08-26-2026, 12:07 AM
[Historical Auno comment import]
Original author: Shiare
Original posted-at text: 2008-01-12 17:52
Auno comment ID: 44963
Auno nano ID: 202260
Source: https://auno.org/ao/db.php?id=202260
See that's the thing about MMO's...they often put things in MMO's when they first come out because they have plans to add expansions and/or new patches and items that will make use of such things that are unusable early in a MMO's existance. What makes AO different from most MMO's is that the Devs make it easy to dig into the database to see all the items whether they are usuable or not. AO devs don't seem to clean out their database of items they will never make active, test items and items players simply can't use. So now we look at the database and see such items (like this one back in 2002) and we assume such things are useless or unatainable.
Just remember, everything in a games database doesn't mean it's meant for us to have right now....some things are in there because they will give us new items months or years down the road which will help us use some items in the database. It all boils down to if an item won't unbalance the game. So in the beginning a dev might think an item would be good to implement later, but find out later on that it's not a good idea...and instead of just taking it out of the database (Like a lot of powerful items that's still in the DB), they simply leave them in. Remember that AO is one of those games that makes it very easy to see every item in the game...not all MMO's give players that freedom...or at least not that easily. SWG for example, we use to be able to extract the database but SOE change that and unless someone has learned how to parse the new format, the database for that game is no longer viewable or extractable....there are many other MMO's like this as well.
Original author: Shiare
Original posted-at text: 2008-01-12 17:52
Auno comment ID: 44963
Auno nano ID: 202260
Source: https://auno.org/ao/db.php?id=202260
See that's the thing about MMO's...they often put things in MMO's when they first come out because they have plans to add expansions and/or new patches and items that will make use of such things that are unusable early in a MMO's existance. What makes AO different from most MMO's is that the Devs make it easy to dig into the database to see all the items whether they are usuable or not. AO devs don't seem to clean out their database of items they will never make active, test items and items players simply can't use. So now we look at the database and see such items (like this one back in 2002) and we assume such things are useless or unatainable.
Just remember, everything in a games database doesn't mean it's meant for us to have right now....some things are in there because they will give us new items months or years down the road which will help us use some items in the database. It all boils down to if an item won't unbalance the game. So in the beginning a dev might think an item would be good to implement later, but find out later on that it's not a good idea...and instead of just taking it out of the database (Like a lot of powerful items that's still in the DB), they simply leave them in. Remember that AO is one of those games that makes it very easy to see every item in the game...not all MMO's give players that freedom...or at least not that easily. SWG for example, we use to be able to extract the database but SOE change that and unless someone has learned how to parse the new format, the database for that game is no longer viewable or extractable....there are many other MMO's like this as well.