Category talk:Missions

Missions vs. Quests
I need clarification on the terminology. Was this what later became Category:Quests, or is this something different? Dedridd 14:07, March 3, 2006 (EST)


 * Eh, I don't really know. It looks like it's a separate thing though. Must have been added while I was on holiday. Tihocan 14:20, March 3, 2006 (EST)


 * Hmmm I didnt know that this existed. I thought that all missions/quests were just categorized as zones and I was going to update them to quests as I went through them.  I have only done one so far so any changes can be easily fixed,  what is the general consensus here? -- koolkat 14:36, March 3, 2006 (EST)


 * I'm confused, as Stormcleave_Outpost says it's both a quest and a mission, so yeah, they look separate. DarB was the original author...I'll ask him. Dedridd 14:49, March 3, 2006 (EST)


 * Missions are single instances, quests are what are given by NPCs that usually lead to one or more missions. As an example Grey Moon Waning is a quest that contains 4 missions.  Usually when a quest only has one mission, they are the exact same name. darB 15:59, March 3, 2006 (EST)


 * So quests can have one or more parts, and if they have more than one each part will have their own name and are referred to as missions? Is that term used in-game (I haven't gotten to any multi-part quests yet)? I just want to make sure that the terminology will be understood by the site users. If this is the case, then Category:Missions should be a subcategory of Category:Quests, correct? Dedridd 16:09, March 3, 2006 (EST)


 * Yes as to your understanding. Sub-category would make sense as quests can have 1 or more missions, but missions never exist without a quest.  I'm fairly certain that is in-game terminology, although I can't cite exactly where. darB 16:27, March 3, 2006 (EST)


 * Ok on the sub-categorizing. I think that'll be an important aid in quest browsing by having them all in one spot. And the the only way I can think of to show that a mission belongs to a quest is to explicitly state that in the top part of the mission page. I was going to say we could just prefix mission names with the quest name, but that would make for some pretty long page names. Grey_Moon_Waning, for instance, would have:
 * Grey Moon Waning/The Iron Mines:Freeing Achka
 * Grey Moon Waning/The Iron Mines:Justice for Grust
 * Grey Moon Waning/Grey Moon's Den: The Trollish Scourge
 * Grey Moon Waning/Grey Moon's Den: Extermination
 * Any other ideas from anyone? Dedridd 16:41, March 3, 2006 (EST)


 * What if a multi-mission quest was itself a category? Also, I haven't come across any of those multi-mission quests, but there are quests that are in multiple parts. An early one for instance is "A name named Baudry". Is that the same thing? I can't remember seeing the "mission" term in game. I'm not sure about the word "part", but I know at least it's been used on the discussion forums. Tihocan 16:49, March 3, 2006 (EST)


 * I haven't played, but I believe a mission is different from a multi-part quest - a multi-part quest has to be done in order, and each part may even have missions; but missions may be done in any order to complete their parent quest. Also, I think we should go with the subpage architecture, for a good reason - subpagination works. Not applied to ARTICLE pages yet, but it already works on user pages: User:Subpaginationtest. 19:05, March 3, 2006 (EST)