> Meh, who would want to make a WoW clone? (except those that > like the > concepts, but hate the monthly fee, and would like to see some > certain > cool things done...sounds like me...)
That's exactly my point. There are so many things I would like to see done to improve MMORPGs. IMO they can get just as boring as a MUD, you just have something to look at it while you do it. > What features did any of you like enough to put in your own > muds? > (doesn't have to be from WoW either) I based my MUD around video games mostly (Grand Theft Auto, Mega Man, etc). So I took out the whole elf, dwarf, etc and put in real races - caucasian, asian, etc. The first big enhancement I made was adding firearms. Each firearm has a specific type of ammunition it can use (shotguns can only use shells, pistols can use 9mm or .45, etc). You have to reload each clip using a box of bullets, or energy source for lasers, etc. Different weapons have different recoil times before you can fire again. Of course you can fire from room to room. Another big "thing" I coded was an even better automated auction system. Instead of just auctioning player items, the auction system (appropriately named eBay) throws up an item from the house. It pulls a random item from the ebay.are file. These items have rare and uncommon flags (talk about Magic the Gathering :P) which also affects how often an item is auctioned. The only other noteable thing I've done is basically what you said about your item system. Mobs repop with items as normal, but based on your character's luck attribute (affected only by objects, default at 0) you can find a unique item. I made a table of "unique" prefixes and suffixes, and the stats and ranges of applies, and level associated with each. When the unique item is created, it randomly selects a prefix and suffix (assuming your level is high enough for each one) and then rolls for the applies. For example, at level 1 you might only be able to get a Brilliant or Shining prefix, which are 1-5 hp each, but at level 10 you can now get Raging which is +1-2 damroll. I copied this idea from Diablo 2 :D Those are the few big ones... although I haven't really coded anything for my MUD in years since the population is... oh yeah, 0. ;) -Matt Foltz [Neoterra MUD] telnet://neoterra.is-a-geek.net:4000 [Car Audio Resources homepage] http://www.caraudioresources.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- ROM mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe here ->>> http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom
