Recent content by thraka

This is why games are supposed to actually be fun, such that there is no work being done. You are entertained by the very process that advances you in a good game.

What's challenging about slower resource gathering? Do you have to aim better to hit the rock? Do you have to solve puzzles? No, you just have to stand in one spot and hold a button down, which is the definition of NOT challenging. - - - Updated - - - So presumably you were on hardest...

Guppy, I think you probably put your finger on the real issue for a lot of people, definitely for me. I was unable to really phrase exactly what was wrong until I saw this, and now I know. A17 takes away my player skill. The gap in fighting ability feels MUCH larger between noob and powered up...

OP is 100% correct. Bottom line, it seems TFP accidentally stumbled on a unique game that drew a lot of people in, rather than having actually intended it. Even so, they got it fairly solid in 16, and then, for reasons I cannot understand, threw away everything they had been evolving for years...

Best response ever. *applause*

You're misinterpreting their responses, IMO. They don't object to the length. They object to the criticism, and simply say anything to discredit your points. There is nothing wrong with what you wrote. It's plenty clear. It just doesn't contain glowing priase, so some people don't like it.

Dude, look at what you are arguing here: you're saying that playing as efficiently as possible, with good game knowledge and good choices, (which will gain you levels), SHOULD result in being punished by OP enemies, and that this is somehow the PLAYERS' fault?

Oz, you're missing an important component here. You guys have not (that I have seen) taken direct action, but when it is clear that you guys side with very aggro people on contentious matters, it's difficult not to see bias. Several posters have responded to criticism of the game with criticism...

It used to work that way for everything, until the forum BadWrongFun Cops raised a stink about people grinding skills up, at which point it was suddenly a travesty to all right thinking people, and was subsequently removed from the game for many skills.

Not just for having the opinion, no, but given that some posters are highly aggro, and the mods are known to agree with them on some very contentious issues, it was a concern for me, and I bet I am not alone.

You guys having strong opinions makes arguing against them feel risky. That's one reason you guys are surprised at the responses. I can only speak for myself, but I didn't join in the conversations about trashing underground safety because the moderators were clearly in support of it, and with...

And then of course, there is the ultimate exploit of simply refusing to play the game because it's unfair and boring. That's a hard one to resolve....

I wonder how they plan to stop people who log off during Blood Moons, or who strip naked and die once, then don't respawn until daytime?

Yup. The cabal of people who judge what is BadWrongFun have an approved playstyle, and all others are exploits to be removed from the game.

This. It was what made this game something different and unique.