I would have liked to do this poll on Reddit instead, but polls are disabled in the BG3 subreddit for some reason, and seemingly have been for quite some time. So, next best thing.
I will specify that the options will assume that we will run into all of the various flaws of both systems. It's also why there won't be a neutral 'I don't mind/other' option, as it is far more useful to gauge what system people would prefer, even assuming we frequently run into the perceived worst aspects of both systems. We can argue all day about how each system may be theoretically implemented/improved or whatever hybrid systems may exist, but this is only meant as an exercise in finding out what the majority of the community here would prefer in the absence of such suggestions.
EDIT: Guess I need to add this in here.
I only put the absolute extremes here only to gauge which extreme people would prefer if it ever came down to that. Of course everyone wants something in the middle, but even something such as this would be useful for gauging exactly where that middle point should be. There is a big difference between the following two 'middle ground' concepts:
- Design for full automation first, with options for prompts afterwards.
- Design for full prompts first, with options for automation afterwards.
There are certain implications with either approach. The first approach has an implication that certain abilities may be designed and implemented based on ease of automation foremost, with options to control how they are used through prompts later. The second approach has an implication that certain abilities may be implemented in ways much closer to their tabletop versions, with options for automation to reduce the frequency of prompts in situations that players may find redundant later.
We already have dozens of other threads for specific middle ground suggestions, the purpose of this poll wasn't to create yet another one. (Plus I already knew the poll would be absolutely pointless if I put such an 'other' option in there, because we can't even agree on what a middle ground should even LOOK like to begin with, AND we all know that option would win with how insanely broad it would be. Evidently the replies here have already validated the decision to leave it out.)
Last edited by Saito Hikari; 08/08/22 05:24 PM.
