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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale ... point of view of an eq veteran</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Wes Connell <<A HREF="mailto:wconnell#skotos,net">wconnell#skotos,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:28:11 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Brian Green wrote:
> In addition, players have come to expect the game to work a certain
> way. Sure, a system might be poorly-designed, buggy, ugly, imbalanced,
> and downright unfair, but people have come to expect that. They've
> altered their playing style to accomodate these shortcomings. Changing
> it might be for the better, but you'll get a lot of whining.
Two good examples of this come from UO.
1) Pre-casting. Obviously the developers NEVER intended for an energy bolt
to cast, a halberd wielded, halberd swung, energy bolt released. I
wouldn't go as far as to call it a bug. When it was fixed in a patch I
knew some heavy PvPers who almost quit becuase of removing
pre-casting. Pre-casting was the entire basis of their PvP tactics.
2) Reviving horse stanima. If you were trotting along and your horse ran
out of stanima you could simply dismount and say "all follow me". This
reset the horses stanima and you could continue riding. Once this was
fixed many players blamed OSI for "nerfing" the game when they had fixed a
bug!
Moral of the story is that players like change that is benficial to
THEM. They hate everything else.
Wes!
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00219" HREF="msg00219.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale ... point of view of an eq veteran</A></strong>,
S. Patrick Gallaty <a href="mailto:choke#sirius,com">choke#sirius,com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 14:22 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00227" HREF="msg00227.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale ... point of view of an eq veteran</A></strong>,
John Bertoglio <a href="mailto:jb#pulsepoll,com">jb#pulsepoll,com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 16:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00230" HREF="msg00230.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale ... point of view of an eq veteran</A></strong>,
Jeff Freeman <a href="mailto:skeptack#antisocial,com">skeptack#antisocial,com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 17:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00238" HREF="msg00238.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale ... point of view of an eq veteran</A></strong>,
Brian Green <a href="mailto:brian#psychochild,org">brian#psychochild,org</a>, Fri 14 Apr 2000, 02:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00262" HREF="msg00262.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale ... point of view of an eq veteran</A></strong>,
Wes Connell <a href="mailto:wconnell#skotos,net">wconnell#skotos,net</a>, Sat 15 Apr 2000, 05:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00267" HREF="msg00267.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale ... point of view of an eq veteran</A></strong>,
John Bertoglio <a href="mailto:jb#pulsepoll,com">jb#pulsepoll,com</a>, Sat 15 Apr 2000, 05:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00249" HREF="msg00249.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale ... point of view of an eq veteran</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00220" HREF="msg00220.html">[MUD-Dev] [LONG] A slightly different perspective on Real money in Virtual worlds.</A></strong>,
Zak Jarvis <a href="mailto:zak#voidmonster,com">zak#voidmonster,com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 14:22 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00237" HREF="msg00237.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] [LONG] A slightly different perspective on Real money in Virtual worlds.</A></strong>,
Morten Andresen <a href="mailto:morten#mgon,com">morten#mgon,com</a>, Fri 14 Apr 2000, 02:52 GMT
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