alwzn4vr Wrote:Haha, glad to see you're paying attention. It's always fun to set impossible goals.
Anyway, the WoW example is a human effort not a programmatic one. I wanted to throw this out to see if either you or Paul thought it even feasible. That's why I attempted to stipulate strict time definitions and the assumption that items can be pre-purchased as hunting them would add another layer of complexity.
Maybe a different way to look at it is to split the quests into types first.
e.g. do all kill x of type y as the 'cost' of the quest is easy to calculate.
Then generate an ordered list of calculated cost for each quest group by type and starting NPC location. Since there is a significant cost associated with ship travel, any quest that crosses to another 'realm' and back is going to be at the bottom of the list anyway.
You should explain how the program in wow works before asking them so they get a better idea. Also didn't mean to derail your thread but I'm sure you're aware of that program which records the damage you delt, and that both these things should be considered made.
How the quest thing in Wow works is; It figures out which one is the quickest (statistically and realistically) quest to complete, points you in the direction, once you accept the quest shows you where to get the items, then when a new 'easy' quest pops up it will throw it in the timeline of which ones should be completed first.
You also have to remember World of warcraft is a serious game. There's a guild that accepts people who fit a very very specific criteria and must attend boss runs and such on time as if it were a job. These players are actually endorsed and paid apparently.