Re: Floating eyes out of the blue?

Ohle Claussen wrote:
On 2007-11-06, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

Personally I don't expect the game to reveal every detail, whether in
the Guidebook or in any in-game database.

Certainly not every detail. But what is the point of having an in-game
database when it often doesn't reveal anything helpful at all?

I have a different view on that.

Some
obfuscated hints as to the possible dangers of a monster would probably
help newbies a lot, though.

Sure.

Usually the Devteam have some idea of how a
certain monster works drawn from some source or other, and might expect
players to recognise the source and make guesses about the implications
in the game. The database often helps in making these connections, and
that is what I feel it is for.

Yes.

However, sometimes those hints are not
consistent with the game and so are misleading.

If there are misleading entries or if they are non-consistent with the
game I'd issue a bug report.

Janis
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