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<LI><em>From</em>: Maddy <<A HREF="mailto:maddy#fysh,org">maddy#fysh,org</A>></LI>
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Previously, Koster, Raph wrote....
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> Major issues: "Oops, I accidentally attacked my friend!" "Hey, my=20
> friend and I want to attack each other to practice weaponry, yet our=20
> reputations suffer!" "This guy broke into my house, but had a good=20
> reputation, and I would damage mine if I attacked him" Plus, the top=20
> playerkiller groups now are GOOD guys who self-righteously hunt down=20
> anyone who has slipped slightly in reputation and kills them, because=20
> that way they kill indiscriminately but still keep their reputation=20
> up. This can be seen as a benefit, I guess, since it adds a lot of=20
> teeth to the system :)
What may work is if you have the system define someone as a valid enemy.
Thus if Bubba broke into Boffo's house, Boffo would be perfectly within his
right to attack Bubba. Likewise if someone attacks you first (I'm guessing
a person with an "bad" rep would suffer if they killed in self-defense)
you'd not ruin your rep.
> But the biggest problem of course: it's just another layer of game to=20
> play. All the above can be manipulated (we do hide numbers on this of=20
> course, but there is an overall title) and an expert player can play=20
> the numbers. It also damages roleplay quite a lot since playing an=20
> honorable rogue is very difficult, and it basically makes large scale=20
> combat impossible right now (as it would ruin the reputations of=20
> everyone in the battle).
Well surely the rogue's rep would only go down if they were seen/caught
being rogue-like? There'd be no point playing one, if every time you broke
into a unprotected house you lost rep - you'd be dead within days.
Maddy
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00676" HREF="msg00676.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 11 Dec 1997, 05:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00662" HREF="msg00662.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics</A></strong>,
Stephen Zepp <a href="mailto:zoran#enid,com">zoran#enid,com</a>, Thu 11 Dec 1997, 00:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00692" HREF="msg00692.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 11 Dec 1997, 09:06 GMT
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Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 11 Dec 1997, 15:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00698" HREF="msg00698.html">[MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics</A></strong>,
Maddy <a href="mailto:maddy#fysh,org">maddy#fysh,org</a>, Thu 11 Dec 1997, 16:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00710" HREF="msg00710.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 11 Dec 1997, 23:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00539" HREF="msg00539.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: BUILDERS: Ferries</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 08 Dec 1997, 17:35 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00538" HREF="msg00538.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: News from the front</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 08 Dec 1997, 17:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00688" HREF="msg00688.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: News from the front</A></strong>,
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