Tomb Titivator
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Joined: Thursday, 29th August 2013, 18:39
Add one to all displayed aptitudes (visual only)
Right now the average aptitude is somewhere around -1. While this is fine for me, a dispassionate robot, a lot of players are turned off from training things when they see a -1, despite the fact that it is a fine aptitude. So, I propose that the aptitude scale be shifted by 1, simply to shift perceptions for players starting out that something is bad because it is -1. A side benefit is that humans' advantage is now apparent by them having all 1s, and demigods/demonspawn's average aptitudes would now appear as 0, which strikes me as a more elegant/harmonious baseline than -1.
I'm (hopefully) obviously not proposing any actual change in gameplay or behavior here, just what numbers are displayed in the skill screen.
I know this would be a little confusing for experienced players, myself included. I think they could probably take the hit though, and the help it would give to new players trying to get over a mental block would be worth it.