"Philosophical" questions, What is a cheesy method? Bug or feature? Options

[Vuki]

I created this topic to discuss the "philosophical" aspect of the game. We can discuss here questions like:

- is a modification really needed or not?
- is something cheesy or cheeting or just a clever trick?
- game balance
- is an actual gap a bug or a feature?
- and so on ...

This topic will be maybe a bit too theoretical but I do not think it is a problem. We need such a place - as the discussions from the last 2-3 weeks prove it.

This post has been edited by Vuki: Aug 11 2008, 08:34 PM

[Sikret]

IA will never be "perfect" in the strict sense of the word, simply because there is no such thing as "the perfect mod". At every given stage, there is still possible to progress and make it even better.

IA is progressing and becoming better and better with every new version; however, I make it better in the way I see things to be better (which may be different than the way you see things; for example my defnition of role-playing is different than yours).

IA testers are also playing an equally important role in developing IA (their opinions and suggestions are very important for me, because unlike the casual player, IA testers have played the mod thoroughly several times and they always know what they are talking about).

I'm reading all suggestions and comments (and I thank you and others for writing them), but as I wrote in my post to Iroumen, there are a lot of general considerations I should take into account before making any single decision.

Thanks again for the comments and ideas, everyone.