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17718: Re: [MUD-Dev] "Doing a dungeon" (was: Permadeath or Not?)

-----Original Message-----
From: Vincent Archer <archer@nevrax.com>

> The added difficulty, in a large multiplayer world is: how does the
> boss determine that there are 40 characters *against* him? Maybe
> there's a group of 5 who are there for a different reason. Or you
> have two separate group of 20, on who was readying itself to rush,
> and one who just entered the dungeon.

> And the first group wonder afterward why they got pounded into the
> ground so fast :)

They don't just wonder, they bitch.  And after they figure it out, the
next week 20 characters zone in just in time to make the boss call in
extra force, then zone out and leave the original occupants to deal
with it.  The Zeroth Law of Online Games: Grief players will exploit
*anything* that can interfere with someone else's play.

--Dave Rickey

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