Quoting Lalo Martins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think on Bigworld scale (since "outdoors" has the same scale as > "in-city"), it makes more sense for a square to be a chain. Otherwise > you'll be wondering how come Scorn is 40 miles long, and the imperial > road is 3 miles wide, and the "little" inn near the dragon hatchery is 2 > miles... whereas one chain makes perfect sense (although it makes > Bigworld less "big"). > > Come to think of it, people who never heard of a chain might as well > assume it's a fictional measuring unit, representing a square. > > But then I agree with you - pick the unit that sounds right, and stick > to it. Just say "11 chains", not "1 furlong"; "80 chains", not "one mile". > > (Then people who know what a chain is, or who are obsessive enough to > look it up, can be pleased and amazed at how the measurements all make > sense.)
Of course, even with outdoor squares measured in chains, players run perhaps a little too fast ;P Then again, it's much better than when it was miles ;P (I'm not complaining though, as the scorn-navar walk time is long enough as it is) Alex Schultz _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire
