Originally Posted by Valdae
Another thread on this forum that has been blown completely out of proportion..
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Sadly, it's a side-effect when people (passionate ones, mind) try to discuss specifics of game design when they lack the details needed.
It would be nice if some people in this thread would show a bit of restraint and wait until they have the finer details before "condemning" design decisions, but we're currently working with a perpetual IRC minded internet community where everything is a reaction rather than contemplation.
Some people in this thread have given hyopothetical scenarios to show how minor 20% can actually be, others have pointed out that's it's "20% more useful, not 20% more powerful", but that's semantics and it is over the heads of a lot of people, even those with a solid grasp of game design.
Now that Higby has said what a few others already said, maybe some of us will calm down a bit, think outside the box a little, and maybe realise that the theoretical is not the same as the practical application of design.