RE: [Arianne-general] re: Gameplay ideas

[SkyFlash <sky...@ch...>]

I am not worried about lower levels getting killed. If you dont wanna
get killed,
dont run back to where u got killed to be killed again.... lol

What we will do is to make sure killing players is not giving you large
loot or so.
That was the problem in UO, it was just so cool to kill players cause u
usually ended
up with a ton of reagents and armor and everything else.

That will just not happen, if you kill someone you get a few gold coins
and one item from
him or so.

Other than that, I really DO want rampage playerkilling, because thats
what makes the game
really fascinating and serious.

All the whiners on UO ALWAYS came back to play, even after getting
killed a thousand times,
guess why.. because it was just REAL. It was a serious game and it had
impact on you, if
you got killed you were really pissed... :)

That emotional tie is what made the early uo REALLY great.

If you dont wanna get killed, dont run around alone in the open. If you
do, expect to be killed.

I want anyone to be able to play a criminal without larger penalties,
but then, also without
that large of a loot. He should do it just for sports. Hunting players
that is.

Also of course there will be a bounty system, and if you kill someone
there will be a penalty
that will actually stop you from running away. Which means, if you do
PvP, you will be up for more. :)

The big problem in UO was that criminals ran away and there was no way
to catch them if they didnt want to.
Thats what we will not have. After killing someone and with a high
murder count there will be the possibility
to "lock" a criminal from running or logging off, and a marker to his
position.

So if you kill people for fun, expect to get killed by bounty hunters
REAL often. This probably means you will
have to have a second char supporting your kiling machine. 

SkyFlash

> Regarding the PvP stuff I think the best way to limit player 
> killing would be to severly limit the benefits of attacking 
> players of lower (maybe just alot lower) levels. That way 
> there would be no advantage too killing a low level player. 
> This doesn't prevent the problem of harassment or looting, 
> but I am sure there is away around some of it.
> 
> ---
> JJ Harrison
> liz...@ya...