tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264881409789872629.post1336029883324969537..comments2024-03-28T18:16:41.746-04:00Comments on Data Driven Gamer: Danger 'n DarknessAhabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04131989140638867919noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264881409789872629.post-81819794816323107082019-02-27T20:28:48.051-05:002019-02-27T20:28:48.051-05:00My guess is that like gold, the orb attracts monst...My guess is that like gold, the orb attracts monsters. Killing the dragon will be the easy part, the hard part will be escaping the gauntlet of monsters trying to take the orb from you.ERobertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100273633659655294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264881409789872629.post-27565397381728773942018-12-06T14:02:54.300-05:002018-12-06T14:02:54.300-05:00I expect that the maps are the same each time you ...I expect that the maps are the same each time you create a character. Level 1 has been the same each time, and the levels beneath are certainly not randomly generated. If I understand the history lesson correctly, power users may change the map layout, which would have made each regional copy of dnd a unique experience back in the day. My level 15 might be a completely different experience from the level 15 that the Pelletts played in 1975.<br /><br />I have no clue how powerful you must be to take on the dragon. Given that I still enjoy a substantial HP/XP boost just from exploring level 20, I estimate I'm not there yet. It does seem like the only way to get empirical data is to try. If it kills you, you probably weren't strong enough. If you kill it, then you were strong enough, and your remaining HP tells how close a fight it was. This is ostensibly a very costly way to get data!<br /><br />One interesting fact is that the ingame records show that only 4 people have ever died to the dragon, and the dragon has been killed 115 times. In comparison, 1100+ have been killed by every other monster type each (Deaths are particularly deadly with 1700+ player kills), and 5100+ killed by the dungeon itself. I'm assuming that this data goes no farther back than Cyber1's resurrection from around 2008. What do we make of this data? Does it mean that the dragon is a surprising pushover? Or does it mean that the lesser monsters serve as a natural selection device, and that the players who can survive them are playing cautiously enough to beat the dragon too?Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131989140638867919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264881409789872629.post-76907674754524916662018-12-04T12:56:47.927-05:002018-12-04T12:56:47.927-05:00Are the maps different each time you create a char...Are the maps different each time you create a character? Any idea where you'd like to be when you finally take on the dragon? How would you determine that without a guide?Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.com