/zone list enhancement request
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/zone list enhancement request
LE, since we're creating Friendly Names for all our zones, I'd like to change how /zone list works just a little.
Currently the command is /zone list {#} where # is the page number to display - which isn't really clear to the user what page their zone >may< be on. Leaving this as-is is not a bad thing, but here's the enhancement.
Can we make it so /zone list {letters} can differentiate between listing a page number, or display all zones starting with (or containing) {letters}?
Example:
/zone list Qeynos
FarJourneyQeynos, JourneyQeynos, NorthQeynos, Qeynos1Room1, Qeynos1Room2, Qeynos2Room1, Qeynos2Room2, Qeynos3Room1, Qeynos3Room2, Qeynos3Room3, Qeynos5Room, QeynosHarbor, QeynosMageTower, SouthQeynos
Let it display all the matching letters on a single page. Maybe make the search require at least 3 characters so it does not bring back 300 zone names into a single query.
"/zone list 10" can still page through them, but I really think {letters} will be more useful.
Currently the command is /zone list {#} where # is the page number to display - which isn't really clear to the user what page their zone >may< be on. Leaving this as-is is not a bad thing, but here's the enhancement.
Can we make it so /zone list {letters} can differentiate between listing a page number, or display all zones starting with (or containing) {letters}?
Example:
/zone list Qeynos
FarJourneyQeynos, JourneyQeynos, NorthQeynos, Qeynos1Room1, Qeynos1Room2, Qeynos2Room1, Qeynos2Room2, Qeynos3Room1, Qeynos3Room2, Qeynos3Room3, Qeynos5Room, QeynosHarbor, QeynosMageTower, SouthQeynos
Let it display all the matching letters on a single page. Maybe make the search require at least 3 characters so it does not bring back 300 zone names into a single query.
"/zone list 10" can still page through them, but I really think {letters} will be more useful.
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Stormhold was originally Befallen, from EQ1. However during development they realized that made 3 dungeons in commonlands and 1 in antonica. Because of that they changed the zone's name and moved it to antonica. files are still called befallen though.
Think its confusing now, wait till the next expansion when they actually add Befallen...
Think its confusing now, wait till the next expansion when they actually add Befallen...
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If we're doing a "starts-with" only, then that probably would be ok. But if we're going to try ambiguous name resolution (like searching name, file or descriptions), I think we should force more than a single character in the criteria.
"/zone list sto" would then yield anything containing "sto" in the name, file, or description fields.
I'm not a fan of {page}, so if it goes away, I won't be sad.
"/zone list sto" would then yield anything containing "sto" in the name, file, or description fields.
I'm not a fan of {page}, so if it goes away, I won't be sad.
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