SURVEY QUESTION: MOVES!

[Dane Regan]

"Details are only pointless if you choose not you use them."

If I have the option to ignore them, why are they mandatory?

I mean, everyone glosses over some details in fights. Some people focus in more on parts than others. You might say "he fired a bunch of bullets". Or you might choose to have him place every shot more perfectly over a longer period of time and have your character be like "I got 2 shots left, better make it count" or something.

If you say your gun has 6 bullets, you can't shoot 7 and not need to reload. What I meant by ignoring it is brushing over the details, like "unloading the whole clip". Part of the want for specifics is so people can't change moves to suit the situation. The other part is as writing fodder for both you and your opponent.

I don't really see how attributing a couple of numbers to a gun is really a big inconvenience. 

Obviously, you'd have to ask Omni or Alex for the mega official reason for why it was decided moves need details since I just enforce the move rules. (And primarily agree with them, but my reasoning is my own)

Ah nah, the power of a move wouldn't be linked to the actual power. You'd jsut mix and match stats to put together the thing your move does, paying more for things that make it more versatile and getting refunds for flaws. I'm actually not the hugest fan of converting to this system because it would require the ENTIRE SITE to be recreated, and that's more trouble than it's worth? I'd much rather jsut fix how we currently manage Move creation and keep it relatively the same.

Yeah. I'm not gonna spend time trying to implement some big new system unless I think it's really good and it's got a lot of support. That said, using it as an optional move builder/template that should be accurate (but moves from it still need a stamp from a staffer) is a potential idea - depending on how many people feel it'd be useful and how much work it'd be to sort out.