[MUD-Dev] UO rants

[Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services]

> From: "Koster, Raph" <rkoster at verant.com>

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mud-dev-admin at kanga.nu 
> > [mailto:mud-dev-admin at kanga.nu]On Behalf Of
> > Brad Wyble
> > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2893 5:44 PM
> > To: mud-dev at kanga.nu
> > Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] UO rants
> 
> > Maybe I've missed it, but I haven't seen people discussing 
> > the recent UO
> > solution to PVP consent, namely by geography.
> 
> Perhaps the oldest solution to PvP--safe areas. Or conversely, arenas. :) No
> offense, but I suspect it will seem old hat to most on this list, as they
> come from a text mud background by and large.

I'm still waiting for dynamic territories in which safety is more a matter of 
in-game methods for ensuring peace for citizens.  Instead of hard-coded 
boundaries ("I'm on the east side. I'm on the west side.  I'm on the..") 
territory could be handled by fortresses from which patrols of NPC/PC guards 
ventured forth to protect citizens.  Or perhaps a King's highway could be built 
with guard houses spaced an appropriate distance apart.  The rulers of the realm 
tax the citizens so that they may provide this sort of defense.  If they do a 
good job of expanding territory and providing security, then they may stay in 
power.  If they tax too high and mismanage, they will not.

This would definitely not be old hat.

--Phinehas



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