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*flails* You do! Dash normally. Now imagine going 3-4 times as far, in roughly the same amount of time. Bat hat got serious scoot. Normal dashing is "kinda' meh". Bat dash is "wonderful man on flying trapeze". So mobile, so dodgey ;_;

If normal dash is "dodge by inches", bat dash is "now on other side of room". And so on, so forth. Bat hat best hat.

Maybe I'm being a capitalist pig here but I think using open source software in office is really unprofessional unless said office is the IT.

Unprofessional is wasting money when you could not be. A company probably should have one computer with microsoft office products on it, just to ensure compatibility in the face of MS's horrifically toxic business practices (.docx bullshit, the upcoming compatibility breaking extension change, etc.), but considering how functional LO is these days going with it is the business minded individual's choice.

If there were a notable functionality difference -- and speaking as someone that has been working back and forth pretty intensively with both LO and MS office the last year or so, there isn't -- then there'd be reason to go with MS over open source stuff. As is, the only unprofessional act would be complaining about minor interface differences and the occasional compatibility hiccup in the face of saving the company hundreds -- quite possibly thousands -- of dollars in software costs.

There's plenty of people that hold that something is better (more professional, in this case) just because it's paid for, even if it's functionally identically -- and, in some cases worse -- than something that's free. We call those people goddamn idiots. Professionalism is a methodology, not a price tag, and it's a methodology that, in the business world, strongly includes efficiency in regards to composition. If FOSS can do the job, you use bloody FOSS and stop wasting the company dollar.

Close enough. We could form the Antediluvian Confederacy of Antiquated Avatars and fight the tide of whippersnappers and vibrating midgets.

... really though, that sounds like too much effort. The ACAA shall sleep for another aeon. The stars are not yet right.

Yes, I know, but then I wouldn't be able to see any of them. I want to see the avatars, I just can't handle the movement. Thank Armok for browser extensions that can disable animated images!

Bit late, but it might be worth noting that Opera (at least the version I'm using) has a simple option to disable animated images. S'in the quick preferences stuff. Images are still there, they just don't move.

... in any case, I've had the same avatar since I joined, I do believe. It doesn't move, and is more static than many of the forum's members, nevermind their avatar. I'll just be over here, not so quietly declaring victory over all of you.

... I'd rather trust the study. Basic intuitive-level psychology is wrong entirely too often, heh.

Pacing... eesh. Pacing in this game seems to be heavily driven by playstyle, especially once you get some hats. The character is actually incredibly mobile, from what I've seen, and can scoot with the best of them (especially with the bat hat) if you're regularly using the dash (especially mid-air). You've definitely got more vertical than horizontal mobility, but you've still got plenty of horizontal mobility available. I've regularly had to kind of consciously slow myself down, because I was going too fast and getting a bit reckless.

Re: monster HP: Most (non-giant) monsters don't take more than four hits if you're keeping up with material (usually very easy, doubly so given higher-tier drops are pretty common) -- many can actually be one or two shot, if you're jonesing well and using your skills (Fire circle doubling arrow damage, magic weapons or 'zerking massively jacking up your melee hits, stuff like that). At least part of this is using the right weapon for the job, though... battle axes are pretty important for dealing with the slower, less mobile/more predictable enemies, ferex, and the magic wands (especially bolt) are ridiculously useful.

Monsters do trend toward relatively static (slimes, mushroom dudes, djinn, etc.) instead of notably horizontally mobile, though. Still, there's usually at least one of a district's critters that's a charger of some sort... probably one of the flying critters. They are a bit slow on average, but that seems to be mostly to keep things sane for the less reflex-capable of players, heh.

The claustrophobic room design is definitely spelunky-ish (especially in those first few levels, iirc.), though the linearity is fairly unique, from what I've seen. Terraria's linearity is more in item progression -- which, admittedly, Magicite currently has as well -- than level design, to the extent anything randomly generated can be specifically designed.

Two 2k score runs in a row, then a half dozen not even making it out of the first district. Yeesh.

I have learned, though. Bows are the best of things. Biggest problem is keeping yourself in arrows*, but... still. So useful >_< Especially once you get that flaming circle thing. One shot all the bees.

*Though bone's not a bad material to use as primary arrow fodder. Lots of junk drop it and it's not really all that useful. Bone arrows do more damage than stone ones, too...

Seriously wish there was a wooden arrow, though.