<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills --> <!--X-From-R13: "Hynqvzve Berybinp" <gbzpngNtnyro.rgs.ot.np.lh> --> <!--X-Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 16:43:44 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 004201be41b2$4f4a3500$5cc6f7c2@default --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:tomcat#galeb,etf.bg.ac.yu"> </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="msg00206.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00208.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00219.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00208.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00207">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00207">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00207">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Vladimir Prelovac" <<A HREF="mailto:tomcat#galeb,etf.bg.ac.yu">tomcat#galeb,etf.bg.ac.yu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 01:42:42 +0100</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> [Quzah] >Anyway, the whole point was that combat was very leathal, very final, >damn fast, and loads of fun. I hope to bring this aspect to MERC, >because combat takes far too long. There is no way I should be hacking >some one with a sword for 50 hits. One good hit is all it takes. Then you will have trouble with clerics being obsolete, having no time to cast healing spells; most of offensive skills useless (you have no time to react); player killing depending on who first typed "kill Bubba"; and chance of you getting killed greatly depending on how much you lag. And can it be fun, lasting only a second or two? Maybe you have in mind other ways of gathering exp? :) If you put armors that would absorb damage, you would return to having long combats. I did this, and players like it (most of players were angry with diku-mud based armor that lowers the probabilty of you getting hit not the actual damage done to you). I also did split a player body to four regions (head, body, arms, legs) and did an aproximation of this with NPC-s. Head damage goes x2, body armor is multiplied with 1.5 before substracted from damage. Simple and fast model can in many situatutions prove to be a better one then a detailed and slow one. Vladimir </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00206.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when.</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00208.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00219.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00208.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00207"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00207"><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>[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00198" HREF="msg00198.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</A></strong>, Petri Virkkula <a href="mailto:pvirkkul#iki,fi">pvirkkul#iki,fi</a>, Sat 16 Jan 1999, 01:16 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00199" HREF="msg00199.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Sat 16 Jan 1999, 03:27 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00204" HREF="msg00204.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</A></strong>, quzah [softhome] <a href="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</a>, Sat 16 Jan 1999, 05:59 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00219" HREF="msg00219.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 19 Jan 1999, 00:33 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00207" HREF="msg00207.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</A></strong>, Vladimir Prelovac <a href="mailto:tomcat#galeb,etf.bg.ac.yu">tomcat#galeb,etf.bg.ac.yu</a>, Sun 17 Jan 1999, 00:43 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00208" HREF="msg00208.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</A></strong>, quzah [softhome] <a href="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</a>, Sun 17 Jan 1999, 01:45 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00230" HREF="msg00230.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 20 Jan 1999, 21:04 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00187" HREF="msg00187.html">[MUD-Dev] Reputations, More Mazes</A></strong>, Eli Stevens (KiZurich) <a href="mailto:c718157#showme,missouri.edu">c718157#showme,missouri.edu</a>, Fri 15 Jan 1999, 10:05 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00209" HREF="msg00209.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Reputations, More Mazes</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Sun 17 Jan 1999, 01:47 GMT </LI> </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>