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01-05-2018, 05:08 AM | #1 |
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[Enhanced Senses] What does Universal Smell ACTUALLY give, game-mechanically?
Greetings, all!
PES26 offers the Universal Smell perk, which allows using the sense of smell in both air and water. However, what is the actual tangible game-mechanical benefit of it? To elaborate: taste normally includes detection of chemicals in a liquid upon direct contact (e.g. lemony water in contact with the tongue allows detection of lemon juice in a liquid); smell is a (short-)ranged sense that largely allows doing the same things by vapours in the air. But what benefit is there to smelling a substance in water instead of tasting it in water? Another way to look at it: dolphins have No Sense of Smell or Taste (Can Taste, -50%) [-2]. What do they actually lose compared to a hypothetical paradolphin template who has been granted a sense of smell (in water)? Thanks in advance to all who answer! |
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discriminatory smell, discriminatory taste, enhanced senses, no sense of taste/smell, powers, powers: enhanced senses, smell, taste, universal smell |
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