Corn Noodles said: I always wonder what it's like for a player who doesn't visit the forums to understand all this. The developers should be wondering that as well.
Ohboy said: Actually I think that after a few games anyone can figure out the pattern of hard cast vs soft cast creatures. Yes the language is badly imprecise... But I don't think players not visiting the forums will take long to figure it out.
Delnai said: Ohboy said: Actually I think that after a few games anyone can figure out the pattern of hard cast vs soft cast creatures. Yes the language is badly imprecise... But I don't think players not visiting the forums will take long to figure it out. I don't disagree, but whether every can figure it out is beside the point. There shouldn't be anything to figure out. The fact that haven't spent the 2-3 minutes it would take to runs "replace string" command and change "Summon" to "Play" is frankly disappointing, and I personally (and I suspect many others) see this as a manifestation of a poor attitude toward players.
Irgy said: As best I can tell the words aren't correct because the entire behaviour is not as intended. My understanding of the history (including a large amount of speculation) is this:* Originally summon meant summon* Someone was addressing an obscure case that counted as summoning even though it shouldn't* The end result globally changed the meaning of "summon" to "cast", without it ever having been the intention* The developers couldn't (and probably still can't) agree on how they want it to work* Until they sort themselves out, "summon" will continue to mean "cast", though it could change back at any time with no notice or information.