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« on: August 25, 2017, 11:40:53 pm »
Well done on completing the game, I've not even played it during the few weeks it's taken you to do that!
Please don't make the underwater/ghoul/hunting/etc missions mandatory. There is already a LOT of mandatory stuff and I really hate some of those missions. Being forced to do everything would put a sizeable portion of people off. Simply rewarding people who choose to do them with bonuses works fine as it is.
I'm quite happy with primitive guns being available early. You can capture a decent stash of guns early on anyway, being unable to buy them just means dicking about, it doesnt really force players to use earlier tech much, and if they don't like those early weapons they'll resent it anyway. In particular, relying heavily on bows should be a strategic choice, not your only option. Not everyone tries or wants to play for maximum efficiency - I for one use bows and javelins for fun as much as anything else, and I use the flintlock pistols a fair bit even though they're probably the worst gun in the game.
Relatedly, if you nerfed the light cannon I doubt I'd ever use it. It's slow and heavy and not all that accurate, I barely use it as is. However much you fine tune every weapon, with so much in this game, someone's going to find one or two weapons they like to powergame with. Unless it's obviously the Ultimate Weapon (e.g. heavy plasma in UFO, which outdoes everything in almost every way, has no downsides and whose supply is self-sustaining before long), it may not be necessary to prune everything. This is all especially true when you're using one very specific strategy that, while obviously effective, most people would find tremendously boring.
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