Loran says, 'if only it tracked who the parents were, shouldn't be that hard'
Loran rubs his chin thoughtfully and goes 'Hmmmm...'
Candy chuckles politely.
Candy says to Loran, 'it's Banes'
Candy giggles at Loran.
Loran nods.
Loran says, 'yeah, was just thinking on it being a useful var'
Loran says, 'not that its important I guess'
Loran says, 'if it actually acted like a golem and leveled, but that might be more work than its worth doing'
Loran says, 'I still like my item to mob converter script'
Loran says to you, 'oh just pondering stuff'
Loran says to you, 'I made scoopable snow bunnies for miny on the bp'
Loran says, 'I need to finish that area'
Loran says, 'craftable snow mobs'
Candy says, 'snowball throwing snowman'
Candy cringes in terror!
Loran says, 'doable'
Loran says, 'went the enchanted forest route with animals instead though'
Loran says, 'I kinda like it when they turn evil after dark though'
Loran chuckles politely.
Loran says, 'blek, am sleepy'
You say, 'blek'
You say, 'I think the hardest part about zones is filler room descs'
Loran says, 'yep, pretty much my issue'
You say, 'been trying to compartmentalize it'
You say, 'but failing'
Loran says, 'I always liked the muds that did some of that by landmarks, forgot what it was called, wilderness or something'
You rub your chin and go 'Hmmmm.....'
You ask, 'the big outside?'
Loran nods.
You say, 'where @ was trees, and . was woodlands, or something'
Loran says, 'kinda, but you set the terrain type, and paths then added a
mountain on the grid as a landmark, and you'd get a far in the distance desc for look north'
You say, 'ahh'
You nod.
Candy peers intently at Loran, what is she looking for?
You ponder over matters as they appear to you at this moment.
You ask, 'do you think weekly puzzle contests will draw players?'
Loran says to you, 'worth a try.. somethings gotta lure them'
You say, 'I also wrote a review on TMC for 4D'
You say, 'on Saturday'
You say, 'still not there yet'
Loran says, 'if the reward is big enough, I'm sure people will log for it'
You say, 'thing is'
You say, 'tokens / TPs'
You say, 'can't really buy much'
Loran says, 'true'
You say, 'I mean most MUDs questpoints go to perks / equip'
You mutter, 'here, solving quests will give you perks / equip...'
Loran says, 'tp goes to.. xp'
You rub your chin and go 'Hmmmm.....'
Loran says, 'or no one ever figured out how to let me buy anything useful with them'
You say, 'you don't really need much xp once you are a GM'
You blink innocently.
Loran says, 'exactly'
Loran says, 'no end game'
Candy agrees 100%
Loran says, 'if items had timers/degrade it would build an economy, but tends to annoy people'
You nod.
You ask, 'but what would be a possible end game?'
You say, 'at the moment, I prefer LegendMud's "achievements" feature'
Loran says, 'some muds did evolutions, if I remember'
You say, 'each time you complete a quest / do something, you get an achievement'
You say, 'players compete to see who can get the most achievements'
Loran says, 'different remort systems'
You say, 'and some are crazy to find'
You nod.
Loran says, 'or more structured/pathed'
You ask, 'specializing in subclasses?'
Loran nods.
Loran says, 'so every remort youd pick from 2 and gain a unique set of skills/spells'
Loran says, 'prestige'
You rub your chin and go 'Hmmmm.....'
Loran says, 'then you tier up the mobs/zones to need a higher level player to tank them and you encourage grouping more'
Loran shrugs helplessly.
Loran says, 'usualy those were a end path to imm, or the like'
You say, 'would a common goal'
You say, 'in some MUDs / MMORPGS'
Loran says, 'or reincarnate races, to gain racial skills/abilities'
You ask, 'is at endgame, get a set of equipment that maxes all stats?'
Loran nods.
You say, 'or gives the maximum stat boosts'
Loran says, 'I always liked the evolving/aging dragon systems'
Loran says, 'then all eq stats are kinda null'
Loran says, 'you gain stronger over time to gain stat boosts up to a max for that race'
Loran says, 'or eq only become vanity items/rp'
Loran shrugs helplessly.
You rub your chin and go 'Hmmmm.....'
You say, 'might as well add in achievements system'
You say, 'I mean, that's also for vanity'
You grin.
Loran says, 'endgame could also be gm gives you a new tier, and then pk is enabled and each death reduces stats or something'
Loran says, 'boost x for 10 achievements'
Loran says, 'I like the sound of the cert having its own slot, and giving one of say 5 random innates that last 2 hours but can only be activated once per 24'
Loran says, 'tie that to achivement points and you have something'
You rub your chin and go 'Hmmmm.....'
Loran states, 'I hope you're logging this..'
You ask, 'do you want to suggest that on the forum?'
Loran asks, 'sure, am on phone san you note it or post?'
Loran says, 'ill post about global area things sometime, once I have it hashed out'
Loran says, 'so many things get mothballed due to time/ammount of work involved'
