SurrenderMonkey
Space Llama Industries
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Posted - 2016.12.05 16:27:41 -
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Frostys Virpio wrote:SurrenderMonkey wrote:But I _like_ leaving a junk can in my wake to annoy others. It's exploration PvP. It's still bad design when doing something just half way is the optimal way.
You're stating that as if it's some universal truth and not merely your opinion.
I'd say quite the opposite is true. At present, a site could be worth hacking completely, or not at all, or anywhere in between.
A scenario where it always makes clear sense to pop every can, every time, is what would be bad design as it eliminates any decision making.
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SurrenderMonkey
Space Llama Industries
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Posted - 2016.12.05 16:46:07 -
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Frostys Virpio wrote:
There is no point to design content in which the player's optimal move is to leave it hanging for someone else to find it and see that it's also useless to do and leave it hanging for yet another player to find it and leave it there because once again, it's still not worth the time.
Your point would have merit if there was something to be had because of the site still existing but it does not. You check the can with an analyzer, see it's not worth the hassle to open/haul around if you crack the security on it and then move away. If at least all cans were not scannable, at least you would have people try their luck possibly thinking the last guy might have been chased away or something. Now, you might scan but you usually just assume someone "cleaned" the site of valuables and left.
No, it works regardless. I'm still deriving value from that site by screwing over other people. That absolutely has a point.
You don't automatically deserve loot for scanning something down. They can pop the site so it will respawn, they can move on (knowing they will probably find more carbon along this path), they can change course, etc.
You're proposing the elimination of ALL of those possibilities, leaving a single, crystal-clear, all-cases best option 100% of the time.
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