Hordo wrote on Sep 14
th, 2011 at 4:22pm:
Present Tense Indicative Case also includes the concept of an already determined future event, such as a regularly occurring event or, in this case, the scheduled introduction of the Favor unlock.
OK, if we want to get really technical:
The Indicative mood (not tense) can include statements about the future, but not all indicative statements can simply be interpreted to refer to the future. Future is indicated by auxiliary words, and can be expressed in many moods, including indicative.
For example:
"You can unlock Artificers" is indicative, and clearly refers to the present. Pretending it somehow refers to the future and not the present is just incorrect.
"We plan to allow you unlock Artificers" is also indicative, and declares that a plan exists, at present. The specifics of the plan are left unspecified, and could include not planning to allow the unlock until the future.
"You will be able to unlock Artificers" is also indicative. It is a simple statement of fact. It also clearly refers to the future. Note that it says nothing about the excluding the present. This statement could be true even if Artificers were currently unlockable.
The bottom line being, that in English the future requires extra words to clearly mark it as future. Those auxiliary words do not appear in conjunction with the benefits described. Claiming that the benefits somehow refer to "future plans" or something else in the future is, therefore, entirely your own invention. It has no basis in the actual words on the page.
Quote:I'd probably give you a D instead of an F in one of my classes for the simple reason that you actually understood that there was a "present tense" and a "future tense" even though you did not grasp the elementary concepts surrounding them.
Will you give me at least a C for pointing out that English doesn't technically have a "future tense"?