I seem to be doing something wrong. I type things like the following:

areas 1 5

areas 5 10

areas

And I get the same answer no matter what - the entire list of areas.

How do I get a smaller list, specific to newbies?

If I type, 'areas 1 5' I get a list of probably 30 areas, all of which have level range in what you're looking for. I'm not sure why it would be giving you the entire list of areas.

I think most helpful for newbies is 'help newbie3' which gives a good listing of basic newbie levelling areas and some directions on how to find most of them. Try that out. If you have further questions beyond that, ask on the newbie channel or here. I, naturally, recommend the Seaport of Hamsah for levels 1-10. ;)

It would show you areas that fell within those parameters, not areas that included them.

>It would show you areas that fell within those parameters,
>not areas that included them.


Yup. You hit the nail on the head. Otherwise, why include the higher parameter? If I say - areas 1 5 - and I get a list of areas good for 1 to 30 - what did the "5" accomplish? I understand what the lesser digit "1" accomplished and I see the value of showing more areas as opposed to less, I just don't understand the significance of the "5" in the syntax employed.

>>It would show you areas that fell within those parameters,
>>not areas that included them.

All of those areas have at least one end of their range within your parameters. If you limited it to areas that fell between both of your parameters, how would you see a great lower level ranking area that also worked well for higher level ranking?

Yup. You hit the nail on the head. Otherwise, why include the higher parameter? If I say - areas 1 5 - and I get a list of areas good for 1 to 30 - what did the "5" accomplish? I understand what the lesser digit "1" accomplished and I see the value of showing more areas as opposed to less, I just don't understand the significance of the "5" in the syntax employed.

Say there is an area that's good for levels 5 to 15; that area will show up if you type in 'areas 1 5'. It won't show up if you type in 'areas 1 4'. That's what your upper-limit accomplished - it brought in the areas that have a lower lower-limit.

Kastellyn the Devourer of Magic, Lord of Legends

>Say there is an area that's good for levels 5 to 15; that area
>will show up if you type in 'areas 1 5'. It won't show up if
>you type in 'areas 1 4'. That's what your upper-limit
>accomplished - it brought in the areas that have a lower
>lower-limit.


OK. Thanks! So both parameters are employed to filter the lower bound. The upper bound remains unfiltered. Makes sense now. I appreciate the explanation.

Actually, no, it does filtering on the upper bound as well - it makes sure the upper bound is bigger than the smaller of the two parameters. So if you enter 'areas 20 30', the area that is good for levels 15-25, will make it into the list, but the area that is good for levels 5-15 won't.

It basically returns the areas whose level ranges intersect with the level range specified by the parameters you enter.

I think you can only use "area 5" or "area 10"

Or you can use "area newbie" which bring everything between 1 and 10 I think...