I am excited at the prospect of this latest installment by Iron Realms. One of my biggest complaints about the Iron Realms combat style is their heavy emphasis on potions, herbs, and pipes while engaged in combat. Hit with a sword stroke that cuts off your ear? Eat this plant. Want an aura of weapon rebounding? Just tuck your weapon under one arm and smoke one of your three lit pipes.
As much as I'm not a fan of Raymond Feist's books, though, this mud, at least as far as combat is concerned, looks to be pretty promising. A player can learn 5 basic defenses--dodge, duck, jump, parry, and block. Each of these defenses is good against one of 5 offense types--slash, stab, shoot, splash, and touch. The purpose of combat is to erode an opponent's endurance until he is too tired to defend. At that point, you can go in for the kill. It's also important to note that healing is designed to take place outside of combat--not in it. There are no herbs to eat or smoke and no kegs of potion to chug. Incidentally, it's also possible to instantly dispatch someone who does not properly defend. If you don't dodge that stab, the lunge to your chest can and will kill you. One last thing: Iron Realms is currently running a 25% credit sale through January 15, so you can get a fair number of bonus credits if you're willing to pay for them. If you don't want to pay, Midkemia Online is offering 6 free lessons to anyone who spends at least ten minutes logged on each day through the month of January, which is basically like getting a free credit every day you play. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of anouk Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Audyssey] webbased games/new muds by iron realms entertainment Hello again, As mentioned before I am really excited about the new browser based game, my ce name is valentina I am sorry if this has been mentioned before but Iron Realms entertainment (makers of achaea among other muds) have recently opened an open beta to their newest game which is based on the booksby Raymond Feist. The game is called midkemia onlinewww.midkemiaonline.com They are also working on a sci-fi title called tears of polaris but that game hasnt hit open beta yet. I myself have been playing a mud called aardwolf for the past few weeks. It is rather standard fantasy fare but I like it because you can use a runto command +area name to run to any area you like. If anybody wants to talk to me about webbased games you can either skype me or msn me skype anouk.radix msn [email protected] Greetings,Anouk, --- 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]. --- 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].
