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It says they are frequently encountered, but in the monsterbox, it says they're rare. This contradicts itself. --[[User:Someone Else|Someone Else]] 22:58, 28 September 2006 (UTC) | It says they are frequently encountered, but in the monsterbox, it says they're rare. This contradicts itself. --[[User:Someone Else|Someone Else]] 22:58, 28 September 2006 (UTC) | ||
:I'm skeptical of using words to describe a monster's frequency. The source code simply uses a number, and this describes the relative probability of a monster being generated. I think the phrases "very rare", "rare", "quite rare", "uncommon", and "common" originate with Ali Harlow's monster manual. --[[User:Jayt|Jayt]] 23:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC) | :I'm skeptical of using words to describe a monster's frequency. The source code simply uses a number, and this describes the relative probability of a monster being generated. I think the phrases "very rare", "rare", "quite rare", "uncommon", and "common" originate with Ali Harlow's monster manual. --[[User:Jayt|Jayt]] 23:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC) | ||
| + | ::Just having a number will confuse most people looking to know more; however using the phrases without specifying what they mean is almost as useless. Perhaps we can use both (e.g. "very rare (1)") and link to some article (say [[monster frequency]], which would need to be created) which explains how a monster is chosen? -- [[User:SGrunt|SGrunt]] 01:05, 29 September 2006 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 01:05, 29 September 2006
It says they are frequently encountered, but in the monsterbox, it says they're rare. This contradicts itself. --Someone Else 22:58, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'm skeptical of using words to describe a monster's frequency. The source code simply uses a number, and this describes the relative probability of a monster being generated. I think the phrases "very rare", "rare", "quite rare", "uncommon", and "common" originate with Ali Harlow's monster manual. --Jayt 23:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
- Just having a number will confuse most people looking to know more; however using the phrases without specifying what they mean is almost as useless. Perhaps we can use both (e.g. "very rare (1)") and link to some article (say monster frequency, which would need to be created) which explains how a monster is chosen? -- SGrunt 01:05, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
