Dark, Alter Aeon actually has closer to 45,000 rooms last I checked the world stat command. The average area there is around 100-200 rooms. Most of the truly large areas are actually smaller 100-200 room chunks hooked together.
As to Aardwulf, I agree. It might be huge, and I know it is, but it feels small because of the reasons you outlined. Several other muds I have played have been far smaller than Alter Aeon but felt large because of very sparing use of waypoints, portals, etc. Probably a good rule of thumb is figure that anything above 15,000 rooms is pretty big ish, while 30,000 and up seems a lot rarer. Course, with odd linkages an area can seem much bigger than it is by dumping you back in the same rooms repetitively. I don't think I really added materially to this, but while I enjoy mudding, I admit I almost always end up back on Alter Aeon when I've been unfaithful:) Take care, Jeremy -- In the fight between you and the world--back the world! Frank Zapa --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
