Post:Tuesday Tidings - 57 - QoL Improvements for Appraisal - 03/23/2021 - 19:35

Tuesday Tidings - 57 - QoL Improvements for Appraisal · on 03/23/2021 19:35	1131
Happy Tuesday, everyone! I chose the project this week, and Zadraes provided assistance with implementation and QC'ing. These changes are live in all instances. Shield Appraisal Previously, appraising a shield showed only the held appraisal when it was held and only the worn appraisal when it was worn. This prevented shoppers from seeing the worn appraisal without buying the shield and wearing it. Appraising a shield will now show both the held and worn appraisal. Sample output: You are certain that the shield offers moderate (10/26) to very impressive (21/26) protection when held and moderate (10/26) to great (16/26) protection when worn on the left arm. Nothing else has changed about shields. The protection scale is the same, as is the reduction in full defense while wearing a shield on the arm. Paladins will still automatically see the expanded shield protection scale, while non-Paladins will be able to do so if they have sufficient skill with shield and appraisal. As a reminder, the ability to arm-wear shields is still gated by armor skillset placement. (Just because you can see the worn appraisal doesn't mean you are able to wear shields of that size.) I mentioned this on Discord earlier, but as an additional reminder for non-Paladins: because the difficulty of seeing the expanded scale scales with the protection stat, it is possible to see different scales (X/14 vs. X/26) within parts of the same appraisal. This is not a bug. Appraisal of Slots Previously, items tied in the hair and placed in the hair both simply appraised as "in the hair," so the only way to test which slot was used was to purchase the item, type INV SLOTS, wear it, and type INV SLOTS again to see which changed. Appraising will now distinguish between these two slots: It appears that the trinket can be worn tied to the hair. It appears that the trinket can be worn placed in the hair. Additionally, items worn on the upper arm will now appraise as "upper arm" (two words) instead of "upperarm" (one word). Appraise Focus for Skinning Knives Previously, APPRAISE FOCUS only allowed worn (non-weapon) skinning knives to serve as appraisal foci for thanatology (Necromancers). For non-Necromancers, these knives didn't work unless the adjective was "skinning." Now, all worn skinning knives -- regardless of adjective -- can serve as appraisal foci for skinning for non-Necromancers. (No change has been made to how they work for Necromancers.) GM Cordulia
This message was originally posted in Lore / Appraisal Skill, by DR-CORDULIA on the play.net forums.