Incoming News on SIS Remodel

[Zygor]

Hey!

We know it's been quiet around here for a while,
sorry about that. :-(

However, stay tuned for an update on the status
of the Smart Injection System (SIS) remodel.

Look for that sometime tomorrow. Thanks for your
patience, we really do appreciate it a lot!

[chaos5061]

Thanks for the news Zygor. Can't wait to find out more about it. You going to do a video of the new system explaining things or just a post explaining it?

[Cartman]

I think we mods are awaiting the new SIS even more than the "normal" users

[truster]

well there are atleast a few "normal" users around that are awaiting it Thanks for the new zygor

[ZG Support 1]

Thanks for the news Zygor. Can't wait to find out more about it. You going to do a video of the new system explaining things or just a post explaining it?

Were going to have to let you be suprised with this one

[Skippyninja]

well there are atleast a few "normal" users around that are awaiting it Thanks for the new zygor

As an abnormal user, I too am looking forward to the new SIS.

[voltec]

I haven't had too many problems with the SIS but at times it has shown that it wasn't working properly... It's always good when Zygor comes out with an update cause we know that some bugs are getting squashed, at least that's the plan, right? lol

[pinghansen]

If you run a more or less vanilla char, the SIS works just fine.

If you also run dungeons or battlegrounds, or use heirlooms, the SIS will now and then skip certain key quests, making it impossible to complete the rest of the zone - unless you go back and do the key quests.

Another problem, is mutually exclusive bread-crumb quests, that utterly derail the questing, if you pick up those outside the guide, e.g. from the heroes' poster boards in the big cities.

It is neigh impossible to decipher all the interdependencies, phasing and mutual exclusions that came with Cataclysm, so the principle behind the new SIS is perhaps the only sensible solution to the problem.

I use heirlooms, always rest my toons so they gain extra XP (park in an inn or use /sleep before logging out), run a _lot_ of dungeons, often frequent the battlegrounds and pick up interesting quests on the side. You may have guessed that I'm looking forward to trying out the new SIS

[Kamchak]

Pinghansen, that was well composed and written. Thank you for the simple, elegant, and to-the-point post on the current state of the guide in comparison to what Bliz tossed to John et al with Cata.

[voltec]

Yea... I've had the occasional 'did the guide really just skip 3 quests?' moments and then back the guide up and go forward from there... but those have been minor for me. I can see why people that are heavily into randoms or have RAF or heirlooms on would quickly run into problems... but with the announcement on the new SIS system, it certainly sounds like things will go MUCH smoother after it's released...

[Skippyninja]

If you run a more or less vanilla char, the SIS works just fine.

If you also run dungeons or battlegrounds, or use heirlooms, the SIS will now and then skip certain key quests, making it impossible to complete the rest of the zone - unless you go back and do the key quests.

Another problem, is mutually exclusive bread-crumb quests, that utterly derail the questing, if you pick up those outside the guide, e.g. from the heroes' poster boards in the big cities.

It is neigh impossible to decipher all the interdependencies, phasing and mutual exclusions that came with Cataclysm, so the principle behind the new SIS is perhaps the only sensible solution to the problem.

I use heirlooms, always rest my toons so they gain extra XP (park in an inn or use /sleep before logging out), run a _lot_ of dungeons, often frequent the battlegrounds and pick up interesting quests on the side. You may have guessed that I'm looking forward to trying out the new SIS

Wait... /sleep allows you to gain rested just like you're in an inn?

[cabby]

No, /sleep doesn't allow you to gain rested XP.

[Skippyninja]

Oh, that got my hopes up for a sec.

[pinghansen]

No, /sleep doesn't allow you to gain rested XP.

Dang! I could have sworn that my chars had gained rest while I was logged out. I must be imagining things

[chaos5061]

Only if in a inn and you don't have to /sleep. Nice trolling though