This is an example of what Musashi mu-ranter.net called The Grandfather Clause of Stupidity. r nThe fact that modern RPG are based on concepts developed years ago by Gary Gigax for his large scale combat system in Chainmail. c. 1970 Totally inappropriate for computer role playing games but developers nonetheless ...
Let's design a new Strategy MMO game. Each player builds a strategic AI for their forces. Something similar to Gratuitous Space Battles. Then they send their forces to attack an enemy. These enemies can be human players or NPC and you probably don't know which one. You may also face ...
I think that most modern MMOs developers have forgotten to read the Richard Bartle analysis of player types. http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/hcds.htm Originally for text based adventures MUD but still valid for any multi-player environment. Consider this quote from the conclusion of his article: It's a question of balance: if something is added ...
