About the Carbuncles ...

[Delily]

Simple logic really.

What kind of an idiot of a programmer would write the engine such that it's hard to change/add/remove spell abilities?

You ever written a program in a modern language before?

Have you ever worked on any software project before?
Just because something seems easy, doesn't mean it is, nor does it mean the developers should spend the time on it. Ever heard the term scope creep? You yourself said this will have no impact on gameplay. Why should they do it? Because a few forums posts?

[Bishop81]

Have you ever worked on any software project before?
Just because something seems easy, doesn't mean it is, nor does it mean the developers should spend the time on it. Ever heard the term scope creep? You yourself said this will have no impact on gameplay. Why should they do it? Because a few forums posts?

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I'm asking them to add a spell, that like changing a value in a DB, not re-architecture part of the game's code base.

Feature creep? Changing few configuration parameters is "feature creep"? Are you kidding me? Wait, don't answer that. Clearly you aren't. You know exactly what you are doing in this thread and I think I about had enough of you "regulars".