Re: Duelmasters: What would you like to see?

From: 900667c@ace.acadiau.ca (Gerald Cameron)

Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1992 00:34:28 +0000

In article <1992Mar23.204822.12753@cco.caltech.edu> thogek@seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Thomas Kiefer) writes:

>From article <900667c.76@ace.acadiau.ca>:
>> What I was wondering is what some of
>> the net public would like to see added to or changed in the DM system.

>> 1)  New weapons.

>An occasional new weapon or two sounds like a great idea -- I was just
>thinking it the other day, in fact (no, really!).  The Pike might not be my
>best choice, but I like the Club -- something kinda like a big baseball bat
>or a small maul, but not so massive and heavy as the maul (some of those ST13
>bashers might appreciate it).

Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket :)
At least somebody understands what I was talking about here.  I guess maybe
the pike might not be a great weapon, but it does have points to it that
might get it used on occasion.  When I mentioned it I was specifically
thinking of letting lungers get at those scum in tin cans, especially power
lungers.

>Different kinds of small knives/daggers would
>be cool...  Variations on existing weapons add more selection.

Yep, and it's fun seeing all the new comments that would come with them, too.

>The Whip (a la John White) sounds interesting.  Also, how about a cutlass --
>sort of like a broader scimitar, the classic weapon of the pirate.

Actually, I have thought about the cutlass, too, I just forgot about it
when I posted this article.  Maybe in a couple of days I'll try and research
a couple more interesting ones.

>ANY new weapons, actually, would be welcome refreshments to the game.

I agree whole-heartedly.  In particular, lungers, p-rips, and p-lunges are
severley limited in their weapon choice.  I think it might lend some more to
the game if a lunger didn't just have to go through 5 or 6 weapons to find
his favourite. This can be done in the time of a couple tournaments.

Something else that might be nice is a light weapon that can actually get
through tin cans, at least in the hands of an AB or experienced lunger.  I'
ll post a couple of weapons like that when I make that followup weapon post.

>> 2)  More Criticals

>For any type of action: atacks, parries, ripostes, reststops,...
>Always appreciated, not seen often enough.

Like I said before, I think that this is the most interesting part of the
game.  ANY and ALL measures that can add to the number of comments that
appear can only make the game more interesting.

>> Finally, I think that maybe the Dark Arena warriors should have their own
>> criticals for the weapons, maybe even personalized to the warrior.  this
>> would make the slaighters more interesting.

>Cool.  Personalized to each warrior (as part of the rollup variations)
>would be neat, too, though perhaps less practical.

RSI's programmers would have a stroke if they had to add personalized
comment for each character.  MAYBE on personalized quote in place of another
comment might be nice, but I don't even think that's really prcactical.

>> 3)  Have Popularity Mean Something Other Than Free Fights.

>> One interesting idea that I've seen is to
>> give character's challenges a priority based on their popularity.

>Nah.  Then we'll have the less popular fighters unable to challenge up in
>many cases.  Maybe, if it's a small effect.  (Maybe a Mr. Popularity column?)

MR. popularity is not good for two reasons:

1.  RSI's typists are overworked as it is.  Adding a guaranteed column would
just cut into the team spotlights printed.

2. It doesn't actually affect the way the game itself works, which is what I
was getting at.  If anybody has any other ideas on how to make it
imporatant, I'd love to hear them.

>> I think the arena's ten most and least popular
>> warriors ON THEIR CAREERS should be added to the news letter.

>YES!

>And how about my long-standing (but not terribly vital) complaint:
>More variety in those damn Mad-Lib Spy Reports!!!

To some extent I agree with this.  At least add more spys.  Better yet, keep
the current spies, and give them a LOT more comments.  Seeing the same
comment five times in one column is VERY dull.

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Re: Duelmasters: What would you like to see?
thogek@seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Thomas Kiefer)
Mon, 23 Mar 1992 20:48:22 +0000