It will be slow going, but I guess he's right. Good luck, and if you have any questions I'll be happy Danswer them.
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2012, at 9:12 AM, "dark" <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Well mike, if it is the case that you must! group for the higher level areas, > then frankly I'll probably stop playing completely at that point. I don't > mind doing extra work to become tough enough to take them on, or waiting to > do them solo later than someone who groups, but I don't like the idea of > being forced! to group to do such things, sinse as I said grouping just is > not my thing at all. > > Thankfully, Dentin has said quite definitively that grouping is mostly > unnecessary in the game unless you actually want to, so I'm hopeful that when > I get to the main continent I won't have too much of that sort of trouble. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <blindndanger...@aim.com> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 2:06 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Re Getting Back into Mudding > > >> I see your point, and I like your idea. But remember this. You're only on >> the newbie islands. You haven't even made it onto the mainland. I soloed >> most of the newbie islands, but once you hit the mainland, everything >> changes. You and your fiends won't be able to take on some of the much >> harder enemies in the game, and unless those NPC's are majorly powerful, >> you'll be screwed. >> Mike. >> On Feb 8, 2012, at 6:20 AM, dark wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> I must confess due to training with my guide dog I missed the aniversary >>> and indeed Christmas and Halloween specials, ---- annoying I know but I >>> have been waiting to get a dog for over two years. >>> >>> One thought that does occur to me regarding grouped specials, is maybe for >>> those special events give an option to solo players to join groups of npcs. >>> >>> Sort of like if there is a nasty invasion, the king either recruites groups >>> of adventurers to go and stop it, or solo adventurers to lead groups of his >>> royal guard, royal mages etc against the threat. >>> >>> Obviously human groups will be more flexible and probably stronger, but >>> this way solo players stil have the opportunity. >>> >>> I've recently been playing a lot of the old Eamon text rpgs, sinse a new >>> convertion of the windows Eamon deluxe program (with a special vi access >>> mode), is just being developed. There, though the adventures themselves are >>> all single player, you frequently get companions to help you out in combat, >>> and sometimes perform other functions when specially programmed to, ---- >>> indeed some of the tougher adventures I found myself just using the heal >>> spell to keep companions alive and the blast spell to damage enemies, while >>> they did the actual melee fighting, hence my idea for Alter. >>> >>> NEcros can already have minians to help, but when group areas are already >>> scaled to take into account that groups of players will contain >>> necromancers anyway, the advantage can balance out, or so I've found in >>> areas like the blackwater hollows, ---- which I'm going to level up a bit >>> before tackling, even though I should! be the right level for it now. >>> >>> I imagine hard line group players won't like this sinse they'll want >>> special advantages to playing in groups, --- -but for those who are! solo >>> players I think the bennifits could outway the harm, and obfviously a group >>> composed of human characters is probably going to be better, or at least >>> much more flexible, than a group composed of one solo player and a bunch of >>> monsters. >>> >>> When i first tried Alteraeon, I looked forward to grouping, but in practice >>> I found I liked it less than I thought. Being dragged around by the folo >>> command without time to read descriptions, and people taking far less regen >>> time than me and so getting annoyed. >>> >>> Of course, I'm probably not the best designed character for grouping >>> anyway, but still if I found grouping more to my taste I probably would've >>> trained group abilities a bit more. >>> >>> Just personal preference of course, I know some people love grouping, ---- >>> and that's fine, indeed it's one of the strengths of alteraeon that group >>> and! solo players are very much supported by the game, I'm just suggesting >>> a miner rebalance to insure that support in future specials. >>> >>> Beware the grue! >>> >>> Dark. >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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