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Spells/Abilities resource links

Post by John Adams » Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:23 pm

I'm looking to be drown in EQ2 Spells and Abilities related web links, but for the life of me I cannot seem to find hardly any with decent information. They all say the same damn thing, 3-4 stats and a picture of the spell. Big whoop.
Since I am incapable of casting every spell of every level in the live game for capture, we're going to need a backup plan. If we have to hand-edit all 3800 records (some of which may be dupes), I'd like to know our sources are accurate.
EQ2 Wikia seems a decent site. Anyone verify that it is as close as it's gonna get? And I know some OCD player has an excel spreadsheet with every stat of every item and spell in the game, I just can't find that mystical tome ;)

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Post by Zcoretri » Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:31 pm

They all kinda suck as far as spells are concerned.
I think the best back up plan would be to get screen shots of the spells.

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Post by John Adams » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:14 am

Yeah, but that still doesn't tell you all the nitty gritty we need - which means maybe the packet logs are the best way to go for the detailed stuff.
I'll have to compare EQ2 Wikia with one of my screen shots from the live game to see what is missing - which will be a lot, I am sure.

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Post by bobbydole » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:19 am

Yeah I think the eq2 wikia is the best site i've seen. Are there any class-specific sites which would have any more detailed spell info for that class?

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Post by Zcoretri » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:12 am

A link to another site for stuff
http://www.eq2idb.com/index.php

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Post by Scatman » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:24 am

I personally use www.lootdb.com to find any information on items. You can sort by zone, monster, etc.

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Post by Zcoretri » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:52 am

Scatman wrote:I personally use www.lootdb.com to find any information on items. You can sort by zone, monster, etc.
We are talking about spells/abilities.
That site is awesome for items, but for spells/abilities its not so good.

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Post by Scatman » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:41 pm

Oops, see what 3 hours of sleep does to ya? Yeah, lootdb is no bueno for spells.

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Post by John Adams » Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:56 pm

That EQ2iDB thing keeps pooping up everytime I turn around. I keep downloading it, installing it, then realizing the author used some assy proprietary DB engine that I refuse to crack into and delete it. Then, 2 mos later, do it all over again. It's age, really.
Does that DB have spells/effects infos? And, anyone savvy enough to convert it to maybe JetDB (Access) or Excel?

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Post by LethalEncounter » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:39 pm

Will a mysql db work?

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Post by LethalEncounter » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:49 pm

I uploaded the database to the db project SVN server. Feel free to move it to wherever you want to put it. I keep meaning to use the db and set up a script to get all the item links from live but I havent done so yet.

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Post by John Adams » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:25 pm

Oh yes, of course mysql will work lol. I just thought if any hobbyist Db hackurs were out there to break that [whatever] database, excel would be easiest. I didn't know you had a copy, or I would have harassed you months ago. ;)
I'll see what's in it.
Edit: Fie... still no spell info worth a damn. Thanks anyway.

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Post by JCL » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:08 pm

Your best bet is probably EQ2 Wikia, since it is usually updated quite frequently.

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Post by Zcoretri » Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:09 pm

John Adams wrote: Edit: Fie... still no spell info worth a damn. Thanks anyway.
If you are looking for some site that has spell/CA info in some form of DB, I don't think there are any :(

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Post by John Adams » Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:46 am

Really, I am looking for a Lucy clone of spell info like they have for EQ... but I know it does not exist. I was just hoping someone squirreled away a spreadsheet of info collected during their game play or something.
We'll just go with EQ2 Wikia and screen shots then, and hopefully build spells/abilities that are close to accurate. Folks can always /bug it if it's wrong, and we'll fix it.

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