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Come to think of it, while we're on the topic of base information QoL stuff, one thing that OXCE is likely not to revisit (don't recall if it's been explicitly rejected) that has bugged me for half of forever, is that all the base display info bars go off the right edge instead of scaling the bars according to their max value. No idea if that's something of interest to you.New thread, as requested. I recall Meridian advising modders to control the base storage bar via item size instead, so any of this probably won't be accepted into OXCE as is. I can see the reasoning, but I don't think his expectations of modder self-control are lining up with reality.
Edit2: The same applies to craft equipment list icons, which also overflow really quickly and are thus mostly useless as information. This could scale to 'maxItems' or 'maxStorageSpace', or some ruleset variable if these are not in use.
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...right now I can't see any benefits it could logically have (it's still a hunting rifle, uses the same ammo).Depends on what this 'Hunting Rifle' is supposed to be patterned off of. The more popular hunting calibers (for large and medium game, which I suppose cultists qualify as
) are something like .30+ or .270+, which are very comparable to the .308 sniper rifle, if not exactly the same. A hunting rifle is actually more likely to be accurate and have a more powerful cartridge. Military guns as a rule are not more powerful, they are more resilient to bad luck, bad weather, bad environment, and Jimmy Trooper, who got dropped on his head as a kid. After reading Rezaf's Recap, I was struck by the idea of having somewhat more diverse crop circles/cattle mutilations, and perhaps even abductions? Namely, offering some mission sites where you get a very early warning and the UFO is still there, making circles, molesting cows, impregnating Earth women, or whatever it is that they do.
Would need a pretty tight timer, comparable to UFO landings, or perhaps double landings. 10-12 hours, tops. The three varieties of scout ships and maybe Abductors/Harvesters look like a natural fit for such missions.
As time goes by, the balance would shift from traumatised farmers towards MiBs and then bigger and bigger farmer-traumatising-UFOs, with everything still possible at any stage, but weighted towards different target mixes.
This would sorta solve both of rezaf's complaints about there being a lack of early UFOs, and crop circles sticking around way too long. And also incentivise building transport coverage for time-critical missions earlier.
I already laid down why I don't think that - as proposed - this is needed or beneficial...The 'needed' thing is a red herring. A rare, non-progression-critical mission can't by default be 'needed'.
...claiming that this would "incentivize" anything is in my oppinion not a valid argument, given what's already in the game.It will not incentivise the development or improvement of a transport game. It'll incentivise the speed at which one does that. How strongly, well, largely depends on the player.
I am not here to convince you of anything, really. I am aware that that rarely works when people are invested into an idea.What exactly are you trying to accomplish, then? Because the whole thing is a textbook example of non-constructive criticism if I ever saw one.
I don't get the part about the despawn timer and UFOs landing or taking off. We are specifically not talking about UFOs here.We are talking about UFOs doing a mission, even if it's technically a terror mission. And UFO landings are functionally a despawn timer, and one of the more common tight timers post-invasion.
If this would spawn as an actual UFO this would be a different matter.That could also be done, making it a UFO with a special 'terror' mission. If that alleviates or resolves your reservations, all the better.
I also don't understand why you think that "this covers more than early game" changes anything.Because for most of the game, the timers are not a big issue? Also because:
...I would have less objections to these were popping up later in the game...
Your claims regarding "incentives" makes even less sense the further the player gets into the game.Well, yes, when the player has done what they've been incentivised to do, the incentive is gone. Strange, huh?
And when I say "incentivize" or "incentives" I do in fact mean those words and not something else.I am not saying anything about your terminology. I am saying your reasoning turns the discussion into one of (not) requiring the players to do something. Which this the source of our disagreement AFAICT.
New players "already getting frustrated and savescumming in other missions" still isn't an argument in favor of implementing another mission that is prone to causing frustration because of overly short mission timers in the early game.But it's an argument for not considering that criticism too important if there are other aspects to the mission other than simply causing frustration. Which there are.
And funny how I...Yes, that seems the common theme here. Your whole argument is essentially "I don't like it, some others might not either". The solution to that is to make your own modifications, not block everyone from a thing only some might dislike.
Again, I think the "this needed to incentivize ..." is really more of a pretext.This is not my argument. I said 'would incentivise', and never how strongly (because that kinda depends on the player more than anything), not that 'incentivisation is necessary and this is necessary for incentivisation', which is what you've been strawmanning my position into for a while. Again, 'incentivise' does not mean it must apply to everyone nor that the incentive needs to be strong.
As far as I can tell both craft have their uses and "some people do ... and don't play the game correctly" is a pretty weak argument in my oppinion.But this is again not my argument. The argument was "This would make the Dragonfly more attractive, because empirical information shows it is sometimes ignored altogether".
I would like to re-raise this issue. Doesn't seem to have been answered, at least not in public.2. Same tier "Master of %weapon%" and "Bane of %race%" commendations do not stack
I ceertainly haven't heard of it back then...Neither had I. But for the enthusiast (mostly in the US, Japan or maybe Brazil), late 90s had a whole bunch of MMA competitions getting themselves established.
Eh, my point was that since X-Com obviously has heard of MMA, it's a strange timeline where it's also heard of drug testing with consequences for MMA fighters. But it's your timeline. I have nothing against an alien invasion that causes MMA promoters to start a serious anti-extraterrestrial-drug-use program. I'd just find it more immersive and funny if there was a reference to the Illuminati (or whatever faction suits best) MMA-afficionados flexing on the promoters.
I dunno, drug testing in sports is a thing? Seriously, what are you going on about?Drug testing in MMA is notoriously even worse than it is in wrestling or bodybuilding. I mean, it took UFC until 2015 to start working with USADA. Most of the big busts are from 2010s, and even more post-2015. It was a Wild West in the '90s.
But I want you to acknowledge that only only 1 region out of 14 for this even is STR_NORTH_AMERICASure. Until you take notice that UFC is the very best drug testing MMA has. Even today, US-based fighters complain that it's unfair that nobody really tests people doing a training event in Thailand or wherever. Non-UFC fighters still have far more freedom to dope than anyone in an Olympic discipline could dream of.And while I don't know anything about this particular discipline, to say that a sporting event bigger than a garage brawl goes without any supervision sounds like an obvious bullshit unworthy of discussion. Even if the procedures were lax, it's not like nothing would have happened if something actually was found.MMA was not a particularly 'sporting' event in the early days. It took decades for it to evolve into something resembling a mainstream sport, and it's not quite there even today. There also were and are lots of small no-name events where even having a ringside doctor was not a guarantee.
And the authorities turned a blind eye to a lot of it. Many a fighter pleaded 'testosterone therapy replacement' and got off scot-free. You got tested when you turned up, at best. That is, you needed to fuck up your doping pretty badly to even get caught. Unironically, the best standards you were likely to get were what Nevada State Athletic Commission felt like at the time of the fight. Yes, promoters state-shopped for their events.
FFS, Gracie vs Sakuraba II is still listed as a 'legal' win despite the man showing up with 25 times the normal amount of testosterone. All he got was a $2500 'fine' and a 12-month timeout. Which isn't a terribly big deal since MMA dudes have a couple of events per year at most. Granted, he didn't have any more official fights and retired a few years later (though made a single-fight comeback in 2016). He still continues to be Hall of Fame-d and promoting his own brand of BJJ.
And if you start looking into the '90s, it's hard to even find a big name getting busted.
People in the business estimate that the vast, vast majority of fighters use some kind of PEDs. Like, maybe 10-20% are totally clean. Maybe. It's not a particularly controversial take. The USADA deal is a giant step forward, but it's still limited to the UFC.
You should really do some research before you start throwing accusations of 'obvious bullshit'.
I still can't see how all this is mutually exclusive with the event. You wrote yourself that there were consequences. What would have happened if the effects were more unusual than just high testosterone?Because a) the consequences I brought up are generally not from the 90s, b) "I'm on TRT, so it's totally okay if I have four times the testosterone of a normal man" was a valid excuse for a long time, and c) if you showed up with a completely unknown substance in your system, chances are the ad-hoc testing bodies of the 90s would have caved to promoter pressure and said "Not on the prohibited list, the fight is on!" Even if your guy was obviously thrice the size of a normal human being.
I mean, it's possible that you got caught and ate some consequences. A $2000 fine and 6 months to prepare for your next fight. It was just vastly less likely in a '90s environment. If you take a look at the 132 guys and gals who gathered enough notice to get themselves noted on Wikipedia, you'll find that under 20 were active in the 1990s. And a grand total of zero were caught then.
Boxing is similar, but it's had much longer to shape up and a lot more public attention turned on it. I'm not sure what Don King would have done with a 'positive for Storm' test in 1998, but with millions on the line instead of tens of thousands, I imagine he'd have thought much longer and harder.
I like the event, it's just that it would have been kinda rare back then, and if a completely unknown substance comes up in an event that's not yet particularly concerned with its integrity... And are they even willing or capable of looking for it? Having the Illuminati put the local authorities on the lookout for Storm because their favourite doesn't do it would be much more era-appropriate and funny.
I also suggest writing here who has what favorite fighter in mma.Fedor. There was a time when he was considered unbeatable by default and treated like a demigod. Oh, and the Randleman suplex.
MVP. This dude is just so weird... and it works! And they said counterstriking will never do. It's like he's an alien.
