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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6319159" data-attributes="member: 2525">I don't think it's subjective to say &quot;being able to memorize a short meaning is better than having to reference a long form physical text&quot;.&nbsp; I do think that is an objective statement of fact.&nbsp; Now it's subjective if the short meaning conveys enough, or if the long text provides more meaningful information, and that sort of thing.&nbsp; But all things being equal, it IS superior to be able to easily commit something to memory than it is to have to reference it in a text, and I don't think that can be rationally argued with.We're talking about one specific spell, and I was not equating it with any other spells.I don't recall if it was an L&amp;L or a tweet or an interview or live stream or what, but he definitely absolutely said it.&nbsp; They are only issuing errata if people say it's really necessary for their games and they want errata issued, and they will continue to survey people on such things after the game comes out.&nbsp; If most people are dealing with an issue just fine in their game without the errata, they won't release errata for it (probably just have an advice column on it somewhere).This will, of course, drive the pedants of the world bonkers.&nbsp; But fortunately, I think the overwhelming bulk of players will like that policy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6319159, member: 2525"] I don't think it's subjective to say "being able to memorize a short meaning is better than having to reference a long form physical text". I do think that is an objective statement of fact. Now it's subjective if the short meaning conveys enough, or if the long text provides more meaningful information, and that sort of thing. But all things being equal, it IS superior to be able to easily commit something to memory than it is to have to reference it in a text, and I don't think that can be rationally argued with. We're talking about one specific spell, and I was not equating it with any other spells. I don't recall if it was an L&L or a tweet or an interview or live stream or what, but he definitely absolutely said it. They are only issuing errata if people say it's really necessary for their games and they want errata issued, and they will continue to survey people on such things after the game comes out. If most people are dealing with an issue just fine in their game without the errata, they won't release errata for it (probably just have an advice column on it somewhere). This will, of course, drive the pedants of the world bonkers. But fortunately, I think the overwhelming bulk of players will like that policy. [/QUOTE]

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