[MUD-Dev2] [DESIGN] Non level appropriate content (Was: Food in MMOs)

[Michael Hartman]

Kiztent wrote:
> Even separately of that, there are 2 areas I can think of, off the top
> of my head, that have random higher level monsters seeded with the
> normals.  In Silverpine forest the Sons of... I forget the name (level
> 20 elites in an area with level 10s) and the world boss that wanders
> in the Swamp of Sorrows outside the temple.
>
> It could be the location (silverpine competes with the Barrens, Swamp
> of Sorrows with Stranglethorn) or when I played, but both those areas
> are empty.
>
> Can't speak for anyone else, but I hate having an hour or so to log in
> and have to spend that time watching over my shoulder or, even worse,
> getting pasted by non level appropriate content.

I couldn't agree more. I know the devs think they are adding excitement,
but this is a pretty cheap way to do so.

They did even more of this in the example. The first expansion zone has
a Fel Reaver (tough lvl 70 mob) that patrols around. My wife plays with
her sound off and got crushed by it many times.

In EQ2, I remember getting rocked by a super powerful naked mole rat in
a cave zone that was 5-10 times harder than everything else in there.
Man... that was no fun.