>I am not bitter at all.
>I have just came to
>a realization
>that I am not the only
>one who feels cf is
>going down
>hill. Perhaps it is time the
>IMMS wake up and make
>the
>mud more friendly?

Define "friendly"?

Personally, speaking as newbie (my most powerful character is the lev 25 warrior I first rolled up about a month ago, and played for maybe a week, where I made acute choices like "bash? trip? why should I bother with such things?" -- pk ratio 0%), levelling, and getting good equipment are incredibly easy (presuming you follow the advice in "help tips" and the like).

What's tough is dealing with the other *players*. A lot of those players are pretty decent (which is *why* getting good equipment can be so easy -- just roleplay it). Some are going to try to kill your ass just because it's there. But, hell, even getting revenge on other players is trivial -- just figure out what they're about and take some steps to make them see that stomping on you put a crimp in their style.

Anyways (speaking as a newbie, you understand, and not as someone who was around in the golden age when everything was perfect), if you really wanted to make the mud more friendly, why am I reading people complain about you cheating? That combination of words "cheating" and "more friendly" has some implications that I'm not sure I like.

But, whatever you do, please define "more friendly".

Thanks,

W