Hmm… but you wrote
“I like to read her opinions here even though she likes RTwP combat for reasons I shall never understand”
There is some friction there, I mean how can anyone value something if you do not understand it? And admit will never understand it?
I do understand you may have been thinking of her opinion about other subjects or other preferences, but well this particular remark is a bit scratchy, if you get my drift.
Perhaps I did not phrase that in the optimal way but i was certainly not implying "you're stupid if you like RtwP". All I meant is that I personally do not get the appeal. In other words, we clearly have different tastes when it comes to combat systems.
Lots of people enjoy watching professional sports. I don't really "understand" the appeal. That's not going to change. But acknowledging that something is unappealing to me doesn't imply I think other people must be dumb for liking it.
I honestly don't see what's confrontational or aggressive (assuming that's what you mean by "scratchy") about essentially saying "obviously, we have different tastes and we'll have to agree to disagree on some things." I can still appreciate hearing different perspectives at times even if I go into it knowing my opinion is not likely to change.
daved is merely repeating what others have indoctrinated him to repeat by osmosis: "I will never understand RTwP…" - well, in that case, how on earth did you ever gain any interest in the line of RPGs that used RTwP in order to form an opinion on what the next game in that line should use as it's primary system? If you hate RTwP so much, how did you get invested enough in PK to motivate you to terrorise the fans and developers into offering a turn-based option?
Haha, I don't think anyone has indoctrinated me. If so, perhaps the makers of the original Fallout. I've been a fan of turn-based games for a long time and yeah I'm passionate about what I like but I'm pretty sure that's true of many people who love action RPGs or any other type of game.
As for why I care that a particular game has RTwP… because I really like the "old school" cRPG sub-genre and am generally a fan of dungeons and dragons. In the 90's we had a plethora of turn-based D&D games like the Gold Box series, but ever since Infinity engine we've barely had any. And I really enjoy the non-combat aspects of these types of games. For ex: I love the story / setting & atmosphere of Planescape: Torment but there's still a significant amount of combat in the game, and it really brings down my enjoyment of what otherwise might have been my favorite RPG. And in most RPGs the majority of your is spent in combat, so why would I want to spend my free time on something I'll not enjoy 85%+ of the time?
I expressed disappointment when I found out PF: K was going to RTwP because otherwise I'd be very interested in a new TB cRPG based on the 3.5e ruleset. But I got over it when I heard about Realms Beyond which is essentially the kind of RPG I've been waiting for, for many years. I've heard good things about the turn-based mod for Kingmaker but I haven't got the game yet.
But saying turn-based fans have terrorized the fans and developers seems a bit melodramatic, don't you think? Unless there's actually been some death threats or something else crazy I'm not aware of. (I obviously wouldn't condone that). As far as I can tell they still aren't making the next Pathfinder turn-based so it's not something I'll be buying anytime soon. That's fine, I've got RB, Solasta, and a bunch of other turn-based games to look forward to in the next year or so (hopefully).