Talk:Status Icon Reference Guide

Uploading New Status Icons

Get them from this image: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1178264/iconlist_state.png and add them to the page. Deora has them all nicely cropped out here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1178264/iconlist_state.zip --Asterelle 18:01, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Too Skill focused?

Honestly the majority of skills in the game have some component that is a debuff / stun / buff / dot so by the time you list all the durations / intensities for each you have to write pretty much every skill in the game. That kinda makes it like a skill guide rather than a buff guide... whether something is a squad buff for example is from the skill used not the buff you get.

Going forward, I think all of the over-time effects with a 3 second tick can be stacked multiple times (IH, Bleed, Poison, MP replenish from demon IH) while none of the other buffs can be stacked with themselves.

Also some buffs have the same effect and the same icon but are treated by the game as seperate buffs (often with slightly different hover descriptions). This allows them to stack like the phys attack buff from barb buff and the phys attack buff from Red bubble / Demon spark.
Asterelle 18:01, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Well, my idea for making this guide, which I've actually had for about five months now, was to create a guide which would let people get a bit more information about the status icons they see caused by other players. This way they could have some idea what they mean when working with or against other players in combat, plus have an idea about what the mob versions of those icons mean. This way they can find out, for example, if icon X comes from class Y then it is most likely having effect Z. Yes, it makes things a bit more complex to list, but I think the benefits are worth it. Still, this only covers the skills that have some lasting effect, which is just a fraction of a full skill list.

In any case, I'd like to thank you for starting this article. I'm much better at improving pages and fixing things than I am at starting them or writing them on my own, so this gave me the kick in the pants I needed to get the information I've been collecting up here in the wiki. So, thanks, Asterelle.  :-) -- Sangodoc - PWI wiki mod (talk) 02:55, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

comments

Heal over time effects can be stacked as many times as it is possible to overlap the heals (with - channeling and such)

also the Strenght of titans buff icon is also used for spark eruption for melee classes (sin, barb, bm, archer, venomancer) i dont know who keeps on removing that when i add it
Furryfury 00:34, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Technically those are 2 different buffs that share the same icon. The spark erupt buff never overwrites strength of the titans. I think they have different buff descriptions as well if you hover over them.Asterelle 04:41, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, that's why I've been removing it. Even though it uses the same icon, it should be listed separately. -- Sangodoc - PWI wiki mod (talk) 06:19, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

if the icons have already been uploaded to the wiki site you should put them at the bottom so i can add them to the skills. Furryfury 19:48, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

I have all of the icons as one image, but I haven't broken it up into separate images yet. I've been collecting screenshots of the official in-game descriptions for the various status icons for a while now, so that I could make a full listing of them. I don't have names or descriptions for some of them, so I was planning on doing it when my list was a bit more complete, but I guess I can make those files, upload them, and add them to the "Unknown Icons" section tomorrow, since I'll have some free time then. -- Sangodoc - PWI wiki mod (talk) 02:45, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

When you do that can you add a link to this page from the Home Page. I would do it myself but the page is locked
Furryfury 00:25, 7 October 2010 (UTC)