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John A wrote:
> In news:41ddba79$0$224$edfadb0f@dread11.news.tele.dk,
> Zod <pgdoc@fjerndette.mail.tele.dk> blurted:
> | "sidekick" <sidekick39@adelphia.net> skrev i en meddelelse
> | news:JdydnQj7QsEjAkDcRVn-ig@adelphia.com...
> || Marcel Overweel wrote:
> ||| "Ohio Bolt Fan" <eg055@aol.comgobolts> wrote in message
> ||| news:20050105195438.14312.00002366@mb-m13.aol.com...
> |||
> |||| Is it true that in Single Player (v1.10, LOD) if you type in
> |||| "players 8"
> |||
> ||| you
> |||
> |||| can increase the difficulty of the monsters, thereby earning more
> |||
> ||| experience
> |||
> |||| and getting better items?
> ||||
> |||| I can't decide if this is having any effect on my single player
> |||| games or
> |||
> ||| not.
> |||
> |||| Thanks!
> |||
> |||
> ||| I thought it was /players8 with slash and without the space but I
> ||| do type it
> ||| blindly and without thinking whenever I start a single player game.
> ||| Monsters are more difficult, drop better stuff and give lots more
> ||| experience.
> |||
> ||| As for Normal difficulty, it's the only way I like playing the game
> ||| because
> ||| Normal is way too easy to be fun without the /players8.
> |||
> ||| regards,
> ||| Marcel
> |||
> |||
> || just curious...I know it does not work on the realms, but does it
> || work in tcp/ip games?
> |
> | Yes it does!
> |
> | Cheers
>
> As he said, yes it does, and the official wording is "/players X" where X is
> the number, and minus quotes.
> Its fun playing with 3 players but using /players 5 as it makes it slightly
> more challenging for more experienced players starting new characters. Bear
> in mind it has limits. Such as one player typing /players 8 wont make it
> harder or more rewarding than typing in /players 4 for example. The game
> still knows how many ppl are playing, and will only allow you so far in
> extra XP/items etc.I've found that /players 3 is best for a one player.
> Generally just add 2 "players" in to get the best boost.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> John A
>
> Kids. Never know whether you wanna kiss them or kill them.
>
>
Dosent setting players to 8 give more experience points than set to 3.
reguardless of how many people are actually in the game?
Also, if I host a tcp/ip game, and set players to 3, if someoen joins
the game, does it go up to 4?