Terrorfrodo wrote:CCP Greyscale wrote:Aright, after talking to the design team, we're going to roll back the bug fix on the basis that it's not really necessary and probably too disruptive.
Good call. C6-K connections are not rare at all, in fact very common, and are extremely important for every c6 corp, especially c6/c6 corps. They enable these corps to move capitals into their homes or out of them. Also of course they provide valuable routes into Empire. Removing them would be extremely disruptive.
But funny that devs didn't know that when every experienced wh dweller has known for many years that the only class never directly connected to k-space is c4.
I know exactly how it's
supposed to be set up :P
(Anyone have an opinion about linking C4 in both directions in the same way?)
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Gilbaron wrote:If a K -> C6 connection helps you tackle your OCD, go ahead. It's not a significant change but it can have some interesting consequences. Your original plan was to remove something that sometimes caused interesting situations without disturbing anything meaningfull. This is much better :)
It's a little bit about the spreadsheet being nicer, but mostly about consistent rules that players can understand and, importantly, extrapolate into new situations. Weird exceptions are (marginally!) harder to explain and harder to internalize, and when they pile up they add to the barrier of understanding in the game. The reason I'm thinking now about linking C4s in the same way is that then there's a reasonably clear system "C1,2,3,5 have k-space statics and dynamics, C4,6 only have k-space dynamics" - and if you understand C4s, I can say "C6s have no k statics" and you can think "I bet they work just like C4s" and be correct without anyone needing to explain further.
Currently 1-3+5 have static/dynamic, C4 has neither, C6 has dynamics but only one way. Messy and a little bit harder to understand. If we can make many many changes to the game that make it
slightly easier to understand and don't harm the gameplay, the game in aggregate gets much more accessible while still being just as good. Which is a good thing from our perspective :)