Re: HELP! crossfire 0.90.4

[Jason Fosback <jason.fosback@mccaw.com>]

> I think it is good that there are no places to get exp fast.  I think
> it should be a challenge to get experience, not a cake-walk.
> Otherwise it's not experience.  I also think that things should be
> interesting for low-level characters as well as high level ones.
>           -Eric 


Yes, but it can also be extremely frustrating for people using persistent  
servers.  If one character clears out the newbie tower, beginners, Gork's  
Grovel, etc., other characters have a very difficult time getting higher  
levels.  At least with the previous maps, there was a HUGE world we could  
get to, and this wasn't a problem.  With the new maps, it's very difficult  
for a multi-player low-level campaign.  The new maps a cool, but they  
aren't well designed for mulitple players.

Several of us have been having no end of headaches trying to advance with  
the new maps.  It's very hard for a character under level seven to get  
anywhere after the newbie stuff is cleared out.  Once you reach level  
five, you're set; but what do we do in the meantime?  It's tough (if not  
impossible) to take out swarms of bats at level one or two.  And, there is  
no clear way out of the new maps.  If we could get out of the new maps,  
and into the old world, we'd be okay.  However, there's no clear way how  
to do this.

As an aside, the new keyboard routines seem to be more stable, but the key  
buffering is causing some problems.  If you attack a raas, for example,  
and want to run away, you're hosed.  About 25 key strokes have been  
buffered for the attack, and there's no way to get away.  Can this be  
fixed?

P.S. - for all you NeXT users, I've been able to create a FAT version of  
Crossfire!  As soon as a REAL STABLE (tm) version comes out, I'll release  
it to the archives.

-jason
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