[crossfire] Player level vs monster level vs experience

[Mark Wedel]

Alex Schultz wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:29:36 -0800
> Mark Wedel <mwedel at sonic.net> wrote:
> 
>> Nicolas Weeger wrote:
>>> Then that's not "matching" :)
>>> A real match would be a level 5 monster being able to kill a level
>>> 5 players.
>>   Maybe, but there are some other considerations.
>>
>>   Under that matching, it means a level 1 character would have to do
>> solo battles with monsters - most maps are not set up that way, or
>> you have to have an idea of level 0 (or maybe even -1) monsters.
> 
> Or alternatively, make players start above level 1? I've seen a few
> games where players start at something more like level 5, in order to
> deal with that very issue.

  Maybe.  Or just say that the level basing is that a character of level X can 
reasonably take on a group of 5 monsters also of level X.

  But as said, I think some of the failure is the AI in crossfire, so the make 
up for stupid monsters, there are just more of them.