Warning when discarding a card for an effect wouldn't work

[danielvictor]

I played a sea creature with a glide effect,and discarded a card with what appeared to be a sea creature icon to it. Nothing seemed to happen.I confirmed my turn and then eventually worked out that the icon hadn't counted because it was a requirement [technically correct iconography,but still potentially confusing]. This is an excellent implementation,but since it was highly unlikely that I would have intentionally discarded a card for zero effect,a warning when a player does that would be helpful [ Terraforming Mars gives you warnings in similar circumstances].

[Tisaac]

I played a sea creature with a glide effect,and discarded a card with what appeared to be a sea creature icon to it. Nothing seemed to happen.I confirmed my turn and then eventually worked out that the icon hadn't counted because it was a requirement [technically correct iconography,but still potentially confusing]. This is an excellent implementation,but since it was highly unlikely that I would have intentionally discarded a card for zero effect,a warning when a player does that would be helpful [ Terraforming Mars gives you warnings in similar circumstances].

Why would you confirm your turn if you didn't get anything ? There is no real need for a warning if you can just undo.
If you really think this is something that would improve the game, feel free to create a suggestion here : https://boardgamearena.com/bugs

[danielvictor]

You did get something - you got the appeal for playing the animal-with-glide - so it's not as if nothing changed. It's easy to miss bonus effects,like extra appeal or reputation - you just assume the system will have taken care of it all for you.Which it did,TBF - it just cheerfully swallows your discard,without warning you you're not getting anythng for it.

[FrankJones]

I didn't even realize it was possible to discard an invalid card with the Glide effect.

[danielvictor]

For what it's worth,at a basic English language level [I don't know about other language editions] an icon is an icon.Ok,I get that nobody seems to care about that,but when I'm a bt tired,and short on concentration,I rely on what's written on the card,and don't feel like digging around in the rules glossary.