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Originally Posted by Scipio Africanus
I understand why the developers don't want everything mathematically spelled out. It would allow players to completely game the system and take away some of the fun. But I think the past few years a lot of the game functions have crossed over from "somewhat obfuscated for better gameplay" to "impenetrable".
There are a lot of long, long threads on this forum that are mainly composed of players disagreeing on what certain game functions even do, and to what extent they do them. What's the point of giving players options when the players don't understand what they're choosing between?
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I do not know how much, if any, of what you wrote was in response to me, but I just want to clarify that I am of like mind: I was definitely NOT asking for formulae and equations. That is not what I consider realistic; it is just exploiting the fact that the physics (if you will) of a game universe have to be reduced to definite code in software. On the other hand, in the real world we give names to forces and factors as we try to inch by inch peel back the shroud on the mechanistic laws that govern our reality. This game too often gives itÂ’s coded laws names without providing the user with sufficient context to try to apply them to his or her own game experience.
Long story short, I agree with both points that you express above.