Crinn.7864 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Can we get all of the old patch notes put up on the new forum? For referencing purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch.1794 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 They're already archived in the wiki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArenaNet Staff Gaile Gray.6029 Posted September 16, 2017 ArenaNet Staff Share Posted September 16, 2017 Thanks for pointing that out, Stitch. Yes, you can find a full archive of all build notes on the GW2 Wiki, thanks to our amazing Wiki Community! <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinn.7864 Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 @Gaile Gray.6029 said:Thanks for pointing that out, Stitch. Yes, you can find a full archive of all build notes on the GW2 Wiki, thanks to our amazing Wiki Community! <3 right but I always found the forums notes easy to go through (due to being more condensed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 One of the posters here said he/she already archived (or is in the process of) all the Dev posts, so that would include the old Patch Notes. You can probably find them with the Wayback Machine.Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArenaNet Staff Gaile Gray.6029 Posted September 16, 2017 ArenaNet Staff Share Posted September 16, 2017 Oh you mean the two systems -- Wiki and forums -- use different formatting? That's true. The forum presentation is based on our creating a thread for each update, then adding a new post within that thread when something changes: a bug fix, the temporary disabling of content to address an issue, that sort of thing. That will grow here on the new forums with time, of course.On the Wiki, they build a page for a full month, like this page for August 2017.There is a difference in presentation, but some folks prefer the Wiki format because it's sort of "one-stop shopping" where you can see everything that happened in a given month on one page where others like a thread for each major update, with posts within it for the smaller updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Lana.2506 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Personally I much prefer the forum layout to the wiki layout, and would also like to see the patch notes also being migrated here.For me, if I'm looking for one particular patch I won't be willing to go through a whole month's worth of patches to find what I'm after. If you forget the wording of what you're after, even Ctrl+F can't help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinn.7864 Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 I find the dev patchnotes easier to go through because the first post is the one with the meat in it. Whereas the wiki requires scrolling through six yards of "fixed a server crash" before reaching anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 If you know the date of the patch, the Wiki provides a page for each update/release separately, as well; it's not just in 'whole month' format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crescendo Forte.4821 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said:If you know the date of the patch, the Wiki provides a page for each update/release separately, as well; it's not just in 'whole month' format.Example:The massive patchnotes from the August 8th patch.Note that they have useful links directing you to skill pages, trait pages, reward track pages, new vendors, updated vendors, new black lion items, etc.Pros of using Wiki Patch Notes:Click-through linking to add extra contextUpdated usually within 5 minutes of the main forum patch notes, and it's not getting hugged to death by everyone checking it.Undocumented changes are listed at the bottom of major releases. (Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes section)For example, if we use the August 8th patch notes, we find that Wiki users documented the new launcher, the expanded maps, the catmander system, the addition of repeatable Hero Challenges, and other minor changes. Cons of using Wiki Patch NotesIt takes time for large-scale patch-notes to be fully linked (though generally less than a day)It comes out after main forum patch notesYou may have to scroll down through some minor updates if you don't know the day you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greener.6204 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said:If you know the date of the patch, the Wiki provides a page for each update/release separately, as well; it's not just in 'whole month' format.Actually the wiki offers updates in three different ways:Individually - August 24thMost recent - Game updatesMonthly - August, 2017 (And yes, that did remind me to create the September, 2017 page)For even more fun, you can swim through the categories, though I hear that's passé. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Indeed. I was just informing those that did not prefer the 'whole month' format, that there was a single patch format as with the forum. Though, to be truthful, the forum doesn't really do a single patch format, either. Just a single major patch format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greener.6204 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Ah, gotcha. There was a discussion about changing the format to be closer to the old forums where the notes were based off of major patches. There was no one both smart enough to know how or crazy enough to take on that challenge. Too many years of one format with too much subsequent code relying on it in that format.There are definite advantages to the forums showing things in chronological order with the biggest patches on top. The wiki's in reverse chronological :(. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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