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<LI><em>From</em>: Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services <<A HREF="mailto:Paul.Schwanz#east,sun.com">Paul.Schwanz#east,sun.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 16:50:04 -0400 (EDT)</LI>
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<PRE>
Jeff said:
> The way the dungeons are designed is equally frustrating: All fixed spawn
> locations, but with a level spread from Way Too Easy to Way Too Hard.
> Instead of exploring a dungeon from Top to Bottom, you walk in until you
> hit a spot beyond which you will die. Everything behind you is too easy.
> Everything ahead is too hard. So you squat and kill the same thing over
> and over. When you level up a couple times, then you can move to the next
> spot.
Regarding spawning, has anyone seriously considered or implemented a system
in which mobs only spawn where heroes are not present? Perhaps even an
algorithm which scans a region for "natural predators" to be used in
determining "reproduction" levels. This might even be a nice eco-system
experiment with populations sizes based on available food, shelter, etc. in
addition to predators. Maybe even a "monster food chain." Could be fun. :-)
> Static quests for generic items: Take the monk quest to get three putrid
> rib bones for a magic headband. Here's the quest: "Go camp the ruins
> until you have killed the same putrid skeletons over and over again, for
> about six hours." I kid you not, it literally takes that long. Not so bad
> though, because while you are parked there in the same spot for six hours
> (maybe with a cleric, who also needs to camp there for hours on end for one
> of their guild quests), you can kill three different KINDS of skeletons.
Yes...it seems that many developers confuse easily programmable activities
with fun activities. Is anyone really doing _epic_ quests? Why not? It
seems to me that Frodo's ring would be good fodder for such a quest. One
half of the world could try to prevent the other half from moving an object
from one corner of the map to another...it works for football. :-)
--Phinehas
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00243" HREF="msg00243.html">[MUD-Dev] /. Article about EQ sales ban</A></strong>,
Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe@hawaii.edu">yospe@hawaii.edu</a>, Fri 14 Apr 2000, 02:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00268" HREF="msg00268.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] /. Article about EQ sales ban</A></strong>,
Raph Koster <a href="mailto:rkoster@austin.rr.com">rkoster@austin.rr.com</a>, Sat 15 Apr 2000, 05:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00244" HREF="msg00244.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its populargaming sites</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00250" HREF="msg00250.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from itspopulargaming sites</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos@achaea.com">the_logos@achaea.com</a>, Sat 15 Apr 2000, 05:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00239" HREF="msg00239.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Spawning and quests (was Sony ban)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00257" HREF="msg00257.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Spawning and quests (was Sony ban)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00253" HREF="msg00253.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Spawning and quests (was Sony ban)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00241" HREF="msg00241.html">Institutionalizing human behavior (was RE: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items)</A></strong>,
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