#30967: "transmutation shortcut caught me off guard"
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• Please copy/paste the error message you see on your screen, if applicable.
Normally, choosing transmutation asks which essences to convert, and then which ones to receive. However, my current essences were only 4 life, so "helpfully" it skipped the first step. Well I didn't notice that and selected 3 life essences ... assuming that was the "source". And I ended up with the same 4 life essences I started with.
I don't think that shortcut really helps. Consistency is a better UX choice. -
• Please explain what you wanted to do, what you did and what happened
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v89
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
Normally, choosing transmutation asks which essences to convert, and then which ones to receive. However, my current essences were only 4 life, so "helpfully" it skipped the first step. Well I didn't notice that and selected 3 life essences ... assuming that was the "source". And I ended up with the same 4 life essences I started with.
I don't think that shortcut really helps. Consistency is a better UX choice. -
• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v89
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
Normally, choosing transmutation asks which essences to convert, and then which ones to receive. However, my current essences were only 4 life, so "helpfully" it skipped the first step. Well I didn't notice that and selected 3 life essences ... assuming that was the "source". And I ended up with the same 4 life essences I started with.
I don't think that shortcut really helps. Consistency is a better UX choice. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v89
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• What was displayed on the screen when you were blocked (Blank screen? Part of the game interface? Error message?)
Normally, choosing transmutation asks which essences to convert, and then which ones to receive. However, my current essences were only 4 life, so "helpfully" it skipped the first step. Well I didn't notice that and selected 3 life essences ... assuming that was the "source". And I ended up with the same 4 life essences I started with.
I don't think that shortcut really helps. Consistency is a better UX choice. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v89
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• Which part of the rules was not followed by the BGA adaptation?
Normally, choosing transmutation asks which essences to convert, and then which ones to receive. However, my current essences were only 4 life, so "helpfully" it skipped the first step. Well I didn't notice that and selected 3 life essences ... assuming that was the "source". And I ended up with the same 4 life essences I started with.
I don't think that shortcut really helps. Consistency is a better UX choice. -
• Is the rules violation visible on game replay? If yes, at which move number?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v89
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• What was the game action you wanted to do?
Normally, choosing transmutation asks which essences to convert, and then which ones to receive. However, my current essences were only 4 life, so "helpfully" it skipped the first step. Well I didn't notice that and selected 3 life essences ... assuming that was the "source". And I ended up with the same 4 life essences I started with.
I don't think that shortcut really helps. Consistency is a better UX choice. -
• What did you try to do to trigger this game action?
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• What happened when you tried to do this (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v89
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• At which step of the game did the problem occur? What was the current game instruction?
Normally, choosing transmutation asks which essences to convert, and then which ones to receive. However, my current essences were only 4 life, so "helpfully" it skipped the first step. Well I didn't notice that and selected 3 life essences ... assuming that was the "source". And I ended up with the same 4 life essences I started with.
I don't think that shortcut really helps. Consistency is a better UX choice. -
• What happened when you tried to do this game action (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v89
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• Please describe the display issue. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
Normally, choosing transmutation asks which essences to convert, and then which ones to receive. However, my current essences were only 4 life, so "helpfully" it skipped the first step. Well I didn't notice that and selected 3 life essences ... assuming that was the "source". And I ended up with the same 4 life essences I started with.
I don't think that shortcut really helps. Consistency is a better UX choice. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v89
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
Normally, choosing transmutation asks which essences to convert, and then which ones to receive. However, my current essences were only 4 life, so "helpfully" it skipped the first step. Well I didn't notice that and selected 3 life essences ... assuming that was the "source". And I ended up with the same 4 life essences I started with.
I don't think that shortcut really helps. Consistency is a better UX choice. -
• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v89
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
Normally, choosing transmutation asks which essences to convert, and then which ones to receive. However, my current essences were only 4 life, so "helpfully" it skipped the first step. Well I didn't notice that and selected 3 life essences ... assuming that was the "source". And I ended up with the same 4 life essences I started with.
I don't think that shortcut really helps. Consistency is a better UX choice. • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v89
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This is particularly bad because the normal process trains the user that "it's safe to check the effects of this ability" because you will have to confirm before it's committed (at least when there are generic inputs). Thus it's a big (and unpleasant) surprise when the game chooses a color for you and the confirmation is skipped.
For example, it's unclear to a new user whether the mausoleum converts one or X resources to black. Clicking to check turns out to be a completely unsafe operation.
Generally speaking, I find it disturbing to change the number of steps in a given action according to one or more specific situations.
I know it would be stupid to transmute gold in an other ressource, but it is alloweded
See boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=349&t=23006
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- Did F5 solve the problem?
- Did the problem appear several times? Every time? Randomly?
- If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
