I agree with the general consensus. The travel tune isnt so bad. But thats
the problem: i really do see it as a negative. I dont understand the
reasoning behind adding travel time to the game. Every MMorg and other multi
player game that I know of have been going in the opposite direction. Theres
a reason for that. I am guessing that most players, esp the new ones weaned
on the insta crack of WoW style games are not into staring at the screen
seeing \"the ship sails southwest\" for 3-4 mins every 30 mins. It
has really stopped me playing a few times cause i think about wanting to go to
an area which is 2 conts away and im like lessee..i can spend 10 mins just
idling out of 30 mins of playing...or i can do something else. Guess what
wins?

Again I don\'t see the point of increasing travel time. Wizards (at least
shinarae) has explained that the reasoning behind it was to make it seem more
real-life like, and to make the distance between continents feel
\"real\". To my mind, those arent good explanations because i dont
come here to think about the \"real\" distance between say, batmud
and shadowkeep, i come here to figure out quests, and kill monsters. I don\'t
see any real positives to adding travel time from a PLAYERS standpoint.

If it was up to me i would quickly add some ways to travel at least quickly on
the continents. There are just not NEARLY enough roads. First i would give
player cities an option of linking their portals for a certain fee. This
would bring cities back into the process of making money...at least 2
strategically placed cities. Also I would put teleport posts which at the
minimum would allow a free teleport without error (ie startloc transport) in
every continent in multiple spots for a certain fee...like...500gp. And if
you want to keep the travel time between conts (which again, i dont see any
real point in having) then at least decrease that time so its less noticeable.


I do agree with the people that the continent tune has been unpopular with
some players. However, speaking from a historical sense, i have seen 3 or 4
of these big conversions now and in EVERY one of them theres been a big exodus
of old players who are pissed off about the changes and go find some other game
to play. The mud is in a constant state of flux and the admins job is to
continue to tweak the game so that it keeps getting better and better. So id
like to see this major conversion as still in need of tuning to be at an
optimal level, and i certainly hope that the present admin understands that
the their ideas should be modified according to to the PRESENT reality of the
mud. \"Consistentcy is the hobgoblin of little minds\" as Mark
Twain says.

In closing i do want to remark that overall, the continent tune has been a
fantastic improvement over old bat and i cant wait to see the continuing work
thats done here.

Blayke