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[Sneaky]

Is there any way the mosh arena can be set so that players don't drop whats in their inventory?

It just seems foolish to me that people should win a mosh based on what other players drop, not what they bring in. You make a choice to bring in however many potions/mana crystals, it's not far that (for example), a cleric would go from being out of mana to full based on what other people dropped in the end of the mosh .

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[Shaginator]

/ban moops

[Sneaky]

Cliff it took about 22 adv. mana crystals and 10 advanced healing potions between a cleric and fighter to get moops down.

Moops' morph is now upgraded to a dynamic fox.

[Tyler]

not supported.

The moshes have been running this way for quite some time, and I like them just the way they are. It's completely fair. If you don't want to drop something, don't bring it in. It's the chances you take, and I mean, that is part of the game?

In a realism aspect of it, if you killed someone, you could take their stuff, right?

[Squee]

If you don't want to drop something, don't bring it in. It's the chances you take, and I mean, that is part of the game?

...That's not the point he's trying to make. ;

I would like to see something done but I don't think your way isn't the proper one.

Maybe something could work where the server gives you a certain type of inventory that is bound to your character for the duration of the mosh? *shrug*

Edit: Spelling mistake. Blech.

Edited by Squee, 17 January 2006 - 02:26 AM.

[Sneaky]

It's not the point of you wanting to lose something... it's the point of person B losing a mosh because person A picked up a vampire blood potion or some extra potions lying around.

Person A hasn't earned them, and they haven't necessarily killed them either.

The only other good alternative I can see is instead of falling to the ground, the items go directly to the inventory of the person that kills you. If their inventory is full, then no items are lost.

[Gaddy]

I kind of agree with this...
I mean, half the times I join moshes, I enter on either Prankster or Doublemint without anything in their inventory. Is it really fair that Prankster wins?
Well, didn't he earn the win by killing people and taking their potions?


On the other hand, when players simply pick up potions etc instead of hitting or doing the party good---I remove them from the party.
I find it very annoying when a party member is so self-centered that they think everyone should HAVE to give them potions etc or they choose to pick up potions instead of hit...and for that, they are killed.

[Trevayne]

This strikes me as a non-trivial addition to the code for item dropping. I'd rather see effort spent elsewhere.

It's a mosh... it's not fair.... nothing about it is fair. To really make moshes fair would be incredibly difficult and involve hiding the identities of all participants, disallowing all items in their inventories, and equalizing the connection speeds. The 1-alt PT is about as close to fair as we're likely to see in this version of NM.

[Sneaky]

Well, didn't he earn the win by killing people and taking their potions?

Read my suggested solution above, instead of potions going on the ground, they go into the killer's inventory (if there is space).

[Shaginator]

Everyone i know makes a /get advanced macro or something of that nature in moshes. Its only natrual to drop your belongings when you die. I can see how it might be annoying for you to have an advantage over someone completley, but then lose it because they were faster than you at picking up pots etc. But I think it adds an intresting challenge and makes you pay attention to more than just holding down 1 attack macro etc.

[Sneaky]

Everyone i know makes a /get advanced macro or something of that nature in moshes. Its only natrual to drop your belongings when you die. I can see how it might be annoying for you to have an advantage over someone completley, but then lose it because they were faster than you at picking up pots etc. But I think it adds an intresting challenge and makes you pay attention to more than just holding down 1 attack macro etc.

Nah i'm mad because I had enough skill to not use ANY pots or mana the hwole mosh, then at the end someone picks up 14 mana becase they had room and I didn't.

I just don't think you should win because of what someone else drops.

[Issy]

I don't support it. If you lose, its tough you didn't get the potions first. You win by chance really. Its not skill at all, its all chance. But, i don't support it.