Jessica Mulligan wrote a very extensive history of online gaming, not sure who she is writing for atm but a search on google would probably find something. good reading.
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- Thu Jan 30, 2003 11:53 pm
- Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Psychology in the MMORPG
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1128
- Mon Jan 27, 2003 5:14 am
- Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: any car insurance agent?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4781
- Sun Jan 19, 2003 5:00 pm
- Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Search or Snake Int, take your pick
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5006
Dizzin wrote: >>Snakebite - Haha, at level 50, it takes *3* bites to kill a level 1 !classed mob. And I'm utterly serious about that. for a caster maybe Xisi wrote: (as a potential change) >>Highest Dex and Agi race in the game. >>Second highest Int. Yuan agility is more than adequate imo, although ...
- Tue Jan 14, 2003 11:40 pm
- Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Mid Level Exp help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2030
>Minotaurs that have been fighting with the brownies of Tethir could keep you busy for a few levels. >There are plenty of ruffians in Baldurs Gate but that takes some roaming around to find ones that are the right difficulty. Spend time on the docks and southwest side in particular. Sailors are in r...
- Tue Dec 03, 2002 12:20 am
- Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Invokers and game balance...
- Replies: 167
- Views: 36833
You guys are all over the map and so is this post, be warned if invokers should be removed due to their one dimensional use (damage dealer) then couldn't the same thing be said for rangers? it isn't that invokers are 1D its more that they are idle during what is one of the more time consuming tasks ...
- Mon Nov 25, 2002 4:13 am
- Forum: S3 Ideas Archive
- Topic: Status bar suggestion
- Replies: 3
- Views: 880
- Mon Nov 25, 2002 4:12 am
- Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Only high levels around?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1946
Yup, sojourn is top heavy at the moment. You will find that at low levels you will spend a lot of time just familiarizing yourself with nearby zones and experimenting with what to kill. Once you make the trek from 1-20 once or twice it becomes much easier to level up a new character (even without th...
- Sun Nov 10, 2002 6:55 pm
- Forum: S3 Ideas Archive
- Topic: yuan-ti PSP
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1868
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 12:27 am
- Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Paladins and Ageing
- Replies: 93
- Views: 18071
- Sat Nov 02, 2002 7:02 pm
- Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: mounts and combat
- Replies: 1
- Views: 493
here's my favorite < T: Bythen TC: small wounds E: fearless EC: nasty wounds > You slash a fearless smuggler. You slash a fearless smuggler. A fearless smuggler misses you with his hit. A fearless smuggler does an acrobatic maneuver in battle, and trips up A magnificent heavy warhorse! But A magnifi...
- Wed Oct 30, 2002 3:55 am
- Forum: MUD Client Help
- Topic: OSX Info Please
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1370
Raps aliases: In the box after command put in the alias text, such as heal under script put in the text for the commands, such as gsay healing %1 c 'heal' %1 %0 to use everything entered after the alias or %1 %2 etc to use first word, second etc This is the simplest form, more complex stuff is also ...
- Wed Oct 02, 2002 12:00 am
- Forum: MUD Client Help
- Topic: OSX Info Please
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1370
Been using rapscallion for years, only problem is that it isnt a osx native app so I've done some looking for something that is but had no real luck. TF is great if you like the command line, otherwise look at raps, savitar, or cantrip (which is currently being developed, too unstable for my taste a...
- Wed Sep 18, 2002 12:01 am
- Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Recent changes to hide
- Replies: 109
- Views: 16692
After a day to think about it (alhough very little play testing) I feel the removal of hide's ability to 100% protect a rogue is in the best interest of the game. it is now no more powerful after a spank than the mage spell invisible. some mobs have di, some have sense life. there are problems w/ th...
- Tue Sep 17, 2002 2:53 am
- Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Recent changes to hide
- Replies: 109
- Views: 16692
- Fri Aug 23, 2002 11:04 pm
- Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Rogue Newbie Guide
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2396
Should probly be noted that a snake (yuan-ti) and grey elves for that matter both start in places which may make it difficult to find other people to group with. double attack comes in at lvl 30 and ONLY works if you have 1h piercers wielded. Having a sword in one hand completely negates this skill ...
- Fri Aug 23, 2002 10:59 pm
- Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Rogue Newbie Guide
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2396
Should probly be noted that a snake (yuan-ti) and grey elves for that matter both start in places which may make it difficult to find other people to group with. double attack comes in at lvl 30 and ONLY works if you have 1h piercers wielded. Having a sword in one hand completely negates this skill ...
- Sun Aug 18, 2002 5:23 am
- Forum: S3 Ideas Archive
- Topic: yuan-ti eq
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1422
- Mon May 13, 2002 11:18 pm
- Forum: S3 Ideas Archive
- Topic: Snake Idea
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2841
I actually get better than ac 30 +5h/+5d and it IS level based including a notch at lvl 50 which makes it worth the time getting there. Sure I could put together 4 pieces of eq that are better but I love tailsweep so other rogues suck http://www.sojourn3.org/ubb/smile.gif Yuan-ti melee classes are c...
- Fri Apr 26, 2002 1:39 am
- Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: turxx and jaznolg
- Replies: 6
- Views: 818
Havent seen Turxx on mud or on-line for about 5 weeks and no reply from an ICQ sent 2 weeks ago. He and Jaznolg are working on rl stuff atm and I'm not even sure they have reset up an internet connection. Imagine that, a world w/out the internet! I'd expect them back someday but don't hold your brea...
- Sat Mar 30, 2002 9:00 pm
- Forum: S3 Ideas Archive
- Topic: Hasting
- Replies: 75
- Views: 7398
- Tue Jan 29, 2002 2:19 am
- Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: am i not yuan ti enough?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 563
- Sat Jan 19, 2002 5:43 pm
- Forum: S3 Ideas Archive
- Topic: Rangers
- Replies: 102
- Views: 17683
If proccing arrows are in the game then rangers dont need any sort of called shot skill. But it might be more helpful if when using archery that arrows in your inventory got shot before those in the quiver. Would need to fix the collection bug but, A) this would make luring easier if you rem your qu...
- Thu Oct 11, 2001 5:05 am
- Forum: MUD Client Help
- Topic: Rapscallion Gurus?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 946
- Thu Oct 04, 2001 12:38 am
- Forum: S3 Ideas Archive
- Topic: The legless people
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3131
ultravision has it's pros and cons. The pros outweigh the cons if you have patience. If anything humans and barbs are have a bigger disadvantage since they can't scan dark rooms w/out infra., ever. Snakes are decent enough stat wise in my opinion (compared to human baseline). Sure, losing 4 slots (n...
- Sun Sep 30, 2001 5:34 pm
- Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Hide feedback
- Replies: 4
- Views: 837
- Sat Sep 22, 2001 6:04 am
- Forum: S3 Ideas Archive
- Topic: A few Palidan suggestions.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3330
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">6)How about eventually making some solo-only quests for diffrent mounts. It would essentially be an rp quest for a single palidan to obtain a diffrent type of mount, but it would be something to do with the class that would be interesting. Why shouldn't a powerf...
- Sun Aug 26, 2001 4:57 pm
- Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Punishment
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2211
- Tue Aug 21, 2001 11:26 pm
- Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Garrote feedback, third attempt.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1384
- Wed Jul 11, 2001 10:18 pm
- Forum: S3 Ideas Archive
- Topic: New inven command?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1101
- Wed Jul 11, 2001 5:18 am
- Forum: S3 Ideas Archive
- Topic: Another half baked idea from yours truly
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1227
Thief 2 rocks and Thief 3 is under development (see the latest PCgamer for an article) I remember this idea being brought up when they did the initial upgrades (adding garrote/vital strike/trip etc) and nothing really came of it. http://www.sojourn3.org/ubb/frown.gif Bst we can do atm is assassinate...
- Wed Jun 06, 2001 12:10 am
- Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Invasions
- Replies: 69
- Views: 11398
Any newbie under lvl 4 can just recall now. I'd be interested in seeing something like 2 expanded on. a) create a room w/ exits to the town with OLC b) load in non-aggr mobs first maybe not just orcs but also peasants set the lvl 1 peasants to kill the orcs this'll make a load of corpses http://www....
- Wed May 02, 2001 10:41 pm
- Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Illusionist Bugs
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4902
help illusionist - makes reference to help skill_invoker help dimension shift - spell lasts 10 game hours or 10 rl minutes who illusionist, who ill - not working phantom steed - Doesn't void when toggled - Should probly be immaterial, can clog up single file rms - Yuan-ti's will find this (almost) u...
- Sat Apr 07, 2001 3:44 pm
- Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Backstab Overpowered?!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2745
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Basically, what i think is happening is that AC isn't effective enough at low levels. Starting out as a newbie, getting to say 20 ac is difficult. Battle mercs shouldn't do that kind of damage to someone with 20 ac. Level 10's should be killing battle mercs with...
- Fri Apr 06, 2001 3:00 am
- Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Will you/Do you let your kids MUD?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2440
telnet, or a client based on the telnet protocols. Information of MUDs in general and various popular clients can be found at http://mudconnect.com Sojourn's newbie help pages don't seem to be in atm, but in a nutshell. Open telnet set server address at sojourn3.org set port as 9999 (instead of defa...
- Sun Apr 01, 2001 8:42 pm
- Forum: S3 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: lastly...
- Replies: 59
- Views: 12853
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">This is a character that doesn't deserve to be played on two points; 1) not the max hitpoints (= many more deaths down the road); and 2) a base hitroll of 1 which will hurt eq selections down the r...
- Wed Mar 21, 2001 11:58 pm
- Forum: S3 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Gods and such
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1424
- Sun Feb 04, 2001 9:17 pm
- Forum: S3 Ideas Archive
- Topic: Selective Skills
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1669
Well, a rogue who dual-wields and circles would notch skills differently than one who always uses range weapons and one who dual-wields & trips and one who contantly BS, escapes, poisons, sneaks then BSs again but I think that your comparison is going to have trouble working due to the nature of the...
- Sat Feb 03, 2001 3:10 am
- Forum: MUD Client Help
- Topic: RebScallion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3103
Yeah it scrolls slow, has something to do w/ the screen redraw (if you collapse the scrolling text pane to 1-2 lines it will fly by) If you want raw speed try Savitar, forget the addy. But I don't like that interface. Too bad, thought it always ran slow cuz my mac is 5 yrs old.. What sort of script ...