[RP MUD] Journey Beyond the Threshold!

Whiniest Man On Earth

Eh, somewhat. MMOs have really cut into the market for good MUDs, but... there's something about the experience that doesn't carry over, especially when it comes to solving quests and roleplaying.

Depressperado

holy dang, seven hundred bucks worth of donations for a house? That'll buy my rent and most of my food for a month.

I just wish there were more armory slots.

Whiniest Man On Earth

When you take into account that some people have been playing this game for 10+ years, it's not that surprising to see that people have registered that high. It was truly shocking to see people do it early, but... yeah. I do wish there was more personal storage.

Whiniest Man On Earth

Updated the OP with a list of players, if you're not in it post your info and I'll put it up there.

Xzean

So I forgot how boring MUDs are when your alone, around what times does everyone else play?

Whiniest Man On Earth

I'm on all the damned time. Having a wonky connection right now, though.

EliteLamer

I am Dorthonion and I am a mage.

I am stuck looking for stuff to kill and I have tried the newbie areas but exp sucks.

Whiniest Man On Earth

We actually have a party going right now, if we see you around town we'll pick you up.

Xzean

Just wanted to let some more people take a look at this, having a lot of fun playing this with Defrag. If your into role playing, give this place a shot.

Rosuav

defrag wrote: »

Xzean, just type "y". I used to get a y/n prompt there, but a lot of the prompts that I used to get with RosMud, like that and shaking hands, no longer work.

I've just checked this out, and the handshaking prompt is indeed not working. Can you enumerate all the failing prompts, please? Until recently, darts and armwrestling had a problem there, but the server was tweaked so now it's all fine. Hopefully handshaking and obtaining of belts can be sorted out the same way. As a workaround, you can configure RosMud to use "compatibility mode" prompt recognition; just untick the "Telnet Prompt Option" box in the connection dialog, and it should recognize the prompt.

BTW, regarding gear and storage: Threshold is designed around the principle that people WILL lose gear periodically. It's not hard to get some new gear; before you join a guild, you can get free gear from the Newcomer Academy, and once you're in a guild, you should have lots of people you can ask about gear.

Rosuav

BTW, I keep a bit of an eye on this thread, but for getting in touch with me, email is best: rosuav at rosuav dot com. Thanks! Your feedback helps to make RosMud a better client

Fiaryn

I'll be joining in on this, Canis Sorceror and eventually Necromancer. Because I can.

Seriously though, I'm giving this a chance but there is no excuse for them having so little information on actual game mechanics on the web page as long as this MUD has apparently been around.

Whiniest Man On Earth

Canis? Nooooooooo.

Fiaryn

The concept of a Canis Necromancer amuses me. DEAL WITH IT.

(We can be like, furry pals amirite? Fur friends forever laaaaawlz)

Whiniest Man On Earth

Canis/Catfolk don't get along at all. I mean at ALL. It's not a KOS thing, but it's definitely a "We don't party together because they smell wrong" kind of thing.

Stick with Kestrel.

More people need to try this out, damnit.

Fiaryn

Feh. Kestrels are humanoid in appearance save for a beak nose and vestigial wings. That would look retarded.

And Catfolk are kind of lame sauce anyhow. :P

Xzean

I have the COOLEST picture of a wolfen lich. Lemme find it.

Xzean

Fiaryn

Temptation to do a Canis Necromancer rising. So far the only reason I've been given not to do a Canis is that I won't be able to associate with neko neko desu kawaiiiiii cat people. /shakefist

Xzean

Well honestly, the best reason I can give you is that a nekonekodesu cat person is sort of the hinge pin of the group we run around with in the game.

Fiaryn

That's unfortunate. He should probably see a doctor about this terrible ailment. Catfolk-itis can affect your day to day activities, your sex life, and yes, even your money.

Don't let it rule you maaaaan.

Whiniest Man On Earth

Heh. All traditional stereotypes about anthromorphic races are dead in this game. Just let it wash over you.

My desires to play an evil Gnomish Alchemist of Set are rising through the roof, though.

Fiaryn

defrag wrote: »

Heh. All traditional stereotypes about anthromorphic races are dead in this game. Just let it wash over you.

Yeah I've heard that before. My heart has been broken too many times!

That and you've got to admit, the main page descriptor for them pretty much lends itself to the usual cat person expectations.

Regardless it will probably not be a Kestrel because their physical description is still pretty retarded. Something else maybe, but my options for a kooky Necromancer race are dwindling with Canis and Kestrel both problematic.

Whiniest Man On Earth

gnoooooooome.

or honestly, human. humans are really good on threshold, and you can make a character 'kooky' in way more ways than just their race.

Fiaryn

defrag wrote: »

gnoooooooome.

or honestly, human. humans are really good on threshold, and you can make a character 'kooky' in way more ways than just their race.

Oh I can, but I wanted kooky in the sense of a mental image that amused me. And a wolf Necromancer pretty much fit the bill. Tee hee.

I'd go human but I play faaaar too many of those as is. Maybe Elf, I'll just flip a coin or something.

Fiaryn

Eh, not all that impressed so far. Combat seems like it zooms along waaay too fast and is far more hectic than it should be. Very rush rush rush. Beginning levels are, of course, also an exercise in tedium. The wait for the ability to suit up again or heal given how monumentally easy to die it is is also a bit of a pain.

Meh.

Zombiemambo

I want to make a character based on Mentok the Mind-Taker.

Whiniest Man On Earth

Honestly, I've been giving it a lot of thought since a bunch of new people have signed up, and I kind of forgot how monumentally unfriendly this game can be to newbies.

- Skills cost an insane amount of xp/money to train at lower levels, and you pretty much have to have them all the way up to be effective.
- There are instakill rooms and plenty of mobs that you can run into very easily who can just kill you outright if you go exploring.
- Combat through heritage basically consists of fighting the same few piddly small animals over and over again. It can get pretty tedious, and until you get into a guild and get your first combat abilities, you basically don't have a lot to do.
- RP can be intensely cliquish right now. It wasn't always so, and there are definite exceptions, but there's a large amount of RP cliques that can be hard to interact with.
- The list of registration rewards and their dollar amounts can be terrifying to look at.
- In the age of modern MMOs, gearing yourself up and keeping that gear in Threshold is a pretty arduous task. It is, however, eventually part of the fun.

Having said all that,

- The guilds remain some of the coolest I have ever seen, both in form and implementation.
- When the RP is on, it's fantastic, and the world is full of some of the coolest characters driven by some of the smartest RPers I've encountered.
- The quests are difficult, and very rewarding to solve.
- Lots of fun ways to waste time, so there never really is such a thing as "downtime".
- Longevity unmatched, because so much of the conflict is player-driven and RP intensive.

Overall I love Threshold, and I hope to keep playing it for a really long time. My biggest problems with it are the unfriendliness of the first few levels... I think it keeps a lot of people from playing there over the long term, and the intimidation factor levelled at new players with all the help files. People DO go out of their way to help newbies, but when almost every single one of the people I've introduced to the game have stated the same things, I can't help but think things before level 4/4 could use a tweak.

EliteLamer

I couldn't take killing fucking rabbits anymore at level 3/3 so I tried to kill the witch and spent all my fucking money. Now what do I do since I can't buy food? Also, the spawn is soo fucking slow...You spend an hour running around waiting for the two things worth any decent exp to spawn. If it was for the shitty spawn rate on the things in an area worth any exp I would be much more happy.

Whiniest Man On Earth

Lamer, try just killing chicks and chickens and whatever else you can for money. It's fast killing and a fair amount of coin. At 3/3, you should be able to do full runs of the farm, including the skeletons and pigs/cows/zombies.

Fiaryn

Things are improving now that I'm in the Mages guild, the class seems pretty fun so far. It nags the hell out of me though that my stats are pretty sub-optimal.

They should really just tell you what they do.

EliteLamer

defrag wrote: »

Lamer, try just killing chicks and chickens and whatever else you can for money. It's fast killing and a fair amount of coin. At 3/3, you should be able to do full runs of the farm, including the skeletons and pigs/cows/zombies.

Yeah but spawns are soo slow..

Whiniest Man On Earth

Then go to the Gingerbread cottage north of the city inbetween spawns. Just run circuits of all the places in help newbieareas while they spawn.

In other news, I can now offwield a shimmering poniard, which means that I get awesome gut-ripping criticals every now and then. Aaaawesome.

Fiaryn

Xzean, what level are you anyhow? We both seem to be all up ins for Necromancy later down the line so I'm curious how far away I am from being able to travel with a comrade in moral ambiguity. :P

Norgoth

Huh apparently Medius doesn't meet the naming criteria.

Whiniest Man On Earth

Could be the name of an NPC or something already.

I'm already dreading being away from home for a few days next week when I won't get to play.

So, apparently, if anybody that I refer decides to register, it bumps up my registration total. Register, you bastards! Verm sent you!

Depressperado

Welp, now I'm a sociopathic Voice-In-Your-Head with a body and mind-control powers.

Fiaryn

defrag wrote: »

Could be the name of an NPC or something already.

I'm already dreading being away from home for a few days next week when I won't get to play.

So, apparently, if anybody that I refer decides to register, it bumps up my registration total. Register, you bastards! Verm sent you!

You lucky cockmonger. And yeah, I'm considering registering, but would I get the xp/gold amount for all the dollars I spent before 50 once I hit 50 and citizenship?

Xzean

Fiaryn wrote: »

Xzean, what level are you anyhow? We both seem to be all up ins for Necromancy later down the line so I'm curious how far away I am from being able to travel with a comrade in moral ambiguity. :P

Hey sorry I didn't reply any sooner, was at a LARP this weekend.

I'm 5/4 right now. My fiance is starting to play tonight as well, possibly a Psion. Or a cleric. His name will be Aralin.

Fiaryn

Go for Cleric! I never see Clerics. Psions, Mages, and Fighters are whitebread so far.

Edit: Also we need a Necromancer equivalent of this: