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Message ID: 3586
Date: Wed Jul 14 20:59:44 BST 1999
Author: silky@xxxxxx.xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: Binding
>From: John Buenavides <jbuenavides@...>
>
>I hate to reply to this in a bards group ... but ...
>
>The reason non-casters can't be bound to a non-city area is simple:
>
>they can't "unbind" themselves as easily as a caster can "unbind"
>himself.
>
>If they allowed everyone the ability to be bound in any zone, and
>only gave the bind ability to casters, the following "abuse" would
>happen:
>
>A spellcaster would get into your group. He gets mad about some
>disagreement in the group. The next time your group camps in some
>dangerous area, he binds everyone to that spot. He then leaves. The
>moment anyone dies, they'll find themselves in the middle of an orc
>camp! Infinite Please Loading ... And they have to pay another
>spellcaster to get bind in another spot.
>
>As it is, it's livable. You just have to find a spellcaster to bind
>you, and it seems there are plenty of city-zones nearby. It also
>forces players to be more careful with where they hunt, and how they
>explore dungeons.
>
>I would still like to have a solution to all the downtime we spend
>running through zones just to get our corpses. I'd also like to get
>an auto-equip-armor instead of having to click the armor onto my
>portrait.
>
>But all this should be in a gameplay forum.
>
>
>===
>_oO* John Buenavides *Oo_
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