The death of a REAL Istaria.

[lightning claw]

Sorry, I should have been more clear. NPCs can only be set to spawn at a specific coordinate. They can't even spawn from a list of locations.

can you explane what sog dose then pleas ?

honest question sorry for being so direct

[Sigi]

Perhaps because he's a mob and that's something else than a NPC?

[LaughingOtter]

SoG is a monster, not an NPC.

[Creme]

You are right. It's pretty universal. I was just saying that Istaria has a horrible track record against power creep. Especially when power creep is hardcoded into the game.

What's power creep?

[Kumu Honua]

What is power creep?

It's when you start the game with Fire I and the expansion gives Fire II then they add a quest for Fire III and then you get the Epic spell Fire IV.

It's when you start with End_Boss_01 hits you for 50! and end with End_Boss_05 kills 50 people at once because that's the only way he can possibly make anything "Difficult".

Or in Istaria it's "Class X does Y, but if you add Class Y and Z and Q and B to Class X it does Y, 1, ~, and %!"

[awdz]

so power creep is an accumulation of multiple calculation requirements for the final effect due to changes in the game? and the ultimate result is excessive lag?

[Shian]

I always thought power creep meant 'everything new coming out makes the old stuff null and void. Go loot the new stuff in order to have top gear'

[velveeta]

Oh I do, that's why at one time I vowed off the forum and couldn't stay away.

yes i remember, and in case i haven't before this, i sincerely apologise for my part in that decision.

[CallakDW]

Sorry, I should have been more clear. NPCs can only be set to spawn at a specific coordinate. They can't even spawn from a list of locations.

I understood what you said, but you also said it's somthing to look into. I assume that ment look at the game engine to see if it can be changed to allow it some time in the future.

[Spirit]

Pssssttt.. Callak, Istaria is a fantasy world. Fantasy worlds have their own set of "rules", not those that God created when He made the Earth.

Very true... but there's nothing stopping a bit of plausibility and 'realism' for that fantasy world.

Rakku