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0 pointsVLM12y ago0 comments

"bad tactics"

If you remove the morality and ethical language, I have had some fun answering questions experimentally along the lines of "is it even theoretically possible even with save scumming to (insert unusual and adventurous idea/tactic here)" Yes I'm quite literate and I understand the scenario is trying to railroad me into following a certain very narrow track of gameplay, but I want to explore well outside that narrow track. Or rephrased, my idea of a fun "narrow track of tactics" doesn't map identically to a scenario designers "narrow track of tactics"

This is a fundamental moral / ethical difference between computer based (mmo)RPGs and paper/pencil RPGs, on the computer creativity is seen as inherently wrong, and on paper/pencil creativity is seen as correct. There's probably a startup idea or two buried in there. The world already has too many rules lawyer paper games, but a computer game that rewards creativity without turning into a themeless story free sandbox is a somewhat unsolved problem. There do exist some, especially historical, but to say its an underserved market would be an understatement.

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guard-of-terra12y ago· 1 in thread

I remember there was a patch or a setting to Wesnoth that removed all randomness from the game.

I.e. every attack chance is now 100% and every damage is now oldchance * olddamage. I guess it supported fractional HP.

You might try that if you want to get very creative with your tactics.

VLMOP12y ago

I remember something about an option turn_limit: -1 to shut off turn limits, I went thru a phase of "can 3 archers win the scenario" and the answer was often yes, but it sometimes exceeded the totally arbitrary turn limit.

You can create a whole new game out of the intended game that way where it turns into something like a counterinsurgency game where you battle for the hearts and minds (well, at least the hearts) of the gold generating villages.

There's a lot of interesting railroad track in the game, but if you step off the tracks there is also interesting land that doesn't have a track on it, thats not even on the map. It can be turned into an imperfect sandbox, and that itself is a metagame to find the "best" way to convert it.

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