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nickedoff
21-06-2008, 15:10
Can someone _please_ take off the "the following search terms were too common/made up of not enough letters" deal with the search feature?

It's basically useless - do you realize how many three letter acronyms (CoA for instance) and names there are for this game, not to mention _many_ other words I can't search, like "5/5" (as in the case of a rainbow facet).

There's also the need for an "exact" search option. If I search "lawbringer dimensional blade", I find results for lawbringer, dimensional, and blade. That wouldn't be too bad, except in the case of "blade", which could mean a million different things...but what if I searched for "fire sorceress guide"? I get information about fire (which would be the skill set, elemental damage, resistance, slang for using a skill...who knows?), sorceresses (maybe the most common class in this game) and guides (of which there are many, only a few of which deal with fire sorceresses.) In fact, the first fire sorceress guide (if you count hydra as a typical fire sorceress skill) is 17 threads down in the list. With the option that shows the most relevant threads first, there's not even a fire sorceress guide in the first, second, or third pages, unless you count meteorb as fire - and I wouldn't. I suppose you could try to refine your search by typing "PVP fire sorceress guide"...oh, no, you can't, because of the three letter thing.

ffejrxx
21-06-2008, 16:35
use google for searching this site

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=site:http://forums.diabloii.net+searchstring

lionheartthebrave
21-06-2008, 18:55
Use Thyiad's abbreviations page for stuff like CoA

Perhaps visit the sorc forum for firesorc guides?

Google is also very useful, as ff said just add site: forums.diabloii.net to whatever you want to search for

Gorny
21-06-2008, 19:19
Can someone _please_ take off the "the following search terms were too common/made up of not enough letters" deal with the search feature?

It's basically useless - do you realize how many three letter acronyms (CoA for instance) and names there are for this game, not to mention _many_ other words I can't search, like "5/5" (as in the case of a rainbow facet).



I don't think it's possible - it's hard coded into VBulletin.

Thyiad
21-06-2008, 19:20
Check my tips for Google half way down this post
http://forums.diabloii.net/showpost.php?p=6514921&postcount=14

nickedoff
21-06-2008, 20:32
Use Thyiad's abbreviations page for stuff like CoA

Perhaps visit the sorc forum for firesorc guides?
I don't understand how an abbreviation page would help me here :\

and the fire sorceress guide was only an example. I know where to find guides, but new players (or forum users) don't.


Google sounds nice, but what's the point of the search feature if we just end up using google?

Elly
22-06-2008, 23:43
You want to be able to search for lawbringer dimensional blade, have only instances of the entire phrase returned?

nickedoff
22-06-2008, 23:49
You want to be able to search for lawbringer dimensional blade, have only instances of the entire phrase returned?
Yes, sort of like the "in quotes" thing with google.