Utterly Mad

Of all the wrong opinions in this thread, this is the worst one.

So now the game should be realistic if it's difficult and tedious, and non-realistic when it's not? That's a very specific definition of realism that you have there.

Yes, I'm sure the flaming sword guy will implement the weaponized books with restraint and taste.

You neither understand the point you support, nor the underlying mechanics it addresses, but you're going to agree with it wholeheartedly? Not the approach I would have chosen, I must say.

Your greatest desire is for Cataclysm DDA to be on par with an 'erotic roguelike'. This may be the saddest desire I have heard anyone express for this game.

I don't understand why the mods here allow the advertisement of clearly pornographic material. It reflects a tasteless and sleazy atmosphere.

These are great ideas! I've always thought to myself, "This game is great, but it could stand to be a bit more tedious.  You know what would be perfect? More arcane medical mechanics implemented by someone without a shred of actual medical knowledge." So it's nice to see that someone is championing that cause.

I doubt it'd make that much of a difference in the long run, really. Water is usually not a major concern, and you can generally find a pot in the first house you look. A stone pot isn't a particularly difficult item to make either.

This thread is a veritable ode to crass materialism and petty jealousy. Truly a celebration of the Christmas spirit.

Never stop being the worst people, Cata community. Merry Christmas.

I plan to hate this forum more and more with every passing day. It's good to have accomplishable goals.

I thrive on my own suffering.

Upon reflection, this may be a bad idea after all.

The English language is great, but people have to learn how to use it properly.

Hello! You've made a terrible mistake posting here.

This is the saddest thing I've ever seen.

We could be fighting hordes of magical ghost dragons that eat love and breathe thunder, and covering yourself with flesh-burning lye would still be a colossally dumb idea.

I must admit, it doesn't make reading this forum any worse. Then again, I'm not certain that's humanly possible.

Your arguments lack substantiation or clarity, and dismissing any other argument to the contrary with 'in any case' isn't doing your point any favour. Of course, since you're demanding to arbitrarily cripple the game on a passing whim, I have no doubt the usual crowd around here will respond with accolades and a standing ovation.

As for hordes, I don't think the spawn system works quite like that. They've been on the to-do list for quite a while, so I imagine if it were as simple to implement as you suggest it would have been accomplished by now.

And here come the accolades, right on schedule.

If I could delete every single memory of this forum...well, actually I'd just stop right there, and be a better man for it.

Ha ha ha, it's funny because it's sexist.

Expect NPC reworking/map improvement/Z-levels sometime after the heat death of the universe.

It's nice to see the DDA community continues to ignore physical evidence and holds fast to their own prejudices under the rallying cry of 'realism!' Not that any additional confirmation was needed, though.

You know self-indulgence doesn't manifest entirely in physical objects, right? If there was a lock on adding in new items, most people would push for inclusion of their pet mechanic or argue about stuff already in the game before working on stuff like factions or z-levels. No matter how much you tried to lock stuff, you'd always have people trying to cripple the game experience in the name of 'balance' and 'realism', and that'd just lead to the game dying faster than it already is.

You are proposing that the player cover his clothes from head to toe in horrific flesh-melting lye, wear those clothes through some miraculous act of contortion, then carry out his daily activities without the paste seeping through and burning him, without getting sweaty or wet in any sort of way, all on the off chance of being caught in an acid rain shower, where, assuming you've somehow slathered on enough to protect you from several minutes worth of an acid deluge, the basic powder reacts with the acid and loses its effectiveness, meaning you have to go through that whole process all over again.

This is a more realistic scenario to mitigate acid rain than carrying a waterproof shelter around.

Upon reflection, it's better than the standard of humour around here, which largely revolves around genitalia and scatological references, followed by uproarious laughter all around. I suppose a small victory is still a victory.

Translating text into some form of uncommon vernacular may very well be scraping the bottom of the barrel of internet humour (itself not a particularly high bar).

Serious as a heart attack.

Oh my god, the writing in that book. I haven't seen writing that bad since I last looked at one of gtaguy's threads. How the hell did that get published?

I'm not exactly sure why you think hippies would be against it. Any alternative power source that relies on making use of a replenishable natural phenomenon like lightning over traditional fuels seems like it would be fine by them.

That said, this is still a pretty stupid idea and throwing the word 'future' around only gets you so far.

There are so many things wrong with this I don't even know where to begin, but I think a decent start would be 'completely irrelevant to the discussion at hand'.

Even by the standards of this forum, this is a pretty sad topic.

Truly, you are a veritable master of the English language. Now, all you have left to learn is proper capitalization.

either go all the way or don't attempt it at all.

The fact that you are vicariously living out your middle school fantasies explains a lot about your additions, actually.

Ah, the famous 'realism should be adhered to, except when I don't like it' argument. I can't imagine why nobody has ever tried using that in an argument before.

Nobody here actually cares about realism, it's just a catchphrase to shout when nerfing something and a concept to be tossed aside when it gets in the way of nerfing something.

God forbid people have a discussion, here in the general discussion forum.

You don't even know what fascism is, do you. Your political knowledge appears to extend to 'capitalism good, everything else bad'. Also, the shallowest possible understanding of modern government.

Mostly, you've gotten into making a list of 'things to nerf', because that's how these threads always seem to go. Good job!

I think I would be able to take all sides involved in this argument a lot more seriously if they would learn how to spell 'rogue-like'.

Seek serious help.

Might as well give it a try. I've got time.

No, all online communities are uniformly terrible, you're only just realising it. The only hope for you now is to cut off your internet and live as a hermit.

Anyway, as a member of that most mythical of species, the non-American, I'm not unduly worried.

I'm finding it very hard to read anything other than 'drop the idea' in everyone else's comments, but you seem willfully determined to ignore that point.

You are proposing that the player cover his clothes from head to toe in horrific flesh-melting lye, wear those clothes through some miraculous act of contortion, then carry out his daily activities without the paste seeping through and burning him, without getting sweaty or wet in any sort of way, all on the off chance of being caught in an acid rain shower, where, assuming you've somehow slathered on enough to protect you from several minutes worth of an acid deluge, the basic powder reacts with the acid and loses its effectiveness, meaning you have to go through that whole process all over again.

This is a more realistic scenario to mitigate acid rain than carrying a waterproof shelter around.

Out of all the suggestions for the magic book, this may be the worst.

grow deeper, not wider.

Would it really have improved the situation if I had stated 'the reason it wasn't merged was because someone was being an obstreperous ass'? Probably not, and it wouldn't help if I named names either. I was trying to keep things implied but if you really want everything aired out in public, suit yourself.

The writing is stilted and lacks subtlety.

A paradoxical statement if ever there was one.

Holy crap, I want to talk to this person. Inadequate seems like a cool dude the hang with.

God that was when Cata:DDA felt like a community and not a club house.