Re: Olympia Times v4n1

From: srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)

Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 01:59:04 +0000

(Bill Viggers) writes:
>>The LORE command and the Lore research skill will be removed.
>
>	aww, I was just getting into it.  I don't suppose that you
>	want to say why its been removed?  Oh well, I suppose in reality
>	it was just a way for the slightly richer characters to learn
>	lots more about the game than the newer players who were spending
>	all their time (and money) just staying alive.

Right.  Also, I argued that LORE basically short-circuits one of the
primary motivations of Olympia: discovery.  Part of the fun of Olympia
is going out and discovering what's out there, what you can learn, what
you can do, etc.  If you can just sit in Drassa and "USE LORE" it knocks
the bottom out of that.  And because LORE is easy to get, it has no
value and gets passed around amongst the players without regard (witness
Oleg's offer in the Times), further shorting out discovery.  I mean, I'm
sure that new players are happy to get Oleg's map, but aren't they a little
disappointed that everything's been mapped out and done already?  Make
LORE and information more valuable, and the new players will get to share
the excitement of discovering the world.

>>For example:
>>
>>	107  Shipbuilding, level 2
>>	     9107  Build small boats, level 0
>>	     9215  Repair ship, level 1

What I'm wondering is, can you Build small boats with level 0, or do you
now have to study this to level 1 before you can use it?

-- Scott T.

References

Olympia Times v4n1
skrenta@blekko.rt.com (Rich Skrenta)
Sun, 17 May 1992 06:14:36 +0000
Re: Olympia Times v4n1
Bill.Viggers@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Bill Viggers)
Sun, 17 May 1992 23:47:33 +0000

Referenced By

Olympia Times v4n1
skrenta@blekko.rt.com (Rich Skrenta)
Sun, 17 May 1992 06:14:36 +0000
Re: Olympia Times v4n1
Bill.Viggers@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Bill Viggers)
Sun, 17 May 1992 23:47:33 +0000