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<LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: combat</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:55:31 -0700</LI>
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Holly Sommer wrote:
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> On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 diablo#best,com wrote:
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> > With all due respect, your paragraph illustrates one of my major
> > complaints with combat on virtually every mud I've ever played. Why is
> > just doing damage so important?
>
> *ding* *ding* *ding* :) Wouldn't it be a far greater challenge to
> _subdue_ your opponent? I mean really... you don't shoot a wild horse,
> you "break" it :)
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> Things to think about...
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> -Holly
Aye, but how do you keep track of how 'broken' the horse is?? I'd bet
it
relates closely to what most of us now use as HP :)
Of course, the 'battle' messages would be different, and you wouldn't
have
to code that nasty part that turns mobs into objects!!
Ben, feeling a little mischievious.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00330" HREF="msg00330.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: combat</A></strong>,
diablo <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Sun 31 Jan 1999, 02:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00333" HREF="msg00333.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: combat</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Sun 31 Jan 1999, 05:20 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00334" HREF="msg00334.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: combat</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00337" HREF="msg00337.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: combat</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#nospam,dial.pipex.com">KaVir#nospam,dial.pipex.com</a>, Sun 31 Jan 1999, 19:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00301" HREF="msg00301.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: combat</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Wed 27 Jan 1999, 02:59 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00248" HREF="msg00248.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: list "peerage"</A></strong>,
Dominic J. Eidson <a href="mailto:sauron#the-infinite,org">sauron#the-infinite,org</a>, Mon 25 Jan 1999, 10:01 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00250" HREF="msg00250.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: list "peerage"</A></strong>,
Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Mon 25 Jan 1999, 15:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00266" HREF="msg00266.html">[MUD-Dev] Telmaron and Mud servers was: Re: META: list "peerage"</A></strong>,
Elis Pomales <a href="mailto:pomales#caip,rutgers.edu">pomales#caip,rutgers.edu</a>, Mon 25 Jan 1999, 21:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00252" HREF="msg00252.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: list "peerage"</A></strong>,
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