"Concise Skill Description Option "....Why?

freekedoutfish

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

E/

Ok can someone please explain to me why I just logged onto GWs and I now have a choice between a traditional and concise skill description?

Im usually one to defend Anet.. but is this what they have been doing with their time! They must be really scrapping the barrel to think of things to do. Im pretty sure there are more important things to resolve or impliment into GWs1!

I would just like to have an explanation as to why this was needed?

Kattar

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

Discussion is here. I believe Gaile weighs in on the matter somewhere in there too.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10266417

Phaern Majes

Phaern Majes

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Anywhere but up

The Panserbjorne [ROAR]

R/Mo

It wasn't enjoy...

Trub

Trub

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Sitting in the guildhall, watching the wallows frolic.

Trinity of the ascended [SMS]+[Koss]+[TAM]=[ToA]

"Concise Skill Description Option "....Why?

because it looks kewl in 'bork bork' mode.

But seriously...I haven't a clue.

Proff

Proff

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2007

It's here, take it, say ty and move on.

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

It's something people have been asking for, so they got it.

freekedoutfish

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkobra
It's something people have been asking for, so they got it.
The thread will probably get closed, because I didnt realise the other one exist. But seriously?

I didnt notice anyone asking for this in all the time ive played.

Hailey Anne

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

A/E

I have never seen anyone asking for this either.
This is one of the most pointless updates.
Fix one of the MANY bugs in the bug section before making useless things like this.

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

People DID ask for it. Some stuff like prophecies era condition removal skills were plain ridiculous. And some descriptions were quite redundant and unclear.

Noone expected anet to redo all skill descriptions thou.

Besides, they didn't waste any resources on this ... what else should copywriter do? Its not like they can help with any bug fixes or new features and GW2 is too far to make any work on it that they wouldn't throw away

Koudelka

Koudelka

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

England

The Khaotic Empire (TKE)

Me/Mo

My thoughts exactly.

This goes into arenanet's "we got bored" bin, along with the "vitally important Cynn's dress bug". No more can anyone say "they're busy with gw2" when they come out with, quite honestly, small things like this.

~ Dan ~

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by freekedoutfish
I would just like to have an explanation as to why this was needed?
It wasn't. Anet just think they can throw out some pointless crappy update to keep us happy whilst ignoring proper issues.

Kattar

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Koudelka
No more can anyone say "they're busy with gw2" when they come out with, quite honestly, small things like this.
Well, that's not exactly true. i agree with you in principle. But different teams work on different things. Notice I said teams. Izzy/Andrew don't do the skill balances by themselves. Nor does Gaile take care of game updates.

They get yelled at for things, by us, but that doesn't mean they do them.

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hailey Anne
I have never seen anyone asking for this either.
This is one of the most pointless updates.
Fix one of the MANY bugs in the bug section before making useless things like this.
The people who write code are not the same people who write skill descriptions and dialogue ingame. It's not an either/or thing. Unless, of course, you go screaming at novelists when your refrigerator breaks.

gremlin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

GWAR

Me/Mo

It probably took little or no time at all to code as its probably something they are working on for GW2.

Good way to test out what people are going to like dislike for the nex gw incarnation.

Siirius Black

Siirius Black

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

The Dragon's Lair

La Legion Del Dragon

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Quote:
Originally Posted by gremlin
It probably took little or no time at all to code as its probably something they are working on for GW2.
.
This is exactly what came to mind when I started to read this tread.

At this point, I'll just take it.

Coloneh

Coloneh

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2006

D/W

this is sooooo last week. read your update notes and use the search function

Usurp

Usurp

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2008

The burbs of Atlanta

If it bothers you...just leave it the way it was. Is this really a major concern for you? If this is your biggest concern...you have it made!

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Because people in Sardaleic have been asking for this for forever.

For example, why does restore condition need to list every single condition (but not get updated to include cracked armor, which it does remove)?

Earth

Earth

Always Outnumbered

Join Date: Jul 2006

Riverside,

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