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[Labs]

Hey bay12, I've been looking for a good MUD to kill a bit of time with and so far i haven't found many that have caught my attention. The kind of MUD im looking for should have;

Crafting
Good RP
A respectably sized player base
Realistic combat
A good sized game world
And it should be pretty feature rich

[Rabek Jeris]

Firan - Has just about everything you listed, but it's a MUX, I believe. Takes some getting used to.
Armageddon - Very, very steep learning curve here. Expect to die a lot.
The Inquisition - Smaller playerbase... 10-20 on average primetime. It's also pretty under construction, but it's good.

[Muz]

If you want a completely 400% NSFW one, there's HellMOO. Be warned, there's rape, suicide bombers, urine and fecal matter, nukes, various holy symbols and figures being desecrated; just about anything you could imagine being wrong is in there. A lot more that I won't even mention on a board like this.

Combat is fairly simple, but fun. I really don't know if it counts as good RP, though, depends on your definition of RP, lol.

[Virtz]

Speaking of realistic combat, is there any MU* out there that does not rely on simple HPs? Like uses something similar to Dwarf Fortress or Unreal World?

[Muz]

God Wars II has advanced combat, nothing else I don't recall a game that doesn't rely on HP. HellMOO has breaking arms, legs, getting concussions ala Fallout, but still uses HP. I think it's a codebase thing; a lot of the MUDs redoing old code don't change it.

[Yolan]

Hmm. If you will forgive me some self promotion 

You might enjoy the MUD I imm at, mirrorsmud.net, 2222, especially if you have read any of the Wheel of Time books.

Actually, the player population is still relatively small at the moment, but we have a group of really dedicated people working towards an end of year fire-up (including a very experienced coder  )
It's been in production for quite a number of years now (ten!), and things are finally starting to get the point of offering a good gaming experience.

Some features...

massive world size, cities are hundreds of rooms each (all unique)
RP is encouraged, PK is supported
three races, more to come
content is true to the books
some combat code that is really coming along
ditto channeling (magic)
crafting in the works

I'm hardly a non-biased source of opinion on this, but I think its got a lot to offer the player looking for something different. We aren't trying to actively build up the community just yet, but it is getting close to that point. We are a bit of an insane bunch when it comes to detail. Maybe DF players will appreciate that. hehe.

Anyway, put it in your bookmark and keep an eye on it and you won't be disappointed.

[Muz]

Yolan... link/port?

[cowofdoom78963]

Hey bay12, I've been looking for a good MUD to kill a bit of time with and so far i haven't found many that have caught my attention.

And with high expectations like those, you never will.

[WorkerDrone]

I was under the impression that all you had to do to RP was have a fertile imagination, understand what was socially acceptable and what was not when doing so, and of course following certain rules that go along with whatever game your playing that involves mentioned RPing.

It seems like MUDs are straightforward things, sure you'll die alot, but people die when your not GODLY, which is of course a general rule when playing games like that.

Just chalk it up to experience, and send in another new blood for the grinder for whatever game your playing.

Armageddon sounds exactly like what I'm looking for.

[Muz]

RP is like permanent death... it only works if everyone else is doing it

[Deon]

I remember there was a DF mud under development, is it still going?

[WorkerDrone]

Nope.
 
Oh and submitted a character to Armageddon. I expect it to get rejected, simply because I probably failed to understand some of the formatting, as I have NEVER played in a MUD before.

If it actually gets in, I'll make it a goal to have some form of hilarity ensue before I get killed randomly with impunity.

[Vucar Fikodastesh]

I remember there was a DF mud under development, is it still going?

Yep.

It is coming along very well too.

[cowofdoom78963]

I was under the impression that all you had to do to RP was have a fertile imagination, understand what was socially acceptable and what was not when doing so, and of course following certain rules that go along with whatever game your playing that involves mentioned RPing.

It seems like MUDs are straightforward things, sure you'll die alot, but people die when your not GODLY, which is of course a general rule when playing games like that.

Just chalk it up to experience, and send in another new blood for the grinder for whatever game your playing.

Armageddon sounds exactly like what I'm looking for.

Wait, a MUD is an RP?

[WorkerDrone]

It heavily involves RP. But no it isn't. Theres game mechanics, and that'll be the tough part of getting used to.