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...apparently I need to include a sarcasm tag. I'll remember this for future conversations.|
Originally Posted by PennyPA
You brought it up...backpedaling now?
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Originally Posted by PennyPA
The expectation is that the OP would spend some time thinking about what they are going to post. You could have 1, 100, 1000, or 10000 posts, but you are still expected to put some effort in your posts like using the Search function.
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Originally Posted by PennyPA
You want the devs to all hover around Posi's screen and go "WOW! WHAT AN AWESOME IDEA! Why didn't any of us in our collective gaming experience think of that?" Yet, you put no data (you claim to be aware of the numbers but won't post any specifics) or take into account other discussions (that whole viewpoint thingy again).
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I 'post no data' on confirmation bias because I'm quite unsure people would be able to relate it to noticing misses more. The actual number of misses is irrelevant, the problem is the remembering, The fix is to offer token damage instead of a miss.
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Originally Posted by PennyPA
Yet you expect the devs to make some change to a game that doesn't even exist yet.
Yeah, you don't post a lot, but could you have like skipped one mission in the game and spent a few minutes looking up information and preparing for such a game-breaking modification in hitting mobs? |
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Yup, as expected, backpedaling. It wasn't me really...|
Originally Posted by Cayenne
...apparently I need to include a sarcasm tag. I'll remember this for future conversations.
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My post had the result I desired, aside from the ad hominem attacks. I really don't care about anything else. I wanted my post to be within their database. I have no idea if they'll ever search it, but now it's capable of being searched, when before it was not. |
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| I 'post no data' on confirmation bias because I'm quite unsure people would be able to relate it to noticing misses more. The actual number of misses is irrelevant, the problem is the remembering, The fix is to offer token damage instead of a miss. |
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| This pair of sentences... you realize that you've just complained that the game doesn't exist yet, and then decided that nonetheless my suggestion would break it? |
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| I know they won't change the mechanics now, that was never really an option... but perhaps a dev will read this thread, and CoH2 will make different choices? I want the idea to be easily available to a dev, on the off chance it makes a difference in the future. |
And the second is to the OP:
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Originally Posted by PennyPA
If the problem is remembering, then what can some lines in code do about that? You didn't bother to take into account that: 1) you can really miss - these are even con mobs with super powers too; 2) it doesn't happen that often unless you know, provide numbers; 3) it was pointed out to you that even in the comics, you can miss.
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Originally Posted by PennyPA
You didn't say another game in OP. Since there is no other game, you mean this one or would you like to backpedal some more?
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For instance, I now know that if I started a thread asking for certain powers to remove the to-hit cap, that you and several other people would categorically deny that there is even a problem. That's fine, as it saves me the effort. I also now know that if and when I start another new thread, I should either confine myself to truly trivial suggestions, or be prepared for a rather high amount of vitriol, up to and including someone accusing me of slaughtering half the characters on the game. Also, as I mentioned earlier, there were a couple of posts about how a grazing mechanic might work that were truly useful.
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As an aside, I find the mental imagery you're using in your posts to be fascinating. I can almost envision you trying to force me into a retreat with your arguments. Sadly, I don't see any contradiction between bringing up the number of posts someone has as a rough indicator of how much time they likely spend on the forums and being sarcastic when someone else calls it a 'tired old tactic', so I'm unlikely to actually see myself in any kind of retreat. Since the only thing I meant by it was that it might have been obvious that I don't spend as much time on the forums as people with posts numbering in the thousands or tens of thousands, and since at least one other person seems to have understood my point, I find it likely that you may not have been able or willing to do so yourself.
Clearly this is not a poster we want to feed unless it is with fire.
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.