Medallion from the starting area

What is the use for this Medallion? And what are the benefits to improve it by the scout on the road to Lionhold? I can't equip it nor find any use of it.

Thank you in advance for any tips!

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Nerror

I just think of it as swag. A collectors item. And no, haven't seen any use for it yet.

Raedwald

Get it shined up by a npc!

v3ntra

You can trade it into a map at Lionhold. NPC is called "Zorrin of Fenn"

daveywavey

v3ntra wrote: »

You can trade it into a map at Lionhold. NPC is called "Zorrin of Fenn"

So, you're saying we shouldn't have just binned it when we saw no use for it... :P

Veeshan

daveywavey wrote: »

v3ntra wrote: »

You can trade it into a map at Lionhold. NPC is called "Zorrin of Fenn"

So, you're saying we shouldn't have just binned it when we saw no use for it... :P

all the weird shit seems to have some kinda hidden use

Azherae

Veeshan wrote: »

daveywavey wrote: »

v3ntra wrote: »

You can trade it into a map at Lionhold. NPC is called "Zorrin of Fenn"

So, you're saying we shouldn't have just binned it when we saw no use for it... :P

all the weird shit seems to have some kinda hidden use

I figure you guys are all joking about it and this post I'm making is overkill, but a mention for a specific type of person:

This is a 'checkpoint flag' item. It slightly simplifies the collection of metrics on player behaviour before most of the telemetry is implemented, because it's easy to query 'how many players have this item?'

Ludullu

Azherae wrote: »

I figure you guys are all joking about it and this post I'm making is overkill, but a mention for a specific type of person:

This is a 'checkpoint flag' item. It slightly simplifies the collection of metrics on player behaviour before most of the telemetry is implemented, because it's easy to query 'how many players have this item?'

Tbh, with really limited inventory size for full items and general storage, deleting that medallion crossed my mind several times.

Also, what's easier, to ask the game to look for these items or to ask the npcs who give it out (the first one and the polished) how many players they've given the item to?

I'd imagine a fair bit of players did delete the item once their storage space started shrinking and they saw no use for the item (especially with how many quests were broken early on), so I feel like just checking for the item wouldn't be as useful.

Azherae

In most implementations I have ever used, in test scenarios, querying the player item DB is easier.

The NPC might not have a consistent counter state, you might need to flush the server and restart the world, etc.

The Character DB, Inventory DB, and World State DB are not always (or in my experience, even usually), directly connected.

It also allows them to snapshot-save the data a little more simply, which is useful at the stage of development where you might actually want that data.

Also, it could be both, actually, because 'checking to see if the player threw it away' is also useful information.

daveywavey

Azherae wrote: »

because 'checking to see if the player threw it away' is also useful information.

Wooooo! I was useful!

Ludullu

daveywavey wrote: »

Wooooo! I was useful!

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