Review Submitted By: Kate
Author Status: Player
Started on Lensmoor: 2002
Submission Date: Jan 14, 2008
TMC Listing: Lensmoor
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Kate]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
This game? Gone downhill from when I started. Not only has RP gone
stagnant, but there's a serious case of heads up the others
posteriors in this game.
Lensmoor, once upon a time, was a great MUD, do not get me wrong. It
has a very caring staff, helpful as well as game-smart.
However, there is a serious issue that even they, themselves,
addressed when I was on about IC and OOC separation being a big
problem. Immediately after that I saw one newer user (by creation date
done via whois $playername) jumping down the throat of an older user
by creation date for trying to lighten a mood.
Lensmoor, as the review doesn't mention, also has the 'Antrippa'
side, which is the enemy of Lensmoor. The war, however, is about as
stagnant as the RP on either side. It seems to be more of a medieval
cold war than any actual war like you or I would conceive upon reading
the word 'War'.
Questing gives quest points to help improve stats and from what I've
tested, has gone downhill to the point you can not stay at a low level
to actually 'rp' while assisting fellow countrymen because of one
fact. After a while at a certain level, your questpoints get limited
to 1 point per quest. This includes group quests. Say you are a level
2 sidhe and you handle a 16 person slay hunt on your own. If you've
gone over the allowed qps for the level, even if you do everything,
you may only get 1qp.
As I had masked as a newbie to write an unbiased review, I was
approached by only two helpful older players, the rest of the ones
I'd asked for help (who had a bright Cyan 'Willing to Help' flag on
their whois) told me they didn't help newbies and to 'read the help
files'.
Another serious issue involved lately that I've noticed when on is
the qualm about 'in reality...' the playerbase wants fair and right
and often have tossed the words 'well in reality..' around. It seems
that some cannot grasp the aspect of reality not being fantasy.
Finally, remorting (taking on a higher form) is a joke. Why? They
claim the quests may take a while to complete (in all fairness it took
me 3 months to complete a quest to remort) and you can see people at
91 in the morning and at a 'newer' remort race within hours. You can
ask around and be sneaky and get assistance on any of the remorts if
you just ask around. That, unfortunately, takes a lot of the fun and
excitement out of it.
Were I having to star base this, old lens would have 5 out of 6
stars. The changes listed here (and some I didn't mention due to
having not tested them out personally to write a review) make it 2 out
of 6.
If lensmoor wants to regain what was once incredible about it, they
should stop making these ridiculous changes.
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Comment Submitted By: Matreya
Author Status: Staff member
Started on Lensmoor: 2000
Submission Date: Jan 25, 2008
(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author
[Matreya] and in no way represents the opinions of this website
or its staff).
I would like to preface these comments by explaining that in recent
weeks, Arawn our owner and only coder has been experimenting with a
wide range of changes. Many older players of 4-10 years are finding
things distinctly different, especially as not everything has been
hammered out to Arawn's satisfaction and are continuing to be
tweaked.
I'll do my best to address some addressable points.
'Willing to help' is help in roleplaying, not in game mechanics. AN
experienced player as yourself should realize this.
'The stale war': Arawn has acknowledge to the playerbase that he
understands they would like something better and that it will be
addressed. Complaining about it here neither improves anything nor is
being honest about the situation.
Remorting in itself is instantaneous so it would obviously look like
someone has remorted instantly if you are just looking at their level.
It takes some people longer than others, but you are unlikely to
notice the preparation that is being put in, buffing up their
characters and looking for the quest. Some players, after spending
many years on Lensmoor, can use their experience to speed through the
process. I don't begrudge a player benefiting from years of
experience.
Quest points: Well, there's something we can talk about which hasn't
been discussed extensively by the players yet (that I've seen).
'In reality' and other opinions: Players are welcome to toss around
their ideas about how the game mechanics can work. Players trying to
base their suggestions off of something logical and universally
understood like real-life experience isn't a shortcoming of the
game...
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