On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 silky@... wrote:

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> 2. Perhaps there is a way - and I just missed it, do we ever get to weild
> one weapon and an instrument? I could have sworn I saw a higher level bard
> doing just this once, but could never get it to equip. I figured I might be

It is a graphical glitch. The same one that makes it look
like you're wielding a 2-handed weapon and a shield at the
same time.

> 4. Autorun is almost as bad, I have to find a button on my keyboard, and
> quite often - where I am is so twisty - you just run into things and the
> mob has you, if you aren't constantly navigating with the mouse. Like most
> folks, I'm right-handed, trying to find things with your left hand on the
> RIGHT side of your keyboard isn't the easiest thing to do, especially when

Autorun has been on my 'r' key since a week after I got this
game. I'm telling you folks, remap all your movement and
other important keys to the left side of the keyboard. Your
left hand will never leave its home position, your right hand
will never leave the mouse. It makes things a *lot* easier.

> 5. Why oh WHY are some critters so hard to target? I'll be in unrest - 2
> darkbones banging on my crew - a deeth beetle at my feet - and the dam
> deeth beetle is the only thing I can manage to target? I try to use assist,
> but it seems very, very buggy - more than half the time - it just doesn't
> work. Is there some reason that F8 couldn't CYCLE thru the nearest mob's,
> instead of only the one IT thinks is closest?

Would be nice if F8 had some smart filtering so you could,
say, turn off auto-targeting of things that are green or red
to you. (My F8 key is remapped to 'q' by the way, attack is
caps lock, which makes it pretty simple to target and attack.)

Wait'll you try to target fae drakes. Some of them you can't
even target with F8.

> 6. I truly wish there was a quicker way to loot your own corpse - right
> clicking drops it into your inventory instead of putting it on your body. I
> think a check should be made of whether you can wear an item first, drop it
> there, THEN drop anything else into your backpack. Be a simple matter - all
> your worn gear is always at the top first anyway.

I like it the way it is. If it were quicker and automated
like you suggest, then I'd be advocating time delays to
put/take off armor/weapons/instruments.

--
John H. Kim
kim@...