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Post by
bambambambam
I was logging in today and read something along the lines of, "A quest giver who is awaiting your return is marked by a yellow question mark on your minimap".
I'm NOT about to say, "Derp", or some other arrogant, anyone-who-doesn't-know-everything-is-stupid type of comment, but I did have an idea, one that might require a possible endorsement (not sure if one exists or not) by Blizzard on some content on wowhead, but regardless one that I thought would be cool.
What if some of the "tips" at the loading screen were a bit more advanced? What if they had some somewhat unknown tricks or hints that users who peruse wowhead were privy to. Something like, "Elementals in Silithus are the best source for certain rare enchanting materials". That might not be the BEST example, but it is an example of how the loading screen tip game good be upped by Blizz. This way a lot of people with possibly years of experience in WoW could still benefit from these alleged "tips".
Obviously my post is just a musing that would probably never be implemented, but what do you ladies and gents think of something like that? Maybe as a fun exercise some of you might want to post some ideas you have based on this idea, possibly quite better than my hasty example above.
Post by
Adamsm
Since the tips are there for the new players and the like, and to remind even the old farts who think they know everything in the game that there are times they don't...can just leave them as they are. Since a tip about out of date content wouldn't help someone trying to get their Enchanting up to max level quickly very much.
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Adamsm
@Adamsm
True, but as they are a loading screen, surely they could be triggered by the characters level and class. (So above tip would not be triggered below lvl 70)
Could possibly, but that would mean a lot more coding having to be programmed in to directly monitor all toons as they travel through loading screens, unless you mean they should just create multiple ones that are tied to specific loading screens...but that could still cause 'problems' since you have BC era screens for a pair of level 1-20 zones.
Post by
Eccentrica
Don't feed the trolls, cuz they mean and hurt yo feelings but it's only cuz they had sad lives themselves and try to bring others down but don't let them do that to you cuz you stronger than that man... you stronger than that.
-Wowcrendor
So are
you
trolling?
OP has a valid point.
If Fans Ran WoW
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Post by
Sas148
My game loads so fast I'd barely have time to look at those tips anyhow. Or I just alt-tab while it's loading, lol.
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Post by
Jaspirac
"Don't stand in fire."
Still the best loading screen tip and most experienced players still forget.
I like the idea of updates, how about "falling from high cliffs can lead to death."
Or
"Looting beasts allows for them to be skinned by you or other players."
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Post by
cloudp
My game loads so fast I'd barely have time to look at those tips anyhow. Or I just alt-tab while it's loading, lol.If I alt-tab during a loading screen, I DC. Or while auto-running. And I have
plenty
of time to read the tips. :(
Though a small bump, try playing Fullscreen Windowed mode instead of Fullscreen. That should fix the alt tabbing issue.
(And there's a pretty nice idea for a tip, it's not exactly obvious no matter how experienced one is with WoW.)
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Post by
MrSCH
My game loads so fast I'd barely have time to look at those tips anyhow. Or I just alt-tab while it's loading, lol.If I alt-tab during a loading screen, I DC. Or while auto-running. And I have
plenty
of time to read the tips. :(
Though a small bump, try playing Fullscreen Windowed mode instead of Fullscreen. That should fix the alt tabbing issue.
(And there's a pretty nice idea for a tip, it's not exactly obvious no matter how experienced one is with WoW.)
With a lower end machine such as mine that will give you some horrible FPS though
Post by
Interest
My game loads so fast I'd barely have time to look at those tips anyhow. Or I just alt-tab while it's loading, lol.
This, pretty much.
And I personally don't care. I'm fine with the tips the way it is, although it should have something about not eating yellow snow.
Post by
hymer
something about not eating yellow snow.
Don't spit into the wind? Never pet a burning dog?
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