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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] Will players pay for public services? cruise
[DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Nicholas Koranda
- [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Tom Hudson
  
  > You can access level N+1 when, and only when, you have at least N
  > achievements of level N or above.
  > Achievements are used to measure your prowess, game knowledge,
  > mastery of your class, interaction with other players, whatever.
  > Each achievement is individual and unique. A repeat of the exact
  > same circumstances means nothing.
  
  As far as I can tell from the website, this is reminiscent of the mode
  that A Tale in the Desert moved to in telling 3. (I've only played in
  1 and 2.) See http://atitd.com/levels.html. You can advance to a new
  level when you complete N achievements; only 3 are available
  initially, but as you reach higher levels, new achievements become
  available.
  
  > If you plan a level 40 cap, you have to come with at least
  > 780 different achievments, just to have at least enough to finish
  > each level in turn, and the amount you need to design grows with the
  > square of the level cap.
  
  The practical minimum is higher than that, since that leaves you only
  one way through the content, which must be available to all classes -
  and this is a minor problem in ATitD, too, since there are only 3
  principles you can complete at first level, even though there were at
  least 7 different sets of principles in earlier versions of the game.
  Pharoah could very well have done it this way since some of the sets
  of principles are generally easier for a new player in the game to
  approach.
  
  > Some players will also find themselves locked out of higher levels.
  > Unless they manage to master enough aspects of the game, it is
  > physically impossible for them, no matter how long they can play per
  > week, to access the higher end of the game (the elite syndrome: only
  > "skilled" players can be of high level), which might discourage
  > players.
  
  What's to stop players from concentrating on one sphere, earning some
  high-level achievements there, and then moving to another sphere?
  
  Tom
- - [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... Tom Hudson
        [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... cruise
        [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... John Buehler
        [DESIGN] Removing the almighty experience point... Michael Chui
        [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
        [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... 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