Re: Oly: changes in G2

From: jeremy@insignia.com (Jeremy Maiden)

Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Keith Hearn writes:

> I don't think the combat system is too badly broken. It mainly needs
>   tuning to make more advanced troops powerful enough to be worth the
>   effort.

Even that should be fixed/better with the move to limited stacks in
lairs, making elite guards worth something for their concentrated
strength (assuming beastmastery's knock-on effect of breaking
combat is fixed separately).

> >(2) Add an anonymous mailing capability, so that I can send mail from
> >    one of my nobles to another noble *without revealing myself*.  It's
> >    a simple addition and one that I think adds to the roleplaying
> >    capabilities.
>
> Send mail to help@anon.penet.fi for info on how to use their anonymous
>   mail forwarder. It should do what you want done.

It's a clumsy workaround that's not obvious to all players, pbm.com is
amply endowed with the expertise to chop off incriminating headers.

> >(4) Inject some more rare resources and make them important to
> >    power-gaming.  In G1, only mithril and gate crystals are really
> >    rare, and they don't play any role in most factions' plans.  To be
> >    a powerful anything (mage, thief, beastmaster, weaponmaker, etc.)
> >    ought to require obtaining some rare, difficult resource.
>
> This has pros and cons. If the resources are too rare, then whoever
>   finds them first has a big advantage. If mithril swords and armor
>   make your troops nearly unbeatable by normally armed troops, and you
>   control the only known sources of mithral, then you will be nearly
>   unstoppable.
>
> If there are sufficient, widely distributed sources of mithral, then
>   the advantage is lessened, since it's unlikely that one
>   faction/alliance can get control of them all early on.

I agree a single source of a crucial item would be dubious in a game
of accumulating power, but the current trade goods (plum wine etc.)
could be replaced with strategical useful items, ie have several
sources and sinks for each type. This would make trade more common
and meaningful as well as providing a greater challenge in getting
to the top of any field (ie needing movement and maybe combat instead
of just lots of study and research).

Jeremy

References

Re: Oly: changes in G2
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Wed, 04 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: Oly: changes in G2
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Wed, 04 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000