[MUD-Dev] Removing the almighty experience point...

[Amanda Walker]

On Nov 5, 2004, at 9:17 AM, Johan wrote:

> People need to stop looking at everyone else saying "I want that
> too!!". Enjoy the game, play with good people and have a good
> time.  Level when you level. If you cant play like that then go
> power level.  The only one who is stopping you is you :)

This is pitted against the fact that the rewards of levelling are
set up to be appealing.  "Gee, that's a cool looking robe.  All I
can wear at the moment is burlap.  I guess I have to go grind so
that I can get enough xp to be able to stop looking like a total
dork." (SWG has a pleasant fix for this, where making cool stuff is
level-dependent, but wearing it is not (except for armor)).

If the game is set up to encourage people to look at everyone else
and say "I want that too," then a lot of people are going to do just
that--this isn't a problem with the players; they're just following
the rules of the game.

Amanda Walker
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