crackninja said: So we are now catering to the tinfoil hats who feel like they have been wronged by a fair system, by implementing an unfair system. At least it's not a conspiracy, it's totally out in the open...As noted, this inadvertantly acts as a subtle nerf to several characters, all for the benefit of what exactly? There will still be mistrust, conspiracies, etc., and seeing code like this is part of the game honestly makes me less trusting of it overall. Maybe there really is an "if im40 = true, set yellow_tile_nerf = true" statement in there somewhere.The one positive is that if new players were actually quitting because of this, then they may stay a little longer.. until they decide that it's unfair that they pulled 4 straight red 2* wolverine covers from heroic tokens, and of course that's the only color of any 2* character they couldn't use.
Demiurge_Will said: No, I recognize that this change isn't going to address feedback on Fight for Wakanda. (We've taken that event out of rotation and hope to make some tweaks before we re-introduce it.)
sirwookieechris said: So we shouldn’t cater to people who feel the game is unfair? And then you go on to mention that the game must be purposefully giving you useless covers?
HoundofShadow said: Can we make the AI more intelligent? For examples, not matching own special tiles immediately after placing it on the same turn, letting it create a match-5.
JHawkInc said: Well, obviously. The point isn't to have a fair system, it's to have a fun system. It's hardly a new thing in video games. Of course, given that you complain about this change to Cascades, and then immediately put on your own tinfoil hat to complain about being wronged by a fair system (RNG draw rates of character covers), I'm not sure there's any helping you.But here's a link to a variety of examples of this kind of tinkering, if you want to read about how other games do it. https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/8/16263050/game-design-magic-tricks
crackninja said: sirwookieechris said: So we shouldn’t cater to people who feel the game is unfair? And then you go on to mention that the game must be purposefully giving you useless covers? Sorry if I wasn't clear, I was saying that the people that thought the cascades were unfair will find something else to latch on to, such as thinking the covers are rewarded unfairly.
crackninja said: JHawkInc said: Well, obviously. The point isn't to have a fair system, it's to have a fun system. It's hardly a new thing in video games. Of course, given that you complain about this change to Cascades, and then immediately put on your own tinfoil hat to complain about being wronged by a fair system (RNG draw rates of character covers), I'm not sure there's any helping you.But here's a link to a variety of examples of this kind of tinkering, if you want to read about how other games do it. https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/8/16263050/game-design-magic-tricks Again, I was expressing the next thing a conspiracy theorist might claim is rigged. I hope none of it is rigged, and I have never complained about anything like this happening to me.You do make a valid point that other games cheat and fudge things to make them more fun. In a lot of cases this is done to beef up an ai that is woefully inept, to keep a level of challenge there, but yes, the game should be fun.I guess the bottom line here is I've never once thrown my phone over a random cascade. This seems like a waste of effort to me when there are clear and possibly easy fixes that could be implemented to make far more people happy, from the players to the devs, to customer support.
Demiurge_Will said: furbear00000 said: I hope this isn’t their solution to the Wakanda event, because I have a feeling it is, and it’s not the solution. No, I recognize that this change isn't going to address feedback on Fight for Wakanda. (We've taken that event out of rotation and hope to make some tweaks before we re-introduce it.)
furbear00000 said: I hope this isn’t their solution to the Wakanda event, because I have a feeling it is, and it’s not the solution.
T_REZ5000 said: Nice change. Will make green Ultron bots less annoying. Also good news they are looking into doing something about Wakanda. That event was wak (sorry, couldn’t help myself).
sirwookieechris said: crackninja said: So we are now catering to the tinfoil hats who feel like they have been wronged by a fair system, by implementing an unfair system. At least it's not a conspiracy, it's totally out in the open...As noted, this inadvertantly acts as a subtle nerf to several characters, all for the benefit of what exactly? There will still be mistrust, conspiracies, etc., and seeing code like this is part of the game honestly makes me less trusting of it overall. Maybe there really is an "if im40 = true, set yellow_tile_nerf = true" statement in there somewhere.The one positive is that if new players were actually quitting because of this, then they may stay a little longer.. until they decide that it's unfair that they pulled 4 straight red 2* wolverine covers from heroic tokens, and of course that's the only color of any 2* character they couldn't use. So we shouldn’t cater to people who feel the game is unfair? And then you go on to mention that the game must be purposefully giving you useless covers?
broll said: sirwookieechris said: crackninja said: So we are now catering to the tinfoil hats who feel like they have been wronged by a fair system, by implementing an unfair system. At least it's not a conspiracy, it's totally out in the open...As noted, this inadvertantly acts as a subtle nerf to several characters, all for the benefit of what exactly? There will still be mistrust, conspiracies, etc., and seeing code like this is part of the game honestly makes me less trusting of it overall. Maybe there really is an "if im40 = true, set yellow_tile_nerf = true" statement in there somewhere.The one positive is that if new players were actually quitting because of this, then they may stay a little longer.. until they decide that it's unfair that they pulled 4 straight red 2* wolverine covers from heroic tokens, and of course that's the only color of any 2* character they couldn't use. So we shouldn’t cater to people who feel the game is unfair? And then you go on to mention that the game must be purposefully giving you useless covers? If their feelings aren't valid, no we shouldn't. The point is that people have an unrealistic and non-factual perception, yet they are being catered too. Where's the line there? I feel the game should give me $20,000 for playing it, why isn't it catering to me?