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Re: Putting? Forgiveness? WTF?

• Sonnnic 12 Posts

  Mon, Oct 16 2017 6:02 AM

  I'm definitely not new to putting in WGT, but I still don't really know what these terms mean. I don't even know if they really make any difference in playing the game. I mean, a missed putt is a missed putt, right? If you don't put it in exactly the right spot, it will not drop. But if these factors are built into the game, what effect, if any, do they have in putting?

  I thought forgiveness and/or precision might help you miss less putts by making the ball drop in rather than rolling around the rim and out. Or I thought it might be more likely to drop in when you hit it too hard, rather than the extremely annoying jumping out that happens. Since those things keep happening if I increase forgiveness and precision or not, it seems to me that those factors don't seem to make a difference.

  Also, now that the new sponsorship feature is in play, I see that you can increase putting forgiveness and precision by upgrading different apparel. I tried increasing the forgiveness by about +24 and I didn't see any difference. so I'm wondering if it's a waste of coins to increase precision too.

  Anyway, what do you guys think?

• SidersBest 873 Posts

  Mon, Oct 16 2017 11:40 AM

  Isn't that on mobile, how do you get a screen large enough to see the difference. My tablet just gives me hash marks and on my phone, I just point and tap. Try doing both forgiveness and precision at the same time, then tell us how it works. I spin and win about 1,000 coins per week it might be worth giving up a few extra coins to tap in a few extra putts. Siders Best

• jayw4862 3,364 Posts

  Mon, Oct 16 2017 12:56 PM

  Sonnnic:

  But if these factors are built into the game, what effect, if any, do they have in putting?

  None.

  Sonnnic:

  I mean, a missed putt is a missed putt, right?

  Yep.

  Sonnnic:

  If you don't put it in exactly the right spot, it will not drop.

  You got it. All of that precision, forgiveness, balance is meaningless (here)... So many (many, many, many!!) folks have the top putters and can't do crap with them. The only aspect that I would pay any attention to is the meter speed. The rest are selling points, in this game. The top guys of this game (myself not included) won't miss any more putts than they normally miss, using a starter putter. PS..Sorry WGT QA man, the new mobile feature (adding yardage to club's distances) is dumbest idea (so far) for the mobile game (make it optional at least). Definitely stopped me from playing rooms (even though the coins/rooms are meaningless as all get out..just ball wasting, time-passing, boredom-killers). I only played to see what the apparel thing was about. Wasted 4 hits on a good Callaway ball :-(