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The translation is great.  The rules are understandable and to the point.  I guess we'll see how they're implemented.  Police enforcement should not replace good design in gameplay.

I'd much rather have a penalty for dying than a penalty for not using a hard earned skill.  Just because I haven't used QuickBasic in 4 years doesn't mean I can't program in it :)  Other games take a cheaper route:  some take the most expensive item from you.  This leads people to keep expensive but...

We have come up with interesting and complicated solutions to PK'ing.  We've seen varied opinions both introspective and numb.  The bottom line is, take out player killing.  Problem solved.

Oops, I forgot the drive to be 'l33t

I stand corrected  I also noticed Advanced Duneons & Dragons used a lifestyle system.  In order to maintain your social standing you must pay n amount each month.. if you fail then your lifestyle degrades a notch.

It is fair for a newbie to easily seek life again.  It is hard to fairly make it easy for an experienced player to gain life again.  The newbie does not understand the game or it's current player attitudes (player killer or helpful).  The experienced player know the easiest path towards salvation.. ...

I think we're forgetting there must be a tangible benefit to the player (human behind the character) before a feature is used.  Social points and guilt points are fine, but if no statistical basis is affected because of these factors it will be hard for the general public to use these points.  Play ...

A utility called DxWindows from a website called HackersQuest claims to allow full screen DirectX games in a window.  However, windowed games often suffer a performance hit..  also creating macros might be difficult with a weird directx windowed mode.

I've heard that you get "Illarion the board game" for joining.  The game starts with a flat board which then must be placed diagonally by the 19th turn.  For each additional member recruited you earn a "get out of dungeon free" card. But, seriously folks, the only thing to gain f...

Bror made a comment in another posting about the lack of an "elevation bit."  I assume that this would be a component of determining height damage, or at least height itself..  so, I think my question is answered

I too have found many trees and hidden caves.  One of which was far south of the skeleton infested house.  While chopping through a dense area of trees I spotted a cave.  Upon entering the hidden place a demon attacked!  It fought bravely but my wit bested him.  I pummled his knee with my chin and s...

I'm not sure if this is the proper forum so please forgive me if this is off topic.  I climbed the ladder on the main building (with the two buy and sell NPCs) and walked straight off of the roof into the lower section with a tree.   No harm seemed to be inflicted.  Is this just a case where falling...

The two things I could advise are A: Defrag your hard drive and B: make sure no other tasks are running in the background while playing.  If you see more than a speaker icon towards the bottom right hand side of your screen in Windows then there are other tasks running.

I say we should make "Illarion the Board Game" where every 100 posts you get an item that blocks the message board maintainer from deleting your post  The board maintainer may counter your item with the "Perl of Wisom" though.. very bad

Personally I haven't found much use in Druids.  The higher level monsters kill one off too quickly for potions.  Maybe when more potions are found people will want to trade for goods.

I've heard it's as easy as holding down the ALT key and selecting one or two glyphs that appear where items usually are on the screen.  Then you might have to click on a target.  Pressing F5 will give you the exact instructions.  Also, buying or killing monsters for books is good, because if you use...

Besides one misunderstanding with a regular player I haven't been bothered by PKs.  Nevertheless, I think it will eventually become  a problem.  You either play the game, or play the game to PK.

You would walk funny too if ten people a day tried to take your wool

I have a grudging respect for isometric perspectives.  They lend depth but control sometimes suffers.  That said, I'm surprised how well the interface still works.  Truly a testament to the skills put into this game.

I lost my life to a spider.. but the spider decided to block the exit of the dungeon  Could this be a bug brought about by a bug?

Maybe one of us lazy Americans can get a German to English translation program fired up, then clean up the results...

...uh oh Iron Chef is on!  Time to break out the chips and slurp down some beer

First off, Illarion is great.  Second, player killing sucks. Just got killed because a stronger player didn't feel like moving around me while selling my goods.  Might makes right, but getting people interested requires a bit more tact.  Maybe there should be some restrictions to player killing.  Or...