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Addressing the issue.:
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Posted by Tat on December 22, 2000 at 19:33:12:

In Reply to: You don't need perfect stats posted by Not An Imm(VIP) on December 22, 2000 at 10:31:20:

> > 1 - Does anyone who's played this game for a while accept less than perfect stats when rolling a new char?
- Yes. Its not really worthwhile to roll for perfect states. Quick math. .34 seconds per roll. You have between 18 and 8 standard. 19 and 9 when the stats are higher, the range falls when you can only roll an 17 or 16 but lets just say they all have the max ten range. Your chances of a perfect roll are 1 in 1,000,000 * .34 = 340000 seconds or 944 hours on average. (note .34 was the time per roll I was getting yesterday, which if memory serves is way better than before I think imms reduced the lag.) But, you can get a roll about two down from perfect in an hour. I used to remember how to do the math for that, but the answer is no. You cannot try for perfect.

> > 2 - Does anyone at all (aside from first time newbies)accept a roll that has any stat less than 13?
For chr if everything is perfect.

> > 3 - Couldn't a lot of time (and system lag I'd imagine) be saved by changing the rolling system so that the lowest stat you could roll would be a 13 or 14?
No. Rolling is pretty little compared to the other things the mud does. And with computer speed, 1000 people could mostlikely roll with no lag from the rolling only from the connections.

> I've played plenty of chars who had less than perfect stats. None of my heroes have ever had perfect stats, and it didn't really matter. If you need to spend more than 30 minutes rolling for a character, you are nitpicking.
I would say the cut off rate is two hours. And thats if your getting total crap all the time.

> As far as #3, on the system lag, its not that big of an issue on tying up the system. Maybe it is if somebody is trying to roll up 10+ sessions at once, but the lag usually disappears when they get sitebanned anyway.
Its hard coded that you can't do that. And wouldn't lag the system.

> For the people that absolutely have to spend 3 days rolling the perfect char, all I can say is, in that time you could have gotten into the 20's levelwise, and could have just trained your stats up anyway. Playing the game is much more fun than running a roller program.
- Anybody who would do that is a chump.

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Comments:	> > > > 1 - Does anyone who's played this game for a while accept less than perfect stats when rolling a new char? > - Yes. Its not really worthwhile to roll for perfect states. Quick math. .34 seconds per roll. You have between 18 and 8 standard. 19 and 9 when the stats are higher, the range falls when you can only roll an 17 or 16 but lets just say they all have the max ten range. Your chances of a perfect roll are 1 in 1,000,000 * .34 = 340000 seconds or 944 hours on average. (note .34 was the time per roll I was getting yesterday, which if memory serves is way better than before I think imms reduced the lag.) But, you can get a roll about two down from perfect in an hour. I used to remember how to do the math for that, but the answer is no. You cannot try for perfect. > > > 2 - Does anyone at all (aside from first time newbies)accept a roll that has any stat less than 13? > For chr if everything is perfect. > > > 3 - Couldn't a lot of time (and system lag I'd imagine) be saved by changing the rolling system so that the lowest stat you could roll would be a 13 or 14? > No. Rolling is pretty little compared to the other things the mud does. And with computer speed, 1000 people could mostlikely roll with no lag from the rolling only from the connections. > > I've played plenty of chars who had less than perfect stats. None of my heroes have ever had perfect stats, and it didn't really matter. If you need to spend more than 30 minutes rolling for a character, you are nitpicking. > I would say the cut off rate is two hours. And thats if your getting total crap all the time. > > As far as #3, on the system lag, its not that big of an issue on tying up the system. Maybe it is if somebody is trying to roll up 10+ sessions at once, but the lag usually disappears when they get sitebanned anyway. > Its hard coded that you can't do that. And wouldn't lag the system. > > For the people that absolutely have to spend 3 days rolling the perfect char, all I can say is, in that time you could have gotten into the 20's levelwise, and could have just trained your stats up anyway. Playing the game is much more fun than running a roller program. > - Anybody who would do that is a chump.

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