Review Submitted By: Kestrel
Author Status: Player
Started on Avendar: The Crucible of Legends: 2 years ago
Submission Date: May 27, 2004
TMC Listing: Avendar: The Crucible of Legends
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Kestrel]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
Avendar? Impossibly superior.
Been around the block in the DIKU-type genre, and I haven't seen the
faintest glimmer or competition to the well-rounded combination of
player-killing action and wholesome roleplaying experience....
ANYWHERE.
A plethora of classes catering to all interests -- from the standard
gamut of mages taken to an unstandard level of detail, to well-adapted
fighter-types, to the skulking, frightening rogues, to the truly
unique bards (now with new skills!) and the psionicists, this MUD's
developers have done an excellent job.
A new stat system has also been implemented, and, for the
true-at-heart roleplayers, after some interactions with the active
immortal staff, you'll unlock an in-depth new trait system which
helps one flesh out one's characters even more.
Newb-friendly. Straightforward. Dynamic. Enthralling.
Avendar.
ender.com 9999
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Comment Submitted By: A Player
Author Status: Player
Started on Avendar: The Crucible of Legends: ~1-1/2 years ago
Submission Date: Jun 18, 2004
(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author
[A Player] and in no way represents the opinions of this website
or its staff).
Well, the review is all accurate, if terribly like an advertisement,
and glossing over the fact that our newbie friendliness is more of a
work-in-progress than anything else.
The mud itself is definitely crack in its purest state. However, some
of the out-of-character social interactions leave something to be
desired. There's almost a schoolyard mentality, particularly in the
mud's IRC channel.
Is it significant? If you take part in these out-of-character
activities, yes. Is it significant enough to be a reason not to play?
If you're very sensitive, I'd say either stay out of the IRC
channel, or that yes, it is enough of a reason not to play.
The forums on the website suffer from a similar disease, at times,
though not quite as bad.
The thicker-skinned should have no real problems with these sorts of
things.
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