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<LI><em>From</em>: Greg Miller <<A HREF="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 14:05:35 -0500</LI>
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Matthew Mihaly wrote:
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> On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Greg Miller wrote:
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> >
> > I believe AberMUDs still behave this way typically. Ancient Anguish
> > operates this way, and I've come to like it quite a bit. It's not
> > popular with newbies, but it allows for extremely powerful unique items
> > without serious balance problems, when combined with reboots every 25
> > hours.
>
> Why be so heavy-handed about it though? If your object is just to
Oh, I agree... I'm just pointing out one of the very beneficial
side-effects of muds that don't save equipment.
allow
> for extremely powerful unique items that disappear from players, then why
> not just have the extremely powerful unique items disappear when they log
> out. Or, have some sort of in-role reason. Perhaps these artifacts are
Because the items would never be circulated. The players would simply
pass them to their friends and only a small circle (clan, guild,
whatever) would hold on to them. The periodic reboots help with that.
> simply too powerful for mortal-kind to hold onto for any period of time,
> and bad things start happening if they hold onto them too long.
That's a reasonable approach, if you want to save eq (which is certainly
popular with players, and I rather like it myself).
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00863" HREF="msg00863.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] thoughts on game economies</A></strong>,
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