Template talk:DropRecipeHead

I think I did it right, but added VR for Very rare drops. Might need to make a Very Rare Critter image (purple) to help differentiate. - Snorii 01:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

We need to add in a Candy Cane Salvage purchase option for Winter's Gift - they don't drop, they're not a random roll option, they're not a specific purchase option at the Merit Vendors - they are only available from the Candy Keeper. -- Agge (talk) 03:15, 20 December 2008 (UTC) Bump! --Agge

We should probably also eventually rename other things a bit. For instance, there are no longer "Task Force Drops" -- they don't actually drop at the end of a Task Force; you purchase them from a vendor now. They really foobared the nomenclature for these things. :P In any case, do you have any suggestions for where to classify the Winter's Gift ones? I'm not sure it makes sense to create a specific category just for those three (such as "Candy Keeper Recipes"). Maybe something like "Miscellaneous Recipes" as a catch-all for if they do anything else similar in the future? -- Sekoia 02:34, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Technically, there ARE "Task Force Drops" - the random rolls for Merit Rewards are for Task Force and Trial recipes. They are the same drop pools as before. Adding a "misc" section to catch everything not already established (and future weirdo sources) sounds good, and point to the main set page for an explanation of where they come from. -- Agge (talk) 05:27, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

The random rolls for Merit Rewards are for what used to be awarded as Task Force drops and Trial drops. They're no longer dropped at the end of Task Forces and Trials, so the name is now a misnomer. It makes sense to us, because we just transitioned away and that's what they used to be. But for someone new to the game, I expect it'd make little sense. A lot of our articles are similarly going to be confusing until we update them somehow, not that I know a good way to approach it. -- Sekoia 19:32, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

They *ARE* still appropriate. At the MERIT VENDORS, the RANDOM ROLLS are still called Task Force and Trial. -- Agge (talk) 00:38, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

I think that we're talking about two different things. You're perhaps talking about what's appropriate in terms of "the game calls it that, therefore, it's appropriate for us to call it that"? I'm talking about "the devs removed the system that yielded its name, so the name no longer makes sense; they should have given it a different name" kind of appropriateness. Imagine you're new and have never played City before. Imagine that you encounter those random rolls at the merit vendor. Why on earth are they called "Task Force drops"? What's the connection to Task Forces? There is none any more, except the piece of text in the Merit Vendor GUI. In any case, this probably isn't the right place for this tangent so I'll stop continuing it here. I'll see if I can't frame the problem I see better on the forums at some point, once I've thought better on how to explain the more pertinent aspects of it and some form of constructive response to it. -- Sekoia 06:40, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Power Analyzers

The Mk III sells for 3,000 to a vendor (don't know the Mk II or Mk I sale amounts), and the recipe is level 1, which ends up listing the recipe as 200 to a vendor. I don't know how to tweak the template to include an option to input a special amount for vendor sales (kind of like the option to input a special way to acquire). -- Agge (talk) 06:09, 6 January 2009 (UTC) Bump. -- Agge

Ick. I think I've got an idea, though. I'll try it out over on the test wiki and bring it back here if I can work it out. --Eabrace 04:48, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Update: OK. Fix is in place. You may now override pricing information with a "price" parameter. As an example, I've already updated Temp Power: Power Analyzer mk III to make certain it worked properly. --Eabrace 05:30, 10 January 2009 (UTC)