Yeah, moo/mush are certainly more oriented towards roll playing than
most muds, but in general, most muds do have rolls a player can take if
they're not interested in hack and slash, though as you pointed out,
you're certainly going to need to do some of that to get materials or
supplies for other persuits. Generally, just look at the long
description of the mud, if it says moo or mush, it's likely the thing
you want to try. I don't know if it's still around, it was last time I
checked. If you're familiar with the Anne Mccaffrey series of books
about her dragons, there used to be a mud called pernmush, and that was
almost entirely rollplay. I played there 20 plus years ago, and
actually rollplayed myself into obtaining a new hatchling fire lizard,
That was a pretty cool experience, so I get why you like it so much, but
rollplaying isn't my thing, so I tend to look for muds that have a cool
scifi theme, and just roll with it.
The reason I'm not a fan of most circle clones is because there's too
much that doesn't change between implementations of said muds, and it
used to be I could get to level 10 on one of those muds without even
trying, in less than an hour, I'm level 10, and looking forward to
nothing useful to do, so I don't play those anymore.
On the other hand, I'm not really a constant go beat up monsters, gain
xp, level, rince repeat kind of person either, so I need muds that have
other activities to occupy me while I do my leveling thing too, hack and
slash is fine, but not all the time.
I'm also not much of a social person, I log into muds to relax, and
since I'm not a people person, interacting with others is more of a
chore than a fun activity, so there again, I need muds that provide lots
of extra activities to keep me occupied. Lostsouls had that in droves,
but alass, it's broken as far as I'm concerned, so that one's out, but
3k, 3scapes, and ancient anguish provide that to some degree. though
alter and stellar aeon have plenty to keep a person occupied too,
sometimes it's tough to stay away from folks, and I get burned out too
fast on alter aeon, so I generally only drop by once every few months to
take the pulse of the place, and see where things are as far as new
stuff. You would probably do well on alter aeon though. Stellar aeon
is more my pace, I get to mine away from others, then go back and sell
my materials, get money, upgrade my ship, then go do something else.
But, each person is different, and in your case, you definitely seem to
be a mush/moo kind of person, so just look at mudd connector and see
what you can find. If you truly get stuck, let me know, and I'll see
what I can sort out. I'm pretty sure you can still sort by mud type,
I've just not figured out how. What you want for yourself is social
muds, I beleive there's an entry for that on mud connector, but I've
never been interested in that kind of thing, so didn't bother to look at
those listings.
Anyway, dig around the mud connector, I'm sure it'll become easier after
a few tries.
On 9/11/2022 10:25 AM, Cynthya BrianKate wrote:
I don't understand code, technical stuff. What I understand is what
kind of game it is in terms of setting, character, what you can make your
character like and do, whether the staff are good and care about players or are
on some God-complex trip wanting an ant-farm, how friendly or not the player
base is. That's what I've been trying to figure out.
I know that with two exceptions, every MUD of the 200 I've
guinea-pigged for myself hasn't fit cause they seem far too grindy for me, and
not dissing that this works for so many others. I just got tired of stabbing
things or smashing em.
What I've fallen in love with in the two games I've stuck it out with
is being able to have role-play, straight-up being able to play a character for
her story and what she is in relation to the setting and other characters and
herself. On Lensmoor I built a caterer and restaurant-owner who only did
combat to make the money and get the resources like meat and leather to make
dishes, and who became a fashionista and designer who also only killed when
material needed to be made of fur or bone for corsets. On Ateraan I've been
playing prilmarily an academic socialite who spends a lot of her time with
friends and lovers when she isn't showing off the latest fashion she got made
for herself by the posher designers, or showing newbies around the Mages when
they join.
I realize role-playing can mean running around in a cave in armor
stabbing and blasting with fireballs. It just isn't what I seek these days. I
even have my D and D in two groups, yes in one my Cleric does combat, but I
love having her be in between those scenes where we all do social stuff, and in
my other group I play a band of NPC merchants and servants who are all
interesting and who spend their time either trying to figure out what mess
they're currently in, bickering with each other or forming and breaking
alliances with each other ina. Reality-show style which has me laughing my ass
off even harder than the main players who hear it.
This is why I've been thinking MUSH/MUCK/MU is likely a thing I'd like
more than MUD. I'm fine with a dungeon long as there's room for my character
to not have to be one of the ones hacking and smashing, she'd rather be over
there with a pink cocktail showing off her new dress and inviting people to
hang out and anything else.
So I dunno how to find games by code-base or any of that. I just got
what I'd like to do and try out. And I'd rather be some weirdo race other than
human, but even on that I'm possibly willing to try something I haven't yet.
So I hope this makes a bit more sense of why I think I'd rather MUSH than MUD
at this point. And I freely admit my web searching skills are crud, or maybe
the web's gotten harder to search, etiher way I had an easier time finding
games to try out a year ago, so is why I am asking on here. -- Thanks, Cynthya
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