It's "Advanced" not T2

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by brianpurkiss, October 3, 2013.

  1. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    It's a little bit of an annoyance to see casters still calling units and buildings T2 and T1.

    It's not Tech 1 and Tech 2 like other games.

    In Planetary Annihilation, it's "Basic" and "Advanced."

    Not a big deal, just an annoyance.
  2. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    Tech 1 and Tech 2 are easier to say and very accepted among most people.
    I mean look at SC2: People sort units by t1/t2/t3 even though they are not sorted like that in the game. It's just the general terminology. The only reason why PA uses "advanced" is to please nanolathe.
  3. liquius

    liquius Well-Known Member

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    Some people take T1 and T2 to mean Tear 1 and Tear 2. They draw there own conclusions that T2 should always beat T1. Basic and Advanced were put in to stop that.

    It also had the added bonus of pleasing nanolathe.
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  4. adecoy95

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    what??
  5. zaphodx

    zaphodx Post Master General

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    Advanced implies it's better than a basic unit anyway.

    I can't remember but I think I usually use t1 and t2 which is short and easy to say.

    Commentators.
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  6. hahapants

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    Zaphod, how dare you bring such shame upon the queen by referring to advanced units as T2 units!
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  7. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    Casters. People who commentate or "cast" gameplay videos.
  8. schuesseled192

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    Should call it cheap and expensive.
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  9. rgturner244

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    Well, in smash bros, it's not SS class, S class, A class, etc... It's Meta-Knight, Ice climbers, Olimar and Diddy.

    I think the T1 and T2 lingo applies here as generic definitions for a genre. They're quick phrases that someone new to PA, but not new to RTS, will understand.

    I don't think we need to be that picky. Unless this was sarcasm... if so, bravo.
  10. happycommi

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    perhaps we could refer to it as what we like? I think this is the second of your nomenclature-Nazi posts i believe.
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  11. rgturner244

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    "FROM NOW ON, THE ADVANCED BOT FACTORY WILL BE KNOWN AS.... BANANA!"
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  12. masterofroflness

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    you forget luigi
  13. rgturner244

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    Luigi 's actually in a lower tier. Right now, those are the top four characters. A- class follows and consists of Marth, Snake, and Falco.

    Check it out :)
  14. masterofroflness

    masterofroflness Well-Known Member

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    i was kidding i suck at ssbb
  15. Gerfand

    Gerfand Active Member

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    Basic because you don't have to Eco hard to get it,
    Advanced because you need to Eco Hard to ge it
  16. bobucles

    bobucles Post Master General

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    Not really. Advanced means "not available first thing". This is necessary for some units that would be too effective as starting units, but which work perfectly fine in a more established game. The cost of advanced units isn't terribly relevant after the infrastructure is built.
  17. asgo

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    and I still think casters are magic classes which casts spells.
    I reserve the right to apply terminology cross-genre. ;)
  18. thetrophysystem

    thetrophysystem Post Master General

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    I reserve the right to type into my keyboard whatever comes out fastest.

    I understand t1 is basic and t2 is advanced, and what that means which is that t1 is the most used generally necessary units while t2 is the units that you only ever need for a single role or kind of strike. T1 is anti air and ground, t2 is structure cracking and sniping units.

    It is a single letter and number, there is nothing that abbreviates better than that. Call it not what you want, I will call it what I will.
  19. asgo

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    you can called whatever you like, I don't mind. :)
    For that matter, I don't even know what the usual/accepted/expected terminology in that case is, I seldom watch casts from games. Never seen a game where I would prefer to watch someone else play it instead of playing it myself, assuming I like the respective game at all.
  20. GalacticCow

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    I try to call it advanced, but 10+ years of RTS's have made the terms "tier 1" and "tier 2" kind of compulsory. Though I still try...
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