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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</A> (Alex Oren)</LI>
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Hi.
} > The question that was left unanswered is: How can a mud have a working quest
} > system without some kind of resets?
Ling, Jeff (using some vaguely english-like language) and Caliban (???)
suggested some sorts of imm intervention/control.
While perfectly valid, I think this circumvents the problem of resets instead of
solving it.
Let me restate.
I want some computer-run, hands-off, completely automated, totally computerized,
human-free quests in the scenario.
Why?
Because if a human is needed to supervise, I may as well play a "classic" RPG.
I want the system to provide decent entertainment value when no imms are
present. Even for a single player.
Quests, as I see them, provide short-term goals and some sense of accomplishment
and progress.
I guess the kidnapped princess scenario could be tweaked so the orcs will kidnap
a different member of the community (could even happen to be a player, social
implications aside) and repeat the kidnapping only after a long time (to
replenish slaughtered troops) but what happens when some high-level players team
up, torch the orc village and build a castle there?
While allowing players to shape the world is desirable, a quest is lost.
I can think of several quests that seem to be immune to most scenarios:
* Guild initiation rites.
* Teleporting a player into an extra-dimentional dungeon.
Etcetera.
But there is a limited number of tinker-resistant quests that will not require
resets and I desire a more general solution.
Opinions?
BTW, ChrisL - Do you know why all the empty lines were removed from my previous
post? Is Stewart to blame?
Have fun,
Alex.
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Nutirtion and a Resource Question</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00910" HREF="msg00910.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Nutirtion and a Resource Question</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00846" HREF="msg00846.html">Conventions (was RP thesis)</A></strong>,
S001GMU <a href="mailto:S001GMU#nova,wright.edu">S001GMU#nova,wright.edu</a>, Tue 27 May 1997, 23:52 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00837" HREF="msg00837.html">Resets, repops and quests</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00848" HREF="msg00848.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Tue 27 May 1997, 23:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00891" HREF="msg00891.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00996" HREF="msg00996.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01058" HREF="msg01058.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</A></strong>,
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