Ghost Writing books can no longer be thrown by Poltergeist.

[KingKickAss]

Why?

[Gen_Panic]

On most difficulties, if the ghost throws the book as its first interaction with the book, then ghost writing can be eliminated as an evidence.
The polti was throwing the book before writing in it, even though ghost writing is one of its evidences.

[KingKickAss]

Originally posted by Gen_Panic:

On most difficulties, if the ghost throws the book as its first interaction with the book, then ghost writing can be eliminated as an evidence.
The polti was throwing the book before writing in it, even though ghost writing is one of its evidences.

I see. I feel like the ghost throwing the book should have no ties to evidence, and the ghost throwing a book to make you go back in and reset it for evidence checks is part of the fun.

[Gen_Panic]

Originally posted by KingKickAss:

Originally posted by Gen_Panic:

On most difficulties, if the ghost throws the book as its first interaction with the book, then ghost writing can be eliminated as an evidence.
The polti was throwing the book before writing in it, even though ghost writing is one of its evidences.

I see. I feel like the ghost throwing the book should have no ties to evidence, and the ghost throwing a book to make you go back in and reset it for evidence checks is part of the fun.

It's like the ghost not stepping in salt means its not a wraith. Light being turned on means its not a mare. Turning off the breaker eliminates the Jinn.
It is a puzzle game that uses the process of elimination as one of the ways we can narrow down the list of suspected ghosts.
BTW, even if the ghost throws the book, you should reset it to make sure it didn't write in it before throwing it.

[KingKickAss]

Originally posted by Gen_Panic:

Originally posted by KingKickAss:

I see. I feel like the ghost throwing the book should have no ties to evidence, and the ghost throwing a book to make you go back in and reset it for evidence checks is part of the fun.

It's like the ghost not stepping in salt means its not a wraith. Light being turned on means its not a mare. Turning off the breaker eliminates the Jinn.
It is a puzzle game that uses the process of elimination as one of the ways we can narrow down the list of suspected ghosts.
BTW, even if the ghost throws the book, you should reset it to make sure it didn't write in it before throwing it.

I understand that. What I'm saying is that the ghost throwing the book should have zero bearing on whether or not ghost writing is evidence. The Wraith has a specific weakness to salt so it makes sense that it specifically wouldn't step in it.

[DarkSaber2k]

I found the ghost writing book already has a nasty habit of falling through the floor when placed or moved.

[DarthPanda12]

Originally posted by KingKickAss:

Originally posted by Gen_Panic:

It's like the ghost not stepping in salt means its not a wraith. Light being turned on means its not a mare. Turning off the breaker eliminates the Jinn.
It is a puzzle game that uses the process of elimination as one of the ways we can narrow down the list of suspected ghosts.
BTW, even if the ghost throws the book, you should reset it to make sure it didn't write in it before throwing it.

I understand that. What I'm saying is that the ghost throwing the book should have zero bearing on whether or not ghost writing is evidence. The Wraith has a specific weakness to salt so it makes sense that it specifically wouldn't step in it.

They were just fixing a bug with it. Other ghost that have ghost writing as an evidence can't throw the book until they have written in it. The polter ability allowed it to still throw the book though which through players off. I do agree that it shouldn't have been patched though. The polter's whole ability is about throwing stuff. I think it should have been like the obake and fingerprints. Obake has forced fingerprints, but it has a 30% chance to hide them so even if you don't see finger prints off the first interaction you still have to keep in mind it could be an obake. It should be the same with polter and writing book. If it throws the book, it could still be a polter using its ability.

[[Spirit]]

Im pretty sure it specifically said it no longer throws it with its ability. It doesn't mean they'll never throw it. Thats probably what was causing the bug with it throwing and not writing

[underscores222]

Right, the "bug" was the ability to throw it without writing in it by using the ability. It will still interact normally with the book if it tries to throw a single item.
By the way, the write before throwing mechanic was added to make getting ghost writing a little easier. If you want to go back to waiting 30 mins for the ghost to write because it keeps throwing the book instead, be my guest.

[KingKickAss]

Originally posted by underscores222:

If you want to go back to waiting 30 mins for the ghost to write because it keeps throwing the book instead, be my guest.

Just make it so its 50/50 for the interaction to be writing/throwing then? lol