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Post by Jeshin on Feb 23, 2020 18:27:14 GMT -5
In my case I haven't played in years ergo all my knowledge is dated.
Sandcloth adds stamina, but sucks at mitigating dmg
Camo provides stealth/hide benefits in the appropriately flagged rooms
Armor sets (like inky black carru leathers and stuff) have bonuses normally to stealth or stamina or mitigation or tiny stuff
Rantarri slippers from Kurac are boss but also super hard to get
Bludgeoning weapons were mathematically the best weapon
The war clubs from Tuluk from the Akai actually suck it was just rumormongering and the price tag that bumped them up, the granite clubs are better, the 2 handed baobab staff is THE BEST, the Tan Muark WAR STAFF is impossible to get but supposedly THE BEST OF THE BEST.
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Post by Jeshin on Feb 22, 2020 21:18:25 GMT -5
Jkarr's is better.
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Post by Jeshin on Feb 22, 2020 19:56:52 GMT -5
positives negatives
bonuses drawbacks
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Post by Jeshin on Feb 22, 2020 19:20:28 GMT -5
Historically games with copied codebases tend to be boycott within the hobby. Armageddon does have distinct updates to it beyond simply being a DIKU-derivative making it a unique codebase that would traditionally get boycott support if TMC boards still existed at stuff. I don't remember if the Armageddon codebase was hacked or leaked by a staffer with access (but not permission from the owners). There is a minor difference ethically about the obtaining of the code but both cases would once again traditionally get boycott support in the community. I do believe Apoc didn't get DBs which means the grid and items are unique to their game so it's not a 1:1 rip which doesn't change the fundamental question but it does mean that it's not just a straight Arm clone.
I do think it's rich that Armageddon is crying about IP given the Dark Sun matter which they lucked out and WOTC stopped caring but I think any game staff would rightfully disapprove of a game operating in the same setting with the base code being theirs.
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Post by Jeshin on Feb 21, 2020 15:43:06 GMT -5
Issue of show and not tell.
The staff can say any one clan is "the clan" with the most influence in an area. The issue is if there is minimal confirmation of this statement it's like okay. Guild PCs are dying and Elf PCs are thriving so...
There's a few low effort ways to address this:
1. Make echoes of things occuring showing it to PCs.
2. Make rare event triggers of NPCs attacking (single attack) PCs of opposing factions like 0.10%
3. Provide a hidden shopkeeper NPC that sells goods to Guild people at favorable rates allowing them to show off their power
4. Stop claiming a single clan has longterm power and just have it fluctuate which will stop the primary complaint that the game doesn't play like the staff say the world should.
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Post by Jeshin on Feb 6, 2020 14:10:23 GMT -5
That was 5 dollars from the early 90s that is like 50 bucks today!
EDIT - According to random inflation calculator it is actually 5 dollars to 9.95 dollars today.
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Post by Jeshin on Feb 6, 2020 11:49:17 GMT -5
Armageddon cannot profit because it still infringes on the Dark Sun copy right.
It means that games derived from DIKU can profit as long as DIKU is the only license they are held too. So some RPIs are derived from DIKU > SMAUG > RPI. SMAUG has its own license on top of DIKU which means the SMAUG code would not be something you can profit from unless SMAUG also does it.
REALISTICALLY this just gives everyone permission to monetize their codebase. They could do it before because the DIKU license was never enforced except by the community basically throwing rocks and boycotting some games that violated the licenses of different MUD codebases.
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Post by Jeshin on Feb 3, 2020 10:08:25 GMT -5
I've been saying for ages that non-profit codebases have been holding back the game. I did not know DIKU was the root of the branches though I thought it was SMAUG or something. Does anyone know the actually ROOT BRANCH path of Diku to RPIs?
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Post by Jeshin on Jan 18, 2020 10:02:01 GMT -5
I think there are a lot of cool ideas with a rep system but to get back to the post which prompted mine.
Would you split up progression into: skill, economic, social, project?
What realistic updates to the current code could be made for each?
Like assign guards and having them check stuff and do rep sounds like it'd be a lot of scripting and not exactly 'doable' Even my idea of having a rep that degrades while you're fighting faction PCs might be to much!
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Post by Jeshin on Jan 17, 2020 14:58:18 GMT -5
You can automate the red headed stepchild of human interaction which is NPC/world response reaction. You see the bastardized version of this in MMOs as faction relation scores or reputation. This would give players a firmer understanding of where they stood with say the Garrison NPCs or the Allanak NPCs etc etc. This reputation could further be tied to the crime code in a very simple. If X rep > Y, subdue do not kill. Then you can prevent abuse by having some kind ifcheck on combat against the faction which lowers X rep so if someone doesn't surrender fast enough they get set to instakill as per normal.
Helps people feel established and like maybe their coming and going are at least noticed.
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Post by Jeshin on Jan 17, 2020 10:28:25 GMT -5
www.reddit.com/r/MUD/comments/eq1bep/new_post_flair_no_holds_barred/Important bit: These are going to be very rare threads limited to the classic counter-bitch post. If you feel the need to make an entire post calling for censorship of other posts then I hope you can take it as well as you can dish it out. Evidently the no more Arm discussions actually got a new subtype of thread added to the reddit. Still chuckling as I watch ze developments.
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Post by Jeshin on Jan 17, 2020 8:52:17 GMT -5
As someone that ran a say anything forum in the spirit of this board (Optional Realities) even when had rules about spamming/derailing. You can be 4chan and have no rules (in sections) or you can be a discussion board. jcarter picked a discussion board and the line is... Don't come here and literally tell someone your evil master plan who then posts it. I mean I think this is a pretty easy line for people not to cross, Qwerty ALMOST got away with it but those damn kids.
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Post by Jeshin on Jan 16, 2020 18:19:24 GMT -5
Within an hour of Qwerty getting banned restricted forum access, someone popped up on r/mud going Armageddon threads shouldn't be allowed blah blah blah all the negative stuff is people who don't play blah blah blah.
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Post by Jeshin on Jan 16, 2020 17:26:56 GMT -5
There has been another ban prior to Qwerty and it was Redranger.
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Post by Jeshin on Jan 16, 2020 17:24:46 GMT -5
nergalSome random thought questions don't really care if you don't answer these... 1. In your experience what level of engagement did staff have with these forums? Watched them, read them, just tracked who was there, knew of them and didn't like them? 2. I appreciate and accept the apology about the TMC / Wikileaks / Jeshin likes hacker thing. Can you tell me why that was posted on TMC and not somewhere else? Were you the only one involved in that decision? 3. Can you provide any insight into the boosted voting that occured on TMS/TMC? Was that during your tenure and to your knowledge was that a hit job by someone or something the staff knew about?
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