Review Submitted By: Sarkai
Author Status: Player
Started on 6 Dragons: 2 years ago
Submission Date: Jul 4, 2010
TMC Listing: 6 Dragons
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Sarkai]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
This mud has some really positive things going on with the code, as I
wrote in a review earlier. The races are fascinating, as vampires,
dragons, etc. are unique in my mudding experience.
Unfortunately, most of the characters who obtain Avatar status (max
level), and most of the staff leave after a time. Avatars tend to
leave because the code is constantly changing, and they end up, often,
finding that their characters who they built up are underpowered for
PVP (player vs player)while some other race of class combo has become
way overpowered. You may be potent one day, and weak the next.
Also, roleplay does not seem to be valued by the staff. All the Imms
who really encouraged RP, and ran RP quests have left. Without RP,
clans, PK, etc seem empty, and the mud seems to be merely a place for
video game style play and an experiment in coding.
I applaud the efforts made by the administrator to make the mud
friendly to blind players, and I wish him success in that endeavor. I
think that this will be the main function of this mud. I also tip my
hat to efforts made to constantly code new areas, and to try to
improve things.
Unfortunately, these efforts, all too often, wind up making things
unstable so that older players grow tired of things constantly
changing and never knowing where they stand in regards to character
abilities, spells, etc. Skills and spells can actually disappear from
your character.
Also, glory points were awarded for good RP, and for writing reviews,
etc at a modest rate. Glory can be used to gain powerful abilities for
items, to improve stats, and so on. Code changes allowed characters to
exploit an automated city seige system that, imho, was not well
thought out, so that some players were gaining thousands of these
points. Imagine having worked your behind off writing things for RP
and Imm quests for a few points, and seeing this.
Anyway, it is an interesting place. Unfortunately, most of the
players and Imms I enjoyed RPing with are gone, and I am tired of
trying to keep up with code changes. I wish the best for the mud.
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Comment Submitted By: Vladaar
Author Status: Staff member
Started on 6 Dragons: From the beginning
Submission Date: Jul 6, 2010
(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author
[Vladaar] and in no way represents the opinions of this website
or its staff).
Thank you for your review Sarkai. I do not agree with some of what you
are saying though. For the most part as a player you have logged in
and only chatted for the past year or two. Many of us, players and
Staff have tried to tell you of the new areas for gear to keep up with
changes to the game. You really have not made an effort to keep up
with the game. Then yesterday you face the number one player in the
game in Player vs. Player yes you lost and rightly so. Thank you
though for your comments, and commitment you have given the game over
the years.
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Comment Submitted By: xire
Author Status: Player
Started on 6 Dragons: several months ago
Submission Date: Jul 6, 2010
(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author
[xire] and in no way represents the opinions of this website
or its staff).
Basically this is a rant from the reviewer because he got beaten in
pvp by a level 93.
So take it with a grain of salt. The game isn't changing so fast
people can't keep up with it readily. From what others tell me this
particular person wasn't even able to legitimately level to 100
without piggybacking on someone else.
If you spend time and care about how you play the game is fine. If
you're petulant and don't put any time into your character you're
bound for the same disappointment this individual suffered. That is,
however, true of most things.
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Comment Submitted By: Rene
Author Status: Staff member
Started on 6 Dragons: June 2010
Submission Date: Jul 11, 2010
(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author
[Rene] and in no way represents the opinions of this website
or its staff).
As staff, I would like to address some of the points that this review
brings up.
For avatars 'disappearing', some of them were alts and the player
has simply moved on to new characters. They haven't actually left the
game, as we do have quite a few old characters who switch around to
try other classes and races. We haven't received other complaints
about the code changing too much, but we actually get more suggestions
for new code daily by the players.
As for staff, some of them come on randomly now and then, but it's
true that we sometimes are a bit short on them. However, saying that
RP is not valued is exaggerated. Before me, the PR staff was always
good about holding events. I'm now working on a series of RP events,
and the game has a newly opened Stories board, which is a newsboard
for RP.
We will continue to develop the game further, so code changes are
inevitable. For one, balancing out certain aspects while fixing bugs
and implementing player ideas. Even the largest MUD's undergo waves
of change, because it ultimately benefits the players.
-Rene
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