If MMO's were like Angband...
- Thread starter Dogun
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Hm. This is true to an extent. But I'd like to see people in one big world, not hundreds of separate ones.
And I guess I'd like at least a semblance of roleplay. I guess that's kind of a tall order.
it's a single-player dungeon crawler. Kind of like NetHack. In most of these Rogue-clones, when you die, you die permanently and you can't restore your character.
Kill Your Parents
Veteran-4
IRL is always in "Hardcore" mode.
But you can't just Save & Exit the game when your health gets low.
But you can't just Save & Exit the game when your health gets low.
Wrathchild
Veteran XV
The first "MMO" I ever played was Island of Kesmai back in the 80s. It was possible to die a permanent death under some circumstances. For example, some lair critters like dragons would sometimes eat their kills, resulting in permenent death.
I once lost a character to the Kesmai dragon like that, losing about 50 hours of played time. It was made worse by the fact that the game was on CompuServe and you paid by the hour. It sucked, and they eventually added an underworld that you went to instead of final death. It took about an hour to get out of that area if you knew how to do it.
It won't work unless leveling up is very easy, no one wants to risk that much lost time.
I once lost a character to the Kesmai dragon like that, losing about 50 hours of played time. It was made worse by the fact that the game was on CompuServe and you paid by the hour. It sucked, and they eventually added an underworld that you went to instead of final death. It took about an hour to get out of that area if you knew how to do it.
It won't work unless leveling up is very easy, no one wants to risk that much lost time.
Sir Lucius
Veteran XX
The problem is most mmo's have you focus on one character, and you do everything with that character and they become an extension of yourself.
What they need to do is allow you to be a gang boss, and all your fighting is done by player created minions. That way they can perma-die, and lose all their stuff, but you can just make/recruit a new one.
What they need to do is allow you to be a gang boss, and all your fighting is done by player created minions. That way they can perma-die, and lose all their stuff, but you can just make/recruit a new one.
the problem is that people are too pussy to play a single player that can die. but honestly, how fun are the games when you're sitting in never ending "end game"
perma death in a mmo would suck donkey balls.
ah crap lag oops dead there goes 80 hours. pvp would be hella bad too.
ah crap lag oops dead there goes 80 hours. pvp would be hella bad too.