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Thread: Naming conventions for armor in packs?
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Nixen
Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:11 am
#1
Now, I realize that probably a lot of you don't care about this issue, but I thought I'd just throw this out as an idea and would appreciate any feedback you guys and gals have on it.
When look to see what armor the competition has in stock, I usually find packs called something like
Marauder armor 6000k resists black
Ubese armor 7k energy, black
or sometimes simply (and this is the worst example)
composite armor
Most of them with no descriptions at all. From a customer point of view, how many of you would even consider buying the third pack, even if it was cheap?
I made a number of textfiles containing the names I use for packs and the description that goes on when I put them for sale, and it looks something like
[B GQ] Marauder Armor [6000 45071 Black]
[A SQ] Composite Armor [6950/4950/595048540 Red]
[R BQ] Mabari Armor [4343/6343/5343 42114 Green]
Where a sample description couldlook like
[A GQ] Composite Armor [7000/5000/6000 46405 Red]
This is a full suit of Composite armor, containing 9 pieces, including boots and gloves.
Quality: Gold. This is capped armor with very high condition.
Color: Red.
Quality: Gold. This is capped armor with very high condition.
Color: Red.
Type: Assault.
Wearable by: Bounty Hunter, Commando, Squad Leader
Wearable by: Bounty Hunter, Commando, Squad Leader
Protection
Kinetic: 7000
Energy: 5000
Elemental: 6000
Kinetic: 7000
Energy: 5000
Elemental: 6000
Condition: 46504
Hindrance: 60%/40%/20% (No hindrance for masters)
Hindrance: 60%/40%/20% (No hindrance for masters)
This is great armor for grinding PvE or for PvP against primarily kinetic opponents.
You should not attempt to take on Lightsaber wielding Jedi in this armor due to the relatively low energy resists.
You should not attempt to take on Lightsaber wielding Jedi in this armor due to the relatively low energy resists.
In the pack-name I use a red A for assault, blue B for battle and green R for recon, golden GQ for capped armor, silver colored SQ for near-cap armor and gray BQ for bargain quality (cheap grind armor). These colors are used again in the description.
The point of all this is that the customer (once he understands the meaning of the color codes) can easily identify the armor types and quality that are relevant to him - and that it, in my opinion, simply looks better than the first examples I posted. Also the information in the description, again in my opinion, mitigates both any doubts he has as whether this is the kind of armor he wants as well as any suspision that the potential buyer may have towards what he is paying for.
It could be sort of nice if many armorsmiths could agree to some form of naming convention for armor in packs - I'm not saying it should be like I do it so any suggestions and comments would be nice.
tanajerner
Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:36 am
#2
i just aname the bag with the name of the armour then all the stats and just do a factory run of them makes life easy
Capt_Obvious
Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:16 am
#3
what copy and paste too rough for you tana? Personally I name mine the following in one solid color
-={NTI}=- Composite Armor Suit (Red-Assault Class) E-5000/ K-7000/ B-6000
I have yet to see a person that gives a crap about to condition tho so I dont tag it with that. Besides if they're curious they can always check out the individual pieces that are on the vendor as well
Cesare
Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:50 am
#4
I try to keep my names to the point and at the same time have enough tags so a person searching the bazaar has a shot at finding them for example: "Imperial Scout Trooper Armor E7500 K5500 SP5250 Cond: 66k Type: Recon". This has worked best for me, I use different colors for my different types of armor and you cant get too descriptive because there is a limit on the number of char's you can use in the name (if my memory serves me corrrectly).
pykescylla
Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:33 am
#5
Cesare wrote:
I try to keep my names to the point and at the same time have enough tags so a person searching the bazaar has a shot at finding them for example: "Imperial Scout Trooper Armor E7500 K5500 SP5250 Cond: 66k Type: Recon". This has worked best for me, I use different colors for my different types of armor and you cant get too descriptive because there is a limit on the number of char's you can use in the name (if my memory serves me corrrectly).
Agree, although I always include hindrances. I don't include the type because they are on different vendors. I have had a few people buy wookiee armor who weren't wookiees.
Cesare
Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:49 am
#6
pykescylla wrote:
Cesare wrote:
I try to keep my names to the point and at the same time have enough tags so a person searching the bazaar has a shot at finding them for example: "Imperial Scout Trooper Armor E7500 K5500 SP5250 Cond: 66k Type: Recon". This has worked best for me, I use different colors for my different types of armor and you cant get too descriptive because there is a limit on the number of char's you can use in the name (if my memory serves me corrrectly).
Agree, although I always include hindrances. I don't include the type because they are on different vendors. I have had a few people buy wookiee armor who weren't wookiees.
The "Type:" part is just for people using the Bazaar vendor search. I've had a couple buy Wookie armor by mistake but Ijust buy it back from them
. The hindrances I don't worry about because at Master Levels they don't really apply and at Lower levels you're kinda shafted on your armor no matter where you turn.
Wolfe26
Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:30 am
#7
okay the top one is interesting and I may use some variation of it but my naming convention I think takes into account the fact that most people when searching have only so much space visable in the item name column.
6514 Energy / 4514 Kinetic Ubese armor (full set, Black) - Wolfe Inc
I like to have my company name on it but not to the point where it will cost me the sale. Most people when doing a search are looking for stats first and High stat always listed first then they can quickly see if it is in the area they are looking for instead of having to resize the colum or hover over each entry to see if it has the stat they want... Back to the first entry, Yes I'm thinking I should really list condition on mine too.
Carthax
Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:06 pm
#8
I just happen to have this on clipboard
\#ffff00\[Assault] Comp 6894/4894/5894 46k Cond (Black)
Woot 1000th post and its something constructive! I'll make sure the next 1000 are less constructive.
\#ffff00\[Assault] Comp 6894/4894/5894 46k Cond (Black)
Woot 1000th post and its something constructive! I'll make sure the next 1000 are less constructive.
Message Edited by Carthax on 08-04-2005 01:07 PM
egoe
Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:14 pm
#9
i just do full descriptions of all my suits as i put them on the vendor. just copy and paste. The customer gets all the information possible about the suit and can decide from there. It only takes an xtra 5 seconds to do this and helps alot.
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