Low Priority Abilities or Perks

[Talisman]

I can understand how it has happened - the interface called them Abilities and the code calls them Perks.

But now it appears they are being called both Abilities & Perks in the on the game screens

Please can you choose one or the other and make the screens that are presented to the player consistent - suggest you remove the label "Abilities" and stick with "Perks" - then it will be consistent with the code.

see images in Posts #104 #109 #111

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[Pieter Boelen]

Good, point @Talisman!

Actually, I have always endeavoured to consistently call them "Abilities", at least in my forum posts.
The word "perk" always sounded quite odd to me.

 

[Grey Roger]

There is now the possibility of a clear distinction. "Abilities" could be the innate abilities of officers such as the doctor's healing of casualties and the gunner's providing of ammo. "Perks" could be what you spend your points on.

The other way round could work too. "Perks", as in perks of the job, could be the innate ones, while "Abilities" could be what you buy with ability points, meaning the text about "ability points" does not need to change. The point is, now we have two different types of bonuses, why not use the two different words to label them?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Interesting reasoning, @Grey Roger.

 

[Talisman]

The point is, now we have two different types of bonuses, why not use the two different words to label them?

Then they should have different screens and separate buttons on the F2> character screen

"Perks", as in perks of the job,

"Perks of the job" are benefits that you receive as part of a job - e.g. a traveling salesman is given a car & has his petrol paid for by his company. - They are nothing to do with abilities.

"Abilities" could be the innate abilities of officers such as the doctor's healing of casualties and the gunner's providing of ammo.

That sounds like Skills to me.

 

[Levis]

Guess for now I will rename it to abilities (soonish). in build 15 we can see if we are going to split it etc...

 

[Pieter Boelen]

"Abilities" works for me.

 

[Levis]

Bumping this up because I believe I still need to do this....