Kismet and Older Practices

Nysan · Post by **Nysan** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:33 pm

This will likely be shot down in a flaming glory of "heck no", but I cannot help myself.

Any chance that kismet can be used for some of the older rewards glory was used for in days past? Purchasing skills/spells usually not granted specifically?

I am aware how much time can be consumed in this process, being a player of the old ways. But considering kismet is attained through different means than glory and costs can be set up to reflect a great deal of investment so requests are not flooding the emails...something like several thousand kismet for a spell, I thought it wouldn't hurt to toss it out there. Granted anything requested would have to be balanced and IC, similar to the glory rewards of old.

Unaware how the old habbits might fit with new code, but I enjoy classics.

Lathander · Post by **Lathander** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:25 am

Kismet is gained in a completely different way than is glory. Therefore, Kismet will not be used for such rewards. In addition, I am personallly against granting spells outside the norm because I find it unbalancing.

The first statement is pretty much FK canon. The second is my own.

Nysan · Post by **Nysan** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:34 am

Expect that, but unanswered questions cannot exist!

Lathander · Post by **Lathander** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:50 pm

The Glory/Kismet issue is being looked into.

Mariela · Post by **Mariela** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:44 am

Okay. So nothing cool.. but why not have it used for something?

I mean, we gain it. It is accumulating anyways... and that's what we get rewarded when we are rewarded right?

I was thinking more like increadibly crazy totals for the kismet cash in. Which is why it's limited. I'm not saying like 10 kismet gets you soemthing.. but a wide range of a certain set of.. whatevers.. objects skills, whatevers that maybe you want.. maybe you dont' want them. Just to use the kismet for something.

Or like someone said, once you hit a certain amount of kismet, you are allowed to pass into an area to fuddle around in. Whichever.

Nysan · Post by **Nysan** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:43 pm

So glad my ramblings can spark conversation now and then. The personalizing and improving weapons does sound promising. Since it is similar on the topic, has renaming and relayering of other items hit the discussion table again? (Personalizing spellbooks and the like.)

Nedylene · Post by **Nedylene** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:46 pm

With renaming/personalizing items do we have the manpower on staff to accomidate this? Yes it sounds wonderful, but our staff is already very packed and I do not believe there is one that can be assigned to do this, with the amount of people we have on the mud and the amount of people who would utilize this function it would be a full time job for a staff member to take over.

Nysan · Post by **Nysan** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:49 pm

Well, kismet costing currently unknown...the issue of 'flooding' the request lines might not be a big one. Would not likely be hundreds of requests a day if the cost was hundreds or a few thousand kismet per change. Can only attain kismet so quickly after all.

Side thought, code wise is it possible to upgrades spellbooks like we can upgrade weapons? I am sure quite a few wizards would enjoy special books that increase int or add an extra spell slot here and there.

Oghma · Post by **Oghma** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:06 pm

It's not hard to do renames if a pc has the colours, description, long description and requested powers ready when the rename is to be done. As long as the admin in control of the process is aware of the code intended it can be done in about ten to fifteen minutes (for me, but I am a slow typer) I would not worry because by the time the process is added a method should be resolved.

Orplar · Post by **Orplar** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:19 pm

Like Imm/Admin's have alts, perhaps we could get someone that doesn't currently an Imm/Adminchar, or someone that is on player council, given an alt that is specifically ment for the rename process that would be logged one a week, or once a month. that sort of thing. It would be like a master craftsman or something that could alter similar things..

I dunno, just thinkin out loud.