I honestly liked your composed piece Honeybadger,
Only two things left to say I guess,
1. When I meant features, I meant logical features within posibility. (as vague as it sounds, this can only come from a Feature to Feature basis)
2. I did ignore that the fateful to this game was in fact a positive.
But the fact of the matter is again,
-THERE IS A CHOICE BETWEEN THE TWO. LET THOSE WHO WANT SAVES USE THEM, AND LET THOSE WHO DON'T WANT SAVES LET THEM TURN THEM OFF.-
I honestly inserted gimmics just so that people can read this very simple and easy to implement feature.
Let my people was not hashed in there, for it has a deep statement. It implies as Moses saod to Pharoah, let them do as they wish, for they (we) have their (Our) own truth in their heart.
I may not know what applies to the Hardcore world, but based on relative rules, this statement is corrupt.
"cheating the player of a fun experience, rather than adding to the experience of the game for a player who doesn't desire to "cheat" him or her self"
You assume that how YOU play the game is how I want to play the game. You assume that YOUR good time is MY good time.
I mean assume that I play Small maps, and I tell you that your missing the "Fast paced combat" resulted from victory. What if you play Huge maps and you want a "long-drawn out battle", do I have any right to say, "No"
This whole "maintain the Image" can get very negative is the "Image" is frozen. I'm purely resulting to a Philisophical measure in order to bring my point into true emphasis, for I indeed know that if this topic was brought to "Your Opinion Vs. Mine" then NOBODY Wins and nothing is changed.
This is a matter of "How I want to appreciate the Game Vs. Your appreciation of the game"
Notice how this argument could be easily mirrored if I was granted the right to save games. Then, this arguement, purely theoratical, would turn into.
"My appreciation of the game vs Your appreciation of the game"
(In retrospect, if both parties had negative attitudes, it would turn to "How I want to play the Game vs How I want to play the game")
The features is easily implementable, and it is not constraning, therefore if the feature granted, only this many more people would enjoy the experince.
The Tyranny of the Majority can only be granted through the Silence of the Minority. So, it is the Minority's sole responsibility to speak for itself, and don't confuse yourself that people don't want this feature, there are plenty who want this feature, I being one of the few pissy about it
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For in the end, there is no Cheating because Cheating implies the violation of laws in this aspect. But if I define my own laws, how can I cheat myself? Only if other's put their own values in for me.
PS: Or we could play "WWSD, or What Would Stardock Do" for fun.