking for is to simply put the information we already have in two different places. The artists already gave permission for it to be used when they submitted the concepts, and it wouldn't be changed or altered. Accordingly I don't think any extra permission is needed. O___o

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Bumping because I personally would like to see egg descriptions added at least, it would make sense to note down how eggs look like. All in all support for everything.

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Support. I was a bit befuddled when I saw it wasn't there. Seems like something we would have noted about the dragons as we were raising them. tongue.gif

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The breed descriptions are:

 

a. Generally redundant with the notes. If they're not redundant, then the notes should be updated.

 

b. Not written in the appropriate tense for the encyclopedia (at least, for eggs/hatchlings).

 

So I don't really see this happening.

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I know there were times I was reading the unlocked facts and was like "what, really?? I never got that impression from the description--" but then to go SEE the breed description I'd have to back all the way out of the encyclopedia and go find a dragon of mine to click.

Neh... Why not just scroll to the top of your page and CTRL click for your dragons page to open in a new tab and while still having the encyclopedia open just search for your dragon. Doesn't seem like that much of a task unless you have tons of dragons. Even then if you know around which page they might be on then you can CTRL + F to find the dragon once on the page .w. Or the wiki. Just open the wiki in a new tab and CTRL + F for the dragon breed then click it. Much faster.

 

I don't know, and like TJ said most of that info is redudant, it seems different because there are a few added in tidbits that don't fit in the regular description as well as what is said in the brief description is explained in just a little more detail. So I'm a go with neutral leaning towards no .w.

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The breed descriptions are:

 

a. Generally redundant with the notes. If they're not redundant, then the notes should be updated.

 

b. Not written in the appropriate tense for the encyclopedia (at least, for eggs/hatchlings).

 

So I don't really see this happening.

Bossman has spoken.

 

B-b-but I would like to say that egg descriptions probably would have value to some users. Recently I for instance wondered what the egg description for Desipis dragons was - could not remember! - and had to visit the unofficial Wiki, which I do not like to visit because it sometimes takes time to load. Needless to mention that it is unofficial and any information can be added.

In the Desipis encyclopedia one can read about hatchling and adult behaviour, but nothing about what the Desipis eggs could do to one after stealing, how they look like, how large they are, how the egg shells feel like. (The egg description is "Being near this egg makes it hard to think clearly.")

 

Considering we unlock egg/hatchling/adult images for the entries and a Wiki being around (even if the egg description were to be kept secret for hunting in the cave, people already run to the Wiki anyway) I personally do not think that adding notes about the egg appearance would be a stretch *runs away*

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Bossman has spoken.

 

B-b-but I would like to say that egg descriptions probably would have value to some users. Recently I for instance wondered what the egg description for Desipis dragons was - could not remember! - and had to visit the unofficial Wiki, which I do not like to visit because it sometimes takes time to load. Needless to mention that it is unofficial and any information can be added.

In the Desipis encyclopedia one can read about hatchling and adult behaviour, but nothing about what the Desipis eggs could do to one after stealing, how they look like, how large they are, how the egg shells feel like. (The egg description is "Being near this egg makes it hard to think clearly.")

 

Considering we unlock egg/hatchling/adult images for the entries and a Wiki being around (even if the egg description were to be kept secret for hunting in the cave, people already run to the Wiki anyway) I personally do not think that adding notes about the egg appearance would be a stretch *runs away*

I agree with this.

 

I understand not wanting to add the full breed description, but adding the egg description (as-is or after replacing "This egg is..." with "<BREED> eggs are...") would be a great addition, in my mind.

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Count me as a person who would love to see the breed description in the encyclopaedia page, 'bossman has spoken' or not. tongue.gifxd.png

 

It's right that the tense and tone might not fit and it's mostly redundant, but that's actually the reason I'd like it there. The descriptions give the breed a lot more personality than just a few bullet-point notes, because they're written with prose in mind, which means the sentences inter-connect better. While I really love the notes we can unlock for the breeds that have them, they're not my favourite way of reading about a breed. My brain handles prose better than a bulletpoint list, and some of the descriptions are almost poetic (the Desipis one comes to mind).

 

I definitely assumed the breed description(s) would be made redundantly available in the encyclopaedia when it came out, as well, so that's also playing a role. Even with the explanation given, I'm still sort of surprised it wasn't put in.

 

It'd also let us jog our memory more easily and compare the notes with the description, e.g. to see if a specific note was already implied by the description or not, much like the use-case angelicdragonpuppy was after. That's a fun way to explore lore.

 

Maybe as a compromise, the descriptions could pop up when we click the unlocked sprites? Egg description when clicking on the egg(s), hatchling descriptions when clicking on the hatchlings, adult description when clicking on the adult, each in a coloured box under the sprites?

Edited by pinkgothic

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Or, the descriptions on the adult dragons can be on the dragons that have no actual encyclopedia notes yet. Essentially it would replace "There are no notes available for this breed. Check back later; new information will be added periodically" with the description that we would normally see. Then should it get an update in the future it can be removed, like a placeholder if you will.

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