Re: Atlantis improvements (was: Oly-improvements)

From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <3tftse$k0m@hustle.rahul.net>,
Geoff Dunbar  <atlantis@rahul.net> wrote:

>I don't think it's possible for it to be easier for a group of
>well organized players than things were in Atlantis 1. Of
>course, in a worst case, things are equally bad, and not as
>fun either.

You're right that groups have always had the advantage, but in
Atlantis 2, all that's happened is that they have to specialize a bit
more. I actually dislike this a bit because I think that a single
clever player ought to be able to do well, but that opportunity
doesn't really exist in Atlantis 2.

> It does seem like people like to play Atlantis 2.0
>though. (Maybe just because it's free).

Can't beat the price, and the amount of blood and gore is pretty
impressive. I think that the addition of the CLAIM command has proven
to be very good at keeping the "kill newbies" playing style from being
the best path to success. But I predict that you'll lose about half of
your players in the next 5-10 turns as alliances with piles of healing
potions, wands of fire, and magic swords begin firing up their
military machines...

-- greg

References

Oly-improvements
dave806459@aol.com (Dave806459)
Fri, 30 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Oly-improvements
bonar@math.rutgers.edu (Doug Bonar)
Wed, 05 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Oly-improvements
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 05 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Oly-improvements
Geoff Dunbar <atlantis@rahul.net>
Thu, 06 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Oly-improvements
dave806459@aol.com (Dave806459)
Fri, 30 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Oly-improvements
bonar@math.rutgers.edu (Doug Bonar)
Wed, 05 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Oly-improvements
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 05 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Oly-improvements
Geoff Dunbar <atlantis@rahul.net>
Thu, 06 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000