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Author Topic: Numeric display of quality modifiers  (Read 1312 times)

Quatch

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Re: Numeric display of quality modifiers
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2010, 10:46:32 am »

To me, the icons are fairly intuitive...

Blank = nomral
- = one step above normal
+ = two steps (see, there's two lines instead of one)
* = three steps
E = four steps

I could see the arguement about switching *'s with the E's because if you count lines, E has fewer lines then *'s...

Maybe a circle? infinite lines? •

Its more the interaction with tilesets that obscures that I guess.

You guys should turn this creative energy to profession rank names too!
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Re: Numeric display of quality modifiers
« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2010, 11:09:50 am »

I'd go with Praguepride and switch the symbols for exceptional and superior? Then you'd go by number of lines:

no quality -> no symbol
well-crafted -> -
finely-crafted -> +
superior -> ≡
exceptional -> *
masterful -> ☼
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Re: Numeric display of quality modifiers
« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2010, 11:29:55 am »

Norseman has a good start, even though the number of hammers don't match the rank and not all designs match the rest. Not sure if it'd work in small sizes either

The chevrons might be military themed but the general idea was just to avoid a random mishmash of plus signs and lines. Any clear design would work
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