User talk:GEHAYI

Swappable weapons

Hi there, I answered your question on the Weapon talk:Bar mace (crafted) page, but that probably means we can do a better job documenting that on Elanthipedia. Would you mind replying here with a couple of the places you might have looked for the information? I'll try to update the SWAP page with information as well. Cheers! - padhg (talk) 10:55, 12 August 2017 (CDT)

Thank you so much! I looked on the Bar mace page, and the above Weapon talk page, and I looked for a two-handed weapons page but there wasn't any. I think I might have looked under heavy blunt weapons as well, but I didn't see anything there, either. Gehayi, 12:05 p.m., 13 August 2017 (EDT)

Instrument Messaging

Could you give me a bit of context for your question? There are tons of different messages for instruments, depending on what's being played and how skilled they are. Are you just looking for a list of things to squelch? -CARAAMON (talk) 12:12, 14 August 2017 (CDT)

I don't know what "squelch" means in this context. I'm looking for a list of messages for stringed and percussion instruments, depending on what style and what type of song is being played, as a) I am having a hard time figuring out if I'm making any progress and b) I could use the messaging in performance if I actually knew it. Also, I'm finding that it's possible to improve in performance skill while making no progress on the messaging--or to improve in one style but not another (despite not having practiced one more than the other). It's extraordinarily confusing, and I'd really like to know what messages I should be looking for and how I can improve my skill. Because just practicing over and over isn't telling me either. GEHAYI (talk), 12:22 a.m., 15 August 2017 (EDT)

To answer the first part of your question, "squelch"ing, is supressing messages on your frontend so they do not clutter your story window. It's a way of hiding messages.

To the second part, to start training Performance you need an easy instrument. I would recomment a lyre. You can find the list of instruments from easiest to hardest on the Instruments page. Start with a lyre and PLAY SCALES HALTING ON LYRE. Once you've mastered that you can PLAY SCALES ON LYRE, then move up to PLAY DITTY ON LYRE, and so on. PLAY HELP lists the song types in order of difficulty. Remember to get a chamois cloth and CLEAN LYRE WITH CLOTH after every practice session. Dirty instruments are harder to play and do not train well. Cleaning will also prevent them from taking damage. Unless your instrument is made from metal or glass, don't use it outside in the rain either. If your instrument does get wet, WIPE LYRE WITH CLOTH and then WRING CLOTH.

Performance moves like most skills, slowly. To improve your skill you need to play a challenging song on your instrument. You will get the most training when playing with a "slightest hint of difficulty". This means the song is just above your level and ideal for practice. If you "fumble" the song, it is too hard. If you play the song "master"fully, it is below your level. As a point of reference, by a little over 400 ranks in Performance you'll be able to play a gavotte on the easiest instruments (such as a lyre), but only a wedding march on harder instruments (such as bagpipes or harp). By a little over 600 ranks you'll be able to play any song on the easiest instruments. - padhg (talk) 23:39, 14 August 2017 (CDT)

I know about cleaning and drying instruments and playing the various song styles. I still need to see the actual scripts. Even if I can't perform them yet, I could still use them via the ACTION verb. That would be quite helpful in an upcoming audition. (And it would be nice to know what progress actually looks like. So far, I'm alternating between "you play effortlessly," "slightest hint of difficulty" and "fumbling." The instruments pages in this wiki give no indication of what the messages correspond to in terms of skill. Most other articles have a lot of information about how skilled you need to be--or what classes and abilities that you need to have--in order to get certain results from armor, weapons,and so on. GEHAYI (talk), 1:28 a.m., August 15, 2017 (EDT)

There are only 3 types of messages (effortlessly, slight difficulty, fumbling). If you can play a halting scales or halting ruff on an instrument effortlessly, you'll be able to see all the messaging. It doesn't take a lot of skill to do that. Progression for Performance is simply being able to effortlessly play more difficult songs on more difficult instruments.

Messaging for a mastered song (below level) on a string instrument:

You effortlessly begin a quiet hymn on your walnut lyre, your heart swelling in pride at your hard-earned skill.
Continuing a quiet hymn on your walnut lyre, you focus and let the music pour from your soul.
With an almost casual grace, a quiet hymn pours from your walnut lyre.
You continue playing on your walnut lyre.
With deft authority, you immerse yourself in a quiet hymn, merging every bit of your skill into the music.
You continue playing on your walnut lyre.
You finish playing a quiet hymn on your walnut lyre.

Messaging for a challenging song (at level) on a string and percussion instrument:

You begin a quiet gavotte on your walnut lyre with only the slightest hint of difficulty.
You find yourself relaxing as you continue to play a quiet gavotte on your walnut lyre.
You find yourself relaxing as you continue to perform a quiet gavotte on your walnut lyre.
You continue playing on your walnut lyre.
You continue to play your unoriginal gavotte on your walnut lyre.
You continue playing on your walnut lyre.
You finish playing a quiet gavotte on your walnut lyre.

You begin a quiet wedding march on your silversteel triangle with only the slightest hint of difficulty.
You continue playing on your silversteel triangle.
You find yourself relaxing as you continue to perform a quiet wedding march on your silversteel triangle.
You find yourself relaxing as you continue to play a quiet wedding march on your silversteel triangle.
You continue to play your unoriginal wedding march on your silversteel triangle.
You continue playing on your silversteel triangle.
You finish playing a quiet wedding march on your silversteel triangle.

That's pretty much it. The messaging is randomly selected, and only swaps out the song type and instrument based on whether it is below level (effortlessly), at level (slightest difficulty), or above level (fumbling). You can get the fumbling messaging pretty easily as well. - padhg (talk) 10:43, 15 August 2017 (CDT)

Signing talk pages

Another trick on the wiki is to sign your posts with four tildes - ~~~~ in a row. When you save the page, it will substitute your signature. - padhg (talk) 23:47, 14 August 2017 (CDT)

It doesn't seem to. - ~~~~

Try it without the <nowiki> tags (those prevent the replacement of text by the wiki). I added those so it wouldn't sign the middle of my message. - padhg (talk) 10:24, 15 August 2017 (CDT)