Life insurance

A christ! I just noticed the GREEN MARKER. Sorry Roy. I will change it as soon as I get back... UGH.

Beat you to it.

Beat you to it.

THus making my complete point and argument null and void. Muwahaha

I was reading what you had written, and I was thinking 'What the hell did he edit it like this for, I don't understand any of this crap.'

I edited it like that because everywhere there was an 'x' was something that isn't meant to be public knowledge.

I meant Aulian, not you. I thought originally that it was he who did the x's.

Ah, sorry. My mistake.

WTF are you doing awake at 6:50 in the morning?

Oh, wait, that's me.

WTF are you doing awake at 6:18 in the morning?

Nature never sleeps.

Yeah, well I must be ****ing Nature then because I gotta work today and I can't sleep for ****.

I completely agree with Aulian.

Your pissed because you want someones eq? You killed them for nothing?

Kill them again, you did it once, right? It's not a never-ending flow of CPs. They will run out, quickly.

Also, versus 4 or so cabal enemies. Whoever said log out? Thats stupid. Weak. Pathetic. That is not cabals. Logging out is not an option. Life insurance is. Don't like it? Shut up. Lol.

I completely agree with Aulian.

Your pissed because you want someones eq? You killed them for nothing?

Kill them again, you did it once, right? It's not a never-ending flow of CPs. They will run out, quickly.

Also, versus 4 or so cabal enemies. Whoever said log out? Thats stupid. Weak. Pathetic. That is not cabals. Logging out is not an option. Life insurance is. Don't like it? Shut up. Lol.

Well that settles that then.

Tea anyone?

Who said you are supposed to keep a full set of rares when are fighting 3-4 people? When did this god-given right to keep your equipment if odds are unfair appear? That pretty much summarizes my feeling on the argument of life insurance.

A lot of people like to use the silly "Harden up, Princess" quote indiscriminately. This is a perfect example of when it should be used. You're outnumbered? Then unless you're very good or fighting an 'honorable' cabal (Knight/WM), you probably will die. And when you die, you should lose your armor.

I completely agree with Aulian.

Your pissed because you want someones eq? You killed them for nothing?

Kill them again, you did it once, right? It's not a never-ending flow of CPs. They will run out, quickly.

Also, versus 4 or so cabal enemies. Whoever said log out? Thats stupid. Weak. Pathetic. That is not cabals. Logging out is not an option. Life insurance is. Don't like it? Shut up. Lol.

The opposing POV that I think is coming out here is not "Damn man, I just killed you and I didn't get your phat lewt, that kill was for nothing".

Here's how I see things:

LI should be available in situations where you are the underdog. Outnumbered in Cabal Warfare? LI is a big help in keeping you in the action. That is the only reason I like LI - if there was an alternative solution to being outnumbered in Cabal warfare, I'd prefer it.

LI shouldn't exist to keep the big dogs on top of their game. IMO, except in 'unfair' situations such as 2v1, 3v1, etc. (and even then, I would like to see something replace LI so that losing armor is a very real possibility), there should be a fear of losing your equipment in every PK encounter. Everything is as normal for the players that are of a low skill to above average skill - they die more often, they don't have LI up all the time, there's a lot of re-equipping going on throughout their lives.

But what about the elite players? The ones that feel comfortable with fighting a large portion of the player base? They don't need LI up ALL the time - they can just pop it up when they are fighting certain foes in particular that may take them down. The players who have PK records of 100, 150+ kills to 10-20 deaths. These are the players that rarely die, and more often than not, when they do, it's to another skilled player - meaning they likely had life insurance up.

Nobody is saying having LI up all the time is feasible. It's not. But if someone is killed, I strongly believe that their EQ should be up for grabs - whether you like it or not, this MUD is highly EQ orientated - you all know that. Why should the top players have the satisfaction of being able to keep their godly sets for long periods of time? Again, nobody is saying they're gonna keep it forever - sooner or later they're going to get with their pants down, killed, and looted - exactly as it should be. But there's no denying that LI is a double edged sword - it helps even things out in Cabal warfare (a little), but it helps players who are at the top of their game, stay there.

This is just my opinion, and my gripe with LI.

I think a major problem is that the game is much more EQ dependant than in the past, because most of the players know where the good equipment is.

There needs to be a MAJOR overhaul of the equipment in the MUD. If I ever have the chance, time, and permission, I might do that.

Who said you are supposed to keep a full set of rares when are fighting 3-4 people? When did this god-given right to keep your equipment if odds are unfair appear? That pretty much summarizes my feeling on the argument of life insurance.

A lot of people like to use the silly "Harden up, Princess" quote indiscriminately. This is a perfect example of when it should be used. You're outnumbered? Then unless you're very good or fighting an 'honorable' cabal (Knight/WM), you probably will die. And when you die, you should lose your armor.

No one said you are 'supposed' to. There's merely an aspect of the game that allows you to. And if it's there, there's no point in not using it.

I am against LI but I have used it sure. But using something because it is there is not an argument for keeping it. I agree with Raargant and Roykagh, we need to get rid of LI but compensate for the change.

There needs to be a MAJOR overhaul of the equipment in the MUD. If I ever have the chance' date=' time, and permission, I might do that.[/quote']

'Or, you can wait until your done with your book. Post it here and then you can use the time spent book writing to play around with game code!

Yes, thank you, I'll have some tea.

You know, instead of fixing life insurance, maybe the (utter?) dependance upon equipment could be fixed instead.

And, instead of reading all of the most recent posts, I could just post my idea, not realizing that somebody already said something about it. Thank you, sir, may I have another sip of tea?

Yes, thank you, I'll have some tea.

You know, instead of fixing life insurance, maybe the (utter?) dependance upon equipment could be fixed instead.

And, instead of reading all of the most recent posts, I could just post my idea, not realizing that somebody already said something about it. Thank you, sir, may I have another sip of tea?

yay, someone gets it.

considering even the most difficult areas can be breezed through by a couple people that know what they are doing, maybe we either

1. jack up the difficulty a LOT, or at least the tediousness

2. major area overhauls