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its just a general rule for optimization

amnesia can handle high poly counts, but you'll be an idiot to upload a cannon with over 4k poly's even for a center piece, its just stupid... be practical and optimise to a point when you know its able to retain 95% detail

you need to use common sense when modeling for games...
and in the altered words of Black Jack
"Be kind, Optimise."

Hi since you don't seem to have your facts straight at all. The usual budget for a large centerpiece in the games industry today is 20k - 40K triangles though that doesn't mean the whole budget is going to be used. Meanwhile First person weapons are usually 10k, vehicles are usually 15K. This is going to end up at 5.5K when it's not LoD'd

I'm not sure where you're pulling your numbers, but they sound like the restrictions that would have been in place. When I Was developing levels and assets for halo, 4 years ago.

Sources.

http://www.ilyanedyal.com/

http://www.teamfortress.com/contribute/tips.php

http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=26036

If you really expect me to develop like it's 2000 when it comes to my assets (and in turn make them look unacceptably bad you're in for a surprise :S)