Posted by Current Ranger on December 29, 2000 at 14:16:23:
In Reply to: Suggestion regarding wilderness. posted by Elderyn on December 29, 2000 at 10:56:29:
My wilderness % dream: Not only would this not be as boring as sitting on your ass all day afk trying to get a decent wilderness %, but it seems a bit more realistic to me as well - after all, my picture of a ranger is someone that travels the lands and forests (or even just a single forest), not a hermit who hides in the woods. The ranger that decides to spend his time in cities will begin to get rusty with his skills.
If I were the one doing the coding for wilderness %, it would be based on travelling through wilderness, not just sitting under the shade of a tree twiddling your thumbs. You'd have some number for wilderness knowledge, and for every wilderness room you walk through, you gain a point (maybe 1 point for forest roads, 2 points for a forest, 2 points for a mountain..). If you just sit in the wilderness, you don't lose anything, but you don't gain anything either. If you are in a city, or any other "civilized" area, you lose X number of points each tick while you're in that area. If you have above a certain amount of points you get fast creep, then above another amount you get fast camo, etc.