Talk:Blacksmithing

King vs Queen

Wouldn't it make more sense to describe the "king" piece as a "queen" piece, seeing it has unlimited reach? Or is it somehow described as a King in game? --Diamondblade (54x) 03:25, 4 July 2007 (PDT)

Combos Indicators

I'm not certain where to add, but they are:

In the Rhythm - Hammering all four different numbers, they don't need to be in sequence, but it looks like hammering in ascending or descending order might be worth more points.

Fancy Hammerin - Hammering all four "figure" pieces: rook, queen, bishop and knight. Order doesn't matter.

Same Piece Combos (Double, Triple, Bingo, Donkey, Vegas), just hammer a piece with the same picture as the previous one repeatedly.

--Yukkon 18:35, 04 July 2007 (PDT)

Weld Done - In the Rhythm followed immediately by Fancy Hammerin or vice versa.

Also, same piece combos above Vegas still show up as "Vegas".

--S0mnus 18:41, 10 July 2007 (PDT)

To be consistent with our other puzzle terms, I think we should call reports like "Weld done" cascades, (12341234) repeatedly hitting the same piece a combo, (111111) and stick to "sets" for unordered numbers or chess pieces, (3241 or RBKnQ or 4321) and "runs" for ordered ones. (1234 and whatever the order is for chess pieces) --Diamondblade (54x) 02:15, 11 July 2007 (PDT)

"Sequence of clicks"

It is unclear in the scoring section what qualifies as a "sequence of clicks" where combos are concerned. Presumably, hitting the same piece multiple times in the same "sequence" will garner combos, but it seems in my mind like the whole game is a sequence of clicks. That could be better defined --Elliotbay 16:05, 9 July 2007 (PDT)

Terminology

Movement Token

Although the word token is applicable here in a couple of senses (especially a piece of stamped metal), it is usually used in puzzle pirates and on yppedia to refer to a thing that is held that is a symbol for something else. Specifically "movement token" has a fairly specific meaning to many pirates, that of the tokens for earned moves in battle navigation and blockade. I'm going to try to come up with something more interesting than "piece" to call these, since "pieces" are usually (in my mind) manipulated by the player. Cedricshock ^talk 09:47, 11 July 2007 (PDT)

Indicators

Everything on the screen indicates something to the player. The main use of "indicator" (as a noun) I'm familiar with in pp is the "shiny" indicator in duty puzzles. I suggest we use the word for indicating progress towards or accomplishment of a goal. I'm not sure if any other uses are still in this, but I'm going to change them if they are Cedricshock ^talk 09:47, 11 July 2007 (PDT)

Set

I'd like to call combos of the form (1 2 3 4) and (R K B Q) "sets" after the mathematical set, but it's a horribly overloaded term, and I think "sets" in some card games are things like (6 6 6 6), though if these are interpreted as (6C 6D 6H 6S) i.e. "the set of 6s" then its not such a big difference from "the set of numeric pieces", and "the set of chess pieces". I think I'm comfortable with it. Cedricshock ^talk 09:56, 11 July 2007 (PDT)