[CF-Devel] town portal (RE: CVS commit: maps/city/misc)

[Andreas Vogl]

in reply to Mark W.:

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      As said, town portal is the worst abuse because it allows 
     
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      you to return to just where you were.
     
     
Yes, I think the void idea is really a good solution
(and eventually a spellblocker thing on some maps later).

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      Word of recall isn't quite so bad - there is some delay 
     
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      factor before you get out (so you can't reliably use it
     
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      if your about to die). 
     
     
WoR is quite okay. It effectively means quitting your
dungeon-quest and often it is hard to get back in.
Besides, we shouldn't forget that there are quite a few
badly-designed maps which trap players frequently.

The abuse-potential of Town Portal is a lot bigger
than from WoR. In fact, the two have little in common IMO.

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      Actually doing backfiring depends on the chances of it 
     
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      happening and the effects. [...]
     
     
Somehow I agree to what Mark (and others) said here.
Adjusting spell damage and monster resistance is probably
a better approach than backfires for attack spells.


Andreas