I believe at some point today I'll put creating a poll in Suggestions to see what portion of the forum peeps here think this should be confirmed/denied, and a bit more that I won't go over in this thread.
Why even do this? What is the gain? Players have no real say in how the game operates. What difference what players think and who are they to just go "It's confirmed or denied?
And why are you so worried about someone else wasting their time? Are players now the judge and jury and make the decisions about all things tlopo?
You misunderstand. I'm not saying I'm going to make a suggestions thread simply to allow players to dictate to me whether the theory is true or not. I'm saying I'm considering making a post with a poll asking whether or not people would prefer developers to confirm or deny this theory, if in fact the developers have the answer. The majority of the player base might wish for the developers to keep the truth a secret, so I was curious and wanted to see everyone's thoughts for myself using such a poll. But the thing is that how much I personally want to know the truth won't matter. If the majority of the active players don't want the theory to be revealed as true or false, I'd nod my head, and smile. But if the majority of the player base ARE interested in knowing the definite answer, well, the developers would see that from the poll and the responses certainly, and they would decide whether or not to confirm or deny the theory from there. I hope I was able to clarify the meaning behind my statement. If not, I don't know what to tell you, I just explained it the best I can right now as I'm sleep deprived.
I'm not entirely sure I understand what you mean when you say players have no say in how the game operates, but I will try to answer best I can to this. I believe we do have a say. That's why we have a suggestions thread I thought. Additionally, the reason I'm concerned as to whether somebody else wastes their time finding a certain weapon they can't actually loot yet due to not meeting certain requirements is because I don't want somebody else to be frustrated after searching for months and not finding it, just because of a misunderstanding, because I care very much about my fellow players and want them to be happy and successful with looting, and other things, not waste their time and get annoyed. I think that's a pretty kind thing of me to be so concerned for other people like that. I am not trying to be judge and jury of TLoPO, I assure you. I don't want to control peoples' experiences. I'm just give a suggestion based on my own research and testing for the benefit of those around me, and hopefully improve peoples' gameplay experience.
" I encourage everyone to pay attention to how the looting in the game works, and remember what you've read from me and others here, then draw your own conclusion of what the truth is." And that makes no sense as in one hand one is trying to tell people what the truth is and then suggest that they come to their own conclusion what the truth is.
I'll find my own way, thank you very much. Why not just say it's successful more times as not and just leave it as that. The thing is this game can turn on a dime and there goes your truth.
But carrion.
I'm trying to tell people what I believe is true based on countless hours of testing, yes, but I also understand that the theory I'm trying to get people to believe, as I've stated, is not bulletproof. Therefore I am basically telling people who have doubts that they should try to do their own testing in-game and draw conclusions based on that, if they aren't willing to simply take my word for it. I also understand that even after testing, people might not believe this theory, so I'm basically trying to say that at least go test the theory out for yourself if you don't believe me, and draw your own conclusions. I thought it seemed like a more polite way of me saying "At least go test this out, think about what's been said here and what you've witnessed in game, then come to your own conclusions rather than denying it immediately without attempting to test it yourself."
Also, as to why I can't do what you suggested and say that it is successful more times than not, I can't say that, because that implies that I disproved the theory during personal testing on at least one occasion. If I said that, I would be lying about the results of my own testing. It simply doesn't make sense as I've stated multiple times through this thread that I've never looted a sword more than 5 levels higher than my current sword skill level. If I ever do disprove this theory, I'll be posting about it here. I certainly can at least say that it hasn't YET been proven untrue through my tests, but there's always that possibility I might loot a weapon of a higher level and be proven wrong 5 minutes from now.
In an ideal world though, where I make a suggestion thread, it gets "Yes" votes, and developers choose to chime in based on those yes votes (or whatever reason they choose to chime in for) we will have our answer sooner than later. But I'm fine with or without an answer, whatever happens. I just believe getting an answer, and hopefully subsequently adding a brief explanation of this 5-level looting rule in game if confirmed to be true, would be beneficial.
And yes, I will carrion. Because that's how we grow as a community is wholesome polite discussion and debates, and I thank you for taking part in this one. I have a sneaking suspicion we're not done with the back and forth though. I expect and encourage nothing less in most circumstances.
off my shirt!
