World of Lodor Uploaded - Trial Basis

[Greylock]

To be honest, I'd rather go back to Chainmail, in all it's buggy glory. I know that isn't the popular choice, but that world really grabbed me in a way PoA never did.

I was forewarned about losing all gear and and gold when loading up my 8th level critter. What I didn't expect was how hard it would make things. I just wanted to finally get better than two screens from the elven village.

Starting naked with 100 gp left me with a simple choice when visiting the armor merchant. Weapons, or armor. Didn't have enough gp for both. So I went with picking up a rapier and a dagger (DEX char, btw). Didn't figger on getting such hard spawns right off the bat. That, and I hoped to find a way to avoid faction issues with the orcs, who had tripled in number. No such luck. Pretty much got pasted right off the bat, which resulted in even less gp and xp. Couldn't even scrape up enough dough for simple leather armor in what time I was on.

 

[Chaz]

Morrus... I think I saw where the Chainmail developer said one of the problems was probably taken care of in the patch.. Did you see this anywhere?

Anyway, Im all for Chainmail if others want it.
But I agree with Morrus there is no guarentee how soon Chainmail 4 will be out. I think maybe we can get some pointers/tips from other downloaders of the MOD on the websites. That may help us untill a new version comes out. But this is only a maybe. And will require some minor code adjustments most likely.

What ever Morrus decides is good with me.

Peace

 

[Morrus]

Why don't we start a poll to find out what people want out of all the options available? We can go with the most popular option. Anyone want to start it?

 

[Chaz]

Ok I will give it a shot... I will start it in a new thread to keep comments associated with the poll/topic together.

Peace

 

[Jackylhunter]

For what it's worth, I don't think Lodor is too bad. But the write-ups on Chainmail sound really cool. Lets try that

 

[Djeryv]

It seems that Lodor is just too tough for you guys to play. You all sound like you just want a hack & slash server. You guys should just play in the World of Rhun. You can get it off the vault and there is just the default NWN death penalty and you all start in the same city. You can even bring your local characters on board without losing stuff.

- Djeryv

 

[Greylock]

The hard-core rules, harsh death penalties, and racially spawned start-sites might work on a high-traffic server. This one is not. Your Lodor made RPed parties impossible. I see it was made as a reaction to other criticisms, but you really need to try to find some middle ground.

This bunch likes hack'n'slash, no doubt, but they RP with the best, when a suitable world is offered. The two aren't mutually exclusive.

 

[Djeryv]

That is why I suggested "World of Rhun". It is very hack and slash and you guys can use local vault characters and keep all your stuff. You start in the same city and travel is a snap as you can find stones to teleport you around Rhun. There is a priest who will send you back to where you died after you are resurrected. There are recall portals and stones and there are 40 quests in the city. Some real cool magic items that I made to for quest rewards. The world has been stable for a long time now and no one has reported problems for about a year now.

- Djeryv

 

[Morrus]

Local vault characters? Ugggh!

I know this group tends to be a little on the hack/slash side at times (probably a result of using PoA for so long), but local vault is something I'd really not want to see on the server.

It sounds fairly cool other than that, though.

Thanks for your input, Djeryv. It's nice when people make the effort to see how their modules are being used elsewhere.

 

[Djeryv]

Thanks. Also...what I meant is that it is set for local vault but you can simply use server vault with no problems. Many people do with Rhun. What is the worst that can happen if you try it? You guys might not like it and move to something else? That is why NWN is so cool. There is tons of stuff out there to play for free. Rhun is alot easier to make changes to also in case you guys are going to mod it more or change some rules to it.

- Djeryv