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<LI><em>From</em>: "Huibai" <<A HREF="mailto:ashen#pixi,com">ashen#pixi,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 15:49:37 -1000</LI>
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<PRE>
To pounce upon a passing comment:)
There are a lot of people not wanting to implement levels, or
experience points, or character classes. I see that as that
you actually want to 'move on' as opposed to omit them. You
don't want to quantify player A as 3 better than player B, or
to limit player A to a predefined subset of abilities, or to say
that doing X for so long gives you Y points to spend on anything.
XP, levels, and classes in their current forms are rather black-
and-white.
I'm still using levels, but not as a goal for players or even as
a prediction of 'who will win'. Experience points have quite a
few more flavors than just vanilla, but I still use them for the
skills updates in characters. Classes are being done away
with and replaced by skills on player demand, (that would be
the coder-players in partic, I think). We all want something
a little more refined than the generic system - we want a range
of choice beyond chocolate and vanilla.
So don't jump my boody when I mention levels and xp, for I
too am 'moving on' - just not by dropping everything. Well, I
am dropping classes now - gonna try my hand at integrating
'skills' to replace classes altogether, instead of just being a
support group of variables. My goodness, the effects you
people are having on me.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01515" HREF="msg01515.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Neighborhoods (was room-based v coord-based)</A></strong>,
Brandon J. Rickman <a href="mailto:ashes#pc4,zennet.com">ashes#pc4,zennet.com</a>, Thu 26 Jun 1997, 11:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01508" HREF="msg01508.html">Levels and XP</A></strong>,
Huibai <a href="mailto:ashen#pixi,com">ashen#pixi,com</a>, Thu 26 Jun 1997, 08:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01552" HREF="msg01552.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Levels and XP</A></strong>,
Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Fri 27 Jun 1997, 19:38 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01570" HREF="msg01570.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Levels and XP</A></strong>,
Simon Miller <a href="mailto:trub#mudhole,spodnet.uk.com">trub#mudhole,spodnet.uk.com</a>, Sat 28 Jun 1997, 15:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01455" HREF="msg01455.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
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