The reason this information is kept from the players is not because developers look down on players as simpletons. Quite the contrary, it is to keep them from giving it the once over with a fine tooth comb and pointing out all the errors, inconsistencies, and poor decisions. They don’t like everyone being able to look under the hood and see a bunch of string, duct tape, and twist ties holding everything together.

“Theorycrafters” get through all this cloak and dagger nonsense eventually, but usually not without some considerable effort. Even after considerable effort it is still only theory unless the developers confirm it as fact. Thus it is a very effective buffer or insurance policy at the least, allowing things to run wild until they can be fixed and/or the players stop blissfully ignoring them.

But on the topic of DAoC class boards, Wyrd was the man, he figured out like everything.

JuJutsu :“…I can’t think of a single other game in which this level of attention is paid to the most minute detail of optimization.”
Ever play EVE Online?

I’ve played that off and on (mostly off) for 4 years now and I still have no clue what I am doing most of the time. It makes my brain hurt

Drey :@JuJutsu You mean ’spreadsheets in space’? I’ve been meaning to give it a try.

Heh heh. You should give it a whirl. I tried it once before, a couple of years ago. I’m having a great time this go around…

But i think that it isnt put in most games because a)People, in general, dont like an equation right when they start in the game and b)Writing those numbers and formulas in every single ability takes time, without mentioning that its not like theres a lot of documentaion about the abilities (aka you are going to need search in the source code for the formulas, good luck with that one )

And im not a minority, i just have a different opinion that yours.

Ever play EVE Online?