[crossfire] Things to fix

[Mark Wedel]

Nicolas Weeger wrote:
>>> The combat rebalance needs to be finished. Mark, how can we help you
>>> on that?
>>> Also, do people have comments about the current hand to hand combat
>>> rebalance?
>>> Can be seen on the Ailesse servers (one permadeath, the other non
>>> permadeath).
>>> What about general item/monster fixing/balance?
>>  I plan to start working on that once I get back from vacation in another
>> week and a half or so.  Excuse the mistakes - Austrian kezboards have the
>> kezs in the wrong places...
> 
> So, can we expect anything before the end of the millenium? :)

  Maybe even by the end of the decade :)

> Anything we can help?

  If folks find areas that need balancing working, knowing about them is useful.

  The main things I know about are spells and higher level monsters.

> 
> IMO, once combat is rebalanced, even if imperfectly, we should forget about 
> branch except for critical bugfixes. Trunk should become stable, someday!

  Yes - most likely.  But it also depends if other incompatible changes (within 
the trunk) are likely to happen.