October 2007

• [DESIGN] Multitouch and RPGs John Buehler
• [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XP model: GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Richard Boehme
• • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay andXPmodel:GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Mike Rozak
  • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XP model:GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Mike Rozak
• [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XP model: GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku cruise
• • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XP model:GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Mike Rozak
  • • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XPmodel:GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Dave Scheffer
• [OFF-TOPIC] PvE Raiding in WoW (Was Activity Duration in MMOs ) cob@goblinworkshop.com
• Activity Duration in MMOs (was: Spore andMMOs) Michael Hartman
• • Activity Duration in MMOs (was: Spore andMMOs) John Szeder
  • Activity Duration in MMOs (was: Spore andMMOs) Damion Schubert
• [BIZ] Community-building books Shannon Sullivan
• [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XP model: GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Mike Rozak
• • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XP model: GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Lachek Butalek
  • • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XP model:GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Mike Rozak
  • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XP model: GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku John Buehler
  • • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XP model:GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Mike Rozak
    • • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XP model:GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku John Buehler
      • • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay andXP model:GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Mike Rozak
          John Buehler wrote:
          > There seems to be an implicit association between experience points and
          > the
          > ethic of "practice makes perfect".
          
          Actually, no. I specifically won't tie advancement of a specific skill to
          using that skill. And the amount of grind in my game will be extremely low:
          More game, less grind. (Which is why gameplay will only be 5-15 hours.)
          
          
          > So alienating the harbor master might mean that renting a boat gets far
          > more
          > expensive, but it would also mean that the ship captain who doesn't like
          > the
          > harbor master warms to you. Alienate that ship's captain and your
          > character
          > might find itself constantly subject to abduction attempts whenever
          > approaching the dock area. Abductions that carry the character across the
          > water, just as the other techniques do.
          
          I plan to allow several solutions to every obstacle. For the newbie island
          currently up, I went a bit overboard and came up with around 10 different
          ways to get past the guards. This was a bit excessive, and in future I'll
          probably aim for a handful of possible solutions.
      • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XP model:GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Damion Schubert
      • • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XPmodel:GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Mike Rozak
        • • [DESIGN] NPC-oriented gameplay and XPmodel:GURPS/EveOnline vs. D&D/Diku Lachek Butalek