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Why can we not place a tag on something and have that be the noun / interactive word, or one of them?
We have an approval process for a reason - it would be the approving party's responsibility to make sure the tag made sense with the item, so that I didn't make a kitchen table out of a backpack or something absurd, or break the boundaries of crafts (I.e. not making a piece of furniture with tailoring as a back door runaround). But like, at some point the fact that Ishin A) can make a pot, and maybe irrelevant but somewhat amusing
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That would deal with -so- many headaches in the entire crafting process, and take work away from Becue and all that other nonsense.
"trousers160578" dun-hued leggings.
Items that are FAIRLY similar and can be reasonable synonyms, eg trousers, pants, slacks, are allowed because your brain can make that logical connection - the idea is that a player who sees an item on QL should be able to then do GET and pick that item up, and it shouldn't take more than 2-3 tries to guess what that is. Something showing as SKILLET but actually being an item called POT is just not logical.
Tagging does nothing for the created item. It's a field that lets you interact with the PATTERN, not the item. It's to help crafters sort out items. The item's name comes from the template.
Now, if there was a way we could change the item type itself via a field we could set, that would be a different story completely. If that existed, they could delete all the crafting templates and just let us set an item type every time we design something. I'm pretty sure that's not how the code works, though.
Why can't they make it so when I put a tag on an item, it makes that tag one of the keywords?
Sure it opens it up for abuse, or for people trying to stuff in. But, as I said - there is an approval process for a reason, and people can always get their ability to make things or approve them taken away.
As it stands with our rules right now, you cannot change the primary noun to something that you cannot interact with.
Tags can also be added/removed regardless of a design's status in the design process. I can add tags and remove tags to things already approved/in use. They are not locked in place like commodities.
Design tags are, indeed, just a means of sorting. If anything, I am more likely to allow you guys to change the raw name of the item to one of its valid aliases.
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All I was saying was that I was curious as to why they couldn't.. do coder person things to the code and make it so. Much like, I think, Omei is saying. Whether you call it an alias or a tag or a fruit cocktail, the end result, and what I'm suggesting or at least wondering about, is that I can add a word to a list so that if I name my pot a kettle Moirean can grab kettle and that works.
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Why can't weapons just be cosmetic, man.
*wants a glowing spear instead of a glowing mace*
Man. I'd actually give that serious thought.
@Rashar
I used to have a ylemcrystal dhurive I made with that.
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Spear proficiency doesn't let me smite people with my holy glowing spear!
@Rashar when I was gunning for a venom ability for mages I suggested that the staves be done away with in exchange for charging a one handed weapon with magics and letting us cast through that/use it to venom. We got spike spells instead. But I sympathize with the desire to use a spear.
HROAGH!