At 06:07 PM 9/21/99 -0400, you wrote:
>From: Greg Gillan <GGillan@...>
>If we were to generate a petition, I think more important issues should be
>covered:
>
>1) Where the hell are our missing songs?!
Quest items. Spell casters have numerous spells they can't find, too, so
it's not a unique phenomenon.
>2) Why do half our skills cap at such a ridiculously low level that they
>aren't even worth using?
Forage: 40, I get enough food never to starve but I cannot forage special
items. My thought is that this is probably intentional.
Sneak: Still can't find a use for it, not that it ever advances anyway.
Pick locks/disarm traps: Even Rogues don't bother training these skills
anymore - why should we worry?
Tracking: My understanding is that by the time you get this, you should
have had it a LONG time for it to be of use. :P
Safe Fall: Well, we'll never be monks, but I do like that at least normal
terrain won't be damaging me any more.
>3) Is our level 22 song Alenias Disenchanting Melody broken? If not, what
>the hell is it supposed to do?
This one needs to be sent to Geoffrey Zatkin. Anyone have his email?
>4) Why do certain of our songs (Lullaby, Pixie Strike) work find against
>monsters, but have absolutely no effects verses players in duels?
This is deliberate. Some of our songs would be WAY too powerful in PvP
situations.
>5) Why do our songs get stuck due to lag, or when magical effects wear off
>(i.e. Guise of the Deciever)
This is a client/server sync issue that they are supposed to be working on.
Cute that they even implemented a work-around, though. (/stopsong or just
/st )
>6) Why the $#%@#$ does my drum still look like a small wooden twig? And why
>does a mino horn now look like a small burlap sack?
Hey - GZ did say that the next major art patch would fix some of this. I
have learned (thanks to Milo Cooper of "Ask Milo" at notcrazy.com) that
they use what is called "attach points", and wherever this attach point is,
is where the item will appear. Apparently, the attach point for the horn
was made upside down or something, and the mino bag is just a bad graphic.
I recently saw two zombies with attach points halfway up their arms -
really funny looking when they have shields ;)
>7) How about some high level bard quests?
I've said this, too. Someone recently asked me why there are no
Bard-quests for Bard instruments (aside from Sylias "Drum" quest). Didn't
have a good answer. Sad, too. We really should. Perhaps assembling the
parts of a magic Lute or something.
Well, after I've hacked your petition to bits, what's left? ;)
Talies the Wanderer
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