NP Thursday, July 1, 2021

[ProfessorTomoe 1,336]

https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/teddgameopinions-026

Nanase gets shell-shocked.

[mlooney 3,594]

Tedd referrers to their theoretical transformation spell as "garbage" again.  This doesn't make much sense given how they feel about transformations.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,619]

It is difficult to justify the use of Garbage as an adjective to describe what seems to be the subject of Tedd's rant, but let me try...

 

The "Garbage" may be in reference to seemingly useless spells, skills, advantages and other abilities that are frequently found in role playing games.  The power the player wants for the character can't be obtained unless and until the character spends the points, takes the training, performs the side quest, or otherwise diverts the game away from the "goal".  To the player, this is just padding the game.   But there may be good narrative reasons for these garbage spells.  And a sufficiently clever player can find ways to make these spells useful in unexpected ways.

So maybe Tedd wants a skill tree for transformation spells where the low level spells are such a mixed bag of effects that more advanced players would not normally bother with them, but can still be effective

[mlooney 3,594]

Maybe.  But The Dan hasn't explained that well.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,619]

1 hour ago, mlooney said:

Dan hasn't explained that well

No, he hasn't

And Tedd's choice of adjectives is confusing me so much that my mind is working off the clock on possible explanations

[mlooney 3,594]

I suspect that Tuesday's strip will not explain it as well.  It might, but I think that Tedd's terminology will be one of the great unknowns of EGS.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,619]

26 minutes ago, mlooney said:

I think that Tedd's terminology will be one of the great unknowns of EGS

There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings

[mlooney 3,594]

There are few things that Led Zeppelin can't make better.