<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement --> <!--X-From-R13: Oqnz Ivttvaf <avtugsnyyNhfre2.vasvpnq.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 07:47:54 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199803230748.AAA01153#user2,inficad.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.3.96.980320083121.620B-100000#mpc,dyn.ml.org --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00837.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00839.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00783.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00843.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00838">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00838">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00838">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 00:48:05 -0700 (MST)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:nightfall#inficad,com">nightfall#inficad,com</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> [Matt Chatterley:] > A far better response to making Shopkeepers into superheroes (just not > realistic) is simply to make it unworth the risk of belting them. You belt > the shopkeeper, polish off his guards, pick up the loot, stagger out the > shop... and stare right down the pointy ends of crossbows held by the > local guard captain and his posse. If you're looking for an easy catch-all solution, how about making shopkeepers have have 5 hitpoints, be worth 0 exp, have 0 gold and no items, and make the repop time on the town one minute. > Or alternately in a magical store, before dying, the shopkeeper pushes a > big red button on his counter, and the entire shop explodes. I like this very much. Now the question becomes: how do you block him from pressing the button? </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00843" HREF="msg00843.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Joel Dillon <emily#cornholio,new.ox.ac.uk></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00783" HREF="msg00783.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Matt Chatterley <matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00837.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Net protocols for MUDing (was: Moore's Law sucks)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00839.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] World Persistence, flat files v/s DB v/s ??</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00783.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00843.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00838"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00838"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00784" HREF="msg00784.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Fri 20 Mar 1998, 09:57 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00744" HREF="msg00744.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 18 Mar 1998, 00:15 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00747" HREF="msg00747.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Wed 18 Mar 1998, 07:56 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00783" HREF="msg00783.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Fri 20 Mar 1998, 09:57 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00838" HREF="msg00838.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Mon 23 Mar 1998, 07:47 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00843" HREF="msg00843.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</A></strong>, Joel Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#cornholio,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#cornholio,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Mon 23 Mar 1998, 14:50 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00847" HREF="msg00847.html">OT: Martin Keegan</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 23 Mar 1998, 18:43 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00742" HREF="msg00742.html">META: topic and thread culling (was Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement )</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 17 Mar 1998, 19:43 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00725" HREF="msg00725.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Balancing Addicts</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Mon 16 Mar 1998, 20:54 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>