Final Exam answers being final is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[Magicalus]

I don't even understand the rationale for it. In universe, we're almost definitely using a pencil here, and from the meta perspective, for what POSSIBLE reason would you not allow people to change their answer? Forget maybe making a mistake, I got multiple questions wrong because I misclicked ever so slightly and now I can't change it. I might have been a little more careful, except I'm under a time limit, running around getting info I might've missed.

All this to say: getting to classroom 9 can already be a pain in the ass, please just give me this one thing.

[Silyon]

While I 100% agree that you should absolutely be able to change your answers before submitting, it does show the timer did it's job of making you panic. Which is honestly the only reason it even exists, to add the stress and pressure of "exam time" to the mix.

The big trick is to study up before you take your seat, particularly in regards to geography and history (which you need to learn for the Sigils anyway). Math, Art, and Science are each puzzles you've already solved by that point (In the Dartboard, Paired Paintings, and Laboratory respectively), but the Foreign Language stuff is a piece of work.

Essentially, I treated it the same as I did actual exams and didn't feel pressured enough to rush or make mistakes. I'm mostly glad the questions aren't randomized, and therefore it's easy to build a cheat-sheet for your next attempt even without looking up the answers. Should only ever take two tries.

[Magicalus]

Originally posted by Silyon:

While I 100% agree that you should absolutely be able to change your answers before submitting, it does show the timer did it's job of making you panic. Which is honestly the only reason it even exists, to add the stress and pressure of "exam time" to the mix.

The big trick is to study up before you take your seat, particularly in regards to geography and history (which you need to learn for the Sigils anyway). Math, Art, and Science are each puzzles you've already solved by that point (In the Dartboard, Paired Paintings, and Laboratory respectively), but the Foreign Language stuff is a piece of work.

Essentially, I treated it the same as I did actual exams and didn't feel pressured enough to rush or make mistakes. I'm mostly glad the questions aren't randomized, and therefore it's easy to build a cheat-sheet for your next attempt even without looking up the answers. Should only ever take two tries.

Oh absolutely! I'm not mad about any of the rest of the design, I just really don't like not being able to change my answer.

[PersonalC0ffee]

I didn't bother with these and just used the steam guide. It is just a trophy anyway.

[Magicalus]

Originally posted by PersonalC0ffee:

I didn't bother with these and just used the steam guide. It is just a trophy anyway.

It's also for fun! I have like 12 pages of notes from this game, and I was really enjoying the validation of having taken good notes.

[PersonalC0ffee]

Well I guess you will enjoy it when you finally get an A, huh?

[Red Minjo]

Originally posted by Silyon:

While I 100% agree that you should absolutely be able to change your answers before submitting, it does show the timer did it's job of making you panic. Which is honestly the only reason it even exists, to add the stress and pressure of "exam time" to the mix.

The big trick is to study up before you take your seat, particularly in regards to geography and history (which you need to learn for the Sigils anyway). Math, Art, and Science are each puzzles you've already solved by that point (In the Dartboard, Paired Paintings, and Laboratory respectively), but the Foreign Language stuff is a piece of work.

Essentially, I treated it the same as I did actual exams and didn't feel pressured enough to rush or make mistakes. I'm mostly glad the questions aren't randomized, and therefore it's easy to build a cheat-sheet for your next attempt even without looking up the answers. Should only ever take two tries.

There seems to be some really bizarre, possibly even inconsistent use of keyboard inputs in things like the final exam and the observatory. I've been using the steam note taking feature instead of pen and paper, and using the keyboard has sometimes resulted in me accidentally inputting A as an answer in the Final Exam and being unable to take it back, or accidentally activating the spiral of stars and instantly ending my run. I couldn't even tell you what keyboard button I pressed that screwed me over.

[Silyon]

Originally posted by Red Minjo:

There seems to be some really bizarre, possibly even inconsistent use of keyboard inputs in things like the final exam and the observatory. I've been using the steam note taking feature instead of pen and paper, and using the keyboard has sometimes resulted in me accidentally inputting A as an answer in the Final Exam and being unable to take it back, or accidentally activating the spiral of stars and instantly ending my run. I couldn't even tell you what keyboard button I pressed that screwed me over.

Which is exactly why I prefer physical notes. The act of writing itself somehow helps the information stick better and I don't trust Steam's overlay a lot of the time anyway.

[Red Minjo]

I just tested keyboard only controls on the dartboard. It seems that holding the A key cycles through the numbers on the side until you reach the leftmost number, but the highlighted number will be pressed at seemingly random times. The movement does happen, but pressing an answer does not happen when moving the numbers with W, S, or D. So it literally may have been trying to flip between pages using A and D that screwed me in the Final Exam.

[PersonalC0ffee]

I definitely agree we should be able to swap answers so long as the timer is going.

[BlackShark 3D]

Even though I'm pretty sure the devs did it for simplicity, and could perfectly patch the game to allow you to change answers, I'd like to play the devil's teacher's advocate :

It is perfectly legitimate for the techer to require their students to answer exams with a proper pen. It's a matter of respect for the teacher who will read and check your work.

Also, even though we are not in the Great City of Fenn, we are still in the ancient and noble city of Reddington and we respect the ancient traditions of our proud country.
And you should be glad we allow you to use these new cheap ballpoint pens from Arch Aries. In my days we used to write with proper fountain pens.

And please apply yourself young Ms Epsen, if you want to write like a Lady, you have to improve your cursive writing. I can barely distinguish your r's from your v's
;-)

[Baguvix]

Yeah. 30 minutes of room drafting and 15 minutes of screenshot + notebook goes to ♥♥♥♥ because ı misclicked ever so slightly. Like the mouse movement in this game is already BS especially in the sanctum. But this exam made me crazy.