Change the Blood of Life descrption

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Kaja Rainbow
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Change the Blood of Life descrption

#1 Post by Kaja Rainbow »

Right now, a fairly common source of newbie confusion is the Blood of Life's description, which states that it will save your life, but doesn't state that it only does this if you drink it. This is a question I see very frequently on chat, sometimes right after they die with a Blood of Life in their inventory because they assumed they had to hang on to it like a talisman.

I think the description should be changed to make some mention of drinking it (something like something about how those that drink of this will be saved, though I leave the exact phrasing up to your judgement). That would help clear up the confusion.

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Re: Change the Blood of Life descrption

#2 Post by Grey »

Here's a suggested new description for it:

This vial of blood was drawn from an ancient race in the Age of Haze. Some of the power and vitality of those early days of the world still flows through it. "Drink me, mortal," the red liquid seems to whisper in your thoughts. "I will bring you light beyond darkness. Those who taste my essence fear not the death of flesh. Drink me, mortal, if you value your life..."
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Re: Change the Blood of Life descrption

#3 Post by HousePet »

Wouldn't someone else have drunk it by now if it whispers at people?
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#4 Post by Grey »

The "why has no one else drunk it" thing makes no sense regardless ;)
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Re: Change the Blood of Life descrption

#5 Post by Mewtarthio »

HousePet wrote:Wouldn't someone else have drunk it by now if it whispers at people?
Most people are too smart to just chug down a bottle of blood lying on the floor, no matter how politely it asks them too.

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Re: Change the Blood of Life descrption

#6 Post by Flow »

If a bottle whispers at me I know I've drank enough.

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Re: Change the Blood of Life descrption

#7 Post by Hachem_Muche »

It seems pretty obvious to me what it does:
The on use description:
It can be used to quaff the Blood of Life to grant an extra life.
The lore description:
The Blood of Life! It can let a living being resurrect in case of an untimely demise. But only once!
To be more clear, the on use description could be changed to:
It can be used to permanently infuse the imbiber with additional life energies that will reverse one death.
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Re: Change the Blood of Life descrption

#8 Post by Kaja Rainbow »

It seems pretty obvious to you, yeah, but have you seen how often newbies ask about this item on chat?

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Re: Change the Blood of Life descrption

#9 Post by Mewtarthio »

Grey's new text has already been implemented in SVN.

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Re: Change the Blood of Life descrption

#10 Post by HousePet »

But newbies always ask silly things on the chat.
They are scared to try anything themselves.
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Re: Change the Blood of Life descrption

#11 Post by wobbly »

On a related issue can we have it not automatically go into the transmog chest (like the sandworm heart) to avoid some unfortunate mishaps.

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