Reasonable danger [was Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...]

[Matt Chatterley <root#mpc,dyn.ml.org>]

On Wed, 28 May 1997, Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote:
> Adam Wiggins wrote:
> > 
> > It's fine to have dangerous stuff around (dragons
> > ravaging the land, even) as long as there are ways 'out' for a
> > semi-ingenious player (hiding where the dragon can't see you, running away,
> > whatever).
> 
> YES. DEFINITELY.
> 
> And try never, ever, ever to put a level 35-50 area full of aggros
> directly adjoining a level 5-10 area, with nothing more than a sign
> saying 'here is danger' to indicate the change. 

Yeah.. it's not only a little artificial (depending how the sign is
worded), but also not very friendly.

Tessalating your areas so that they join onto reasonably close ranged
areas is just common sense - but you need to make it fit in with the rest
of the land too. For instance, if you have a tundra area, with small
animals on it (newbie levels), you can't really affix a level with frost
giants in it, if they're high level monsters, but nor should they be low
level monsters. Heh. :P

Regards,
	-Matt Chatterley
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