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All of the latest Mists of Pandaria newsPatch 3.3 PTR: New UI function lists completed quests
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Oct 19th 2009 at 2:00PM
- NEW - QueryQuestsCompleted() requests that the server send the client a list of completed quest ids. Once the list is received the QUEST_QUERY_COMPLETE event is fired. (There is a limit on how frequently this can be called)
- NEW - tbl = GetQuestsCompleted([tbl]) populates a table (creating one if necessary) with the ids of completed quests.
That's right, you can now get a list of every quest your character has completed. Testers on the MMO Champion forums report that it's only the quest IDs themselves that get sent, but addons such as Lightheaded and Questhelper, one would assume, can probably take care of the rest as long as they get those quest IDs.
The ability to recall completed quests should be a good boon to mod makers and questers. Those looking to grab Loremaster will appreciate being able to figure out where to head next, and those that have had a handful of quests left for the title and no idea where to find them will finally find some relief. Here's to all the mod authors already working hard on using these new commands to get us squared away in Patch 3.3. Many a Loremaster will owe you a debt come Cataclysm.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, News items, Quests, Achievements
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 4)
PeeWee Oct 19th 2009 2:22PM
I'd love to see people do the raid achs without them. Addons, that is. Even a task such as buffing up a 25-raid with three paladins and no PallyPower/ZOMGBuffs, that'd be a sight. XD
And to the default replies such as "I do that all the time", well Kudos to you, form a line over there. Yes, by that sign that says "Yay".
regisfrost Oct 19th 2009 2:46PM
"I'd love to see people do the raid achs without them. Addons, that is. Even a task such as buffing up a 25-raid with three paladins and no PallyPower/ZOMGBuffs, that'd be a sight. XD"
Molten Core. 40 people. 10 minute blessings.
You had to start over by the time you was done.
Scott Oct 19th 2009 2:53PM
10 minute blessings? I remember when it was five in MC. Those were....fun....times.
Nazgûl Oct 19th 2009 2:17PM
About damned time.
peagle Oct 19th 2009 2:17PM
This marks the end of an era, that era being "which OOX-09/HL OOX-17/TN OOX-22/FE quest haven't i done?!?!"
Sylargrey Oct 19th 2009 2:20PM
If you ask nicely (though technically its against policies) a GM WILL tell you which ones of those you have completed. One did it for me and 3 other guildies :) Just be real polite about it and they don't mind at all!
Deadly. Off. Topic. Oct 19th 2009 4:15PM
Oh geez, and here I was thinking I'd never get them done for that pet because I can't remember which one I did on what alt.
Namus Oct 19th 2009 5:38PM
Actually there is a thread in the official forums where you can ask which of the OOX quests are you missing.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=18315581193&sid=1&pageNo=1
(cutaia) Oct 19th 2009 2:18PM
I don't care either way for myself because I don't use mods and I'm almost done with Loremaster anyway.
But...this kind of takes the seeking out of The Seeker, eh? :D
PeeWee Oct 19th 2009 2:23PM
/who cares
0 players total
(cutaia) Oct 19th 2009 8:19PM
Not a lot of fans of puns around here, eh?
Sky Oct 19th 2009 11:49PM
no were just not fans of Canadians.... EH?
Quidamtyra Oct 19th 2009 2:19PM
I'm glad they are implenting something like this, it will drastically cut down on the whining =p
I will take great pride in the fact that if someone cares and looks at my achievements, they will see the date which I completed Loremaster, that's good enough for me =)
D-back Oct 19th 2009 2:20PM
So does this mean I can do this check and it will tell me which egg I still have to get for those robot chicken quests?
I would like to try to get that pet without having to pay like 5000g...
Truffled Oct 19th 2009 2:46PM
For a while there was a thread on the forums. I don't even remember what section, that you could post in and a blue would come in and tell you which of the three you had done, if any. It was awesome. It helped me finish it on my main, who had started it years ago.
Kyol Oct 19th 2009 2:23PM
Hrm. Now I have to ask myself whether or not I finish up the loose ends in my questlog so I can go back to doing dailies for cash and rep, or if I grind out the last few zones of TourGuide anyway. Still good to know - I'm down to about a hundred in each before I get the old quests done, and it's still worthwhile to do. I never hit 60 before TBC, so most of the vanilla lore is lost on me, so it's still nice to start doing the Strat quests to understand the story better.
Aaron Oct 19th 2009 2:23PM
This is awesome! I quest for rep and a ton of those grinds are chains. It's going to be wonderful pin pointing what I've done and what I haven't. Carbonite kinda kept up with quest by greying them out as I completed them... then at lvl 71 I transferred to be with some RL friend and I didn't even think to import that profile before making my way to 80. Doh.
Banthis Oct 19th 2009 2:43PM
Assuming you have a mod to process this already, you can get the data to live right now.
For example, if you use EveryQuest and CompletedQuests (available from wowinterface.com) you can get all your quests into EveryQuest on the PTR, then copy the EveryQuest.lua file from your saved variables over to your live install.
Jon Do Oct 19th 2009 2:48PM
Wow.
Hi-tech.
Next thing you know, Blizzard will announce that it can count Emblems, too.
traptinacivicsi Oct 19th 2009 3:55PM
...what?