June 2004
- believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Mike Rozak
- TECH: MUD Skeleton Craig L.
- DGN: Space MUD 67Me You
- DGN: Space MUD ceo
- DGN: Space MUD Sean Howard
- DGN: Space MUD Tracy Lee
- AI in gauntlet (was: Natural Language Generation) ceo
- [DGN/BIZ] Why player dont play multi user race or is there a market for multiuser race? stéphane Garin
- [DGN/BIZ] Why player dont play multi user race or is there a market for multiuser race? Eric Lamy
- [DGN/BIZ] Why player dont play multi user race or is therea market for multiuser race? Matt Mihaly
- [DGN/BIZ] Why player dont play multi user race or is there a market for multiuser race? ceo
- [DGN/BIZ] Why player dont play multi user race or is there a market for multiuser race? Damion Schubert
- [SVEvents] 6/22, J C Lawrence
- BIZ: MMOs in China Chris Yeh
- BIZ: MMOs in China satya@gamedevid.org
- BIZ: MMOs in China Tiago Carita
- BIZ: MMOs in China Damion Schubert
- JOB: Shattered Prism: Lost Wastelands Trace Kern
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Peter Keeler
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Matt Mihaly
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Matt Mihaly
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Matt Mihaly
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Freeman, Jeff
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Peter Keeler
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Scott Jennings
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market ren@aldermangroup.com
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Freeman, Jeff
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Scott Jennings
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Vladimir Cole
- [NEWS] Gaming Open Market Freeman, Jeff
- submissions for MMP Gems book ceo
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? David Kennerly
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? mike stedman
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? Jim Purbrick
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? Adam
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? Mike Rozak
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? Jon A. Lambert
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? J C Lawrence
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? Luca Girardo
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? Matt Mihaly
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? Richard A. Bartle
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? Luca Girardo
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? Tazzik
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? Michael Sellers
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? Mike Rozak
- [NEWS] Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why? Luca Girardo
- DGN/HUMOR: Virtual worlds and virtual holidays Mike Rozak
- DGN/HUMOR: Virtual worlds and virtual holidays Michael "Flury" Chui
- DGN/HUMOR: Virtual worlds and virtual holidays Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- "USPs" (was: Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why?) Michael Sellers
- "USPs" ceo
- "USPs" Luca Girardo
- "USPs" (was: Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why?) Derek Licciardi
- "USPs" (was: Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why?) Threshold RPG
- "USPs" (was: Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why?) Mike Rozak
- "USPs" (was: Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why?) Matt Mihaly
- "USPs" (was: Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why?) Vincent Archer
- "USPs" (was: Warhammer Online Cancelled -- Why?) Damion Schubert
- "USPs" Scott Macmillan
- Exponential experience points and levels ceo
- Exponential experience points and levels cruise
- Exponential experience points and levels Sean Middleditch
- Exponential experience points and levels Jesus Lopez
- Exponential experience points and levels Adam
- Exponential experience points and levels Sean Middleditch
- Exponential experience points and levels Steven King
- Exponential experience points and levels Ghilardi Filippo
From: Steven King
> After playing/studying many RPGs, the best experience systems I
> have seen are skill- or pool-based. These models real-life and
> allows the player to feel familiar with the game mechanic.
> Unfortunately, these systems are extremely prone to macro-ing
> and/or grinding. Perhaps those downsides are just a necessary
> byproduct, though.
> Personally, I would like to see a system where every character has
> the potential to perform and excel all available skills from the
> start. Advancement could be based on both specific skills and
> pools.
<snip>
> The more swimming the character does, the more experience he
> gains. When his Swimming skill has reached 10%, he begins to swim
> with a different stroke, allowing him to change direction better.
> If his Physical pool is also at 10%, his new stroke will allow him
> to swim faster as well.
<snip>
> In other words, as the character swims, he is slightly increasing
> his strength as well as learning more about swimming.
<snip>
> As I said in a previous post, if you hide/disguise some of the
> game mechanic, and focus on gameplay, you could have a gem.
> Content would need to be a large part of a game using a system
> like this, since the skill micro-management element would be
> downplayed. You'd need to clearly define your set of available
> actions, yet not confine the players. Does anyone know of a
> system like this already in play?
Yes, there's definitively one :)
You have exactly described Ultima Online, a (by now) 7 year old
MMORPG developed by Origin (rip) and designed by Richard Garriot
(aka Lord British, creator of all Ultima series).
Every character has tens of different skills. Each one can range
from 0 to 100% ability and a limit on maximum value of their sum is
imposed to prevent gran masters in every skill at once.
There's a chance of getting better in a skill by using the skill
itself. Also there's a chance to have stats modified according to
the use of the skills too.
Once skill cap is reached is possible to loose skill points in some
skills to have "room" to raise in others. Doing so, your character
can change and evolve, eventually completely be reworked on the
skills.
For example... If I start using my axe on trees I get wood logs,
can raise strenght and lumberjacking skills. Similar case if I use a
pick to mine ore, get strenght, get ore to smelt and mining
skill. Using magery will give me magic skills, intelligence and with
time getting better ability to use a wider variety of spells.
As you had imagined, this system is prone to wild-macroing...
I think that UO has the best macroer for a graphical game.
You can find automa-like characters that can do almost anything
completely unattended like but not limited to:
- moving around mountains and mining ore, getting back to town,
smelt and stock ingots in an house or at bank
- making a visit at every shop in everytown to buy items from npc
if price is worth it, checking to prevent overloading, stocking in
bank or in house
- fishing, using boats... and eventually avoiding monsters,
dropping down useless items and stocking what is needed
- training almost anykind of skill
- identifying a GM (Game Master) and blatering something like
"wops... door bell... have to logout" and dropping connection. (in
UO unattended macroing is a violation of TOS)
ciao
F.G.
- Exponential experience points and levels Ghilardi Filippo
- Exponential experience points and levels zgj22@drexel.edu
- Exponential experience points and levels ceo
- Exponential experience points and levels mike stedman
- Exponential experience points and levels zgj22@drexel.edu
- Exponential experience points and levels David Kennerly
- Exponential experience points and levels Vincent Archer
- Virtual/Real Currencies (was: [NEWS] Gaming Open Market) David Blankley
- Virtual/Real Currencies (was: [NEWS] Gaming Open Market) Freeman, Jeff
- Virtual/Real Currencies (was: [NEWS] Gaming Open Market) Scott Tengelin
- Virtual/Real Currencies (was: [NEWS] Gaming OpenMarket) Dana V. Baldwin
- Virtual/Real Currencies (was: [NEWS] GamingOpenMarket) Freeman, Jeff
- Virtual/Real Currencies (was: [NEWS]GamingOpenMarket) Dana V. Baldwin
- Virtual/Real Currencies (was: [NEWS] Gaming Open Market) Timothy Dang