Re: Olympia & Ships

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

Date: Tue, 05 May 1992 17:07:09 +0000

In article <1992May4.174828.349@beaver.cs.washington.edu> hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck) writes:
>
>	Switching the Olympia discussion topic ever so slightly, I think
>the way Olympia handles ships should be revamped.  First off, exploring with
>a ship is very difficult in Olympia, because although sea routes are short, you
>cannot explore the unknown very rapidly because you need to know the name of
>the route you are going to travel before you travel it, meaning you cannot
>explore in any one direction faster than one space per month.

Actually, sea routes aren't THAT much shorter than land routes, and so
the same problem exists on land. Personally I find it a little
annoying, but I can still sail in circles and get a fair amount of new
information every turn.

>	The second thing I don't like is that apparently a single man can sail
>a ship.

How critical is this? Is it worthwhile for Rich to add a new skill,
and for players to have to jump through more hoops before they can
sail a ship? It is annoying that everyone onboard ship can't do
anything while the ship is moving, though.

References

Re: Olympia: opinions on magical research
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Mon, 04 May 1992 00:49:03 +0000
Re: Olympia: opinions on magical research
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 04 May 1992 03:43:11 +0000
Olympia & Ships
hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck)
Mon, 04 May 1992 17:48:28 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Olympia: opinions on magical research
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Mon, 04 May 1992 00:49:03 +0000
Re: Olympia: opinions on magical research
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 04 May 1992 03:43:11 +0000
Olympia & Ships
hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck)
Mon, 04 May 1992 17:48:28 +0000