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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:koster#eden,com">koster#eden,com</A> (Kristen Koster)</LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:09:15 -0600</LI>
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At 2:30 PM 1/6/99, Koster, Raph wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Wilson [<A HREF="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com</A>]
>> I'm curious - has anyone implemented a system allowing
>> variable levels of
>> combat detail ('brief-mode' vs 'verbose-mode', for instance)?
>Yes, LegendMUD has this. Telnet to mud.sig.net port 9999 to try it out.
>
> > fightstyle verbose
> You will now see verbose fight messages.
[snip]
>of messages. Three tiers, I think.
Yup. The third tier is NONE. So you only see your hit points falling in
your prompt if you have this on and something is bashing on you. This is
more useful for immorts trying to avoid spam or stupidly suicidal
characters. =)
It all depends on who you're trying to cater to and retain in your playerbase.
-Kristen Koster
Kaige@LegendMUD
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<LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00052" HREF="msg00052.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Tue 05 Jan 1999, 22:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00059" HREF="msg00059.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 06 Jan 1999, 02:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00060" HREF="msg00060.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>,
Scatter <a href="mailto:scatter#thevortex,com">scatter#thevortex,com</a>, Wed 06 Jan 1999, 09:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00064" HREF="msg00064.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 06 Jan 1999, 20:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00067" HREF="msg00067.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>,
Kristen Koster <a href="mailto:koster#eden,com">koster#eden,com</a>, Wed 06 Jan 1999, 21:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00080" HREF="msg00080.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>,
Kristen Koster <a href="mailto:koster#eden,com">koster#eden,com</a>, Thu 07 Jan 1999, 03:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00110" HREF="msg00110.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Tue 12 Jan 1999, 06:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00117" HREF="msg00117.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>,
T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Tue 12 Jan 1999, 17:38 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00131" HREF="msg00131.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 13 Jan 1999, 15:51 GMT
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