Re: CF: Crossfire-Client/Server

["Scott D. Yelich" <scott@scottyelich.com>]

On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, scott wrote:
> >the problem wth beginners is that in every public server I've
> >ever accessed, the place is always bare.  I think having a starting
> >quest would really give beginning characters at least a chance to have
> >some different things on them before they get dropped into the middle of
> >the scorn square with those bullet walls :->
> Couldn't similar logic to the random map logic create a beginners dungeon
> unique to each character.  Where the dungeon being entered becomes 
> mapname.playername and if it doesn't exist then is simply created by copying 
> mapname to mapname.playername.  That way each beginner has their own beginner's 
> dungeon.

Yes.  I think each race should have a dungeon quest or random dungeon
with things packed for that tyep of char.  It seems that diablo
generated enemies depending on who made the level (when going down
stairs -- always have the lowest level char go down, etc.)

> It could also allow for some neat map effects where a party can be forced to 
> face individual challenges.

ala nethack lvl 7 or so ?


Scott


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