Messages and Battle logs

[Tim]

As you may have guessed, I'm working on some changes to the messages and battle logs. I was debating about some things, and decided to ask you guys for your input. After all, you're the ones that use them.

• Messages: Are 50 saved messages enough? I'm not asking if more would be better, as that'd always be the case. I don't really want to add more, but it's needed I can.
  
• Defense Logs: I'm planning to change what gets displayed here. Hoping to give you guys more information on what happened in the battles so you can adjust your chars accordingly. It's good to know if you win or lose, but it would be more helpful to know WHY you won/lost. However, short of displaying the whole battle again, I'm not sure what information you guys would find useful. Thoughts?
  
• Attack Logs & Explore Logs: I'm debating about adding these in. They would contain the same info as the defense logs, only for the duels you start and the NPC battles you're in. Part of me says "well, you get to watch those battles play out, so you should know what happened", while the rest of me says "it'd be nice to be able to go back and look and see how you've done recently, or if you've noticably improved against certain opponents." I'll leave it up to you guys. If it's something you think you'd use, let me know. If you honestly don't see yourself using it, I'll spend my time adding things that are more worth the effort.

Go Team!

[almordre]

for messages - 50 works for me, but I don't chat a whole lot. I'm guessing most folks could use a few more.

for defense log, I'd like to see a turn count breakdown - did I last the full 12-count, was I dead in two hits, did I only get to attack for one out of the 12 turns, etc. It might be handy to know a damage breakdown - straight damage, poison, and taint for both sides - maybe just total dealt, to keep it short?

for the others: I can see this being useful for comparing progress, 'cause I can never remember what happened last time I attacked so-and-so. I think I'd be more likely to use the duel info than the explore info.

Maybe a combined "Log" page that showed the last 25 attacks in one column and defends in another?

[Crom Cruach]

Messages: Unnecessary.

Defense Logs: Impossible.
Knowing the opponent's starting health is enough information to understand battle turnouts when there's a big gap in levels between you and your opponent. But in every other case, I think that it's impossible to understand why you won/lost without looking at the whole battle.

Attack Logs & Explore Logs: Unnecessary.