Re: [V 3.0.3] Bookless artifactless hobbit mage. Take two.

> I try to make it fun for everybody. Making game easier doesn't make it
> more fun. In fact I think new players should _not_ be able to win _at
> all_. It _should_ take a veteran to actually win this game.
> 
> But that might be just me.

Skilled and thoughtful players should be able to win, regardless of whether
they're a "veteran" or not.  I don't see where it should be wrong for a new
player who really pays attention to strategy to beat the game.  This isn't an
RPG that you drop when you get to the end--  after a hard-earned win, most of
us want to go back and start all over again with a new race/class combo. 

I don't see this as any easy game, not in an overall sense.  And IMO the worst
thing you could do is make it a member's only club-- if "newbies" don't feel
like they have a chance of beating the game, they're not going to stick around.
 A victory shouldn't be handed to them, of course-- but it should be
attainable, however remote the possibility. 

> 
> > and, in fact, judging from
> > the response, seems to be contrary to what others want...
> 
> Actually I don't see many veterans saying anything against my point.
> Only newbies or at least pseudonyms I don't regocnize. And of course JLE
> whose work I'm criticising.

That's a pretty offensive comment.  I'm not a "veteran", but I'm certainly not a
"newbie" either.  Many of us who've played for years drift in and out of the
newsgroups as RL permits (I only happen to join in when I'm working a job with
a lot of downtime.)  The fact that you don't recognize someone as a regular
doesn't make their opinion any less valid than yours.