Run, Forrest, run!

Following on conceptually - or at least via a sideways firing synapse - from my post on crafting is yet another moan about yet another frustration I have about run-speeds in MMOs.

Tweak these mothers!

Christ, is it such a difficult thing to grasp?

Caveat:  I'm on a cocktail of painkillers due to an infected wisdom tooth (does that mean I'm suffering from a penalty to my wis score?) and so I'm in a bitchy, grouchy mood!  You have been warned!

Yes, run-speeds.  Why, o why does every type of player race/class combo always run the same?  Yes I get the over-simplified reasons behind them.  But if it works in P&P games, it can be made to work in online games too.

Have races that run faster.
Have dexterity/agility bonuses apply too.
Have stride (height) also factor in.

And then we can have magick items which provide bonuses to run speed.  It'd be great!

Granted it certain situations a player might have to think differently in pvp - when faced with a horde of Whatever Race known for their swift movement, the player knows he can't out-run them.  And he may die.  But this disadvantage will be offset by a dozen other things if they learn to play to their character's strengths, and in this respect is really no different from a mage getting caught short going toe-to-toe with a rogue, rather than standing back and crippling/excluding them from a distance.

Conjoining (like a weird twin) back to my earlier post of crafting - this again underpins the reason why magick items in general (not just crafted ones) should have some really interesting spell-like effects and not just a raw bonus on stats.  In fact, that subject deserves a post of its own....

Thanks for listening, good night Chicago.