Orcish Assasin...No backstab?
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Did anybody here ever say we would ever rename the Assassin? This is why "brainstorming threads" like these are often a bad idea producing misleading expectations. Its fine as it is and we're not changing it.
EDIT: I didn't see Irrevenants post, but he's not a developer and we weren't looking for a name change.
Did anybody here ever say we would ever rename the Assassin? This is why "brainstorming threads" like these are often a bad idea producing misleading expectations. Its fine as it is and we're not changing it.
EDIT: I didn't see Irrevenants post, but he's not a developer and we weren't looking for a name change.
I suspect having one foot in the past is the best way to understand the present.
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Everyone's clear that the Devs are under no obligation to accept any idea, period.Noy wrote:Did anybody here ever say we would ever rename the Assassin? This is why "brainstorming threads" like these are often a bad idea producing misleading expectations. Its fine as it is and we're not changing it.
EDIT: I didn't see Irrevenant's post, but he's not a developer and we weren't looking for a name change.
That said: You've decided in advance that you wouldn't change it if someone came up with a better, more suitable name? Why on earth not?
BTW, I'm sure by "ftw" SynErr meant "this is my favourite" not "this one will be accepted".
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Because the proposition that its a better, more suitable name is highly debatable. We've designed the unit to be an assassin type character, so the name fits. I'm not going to wade into each of these discussions when they come up, but it was really doubtful we were ever going to change it. Honestly, opening it up for debate was probably not the best of ideas.irrevenant wrote:That said: You've decided in advance that you wouldn't change it if someone came up with a better, more suitable name? Why on earth not?
I suspect having one foot in the past is the best way to understand the present.
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Noy's comments may sound harsh, but personally, if it were my idea I'd rather find out on page 4 of my thread that the developer's aren't really planning on, for example, renaming the Orcish Assassin even if you come up with a fairly cool-sounding name, than to expend further time and energy with no explanation why it was ignored.
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I never thought it was going to change, personally. It was really just an interesting discussion. And it raised a few interesting names which others might find useful in other circumstances, for usermade factions etc.
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Well, after Noy and Sapient's posts I hope it is safe to assume the topic may be doomed. So, to breathe life back into it, anyone think the Orc Assassin should get the ambush ability to help in those interminable situations when the AI puts them in swamp or water? (Apparently I was confused about where the ambush ability kicks in...) Didn't the unit used to have the ambush ability anyway? 
That a whole different thing. Start another thread for this purpose.So, to breathe life back into it, anyone think the Orc Assassin should get the ambush ability to help in those interminable situations when the AI puts them in swamp or water? (Apparently I was confused about where the ambush ability kicks in...) Didn't the unit used to have the ambush ability anyway?