Time for a poll. (The subject is abuse)

[Cerlin]

In response to triqui, I do think that spells do not work as intended should be fixed by the dev's. I did not say that i consider exploits of bugs as legit gaming. Fixing bugs isnt "nerfing."

And Sombre I do not disagree with you, I just do not think I was being clear myself, though you did a good job of it. I do think they should fix things, not so everything is 'the same' but so all countries have a chance. I mean if there is only one late game strat and only say Air countries can counter it, that basically destroys the game for everyone else who wants to play like a fire nation. What Im trying to say is the fact this game has many strategies and just as many counters to those strategies. I enjoy it. I wouldnt like to be beaten by an exploit, but if someone can beat me with a better strategy then mine then they are welcome too. And I am far from a "min/maxer" or "powergamer." I tend to pick nations in this game that are thematically fun to me, then try to make them work.

I have just seen whining do negative things too so I am careful. Since you are using metaphors then so shall I...
When I was playing DAOC, the instance that made me quit was that my favorite character was an Armsman, which is just basically a fighter with a Sword and shield. He was fun for me to play and I did it well (considering the class was considered weak.) But because other warrior types of other nations complained enough they made it so we could kill nothing, and became useless as a class. I am all for balance, I am just afraid of i when it goes too far. That is all.

Please fix the bugs or ban them, I never plan to use power gaming strats like this, I will just continue doing medium in my games and enjoying myself.

[triqui]

Cerlin said:
In response to triqui, I do think that spells do not work as intended should be fixed by the dev's. I did not say that i consider exploits of bugs as legit gaming. Fixing bugs isnt "nerfing."

Fine, my question was "what to do with the glitchy spells until the devs fix them"?. Explicitly... what to do with the broken, bugged, and overpowered mist of deception, that the developers have said it does not work as it should work?

[Cerlin]

I guess I would say that those who do not think it should be used, join games where it is banned from use. And if you like them, make a game where it is ok to use them. Until its fixed.

I am joining a game currently where this combo cannot be used and I am ok with that. The game is more for thematic fun than "I wanna win!!"

[Edi]

I would not be worried about overnerfing. The only example of that in Dominions so far has been the Vampire Queen and the circumstances that led to that are very specific and unusual. Currently that particular overnerf has been sitting on the bug shortlist as a statfix issue for a while. The only thing that I immediately remember as being substantially nerfed over the course of Dom3 has been the Van cavalry and Helhirdings and most of that was done with modest price increases and by changing the Glamour/Mirror Image mechanics so that it became more vulnerable to arrows. Blade Wind is another thing that got toned down some but it's still plenty good enough to use and won't see anymore downsizing.

Johan and Kristoffer will fix the things they consider the most important and the rest will get fixed when it gets fixed. If it gets fixed at all, that is, because some of the more esoteric and minor stuff may well be more trouble to fix than it's worth considering they have a new project underway.

If anyone wants an idea about what the biggest stuff left is, the red items on the shortlist and some of the purple are the ones to look at.

[moderation]

"Hexediting the .2h file to insert unreachable orders
Users may choose only one (132 total votes)
Yes, it's abuse. 116 87%

Mists of Deception + Battlefield Enchantments + Retreat
Users may choose only one (132 total votes)
Yes, it's abuse. 109 82%"

Why are the polls going over one hundred percent? Maybe there's more than one kind of cheating going on here...

[Tuidjy]

Your browser must be displaying the results in a weird manner. What I see makes
it rather clear that, out of 132 people who voted, 116 thought it was abuse.

(116 / 132 = 0.87, i.e 87 percents.)

[Rathar]

It's how many people voted followed by the % that represents.

Err, what he said, nod.