(08-24-2010, 08:26 AM)jonnymacbrown Wrote: Ed, you ought to be happy that people are interested in your game enough to play and participate. I remember when I proposed at German strategic option for going after Verdun. There wasn't any discussion about that idea after you decreed me an idiot for suggesting it. Who wants to jump right into that discussion? At the very least, how many times can you play the game and attack Mons? After a few tries, maybe some players would like to investigate an attack on Verdun as primary objective. I still think that option is viable, and my Tornai proposal did get some blown and wired bridges in the latest update to slow it down. Like I said, you ought to be happy we care.
Wait a second, calm down.
Who said I wasn't happy that people are interested in F14? If you haven't noticed, there has been several discussions about F14 other than the ones you started. And where exactly did I call you an idiot for the Verdun frontal assault idea? I simply said that it wasn't the best thing to do (I figured that it is implied that it was my personal opinion) and I explained why. If that means I called you an idiot, well, I don't know what to say - it certainly wasn't my intent if I implied that, but I don't see how you took it that way either. Maybe it is just the nature of text based communication: it always comes out crude and harsh. Do you think that a Verdun attack is a great idea? Then by all means, attack Verdun, bypass Mons, and do anything else that you might think is a great tactic. If it is a PBEM game then you opponent will probably adapt accordingly. Your feedback about a Mons bypass did lead me to make a few subtle changes, but that was mainly to prevent a possible "rail blitz". I certainly did not destroy the possibility entirely and if you are posting something on this forum then you can expect a discussion about it both for and against it by the community and perhaps a possible change to a scenario coming from it. The only way to avoid it is to not post something if you don't want any comments on the matter that might go against your point of view. But speaking of scenario changes, everyone is encouraged to edit the stock scenarios and remake them into their own image of how the scenario really should be if they so desire, but the stock scenarios will always stay as my own person image of how it should be.
Having said all of that, pardon me, I don't really understand what you are wanting from me here. I told you how to get around your hatred for ADF by using MDF, and you did not like it for obvious reasons, because it is not practical in a PBEM game. I told you about using ADF and MDF and you probably have not tried it yet, or will still not be truly happy with that option. I said you could email HPS with suggestions on how to improve it for all three game series and I don't know if you did that yet. I suggested the best course of action is to bring these age old issues up at Tillercon for group discussion - as a plug to try to get more people to go to Tillercon and because it is in fact the best way to get changes. What else do you want me to do? I am sorry, but I have no answer for you on how to improve ADF because I don't feel that it is ridiculous as you do. I explained why I believe that because if there were more advanced AI routines here or range limiters it still does not address the main issue: that the AI does and always will fire at things you don't want them to, even if the range to target is 1 hex. If someone can think of a creative way to make it better then I am all ears. If I wasn't playing the game myself then I suppose I wouldn't feel so strongly about certain "issues", but if you are trying to suggest something that goes against the personal vision in which I have for the game and the series then, well, I may not always be receptive to it if I don't agree with it. Apparently that is not a characteristic that I am allowed to exercise?
If you are taking my comments the wrong way then perhaps I should just resign myself to not replying. After all it is the safest thing to do as a designer, however you seemed to have gotten angry when I did not comment to your previous post (I didn't reply because I was actually trying to see if a discussion would develop, but it didn't) so I guess I lose either way. Needless to say, I am a little confused. Anyway, you can consider me resigned from this thread at least as I have already said everything I can say about it, and I don't want to cause any more unintended hostility. :conf:
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