User:Happypal/Item Anatomy


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Composition
The items in Pandora, be they Shields, COMs Grenades or Weapons all follow the same basic composition. They are all made of a collection of "Parts", each individual part having specific traits that shape the item. These "Parts" may represent actual finite physical entities ("Barrel"), broader physical characteristics ("Material"), or even abstract notion ("Title").

Manufacturer

 * Main article Manufacturers

When an item spawns in borderlands, the first thing that "Gearbot" chooses is a random manufacturer. The manufacturer will define restriction or obligations on the subsequent parts of the item.

Standard Parts
Then, Gearbot generates the rest of the parts for the item randomly (with a weighted random generator). For weapons, these are the Barrel, Body, Scope, Stock or Magazine.

Material

 * Main article Material Grade

The "Material" is a very important part of all items, and each material is tied to a manufacturer, and is. It is also responsible for the color scheme of items.

Title and Prefix

 * Main article Title and Prefix

The last part that is generated is the "Title" and the "Prefix". These are conditional parts that are chosen depending on the item's traits, and by priority scheme.

Many factors can come into how Gearbot choose the Prefix or Title. Each part or trait of an item can potentially bestow their own Prefix or Title, in particular:
 * Material: This can potentially bestow a "Manufacturer Material Grade" prefix
 * Elemental: This can potentially bestow an Elemental Prefix
 * Specific part or accessory: This can unlock particular Prefixes or Titles
 * General Traits: Some Prefixes and Titles have requirements to become eligible

Note that the Title and Prefix parts can modify the item's traits.


 * See also
 * weapons by prefix
 * weapons by title

Naming
Once an item is generated, it becomes named. There are many different parts in a named. For example:

Torgue Ultimate AR590 Glorious Massacre

Manufacturer

 * Main article Manufacturers

This is nothing more than the manufacturer of the item.

Manufacturer Tier

 * Main article Weapons by prefix

This is a simple qualifier to the item. It depends on both the manufacturer and the item's level. This is actually a "hidden" field that is only visible when an item is picked up ("You have picked up ..."), or when sorting items by manufacturer in an inventory.

Note that this is NOT a prefix.

Item Code

 * Main article Weapons by prefix

The item code is a generated alpha-numeric code. The code is generate depending on certain parts of the item. This code serves no real purpose, but can be used by expert eyes to identify in more details parts that can't be told apart by the naked eye (Revolver/Shotgun stocks, shield body types...)

Note that this is NOT a prefix

Prefix

 * Main article Prefix

The "Prefix" is the left hand part of a name. Is is directly defined by the "Prefix" part.
 * See also weapons by prefix

Prefix

 * Main article Title

The "Title" is the right hand part of a name. Is is directly defined by the "Prefix" part.
 * See also weapons by title