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All this sketching for the Explorer's Free Season event reminded me of this idea we had a while back. The other journals seem to be a nice incentive for people to go running around using a bunch of skills, and Sketching is so seldom used, and of no use outside Exploration, so why not give it one? Like the other journals, a picture of the sketched subject would be saved to it (so no need to hoard the actual sketches) and a star rating given depending on a number of factors, including sketching from the proper angle (no more sketches of critters' butts, or of a statue from the backside!) or in the proper light (most would require daylight, glowy thingies would require it be when they light up).
I suggest there would actually be TWO Sketching journals: one for animals and monsters, and another for ruins and structures. The animal sketch journal would rank the subjects depending on danger and rarity, so an aardvark might be rF or even Novice, while a rare Raid Boss would be r1. The structures journal would rank by how hard to find a structure is, and any special effects that might apply to it, so a simple stonehead outside Filia would be rF, while the infamous Glowing Twin Sword Statue sketch would be at least r2. Doing the collecting while also doing the associated Exploration Quest would be a nice combo for doing the activity,as you'd get a journal entry filled AND some gold and Exploration XP.
I do realize these journals potentially have a huge number of entries, but that would only add to the challenge of completing them!
I believe adding these journals would revive interest in the far off places in Iria and the Exploration skills, give bored but objective-driven people a lot of work to get busy with, and also revive interest in the more rare raid bosses (like the Giant Croc) and artifacts (like the Glowing Twin Sword Statue), adding more "content" to the game without actually having to add any (tho I do realize coding in these two journals is probably one heck of a programming job XD)
What's really bothering me about the auction board is why some items can't even be listed in the first place. I had been sitting on a hoard of oriental weapons just for this addition, only to find out the tanto, wakizashi and katana cannot be listed for some reason. Anyone got any idea why?!
ALL named NPCs currently missing artwork should get it, regardless of whether we can interact meaningfully with them or not. It makes the game feel incomplete to go to Cobh or Belvast and find only some NPCs have it.
