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A bless feature...
Posted by Pha. Sphinx 6553 from on 2006-11-28 17:55:49
Bio and I were discussing about a Bless feature. The basic idea is that challenges up to 35 will be have hints provided through a Bless god or some such. Each time you click on Bless, you consume some number of xp's - e.g. 5. You may or may not get the hints depending on the god's mood at that time...
Any thoughts?
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Posted by Pha. Sapr0 1354 from on 2006-11-28 18:04:17 Reply
well its okie with me ... this should increase the forum activity in order to get more XP ... for those who lack the knowledge to pass a challenge
though you should see what kinda of hints your giving away :)
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  Posted by Pha. Sphinx 6553 from on 2006-11-29 08:28:51 Reply
  Agree, the possibility of an increased forum activity is a nice side-effect ;)
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Posted by Geb. shortbreak 1613 from on 2006-11-28 22:20:17 Reply
I don't especially like the "god's mood" part though.
Give the hint !
The challenger can get it or not depending on their own mood ;)
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  Posted by Viz. yai2k3 404 from on 2006-11-29 01:52:27 Reply
  I agree with what shortbreak said -- let the challenger get the hint if he or she so desires.
  If I may make a suggestion, though: if a player chooses to take a hint, either they're excluded from the rankboard for that level, or their name is highlighted in some fashion.
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    Posted by Pha. Sphinx 6553 from on 2006-11-29 08:23:27 Reply
    Yes, it should be up to the solver to use the hints if he or she desires...
    I like your idea about highlighting players who have used hints for a particular level...but that doesn't stop anyone from signing up with another nick and solving the challenges without using the hints, thereby giving the impression he or she is has done all the challenges by himself.
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      Posted by Geb. shortbreak 1613 from on 2006-11-29 09:56:38 Reply
      The multiple nick problem can't be solved easily IMO.
      I've done challenges where the solution was a function of the nick so that each answer was unique. Perhaps.... perhaps code could be done which makes the solution depend on whether there was a hint. < I'm not coding it ! ..No way ;->
      No, no easy answer to it ;(
      The highlighting is good. Perhaps even excluded from the rank for that level but present in the hof. The hof could then be like a measure of difficulty.
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        Posted by Pha. Sphinx 6553 from on 2006-11-29 16:52:02 Reply
        The multiple nick problem can't be solved easily IMO.
        Agree.
        Actually, the majority of the challenges here have varied answers. But once the person knows the method or way to solve the challenge, it doesn't matter if the solution is different.
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        Posted by Nob. Spoodle58 1648 from on 2006-11-30 01:26:35 Reply
        I think there should be no hints at all.
        And if you do a hint system, a hint should cost a lot of xp, around 250 xp or something.
        
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        Posted by Pha. Sphinx 6553 from on 2006-11-30 11:35:59 Reply
        That's an attractive proposition too ;)
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  Posted by Mer. crabbo_1 164 from on 2006-12-03 18:53:22 Reply
  I agree...the hint should be given if the XP is deducted
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Posted by Art. MadDog 285 from on 2006-12-04 01:42:38 Reply
I also think that the hint should be given if XP points are deducted. Also, how about giving XP points for completing a challenge (after all, they are called experience points) except of course if a hint has been given, in which case no XP points should be awarded. I also think that everyone should be included in the HOF, but using a different color where hints have been given. Don't make the hints too expensive to buy, and you will encourage more interest in both the challenges, and in the message board.
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  Posted by Pha. Sphinx 6553 from on 2006-12-04 09:29:37 Reply
  One idea is to make the xp deduction progressive - the higher the challenge, the more costly the hint. For instance, a level 2 challenge will cost say 10 xp's while a level 10 challenge will cost 50 xp's.
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    Posted by Geb. shortbreak 1613 from on 2006-12-04 20:45:52 Reply
    50 ! xps Well, a hint is worth more for the higher levels
    Could xps go negative ? ;)
    Would a hint "ration" work? One might be allowed say 3 hints with each costing 1/3 of whatever xps they had at the time.
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  Posted by Geb. shortbreak 1613 from on 2006-12-10 12:02:29 Reply
  If one completes a challenge without using the hint, then they are shown or can elect to see the hint.
  
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Posted by Scr. i_need_help 319 from on 2006-12-06 00:03:53 Reply
I like the idea of hints costing xp, but I dont like the part about showing a different color on the lists. Everyone needs a little help from someone else now and then, why have it show up as a seperate color?
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  Posted by Geb. shortbreak 1613 from on 2006-12-10 11:54:06 Reply
  <>There are challengers that will admit to getting stuck every so often and then there are liars ;-)
  Only the first type is here of course !
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  Posted by Pha. Sphinx 6553 from on 2006-12-10 14:28:50 Reply
  Without the differentiation, it might be tempting to just use the hints.
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