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the "everyone stop fighting" OOC message was due to a desire to prevent a sudden gore-fest of pvp from breaking out rather than the desire to be the only guy killing a rat. Turns out when I emote standing by the sidelines and help corner the rat, then type guard e to try codedly reflecting that I'm blocking off the eastern exit, the code decides to default the command to guard Emaciated rat instead of guard east, and my pc suddenly gets the urge to protect cute little critters from all those mean orkish bullies. So yeah, this whole thing was totally my bad... Then after nearly getting myself killed over a rat, I really wanted to make the damn thing go splat as paybackMarcusSaint wrote: It's no fun when somebody OOC's "everyone stop fighting" just to have one of the leader PCs kill the rat. Everyone wants to kill the rat!! So why not let the underling characters do it?
On most patrols and combat-y events, it's usually first come first served on who gets into combat. The code caps things so that only 4 pc's are allowed to be attacking an npc at once, this often results in the buffed up old orcs who would wreck the enemy too quickly sitting things out, and giving other players plenty of time to get some combat in should they be quicker to dive in.MarcusSaint wrote:I play on another Mud that, when a hunting party gets together, it usually seems that the stronger character/s do the actual killing. They do the hunting to spot the creature, then when we get there, they kill the critter in three hits, without even allowing the new or underling character even a chance to hit it. THAT is no fun. So basically, all my character becomes is a wallflower, a tag-along that gets to watch somebody else flex and show how awesome they are. -yay- :/ Let underlings put their skills (or lack thereof) on display and let them feel like a real contributor to the RP.
this can be hard for me, as my rl schedule can be pretty chaotic, with things starting up with only a day of advance notice. I'm worried about scheduling something for a week down the road and then not being able to show up to my own RPT or having to reschedule when rl gets in the way. Will do my best to give you guys a better heads up though, can always give another pc the rundown on plans if I'm not able to personally attendMarcusSaint wrote:1. Set a solid start time days in advance and stick to it.
Yeah, just as an off-topic side-note here, you should always always always spell out the entire direction, if that's what you're trying to guard.Turns out when I emote standing by the sidelines and help corner the rat, then type guard e to try codedly reflecting that I'm blocking off the eastern exit, the code decides to default the command to guard Emaciated rat instead of guard east
And home no Admins named mobs related to the sphere after the sphere. And named the sphere Northlands.krelm wrote:Yeah, just as an off-topic side-note here, you should always always always spell out the entire direction, if that's what you're trying to guard.Turns out when I emote standing by the sidelines and help corner the rat, then type guard e to try codedly reflecting that I'm blocking off the eastern exit, the code decides to default the command to guard Emaciated rat instead of guard east
Concur, except for the part about the human sphere.Forceknight wrote:I recently made an orc character and I've found way more roleplay (especially proactive roleplay leaders) in this sphere than in the human sphere. Its a noticably smaller playerbase, but the players that are there are really great at starting and including everyone in their RP.