User talk:Follower of Light

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Could use some imput if your could

http://dragon-quest.org/wiki/Cursed_belt

In articles like that, I've tried to incorporate the image into that infobox. Basically ones like File:(insert image here) or Image:(insert image here), but nothing. Any ideas? Antiyonder (talk) 14:16, 14 April 2014 (CDT)

--It's the way the template is set up; you can adjust the spaces and change what goes where, but it won't effect how it's presented unfortunately. Whomever designed it wanted to keep the pictures and information separate, so it might be easier to select an alternative template instead. Wish I had more to say on the matter, but its just a design flaw.User:Follower_of_Light 15:25, 14 April 2014 (CDT)

Merchant rejoining in all versions?

Now, when you say that the merchant in Dragon Quest III rejoins in all versions, are you merely talking about all remakes? Cause I do know for sure that he/she remains jailed for the rest of the original NES version. Antiyonder (talk) 20:45, 28 May 2014 (CDT)

...I could have swarm that mustachio'd dolt rejoined in the nes version. My bad. But if you or anyone else finds a goof in one of my edits or thinks something is up, by all means feel free to change it. I know a lot of wikimedia is totalitarian about, well....everything, but this place is way more chill. We're like the Jimmy Buffet of Wikis that way. (Follower of Light (talk) 22:14, 30 May 2014 (CDT))

それはちょうど小さなことだ

うーん...私はバンダルよん

--50.136.149.237 22:11, 10 October 2014 (CDT)

Main Page Updates

I've added some news about the mobile releases on the main page. I've also unprotected that page, so you and others can make updates if you want to. I haven't done a good job of keeping things up to date recently, so feel free to go for it. If we end up having vandalism problems, we may have to work on an alternative. --FlyingRagnar (talk) 01:24, 6 December 2014 (CST)

German Wiki

Hi, thank you for your help. Please could you activate interwiki here? Thank you!! We have so much to do :) -- Lycon 08:48, 17 February 2015 (CST)

I've contacted flyingragnar about enabling the feature, so with any luck he'll do so shortly!(Follower of Light (talk) 11:22, 18 February 2015 (CST))

Thank you! -- Lycon 08:24, 20 February 2015 (CST)

Re: Great start

Salut! And thanks for welcoming me at the wiki. Thank you for liking the templates as well. Dragon Quest is one of my favorite games and would like to help out with modernizing the wiki. I want to give the entire wiki a great layout and make it feel very original along with its NIWA and SEIWA affiliates. If you would like to help out or have any ideas to share feel free, and if I need help I will tell you. By the way, thanks for stopping that random vandal from last week :). IceKidd ^{(Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk)} 15:23, 23 September 2015 (CDT)

Hmm... If you are talking about the content in the tabber, then I have an idea for it, but further... I do not know what you actually mean, sorry. For the monster infoboxes, I can probably fix that within one or two days (only if the codes can give me a chance to have what I want). So the monster infobox is not a problem. I will await what you actually mean about showing multiple versions of equipment lists, spells etc. because I see a tabber holding such content. Thanks. IceKidd ^{(Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk)} 09:36, 25 September 2015 (CDT)

Oh, like that. That's possible. IceKidd ^{(Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk)} 02:26, 1 October 2015 (CDT)

Royal Missive?

So I'm guessing this is what the Royal Scroll is called now? Does the Mobile version of Dragon Quest IV use that name now? Antiyonder (talk) 17:18, 5 October 2015 (CDT)

Will check IV when I get to that point. Here's the list of name changes for III http://www.woodus.com/den/games/dq3andios/namechanges.php Will fix more when I get an actual chance to edit again, probably just throw up a disambiguation page if it calls for it (Follower of Light (talk) 10:45, 6 October 2015 (CDT))

Regarding uploads...

Is there a page to provide a general request for uploads (One such example for DQ IV that you may not have unless you have access to the Japanese Playstation port and can read the language enough to play)? Antiyonder (talk) 21:36, 14 November 2015 (CST)

Unfortunately I've got no clue if such a method exists; what I've been doing is using the scanned guide books and ripping the images from those to fill in the gaps and make the items/equipment pages more in-line with VIII's. I know the assorted fan pages and tumblr accounts have some of the japanese-only images, so browsing around there might be your best bet. If you have any in particular you really want I can double check the Brady guides and see if it's in there for you (Follower of Light (talk) 14:41, 15 November 2015 (CST))

Well, I could at the very least benefit with the various images for IV's version of Immigrant Town and though I won't likely get to it until next year (I'm actually planning to do a playthrough of my brother's copy of VIII for the PS2 and make edits accordingly) the Fungeon, Vault of Vrenor (especially the added portion for the Lightning Staff) and the Pinnacle Chapel in relations to the DS port. If doable, it would be nice to have a more separate image for both Mamon and Mamon Mine as it is before & after the monster meeting in Diabolic Hall. Especially as the before image I have also includes the town, whereas I think it would be redundant if I had the appropriate pic for it. Antiyonder (talk) 19:30, 15 November 2015 (CST)

I don't think immigrant town artwork exists, not unless some was made for 7's remake. For the fungeon and vault, do you mean dungeon maps? If so I can rip the ones Brady made for you. For the Mamon issue we could just merge the pages; I mean they are directly connected after all. (Follower of Light (talk) 10:48, 16 November 2015 (CST))

Actually, I was going to just say that any images from the guide if any would do for Immigrant Town if they had an in-game rendering of the map if no official artwork is present. And yeah, the dungeon maps for Fungeon and Vault were what I was requesting, so cool. As for Mamon, I suggested it to FlyingRagner, but he suggested Mamon's town and mine remain separate. Antiyonder (talk) 13:48, 16 November 2015 (CST)

Just for an opinion on the side.

While I figured it relevant enough, my creating of the article for Captain N: The Game Master was pretty much an indulgence on my part. That said, how well together would you say it is (i.e. format, grammar)? Character section in particular was made to be similar to Itadaki Street' Character section. Antiyonder (talk) 19:30, 15 November 2015 (CST)

Yay

I'm not alone here anymore! - icysugarspike (talk) 13:17, 8 May 2016 (CDT)

I can't edit as frequently as I'd like, but I'm trying to help out with what I can. Thanks again for uploading all of those amazing equipment and item images--they're exactly what this place needed! Just remember to take breaks now and again so you don't get burned out!(Follower of Light (talk) 10:01, 11 May 2016 (CDT))

Addendum to what I said before: is there anything in particular you'd like some help with? Just let me know how I can pitch in and I'll give it my all (Follower of Light (talk) 17:41, 17 May 2016 (CDT))

I'm an obsessive type, so I don't get burned out (too much), but thanks for the concern. The scans in question come from the original Famicom guides for I-IV and the Super Famicom guide for V. Don't have VI yet, and the VIII enemy images I'm currently working on come from the VIII guide. I'll try and upload the cover images of them (the guides) sometime. Surely, they have a place here somewhere on this wiki. - icysugarspike (talk) 17:43, 20 May 2016 (CDT)
Computer's not booting up. Says something's wrong with the startup disk. Still here, just won't be uploading anything for a while. This came in the mail, too, which makes it more frustrating. - icysugarspike (talk) 07:54, 25 May 2016 (CDT)

That's a major bummer, but congratulations for such a sweet find! Consider this your vacation period, ha ha. (Follower of Light (talk) 23:59, 31 May 2016 (CDT))

Apparently, there's a certain site you don't much care for

Ummm, so you're just leaving these pages blank? - icysugarspike (talk) 10:19, 3 June 2016 (CDT)

Shouldn't you delete them? - icysugarspike (talk) 10:22, 3 June 2016 (CDT)

I'm not a member of the moderation, so deleting articles is beyond me at the moment. As for tumblr, you're absolutely right =P (Follower of Light (talk) 10:26, 3 June 2016 (CDT))

Ha. Half the time, those lazy bastards are stealing the art I've been uploading, but this is the chance anyone takes, eh? - icysugarspike (talk) 10:29, 3 June 2016 (CDT)

BTW, it wasn't really Tumblr I was hinting at in the headline of this chat. - icysugarspike (talk) 10:44, 3 June 2016 (CDT)

The Den is a fine resource and Woodus himself is a capital bro, but the inhabitants of the forum have the unfortunate tendency to make NeoGaf and Gamefaqs users look well cultured, civilized, and perfectly rational.(Follower of Light (talk) 11:57, 9 June 2016 (CDT))

Hahaha. - icysugarspike (talk) 07:03, 10 June 2016 (CDT)

The Essential Guide to Blowing A Series of Arteries

I wrote the book. - icysugarspike (talk) 08:35, 27 June 2016 (CDT)

Ok Rowsdower, just make sure you don't explode all over the servers.(Follower of Light (talk) 13:07, 10 July 2016 (CDT))

About Consolidating

I think it's a good idea. However, I think that bosses (or mini-bosses) merit their own page still (Abominable Showman, etc.). I believe this consolidation would go a long way in differentiating us from "that other wiki". We each have things to contribute to each other that the Other Wiki doesn't have.

Here's an example of probably the way it should be (redirecting all palette swap monsters to the original monster they are "inspired by"):

Powie yowie

• Descriptive line.
• appearances in each game.
• sub-headings:
  • Sweaty yeti
  • sasquash
  • see also: abominable showman
    

etc.
Also, include all official art within their sections (or at the bottom in a gallery ?)

The only problem might be, if someone is cross-referencing a certain monster by categorization (at the bottom of each entry's page), they might still arrive at the page in question, but to find out where and in what game this certain monster appeared, things might get a tad confusing. Maybe not. - icysugarspike (talk) 10:33, 20 July 2016 (CDT)

Makes sense to me, but if a pallet swap gains significance on its own it deserves its own page. Liquid Metal Slimes are more popular than Bubble Slimes, for example, so it wouldn't work out if they were included in the latter's page. I'll experiment with a She-Slime sub-heading in the Slime page, and if that format looks good I can go from there. Feel free to change a few things around while I'm doing this until a set order is established though, and that goes for anyone reading this paragraph as well. Also, I'd like to try and consolidate shared names as well, like I had done with the Prestidialligator. For monsters that previously shared names, such as the quadrupedal and bipedal dragons, I can toss up a disambiguation page.(Follower of Light (talk) 12:34, 23 July 2016 (CDT))

Yikes, I'm not...the manager. No, no, thank you. I've been down that road before (a couple of times). Anyway, go with the original base monsters (if you're sure that's what it is), then the most prominent (as the case might be). - icysugarspike (talk) 13:55, 25 August 2016 (CDT)

Please help

At first, I thought perhaps this was Rubiss, but she is in human form in this game, is she not? The image in question. They are being terrorized (?) by some water goddess? Help, please! - icysugarspike (talk) 10:48, 18 August 2016 (CDT)

I believe this is the ghost of Olivia keeping the party from passing the strait at the prison shrine. The j-wiki is temporarily down, but once it's up I'll double check. I've actually found no illustrations of Rubiss aside from the cover to her lite novel, so I'm inclinded to think it's another ethereal lass.(Follower of Light (talk) 11:17, 18 August 2016 (CDT))

This makes much sense. It's the only thing it could be. Thanks! - icysugarspike (talk) 11:22, 18 August 2016 (CDT)

Any time mate. Half the fun of working on this wiki is deciphering older pictures as if they were hieroglyphics(Follower of Light (talk) 10:18, 19 August 2016 (CDT))