Re: [Wesnoth-dev] How much discussion should we have about changes?

[David White]

Asa Swain wrote:

> I disagree with the sudden change to have berserk
> happen again while defending. And I was surprised to
> see the orcish archers suddenly gain a fire attack.
> Normally we would have a long discussion before big
> changes like these happened.
Well, Noy and Dragonking are in charge of making decisions like this, 
and I have confidence in them.

What's more, we DID have discussion of how 'berserk' should operate -- 
in fact, we have had heated discussion on it since April, 2004: 
http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1139&start=0

Exactly how much more needs to be said on that topic? Does anyone really 
have anything new to add? I think it's time for someone to make a 
decision, and Noy and Dragonking have impressed me as the people who I 
can have confidence in to make such decisions.

As for the Orcish Archer getting a fire attack, that was mentioned 
several times too. It wasn't exactly brought up for 'debate', but I'm 
not sure how much purpose this would have served.

> I may not agree with all the changes made, but no
> matter what the final version looks like, I'm excited
> about the prospect of actually reaching 1.0, as
> opposed to being eternally stuck in development.
>  
No-one is going to agree with all changes made, not even me. However, we 
have to design things by placing people in charge of certain areas 
rather than have a 'design by committee' approach. This is the approach 
I have always preferred, and it has shown itself to work better than 
when we fall into a 'design by committee' approach in the history of 
Wesnoth too.

David