Originally Posted by
Ceruhe
Ehhh, there is so much more to it. no, there isn't, text should be changed from 'searching for' to 'finding a' simple eh?
I'd say it common sense to not get anything from it if you aren't eligible for finding any of said deposit.that's what text descriptions are for in a game, not guesswork, not flailing blindly especially not with costly resources
On the other hand properly describing stuff should also be a given. Not that it really matters since 8/10 people can't read anyway. Let alone understand. Unless it's bug/exploit/loophole using, then everyone magically seems to understand the first time around.
ex. someone tells you if you look for their wallet they'll give you $20, so you look, don't find it but hey, you should still get $20 cause you looked for it right? anyone would see that as i get $20 just for looking, no mention of only if i find it was made.
Back to topic...
That description was actually accurate, since you were able to find treasures even though you were not able to find any deposits, just the "search for X" part. Seeing as a stone search takes ~40s-2 minutes and yields 25 of either stone/pwp/hwp/marble, it shouldn't come to a surprise that people will now send Geos 24/7 on a search to find free resources. As such, you could remove your stone masons, pwp sawmills, marble masons and hwp sawmills, simply because you can create the resources out of thin air (regardless if the pace is to your liking or not).
So simple math tells us that lot of people*alot of super short searches*amount of Geos*alot of spare time*30% of finding stuff for free yields in a somewhat broken economy. Which then will turn people into crying about another useless part of the game (such as titan smelter and everything beyond that). However, they will happily join into said loophole while it lasts. Greed is infinite after all.
With that said again, seen enough games where something little changed and a whole lot of descriptions would've needed a tweak or two but hasn't received so after years.
Just hope they also fixed the stuff with copper/iron/coal/gold searches, specially in those last 3, seeing as there is a potential loophole for a lot of people that don't have enough BL's or plans to run every single mine at all times.
Gonna spare you my rant on peoples greed and morality though, wouldn't be able to post until next week or so.