Posted by druid on March 4, 2000 at 14:23:53:
In Reply to: a note of great amusement... posted by Shokai(IMM) on March 3, 2000 at 13:55:32:
> > I for one would like to see a lot more 'unknowns' in the game.
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> The don't read this forum. Don't get me wrong this forums (and IRC) serve some benefit to the game, but as for the unknown factor...it's HIGHLY reduced by having a quick flip roladex of skills/race/class/spells/etc that's just a click or two away.
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> Right now it seems everybody practically uses a calculator to decide on a fight. "Hmm if I'm a felar 24th rank warrior, and want to fight a 27th rank svirf thief, blah blah blah"
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> according to my calculator, it depends on who was attacking who...weapons, gear, intelligence of both people, tactics...and let's not forget felar's choice of weapon specs. While it may seem that doing basic number crunching is enough to figure who would beat who...there's really a lot more to it...as any skilled player will be quick to point out, nearly any race/calss can beat almost any other race/class.
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> > I like the bonus skills/spells for certain race/class combos. I would also like to see other obtainable spells and skills by travelling the lands and doing something wacky. Something akin to quest, but not so tough.
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> They exist, I won't see much about it...but there are skills/spells/forms that hardly anyone has ever obtained...we immortals are generally watching to see how people rp and if we think they deserve something, it's likely they'll get it. (good or ill)
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> CF already has some basic quests for exp and eq. I think it would be very cool to have, say, a thief travel somewhere funky and go through some very tough trials to get an 'improved hide', for instance.
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> See the above, if you're a good roleplayer and you have a role playing reason to 'quest' for a new skill...seek out an immortal that you think may fit what your questing for.
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> > I can't believe it ain't butter!
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> It is my friend, it is.