Re: CF: more on identify

[Anthony Thyssen <anthony@cit.gu.edu.au>]

James Cameron on  wrote...
| Scott Wedel wrote:
| > A much easier way of improving identify would be to change from a fixed
| > price regardless of the number of items of that type (which implies
| > that first item is identified and player identifies the rest which thus
| > implies that player could from then on identify that item).
| 
| Yes, I agree.  Multi-stage identification.
| 
As long as it is obvious identification is not complete!
The seller would want you to pay more money ;-)

In fact the first level identification could be Curse status
allievating the need for a curse table.

| I'm wondering why a shop should identify the item when sold.  This
| doesn't seem "natural."
| 
Obviously the shop keeper pays for identification for sale purposes!
This is why a item usally is sold for a low price when un-identified!

| This is also counter-intuitive.  Identification knowledge should be
| local to the player.
| 
I agree.

| I know, that would be hard to structure in memory.  ;-)
| 
Also true.

  Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer )    http://www.sct.gu.edu.au/~anthony/
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