C3G Books of Index

[Zakizzryn]

Originally Posted by tcglkn

Updated through The Darkness (including Armadillo which was never linked here by [MENTION=46652]Zakizzryn[/MENTION]...)

My Bad.

[Zakizzryn]

The Book of Armadillo

[isherlock99]

So, what's the plan regarding PEC 34? Deadpool (III), Bungalow (Exterior), Propane Tank, and Jimmy Woo are more or less a given. If we wanted to save D.Va for later, we could substitute in either The Darkness or Armadillo. If so, which one?

[tcglkn]

I’ve been thinking about just dropping the arbitrary grouping of public designs and just numbering them each and using the “booster name” as the release name.

[isherlock99]

I'm not sure I like that idea. In part because of sheer quantity. We have over 170 public exclusives, a fair amount of which only really make sense to release as a group (Prime examples including, but not limited to, the Royal Flush Gang and the Trees of Life & Death/Uprooted Tree). Grouping them into sets of 5 makes them feel more... digestible, for lack of a better word. I feel single releases would quickly become confusing and untenable. Especially for those trying to keep track of releases over time. (ie people who don't check the site/index often and/or who only get notified via the newsletter/promo dept, neither of which include any info on public exclusive designs)

I think we would run into long-term issues if the public exclusives weren't grouped.

[tcglkn]

What long term issues? It’s just a word on the sortable index and at the top of the thread. Things could still be grouped if it made sense.

[isherlock99]

I don't 100% know. Part of it is a gut feeling, part of it isn't. Having a single-figure release just feels bad to me and it's difficult for me to put into words why that is. Especially at the sporadic rate public designs come out. What in particular do you feel doesn't work about the current way PECs are released?

[IAmBatman]

If anything, I'd drop the single booster names. I think both having a name for the individual card's release and the group release is way too many names. I'd rather do a name for every five designs that finish than for every design that finishes, plus another name when there's a group of five.

[isherlock99]

I totally agree on that. Especially since the "by release" section is no more. The only other place to find the single booster name for PECs is the sortable index. Feels like too much effort to have the single booster names for them if you can only find that info in one place. The set release names are good enough in my book.

[tcglkn]

My point is that without the by release section there is no reason to group them, so I would drop the grouped names and just have the release name for each Public Design in the OP of their thread with the appropriate number.

[IAmBatman]

Without the by release section, what's the reason to give them release names?

[tcglkn]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Without the by release section, what's the reason to give them release names?

For their threads and the Sortable Index.