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Old March 1st, 2006, 09:48 PM

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Default Incorrect research for Sage?

When you go to the recruiting window a sage appears as a 1 random magic and 8 research for 80 gold.



When you buy them though they have only 5 research.
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Old March 1st, 2006, 10:08 PM
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Drain-3 anyone ?

Do you really think we wouldn't have spotted an error like this in the last 2 years?
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Default Re: Incorrect research for Sage?

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Drain-3 anyone ?

Do you really think we wouldn't have spotted an error like this in the last 2 years?
Cmon, Arralen - he's just a new player is all. You know how mysterious dom2 is sometimes. Give a little slack.
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Old March 10th, 2006, 01:08 PM

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Default Re: Incorrect research for Sage?

Arralen wrote:

"Drain-3 anyone ?

Do you really think we wouldn't have spotted an error like this in the last 2 years?
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Arralen:

You are a pathetic jerk!

I apologize for insulting your intelligence with what you considered to be a dumb question.

People wonder why Dom 2 never took off... people like you are part of the problem. This game is intimidating at first and I enjoy it but if asking a question means opening oneself to ridicule by someone like you then I will keep my questions to myself. And as a result I doubt I will tell me friends about such a complicated game when the official forum is inhabited by clowns like you!

I APOLOGIZE if my dumb question offended your god-like intelligence!
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Old March 10th, 2006, 01:32 PM
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At first, get some manners - or leave this forum.

Second, it took you nearly one year to noticed the reduced research on sages in drain dominion. (At least. Your first post about Dom2 is from 30/03/04) After knowing the game for more than a year, you can't be considered a newcomer anymore.

Third - if you had asked "what's wrong with this, why don't I get the full research", no problem. But you claimed it to be "incorrect", therefore a bug. Thereby you claimed that all other people on the forum, playing the game for over 2 years, have been to dumb to notice such an obvious error.

Btw., who said "Dom 2 never took off" ?? AFAIK it's one of the best-selling games of Shrapnelgames.

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At first, get some manners - or leave this forum.



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Third - if you had asked "what's wrong with this, why don't I get the full research", no problem. But you claimed it to be "incorrect", therefore a bug.

In fact, he didn't post is as a bug. He wondered what it was that he experienced. This was not posted in the bug thread, and it was never stated to be one.
I won't comment on the pretty far-fetched theory you're weaving on the rest of your post.

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... and jesus will think I’m a jerk, just like you !
I think I see why you had to drop out of the Wyrms. It seems you are REALLY bad at writing elaborate, diplomatic messages...

EDIT: You must already have quessed that I started writing the first of these two post before Arralen replied. I could probably just edit it blank, now.
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Hey, anyone could have a bad day. And, besides that, it's rarely worth it to get angry over few sentences on internet. Without expressions, many things can seem worse than they actually are.

This community, and these forums, have repeatedly been said to be surpsisingly friendly. I don't remember Arralen being that grumpy earlier, either. He also has some real-life problems, which force him to drop out of the very diplomacy-heavy Wyrms game. He mentions having done turns under painkillers...

I understand your reaction, though. I noticed the grumpy response earlier, but thought it was just some badly chosen words. I quess most regulars thought something similar, because hardly anyone commented on that... The fact that no one seemed to care about a random comment like that must have made this seem even worse.
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Default Re: Incorrect research for Sage?

I agree that it can be hard to interpret without seeing facial expressions.


However....

"Drain-3 anyone ?" That comment clearly is meant to embarrass.

"Do you really think we wouldn't have spotted an error like this in the last 2 years? " It is clear from the sarcasm that he believes the questions should not have been asked and that the asker is an idiot.

The correct answer would have been:
"Drain -3 causes this. Glad to be of help!"

Sorry to have inconvenienced anyone but I did not appreciate the sarcasm. I believe that most people on this forum not only know the game well but are eager to help others learn it without putting them down in any way.
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(Sorry about the third post)

Tough Guy, maybe it is better that you don't check the last post of the first page of this thread...
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I agree that it can be hard to interpret without seeing facial expressions.


However....

"Drain-3 anyone ?" That comment clearly is meant to embarrass.

"Do you really think we wouldn't have spotted an error like this in the last 2 years? " It is clear from the sarcasm that he believes the questions should not have been asked and that the asker is an idiot.

The correct answer would have been:
"Drain -3 causes this. Glad to be of help!"

Sorry to have inconvenienced anyone but I did not appreciate the sarcasm. I believe that most people on this forum not only know the game well but are eager to help others learn it without putting them down in any way.
If your feelings are so easily bruised that you have to have a ... "sweet" answer like you suggest, then perhaps public forums (god forbid the internet in general) just aren't the place for you. You don't like sarcasm - 31.5% of the population is sarcastic, while only 7.2% would've given you anything like your "correct answer".
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