static mud

Posted by Fynn on 07/08

Wonder what the percentage of old players are that continue churning out new chars compared to those that log old chars and find themselves without much of a purpose. Wonder how many changes could be implemented without much of the grief if we didn't have nearly as many level 50 chars around with old eq, coupons, skills, setups, etc. Wonder how much life trouble it would save if nobody had an alt they are tempted to cross or multiplay with or to ask such from others or to suspect such from others. Wonder how many new RP and PK themes could be birthed if we didn't have all the clan slots filled by clans that are hardly active. Wonder what it would be like if chars had a greater in-game objective, such as being able to partake in deciding when this mud will go on a charwipe. Yes, charwipe. The mud right now is way too static and is starting to reek from the rot it's developing. I say we flush it and create a way to have it flush itself out, either by RL time or some grandiose objective that ppl can both work for and against, such as attaining 1k mil xp combined, 100 mil gold combined (with each char marking which way their xp will be spent, to prevent or to cause), or by having an accept all clan attain 300 mil combined... Anyway, it would be more fun, and more lively. I think.

From: Dashiva Saturday, July 07 2001, 02:18AM I didnt spend over 1100 hours on most of my chars so that they can just be wiped away because someone is bored get a new hobby

From: Fynn Saturday, July 07 2001, 06:04AM As long as people and chars suffer from each change, we will spend countless hours and boardspace griping about changes that need and would get constructive feedback otherwise. Besides, I'd like to see this place get somewhere instead of lingering where it is as it has done in the past few years, spending incredible effort trying to balance minor details and appease bored level 50s, which is simply meaningless if we're going towards skill trees. Fynn, player of: Psytrac, Lagmonster, Warke, Bulk, Haul, Dudley, Mystbane, Himura Vajrapani, Agni, Papercut, Mo, Wuss, Manticore, Darkheart, Lagmonster II, and some other chars none of us remember... Oh yah, of all them chars listed, only two are perma'd while the rest simply linger...

From: Mordred Saturday, July 07 2001, 09:04PM i must agree with dashiva...took me over a year to get my first char to lvl 50 and i wouldnt appreciate that char getting wiped at this point (since i just got him there last month) and im sure others have chars that they are even more attached to than i am to my lvl 50.... - mordred's player

From: Yui Saturday, July 07 2001, 11:57PM In my experience pfile wipes have killed the mud or fragged the player base for a good 6 months. I don't think the issue is the pfile it is a leadership question. Where is this mud being led to, where is it going to be in 5 years and if no one has a clue then thats the problem. If you know where you are headed then you have a plan. You can evalute things against whether or not a change is on the path or off the path. You can also deviate from a plan if you have one. No plan, you are in limbo land maintaining and we don't grow. Yui