(Also, it doesn't help that I always felt that Arthas was cooler with his paladin's maul than he is with Frostmourne. Even though Frostmourne is pretty cool)
Monster Hunter is an action game where you play as a hunter that hunts giant monsters. Monsters hunted can be harvested and their parts used to make armor and weapons.
What's appealing about it to a lot of people is that the entire game is essentially a boss rush. Instead of having to fight tons of mooks in between big setpiece boss fights like normal action games, you embark on quests that pit you against a particular boss-like monster.
With varied weapons (each with their own style) and a very large selection of monsters (each with their own different attacks and combat styles), it can keep you entertained for a surprising amount of time.
I know 5e players aren't used to targeting as an actual mechanic so I want to figure out a way of doing that without explicitly telling them that they're able to do it or what breaking a part does.
@Yuuki If you describe the weak points of a monster vividly, and can coax descriptive attacks from your players, they will start choosing to attack the areas that you've described as vulnerable based only on description. then you can apply the mechanical effect and they don't even have to know that targeting a specific area is a mechanical choice
I wonder if it'll work with strong points too. Like there's a monster with a sword tail. If you damage the tail enough to break it, it hurts less when it hits and the burning effect it can apply wears off more quickly.
@Yuuki Alternatively, you can divide a monster's health pool into different thresholds, and when the monster dips below that threshold, you describe that the monster has taken some damage and apply some mechanical effect based on that. This way, you don't rely on the players to call any shots, but the fight is still dynamic. Though this does end up with a more scripted progression. If you only fight that monster once though, they will never know that it was following a script
For example "after the monster loses 25% of it's hp, it suffers a severe leg injury, so it moves at half speed and has disadvantage on its stomp attack"
@Adam Hmm... I could start off doing that and as they notice mechanical effects happening as certain parts are damaged, they might target parts specifically and I can move to a more well-defined parts system.
@godskook although that opens up targeting as an all-the-time option. Unless you say it's for certain monsters only.
offtopic question: let's say you reached out to a potential employee that looked interesting and offered them an interview for a customer-facing position. They respond with a massive typo.
Oh, I think I avoid doing so in job e-mails. I try to proofread, but I A) don't know if I've sent any typo-d job emails because 2) if I have, no one's called me on it.
Email etiquette is... variable across contexts. I work with people whose attitude toward email runs the gamut from "craft it carefully as a hand-written love note" to "dash off a single-word response to a complex issue."
@BESW I agree, but it seems like when you're applying for a job that involves emailing/talking to customers, one should really do a better job proofreading.
@BESW Question is do I still bring this person in to interview, or do I ghost/email them saying plans have changed/tell them their mistake and cut loose/etc?
@BESW I am not that employer :) Especially since communicating with my customers via email is something we do. If you can't proof the email you send when trying to get the job, I don't have a lot of faith you'll do so when doing the job.
@NautArch I'd say it probably depends on the rest of the context. Are they otherwise promising? Do you have enough candidates you can afford to be picky?
@godskook yes, it's one mistake, but it's also their first interaction with me. I guess I feel that if they can't represent themselves, how are they going to represent me?
@godskook Pretty slim. I think someone who is trying to promote themselves would be pretty careful about their first impressions. My applicant pool isn't great where I am, but I also can't have someone that's sloppy enough to leave out an entire word.
@NautArch Is it a job where they need to be editing/proofreading things? I know I have issues where I tend to autocorrect mistakes in any writing (especially things I wrote so I 'know' what it says). It is possible that they do the same thing, and didn't notice they a word even though they triple checked it.
@diego It's a job where they're often emailing customers, handling complaints, processing orders. It's basically the face of my company (which sells a medical supply).
@godskook it's a Customer Service position (handling orders, customer problems, etc.)
I'm ill-experienced at high-level professionalism, but as a customer and as someone who's worked in fast food for years, my experience with customer service suggests that typos are practically irrelevant.
'Course, I say that knowing full well that other customers are highly judgemental about such things, anecdotally.
Idk, I might be a bad person to reference on this one.
@NautArch In that case I can understand why you would consider not interviewing them. Though if you do I would tell them that you changed your mind and why.
@diego that's kind of where I was going. I'm just not sure about being 'harsh'. But it's also a learning experience for them. I dunno, I think I need to consider it more.
@diego And I also don't want to cut someone loose for a mistake. Maybe I bring them and use that as a starting point for a question.
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I'd personally be disinclined to consider it worth cutting them off entirely unless I was desperate for reasons to cut down my interviews. But I'd also not lie to them about the situation.
tbh, if I accidentally a word in my resume email and I got chastised for it in an interview, I probably wouldn't want to work for/with that person. it comes off as petty and overly scrupulous
just like I don't want to work for a place that automatically cuts me because my resume is on two pages
it's two pages cause I deemed that I have enough info to warrant it. if you don't like that, then GFY i'll find a different company that's less petty and actually wants to look at me
offtopic question: let's say you reached out to a potential employee that looked interesting and offered them an interview for a customer-facing position. They respond with a massive typo.
@DForck42 And I'm tough with things like that - both because I put importance in business writing and that I have a high standard for how I want people to view my company/brand.
the one page resume has always been a stickler when i WRITE mine, but it's not a non-starter when I"m looking. More of a eye-roller for me, but that's it.
the questionnaires here are roughly 2.5x the length of the ones we did on GraphicDesign.SE. Mine was 1001 words, 5570 characters. @nitsua60 wrote 2535 words adding up to 14130 characters and that appears to be about average length o.O
@BESW ah thought it was about writing a resume. Yeah I would cut them loose @NautArch - if they can't proof their letter to even pretend to care now and you have more candidates.. good riddance.
I predict based on no evidence that the average answer length here exceeds the average answer length on GraphicDesign.SE by approximately the same ratio.
@Ryan I guess I'm just a bit more forgiving and willing to give people a chance, cause to me it seems ridiculous to cut a person because of ONE typo... especially one that doesn't get picked up by auto correct and is pretty easy to miss
@Ryan That was my initial thought, but I do think it's worth bringing them in. I can raise the issue and my concern and give them a chance to react. It's a little of my time, and I think it's a good chance to teach them something.
I come from StackOverflow and I see that the answering style here is very different. Even simple yes/no questions get answers with multiple headings and paragraphs.
What happened? Was this a conscious decision? Do I risk being downvoted for short yet complete answers?
@DForck42 I see both points (I was more on @Ryan reaction initially). It's not the end of the world, if she doesn't want to work here because I brought it up, that's fine. But she should at least get an opportunity based on why I reached out initially and hear why I was concerned.
@DForck42 but aout the one-pager. I've had a lot of very different jobs, but I'm a believer in the 2nd page is for published works only (damn you, academia!) And now that i'm on the other side, if it's hard for me to quickly scan a resume to get the gist of someone's experience and background then I'm not as likely going to bring them in. I'll ask the questions to give them a chance to further expound on their experience, but I just want the teasers to get me interested.
I treat resumes like I do presentations. The slides shouldn't be what I'm saying - they should support what I say. The resume shouldn't be my interview, it should be the hook and support the story I am telling about why you should hire me.
Its like on a cooking competition. You have these great chefs but one of them has to go. Then every so often they'll be like you know what - you were the worst but we're going to let you through anyways! And all the other candidates are like, "well this sucks"
@DForck42 I will say that for my experienced positions (like customer service), if you don't write a cover letter, which we ask for, I'm not even looking at your resume.
@DForck42 I've been a part of hiring developers, but I'm not a developer. I trusted the others developers in the company to review their ability and I'd look more at personality, work approach style, and cultural fit.
I'm also a believer that if you've done no research on my company before you come in, you ain't getting the jo.
I built a pretty nice career for myself thanks to my attention to detail. I write and design advertisements and marketing collateral for a living. There's no Spellchecker that's going to save me if I do a 10,000 print run with a glaring typo in it.
I'd be tempted to show you the marketing material of my company but apart from the marketing employee posting on facebook the photos of all company dinners (what for? Self-celebration and looking for the platitude of our direct clients?) I really have no idea if I should.
@nitsua60 hmm? I wasn't saying it to single you out or offend you since it seems I did. I just found it impressive the contrast. Since joining RPG.SE I really like how much longer and well written everything is and have brought it up in the Graphic Design chat to see how we can be more like this community
@Ryan Part of the problem with the questionnaire is that some the questions were not concise, nor particularly well formed. In true SE form, a poor question attracts answers of variable length and / or quality. The other part is that good liposuction takes a bit more effort. I already do that in my day job.
This question was marked as duplicate and at first "I failed to open a lock. Now what?" was the only linked 'duplicate' question.
Taking a look at its answers I found that most of them, while still talking about the same issue, would not be helpful for the questioner from the new question becaus...
@KorvinStarmast In an election questionnaire, open-ended questions are a deliberate feature. They're not on main where we're looking for right answers; they are written to elicit thoughtful answers that reflect how that candidate thinks. What counts as well-formed is entirely different, when the purpose is different.
@SevenSidedDie I am aware that there is a different purpose, but I retain my position that a number of them are badly written As A Questionnaire. As I said, if this is the best the hive mind can do, well, we can do better. And if this is general SE/SO form, well, it's a place where SE/SO falls down.
@KorvinStarmast There are many different kinds of questionnaires. If this was a statistical survey, they'd be bad questions. But what they are actually is Rorschach blots in word form. They are actually pretty brilliant at their job.
We differ then. My view on them remains unshaken, seeing as how well they have served SE for years, and how meaty and practical the results in this and past RPG elections have been. They suit the needs of the site ideally. In my view.
@SevenSidedDie Hmm, I am looking back at the C.SE MEta page and can't find the Questionnaire for that one, which I didn't much care for either, but at least I recall it as having fewer questions, and not so many three and four part questions.
I like them, I think they work, and the only way I could get useful responses to the multi-part question I proposed is if all the parts were asked together and treated as the same inquiry.
This was part of my comments in response to your original draft, though since you feel differently and that is OK, I left that as is.
Aha, I found the C.SE one it did have some multi part as well. Caleb basically baited me into running, so I went along for the ride. I was surprised to get any votes at all.
"After 7 days, the top 30 nominees, ordered by reputation, advance to the primary phase." - Why not by candidate score? (sorry to throw this in-between, but I just saw it)
@Thyzer Candidate score is pretty new and is just cosmetic. The election process has been around longer, so it couldn't use score then, and they haven't seen a good reason to revise the logic.
Recently went to a vintage car show and saw a 1964, but two door convertible. So dad coulda got one of those, but he had to go with the family car. 3 kids, which soon turned into 4.
@IlmariKaronen You're welcome! I'm always happy to steal stuff rather than trying to write it myselfleverage the expertise of others in order to provide the best possible answer.
@Shalvenay Okay, cool. That makes things a tad easier.
If you want to run that character, feel free.
A basic rundown of their history and goals would also be nice but if you'd rather take more time to think about that (or just wish to keep an air of mystery) that works too.
@Ryan Sorry--both read and responded too quickly. I'm not offended, but it did seem like you were saying that we-all nominators were talking too much. All's good now--thanks for straightening me out =)
I come from StackOverflow and I see that the answering style here is very different. Even simple yes/no questions get answers with multiple headings and paragraphs.
What happened? Was this a conscious decision? Do I risk being downvoted for short yet complete answers?
