While I love the challenge of these puzzles, I'm unhappy with the wording of some hints.
This applies to two types in particular - the use of the phrase "Pseudo-true pairing" and the "Multiple greater than/less than" clues.
I look to using the information in hints as a learning exercise, and these clues haven't helped me in this regard.
I don't know whether the phrase "pseudo-true pairing" is a well-known phrase in puzzle circles, but it didn't make much sense to me linguistically. I would prefer the term "exclusive pair" as to me, as I believe it would be more readily understood (from digital logic operations as I know it from an electronics perspective). At least I was able to make use of this information once I worked out what it meant.
The hint that really leaves me stuck is when it just makes a reference to there being Multiple greater than/less than clues for items in the same category, with basic information about the item involved, but then giving the outcome without explicitly going through the specific steps to get there.
There are a number of puzzles where I have sat for quite some time trying to see how the hint has been applied but in almost all of these cases, I can't see the actual logic steps being applied and therefore am unable to learn from the information provided.
I really look to the hints not for solving the puzzle so much as being able to educate me and if they can't do that, then they're not much use to me.
I understand this may be the result or limitation of how the software producing the hints operates but PLEASE consider including specific solving steps in the hints where a "Multiple greater than/less than" situation is being referred to.
Thanks,
Brian
This applies to two types in particular - the use of the phrase "Pseudo-true pairing" and the "Multiple greater than/less than" clues.
I look to using the information in hints as a learning exercise, and these clues haven't helped me in this regard.
I don't know whether the phrase "pseudo-true pairing" is a well-known phrase in puzzle circles, but it didn't make much sense to me linguistically. I would prefer the term "exclusive pair" as to me, as I believe it would be more readily understood (from digital logic operations as I know it from an electronics perspective). At least I was able to make use of this information once I worked out what it meant.
The hint that really leaves me stuck is when it just makes a reference to there being Multiple greater than/less than clues for items in the same category, with basic information about the item involved, but then giving the outcome without explicitly going through the specific steps to get there.
There are a number of puzzles where I have sat for quite some time trying to see how the hint has been applied but in almost all of these cases, I can't see the actual logic steps being applied and therefore am unable to learn from the information provided.
I really look to the hints not for solving the puzzle so much as being able to educate me and if they can't do that, then they're not much use to me.
I understand this may be the result or limitation of how the software producing the hints operates but PLEASE consider including specific solving steps in the hints where a "Multiple greater than/less than" situation is being referred to.
Thanks,
Brian