[MUD-Dev] Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] thoughts on game economies

[Greg Miller]

Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Koster, Raph wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Travis S. Casey [mailto:efindel at io.com]
> >
> > > Basically, it boils down to "will I need to go buy or find
> > > equipment again
> > > when I log in, or can I count on the equipment I had before
> > > still being
> > > there for me."
> >
> > To be honest, though I know they still exist, I have never played a mud like
> > this. :)
> >
> 
> I seem to recall playing some early version of AberMud, where you had only
> character persistance, you needed to run around and get everything again
> when you logged in (competing with the other online players). (correct me
> if im wrong).

I believe AberMUDs still behave this way typically. Ancient Anguish
operates this way, and I've come to like it quite a bit. It's not
popular with newbies, but it allows for extremely powerful unique items
without serious balance problems, when combined with reboots every 25
hours.
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