Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
You continue to presuppose a priori what "realistic" means. It means different things to each of us. When pemerton writes that adding a table for weapon deterioration does nothing to increase his sense of realism, I am inclined to take him at his word.
[MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION] is one of the few people whose word I won't take on things like this. Not because I think he's lying, but rather because he's notorious for redefining terms to fit his needs and expecting others to either conform to them, or at least accept his personal definition.
I think people are capable of recognizing reality in an imagined space, and if they can recognize reality when they "see" it, they can recognize shifts in it. It can't really be quantified for the reasons I've given, but they can tell if something is becoming more or less realistic."I experience [the feeling of verisimilitude] more authentically than you because of [the rules which I favor]."
On what basis do you declare an insight into something which I feel, and how can you measure it against your own subjective feelings?