Post by Azherae on 2024-09-25 19:47:36
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Ok I will try again, because I feel like based on your previous point you don't understand.
The skill involved in Poker is specifically guessing and estimation of probabilities. It's more complex than BlackJack but similar, and as you probably know, BlackJack can be treated as a mathematical adversity, to the point where you get thrown out of casinos for counting cards.
The skill involved in Chess is about memory, understanding of opponent psychology, and a tiny bit about your ability to hide longterm intent, on a board with all data visible. So, obviously, removing a datapoint would seem to bring the game closer to Poker than chess.
But what you've done is bring the game condition closer to Poker than chess, which is not the same thing, and I say this as a former very high ranking chess player.
Changing the game's informational condition is not making decision-making more difficult, it often makes it easier, what it does is change what type of decision one is making from tactics and calculation, toward gambling.
My specialty games are between the two of those. My years of analytics and 'amateur' design tell me that your 'argument' is wrong because Noaani said 'it's subjective' and you wanted to reframe it.
It's subjective. Invisible HP bars are not directly correlated to an increase in the skill ceiling in most MMORPGs. It is equivalent to 'having your opponent's gear be covered entirely by their cosmetics'. This is not a 'skill ceiling rise', this is a 'skill type change' and by most reasoning, a skill ceiling decrease relative to outcomes by increasing volatility.