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11-09-12, 02:47 PM   #31
Nimhfree
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This comment is targeted to quest information in general, and not to Carbonite specifically as I do not know much, if anything, about Carbonite and its quest information.

Blizzard provides some information about quest POI information through its quest tracker. Of course this is limted to quests that are currently in the quest log. However, it does not provide any information to the user about where a turn-in is located until the quest is ready to turn in, nor relationships between any quests. For the vast majority of quests, Blizzard will provide no indication that a quest giver is present and ready to give a quest until one is close enough to see the tell-tale markers on the minimap.

Even with the POI information Blizzard provides, there is no sense of order. One could easily decide to do things in alphabetical order and go back and forth over the same terrain multiple times. However, with proper ordering, quests can be finished using the most efficient routes.

Therefore, if any of the above information (and other pieces of information Blizzard does not provide, or at least conveniently provide) is desired, a quest database needs to exist.