Monday, April 23, 2012

Crafting Hall Mishap.

So when I chose my first 2Craft Schoolsfor the crafting hall I got so excited that it gave me new buildings to build that I unlearned my currently selected school and went down the line obtaining the new buildings. Then I unlearned one of the last craft schools after getting the building blueprints so that I could relearn the craft schools I actually wanted. Only to be confronted with the fact that I could no longer relearn the ones I wanted, and to discover at my horror that I was left with only one craft school and had wasted my initial learn for each school. The fact that I've shorted myself 7000 gold worth of value in 5 seconds makes me wonder if I shouldn't just abandon my current city and start anew...

Obviously I should have been morethoroughlyattentiveto the fine print in this situation, but it seems I'm not the only person who has made this mistake and suffered for it, so I begin to ask if the game didn't do enough to keep me from greifing myself.

The popup that appears when you attempt to unlearn a skill is as follows:

"Are you sure you want to unlearn this craft school? Relearning it later will cost 1000 gold"

(the 2nd bit about the 1000 gold is on the second line in the box in game and perhaps too easily overlooked)

It seems to me that rather than warning someone when they attempt to unlearn a school that it will cost 1000 gold to relearn, it would be better design to let them know that BEFORE they learn their first school. And make sure theyunderstandthe permanancy and value ofthat choice, and that they're essentiallyusing up 1000 gold in first time learn value. The situation I find myself in is pretty infuriating especially since it could have been avoided. I suppose I have no one to blame but myself, but it seems like I shouldn't be so seriously boned after 5 seconds of user error :\ Is there even a huge need for relearning craft schools to cost 1000 gold in the first place?

Either way this is pretty disappointing.

If there's any way myCrafting Hallcould be reset to give me an opportunity not to be a dufus, I would great appreciate it. If not I guess I might just start the game over to fix it :\

Thanks,

Ben

|||Really.... you just should have looked better and actually read the pop-ups.. I know I did.... (besides. I've never really used them... so far I mostly found them quite pointless since most gear I have at the moment is often better)

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