On RO and KAOS (and the old FL), Midgaard occasionally gets raided by pirates. In which cases, it really sucks to be a newbie, but higher levels usually take care of them fairly quickly (the pirate chief has a decent sword ;) I believe the old FL code is available somewhere, so you might be able to look at their code for the pirate thing. Edward Glamkowski, Programmer Mathematica Policy Research EGlamkowski@mathematic-MPR.COM Princeton, NJ http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/ "Dort, wo der Staat aufhort, da beginnt erst der Mensch, der nicht uberflussig ist..." -Neitzsche >---------- >From: Wesley Fonvergne[SMTP:tadrith@GATEKEEP.NET] >Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 10:09 PM >To: CIRCLE@POST.QUEENSU.CA >Subject: Invasion! > > I was tossing an idea around in my head, and was wondering is anyone >else >had attempted to implement it, because it sounds like a real pain. Wouldn't >MOB invasions be great? I'm talking organized MOB combat against the >player, where MOBs group together, and like a troop of 50 of them come in >an slaughter the PCs...of course, they wouldn't be TOO difficult, because >that would discourage the player, but it would certainly add interest to a >MUD. Perhaps make MOBs do it randomly, so that players wouldn't have a >schedule to follow. Invasions could be announced maybe a few minutes >before, and PCs could group up to fight off the invasion, and perhaps >making the EXP a little more to encourage player involvement. Of course, >you could always LOAD mobs, instead of having local mobs actually walk the >distance...but that would still be pretty cool. Anyone tried this yet? If >so, hand out some pointers...and if not, well, hopefully I can do something >with it. ;P > [ Tadrith Skandrakae, Implementor of Dreamscape ] > [ - telnet://mud.dreamscape.org:1234/ - ] > ["I lay my dreams before your feet; ] > [ tread softly, for you tread on my dreams. ] > > > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | > | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html | > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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