FFXIV DatabaseFollow

The database for weaver and a couple others are becoming useless because when you go to look for something almost a whole page is taken by one recipe with its multiply different colors.

Was just wondering if you could take those pages and make the recipes for one item then a note on that items page of different colored materials you can use instead of the current way with 4+ copy's of the same thing with just the color changed.

If you don't understand what I mean look at recipes on say the Goldsmith page and compare it to the Weaver page.

Edited, Jan 2nd 2011 7:46pm by Emberx

I know what he's talking about.

He's referring to how you have every single colour separated, like here: http://ffxiv.zam.com/en/recipelist.html?result=hempen&rank_low=&rank_high=&class=34&tool=&ingredient=&order_by=

And here: http://ffxiv.zam.com/en/recipelist.html?result=cotton&rank_low=&rank_high=&class=34&tool=&ingredient=&order_by=

And... well you get the point. He thinks you need to nest all the colours under the item.

In every display.

I found it very offputting when trying to look for recipes when I was trying to use the DB here. You have to go through 2-3 pages of mostly repeated items just to find what is in your range most of the time.

An MMO developer has managed to cause a fan site's database system to be a time sink.

Now THAT'S dedication.

Well if you can't fix it like that then maybe add a second database option where it only shows recipes with just the base color materials.

So ppl that want to just look thru the list real quick that understand changing the color of the cloth makes a different color can use it and not be so frustrated.

Eventually some fansite will do it right just hope ZAM does it first cause i prefer this site over any other.

And the answer of "The game has all of these items separately, which is why we have them all separately in the db." it is your site and your database I'm pretty sure you can't write it how ever you want. And why not make it user friendly it's kinda what its here for.

Edited, Jan 7th 2011 12:36am by Emberx