If, and I don't know if this is the case or not, a person does not receive a message when he or she becomes a target in assassins I think that would help the game quite a bit. If there is a message I have missed it. If there was a standard messaging that a person could see and highlight/attach a sound to, it should help that 'im hunting i'd rather not worry about getting sniped' reasoning which if people are like me limits its popularity.

<<If they don't want to be hunted they should leave the game.

Being notified that someone is targeting you is a fair request (I am not sure if this happens or not). The alternative is to keep putting yourself in and out of the target queue.

For this specific game I think that shouldn't happen(the notification message) Especially when you can manually check at any time if you are being targeted. If you are doing something you don't want to be interrupted in, you should take yourself out of the queue. If you are ocnstantly putting yourself in and out of the queue on a regular basis I think you're missing a little bit of the point of a game called ASSASSINS.

The point is to be on guard; to add a certain sharp edge to the game.

You don't join "the game" and then sit around picking daises with no armor on...

>>That is not the 'point'.

Yes it is.

>>Anyhow, if I wanted to exercise vigilance during long periods of boredom I could go back into the military. It really isn't as fun as you are trying to make it sound.

If you don't enjoy playing it, then don't.

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TG, TG, GL, et al.

>If you don't enjoy playing it, then don't.

One line of text alerting you to the fact that you are being targetted is not going to detract from the game. If you don't like it just squelch it and keep typing 'assassins status' if that is what floats your boat.

>From what I understand once a contract is assigned the mark cannot leave the assassins game until the contract is completed

Wrong.

-Reverend Gidien

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"Under the sword lifted high, there is hell making you tremble. But go ahead, and you have the land of bliss."

~Miyamoto Musashi

With the inital release there were people who were not tracking down their targets in a reasonable time frame (at all?). This caused the target to be stuck in the (assassins) game for weeks, even if they just wanted to check it out.

IIRC you can now leave after about an hour of being a target.

-Reverend Gidien

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"Under the sword lifted high, there is hell making you tremble. But go ahead, and you have the land of bliss."

~Miyamoto Musashi

I did not say I don't like the game.

You remind me of one of those rednecks saying 'if you don't like it you can geeeet out' whenever anyone suggests a possibly better way to do things.

::nods::

The funny thing about it is I really don't mind it the way it is. I just thought that might draw more players to the game.

TBH I am kinda disappointed to hear that a target can now leave during a contract. I thought that was a gutsy, cool feature. Any chance of that being re-enabled somehow?

>Having that line won't change a thing.

Don't care

>>IIRC you can now leave after about an hour of being a target.

It's two days :).

Also I think I was able to fix most of the spells that weren't resulting in deaths. I have not fixed anything bard-related, including screams.

Please let me know on this forum if any spells still aren't causing deaths, if you can find a target.

Over the next few weeks I'll look into the notion of requesting a higher-level target.

I do not plan in adding in a warning for the victim that he's been targeted.

I'm also looking into ways to encourage people to join the Assassins game, which might include titles, rewards, etc.

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"The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true." -E.A.P.

>>SOCHARIS: Also I think I was able to fix most of the spells that weren't resulting in deaths. (And.. other stuff.)

Thank you so much, I've been looking forward to these changes. Bigger rewards to assassins sounds pretty sweet too...