That's quite true. Some of us have had conversations about this and have come to the not surprising conclusion that the designers were mapping experts rather than gaming experts. They really could do with some hard-nosed game designers on their team.
The "just a game" approach is of course the spirit in which one should engage play. I enjoy being a pro-alien advocate and I've had some lovely amusing conversations with people who get into the spirit of being a Resistance agent.
However we know (from screenshots of faction conversations from honest agents etc) that there is some who engage in screenscraping, which an absolutely shitty thing to do. I would even prefer it if information was readily available to all, but to deliberately cheat is just not enjoyable for others.
> I've become seriously obsessed with glyph hacking in the last few days, though ...
I understand that! I just wish (a) my phone was better at recording finger movements more accurately and (b) my short-term memory was better.
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Date: 2015-02-22 09:20 am (UTC)That's quite true. Some of us have had conversations about this and have come to the not surprising conclusion that the designers were mapping experts rather than gaming experts. They really could do with some hard-nosed game designers on their team.
The "just a game" approach is of course the spirit in which one should engage play. I enjoy being a pro-alien advocate and I've had some lovely amusing conversations with people who get into the spirit of being a Resistance agent.
However we know (from screenshots of faction conversations from honest agents etc) that there is some who engage in screenscraping, which an absolutely shitty thing to do. I would even prefer it if information was readily available to all, but to deliberately cheat is just not enjoyable for others.
> I've become seriously obsessed with glyph hacking in the last few days, though ...
I understand that! I just wish (a) my phone was better at recording finger movements more accurately and (b) my short-term memory was better.