One, you don't seem to think that my communication effort was "valid" in some way originally.
Two, clearly you don't seriously maintain the position that "everything can be scripted" unconditionally, for example because otherwise this forum wouldn't exist, but you definitely seem to be saying so.
Three, I wonder if another part of our miscommunication is stemming from my presentation of bad ideas, or worse, uninformed ideas, along with the good. For your information, it is an expected result of any creative effort. Maybe we disagree on what degree forum posts should be "finished". I'm new, but that quantity isn't announced anywhere unambiguously; in fact, there seems to be quite some discrepancy in the sticky posts. Finished products can be respectful and considerate of others' time, but can also be quite chilly. If respectful == chilly, then I have a lot to learn!
I'm inclined to drop the argument about how common the "should I connect?" option is. The topic of indirect machine pathfinding even includes video games, with stuff like, "should (NPC, non-player character) Unit X cross the river?" and what not, especially when the user wants to answer, "sometimes". Arguing won't change how common it is, it will only change our perception, yours and mine. Unless we find 0% or 100%, then it's a trade-off, and another checkbox would be a good chunk of real estate on the screen. Every pixel hurts!
