downgrade gnolls, they are not bad enough for the exprate they have.

upgrade giants & cyclopses, they are not good enough for the exprate they
have.

why? they have shitty hpratio. try to play gnoll without ss con bonus or
boons..

This is the main problem with the balance between the races.

There are 3 types of races:

1) Races that are ok without boons. This type usually gets terrible exp rates
or other annoyances since so many people are forced to play them. Most of
these sooner or later get tuned to type #3.

2) Races that have disadvantages that can be fixed with boons. Gnolls are the
king of this race category. Suffeli.

3) Races that have disadvantages that can not be fixed with boons. Unplayable
newbie races. There are very many in this category. Terrible \'specials\'.
Terrible size. Terrible exp rate with multiple terrible stats/maxes/regens.


IMO, this is the main problem with boons on this mud. The races are tuned so
poorly that boons are a huge double advantage. Not only do booners have better
stats, but they can play a better race and have signifigantly better exp rate /
racial specials / whatever.

I know that boons are never going away. And it appears that tps will never be
seriously made available to non-donaters (though I will never be able to
figure out why not. What exactly would it hurt again? Why not make it so you
could get a boon or so by doing quests or something? Somehow I doubt that Bat
would fall under financial ruin. A subject for another whine I guess.)

But why do so many races have to be unplayable? What is the point?
Why not make more races reasonably playable by non-booners? Then if booners
play them, so they get a little uber. Whats new?


Anyway, I know how you all love to read newbie whines as your regen fodder.
There you go.
--Marvin the unbooned soloer

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3) Races that have disadvantages that can not be fixed with boons. Unplayable
newbie races. There are very many in this category. Terrible 'specials'.
Terrible size. Terrible exp rate with multiple terrible stats/maxes/regens.
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I disagree. Any race is playable. Use your imagination. People who claim this
usually don't even try anything else than their usual ducks/humans/ogres/thrikh
rens/gnolls:P/whatever.