July 2007
- [JOB] Linden Lab Brighton Party 26th July Jim Purbrick
- [JOB] Linden Lab Brighton Party 26th July Christopher Lloyd
- [BIZ] Forum software? Mike Rozak
- [BIZ] Forum software? Caliban Darklock
- [BIZ] Forum software? Adam Martin
- [BIZ] Forum software? Chan Yong Wei
- [BIZ] Forum software? Michael Chui
- [BIZ] Forum software? David Johansson
- [BIZ] Forum software? Dana V. Baldwin
- [BIZ] Forum software? David Johansson
- [BIZ] Forum software? Morgan Ramsay
- [DESIGN] Will players pay for public services? Nicholas Koranda
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Nicholas Koranda
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Tom Hudson
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Travis Casey
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Tom Hudson
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Travis Casey
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... cruise
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... cruise
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... cruise
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Aurel Mihai
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... cruise
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Michael Chui
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... cruise
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... John Arras
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
On 8/2/07, John Arras <johnarras@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What if you did this as an ELO system where the monsters or tasks
> are given a dynamic level and your gain/loss is based on this?
To get just a little insane...
What if the level and stats of a monster were dynamically scaled to the player?
Imagine an orc wandering outside the city gates. (Use of AD&D terms is
not intended to be restrictive.) Two characters, one first level and
one eighth level, see the orc. If the first level character attacks
it, the orc has 6 hit points and a THAC0 of 20. If the eighth level
character attacks it, the orc has 40 hit points and a THAC0 of 14.
Whoever deals the first blow sets the stats.
The XP don't change. The orc is worth 4 XP no matter what. As the
players figure that out, the higher level characters simply stop
screwing with the little stuff. It's harder to kill, takes more time,
does more damage, and you still only get 4 XP.
Essentially, every mob has a lowest level which sets its XP value. If
you're higher level than that, and you attack the mob, the mob scales
its power to match your skill, but the XP don't change. If you're a
lower level than the XP bar, the mob doesn't get any easier. You have
to earn the XP. But you can't slum around the newbie areas to earn
easy XP. There are no easy XP. Indeed, the same XP get harder all the
time. - [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Damion Schubert
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... John Buehler
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... cruise
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Damion Schubert
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... John Buehler
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Damion Schubert
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... John Buehler
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... cruise
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Acius
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... cruise
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Tom Hudson
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Tom Hudson
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Jarod Reid
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... cruise
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Travis Casey
- [DESIGN] Believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Nicholas Koranda
- [DESIGN] Active and Inactive Currency Nicholas Koranda
- [DESIGN] Active and Inactive Currency Travis Casey
- [DESIGN] Active and Inactive Currency Jon Leonard
- [DESIGN] Active and Inactive Currency Peter Keeler
- [DESIGN] Active and Inactive Currency Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Active and Inactive Currency Peter Keeler
- [DESIGN] Active and Inactive Currency Michael Chui
- [DESIGN] Active and Inactive Currency Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Active and Inactive Currency John Buehler
- [DESIGN] Active and Inactive Currency Johnicholas Hines
- [DESIGN] Expected value and standard deviation Nicholas Koranda
- [DESIGN] Expected value and standard deviation Travis Casey
- [DESIGN] Expected value and standard deviation cruise
- [DESIGN] Expected value and standard deviation Darryl Woodford