[mainline] Melee "marksman"

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Re: [mainline] Melee "marksman"

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"Parisian", after Paris who shot Achilles in the heel
"undodgeable"/"unblockable"
"bullseye"
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Re: [mainline] Melee "marksman"

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Celtic_Minstrel wrote: March 16th, 2019, 12:56 am
sergey wrote: March 15th, 2019, 7:43 am "accuracy" is better than "accurate", since the later may be different depending on the wielder's gender, at least in some languages.
Doesn't the engine already support varying the name based on gender?
The wiki page https://wiki.wesnoth.org/AbilitiesWML says that the abilities can have gender-based names, but not the weapon specials. It seems like abilities are applied to units, which have a gender. But weapon specials are applied to attacks, which have no gender (or have always the same gender depending on the language). I think it is better to have weapon special describing the attack, rather than unit.

UPDATE. After some thoughts, perhaps we should focus on the English names and allow translators to do their job. The main reason why I though that "accuracy" is better than "accurate", since it sounds better to me in my native language.
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Re: [mainline] Melee "marksman"

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Thanks for bringing that up, somebody mentioned it once and it has been forgotten. I'm sure someone will implement genderspecific special names, at least if it's the outcome of the discussion.
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Re: [mainline] Melee "marksman"

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  • Parisian - I doubt most people would get the mythological reference; plus, it's real-world mythology.
  • undodgeable/unblockable - same problem as "unerring", it gives the implication of 100% hit chance.
  • bullseye - only works for ranged attacks
  • renowned - doesn't really carry any implication of improved hit chance, and only a weak implication of great skill
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"accurate" or "precise" are still my preferences. Which one doesn't really matter to me though, especially given this topic has been discussed on and off for over a year now apparently.
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Nothing discussed is as good as "marksman" for ranged. What would be the problem with having two terms? Marksman for ranged, and accuracy or whatever for melee? The help page could list both.

marksman (ranged) / accuracy (melee)
When used offensively, this attack always has at least a 60% chance to hit.
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That is another good alternative but it doesn't really solve the problem for drake breath or other attacks like that.
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The_Gnat wrote: March 17th, 2019, 7:09 pm it doesn't really solve the problem for drake breath
I don't see the problem with drake breath. Presumably, some of the drakes are better at aiming their flames, making them harder to dodge. Marksman means good at aiming, so it seems to work just fine to me. However, we could also just put marksman / accuracy in the help file without identifying which is which, and you could use whichever you think fits best.
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Re: [mainline] Melee "marksman"

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beetlenaut wrote: March 17th, 2019, 3:12 pm Nothing discussed is as good as "marksman" for ranged. What would be the problem with having two terms? Marksman for ranged, and accuracy or whatever for melee? The help page could list both.
The problem is that to be "accurate" means hitting the right place. This is relevant for ranged attacks and to a limited extent to melee attacks which pierce. Melee attacks like impact, cold, fire etc. are not about accuracy.
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While it's true that accuracy is less important for impact or magic attacks, that doesn't mean they won't benefit from accuracy. A mace will still hurt more if it strikes a vital area, for example. With cold or fire it's less clear, but in the specific case of the drake fire breath, there's an obvious interpretation: the marksman could mean they focus the flame into a narrower stream, thus hitting a smaller area with greater intensity. Of course, it's also a ranged attack, so maybe your complaint didn't cover it. For another example, consider a torch (melee fire) – while its greatest danger is surely the chance that you'll catch fire when struck by it, there's still a major difference between being struck in the face or just on the leg.
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I think that probably we can leave it as it is. People do understand what marksman means, don't they? But it makes sense to add a translation helper comment to hint translators to use word, which fits both ranged and melee weapons, so that translators can use it if it exists for their language?

Also possible alternatives: sniper, dead eye, hitter. The latter one probably works for both melee and ranged.
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"hitter" is a really terrible term. Yeah it could apply to either melee or ranged, but it just doesn't sound good.
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Wayirr wrote: May 17th, 2019, 4:30 am I think that probably we can leave it as it is. People do understand what marksman means, don't they? But it makes sense to add a translation helper comment to hint translators to use word, which fits both ranged and melee weapons, so that translators can use it if it exists for their language?

Also possible alternatives: sniper, dead eye, hitter. The latter one probably works for both melee and ranged.
Hi Wayirr, thanks for the suggestions! :)

Though I agree with Celtic that probably there aren't many possibilities that would be better than 'marksman', so it might as well be left.
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I still think "accurate" or "precise" would be reasonable alternatives though.
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Re: [mainline] Melee "marksman"

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Celtic_Minstrel wrote: May 30th, 2019, 12:17 am I still think "accurate" or "precise" would be reasonable alternatives though.
True, though with the removal of the marksman on the DF soldier melee there is now less reason to change it. :)
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