BurningMUD

BurningMUD
Screenshot of the opening screen of BurningMUD
Developer(s)	Lorgalis, Alxar and Andraax
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Release	January 1, 1996 (1996-01-01)
Genre(s)	Fantasy MUD
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Cabinet
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BurningMUD (also referred to as Burning) is an online game which has its roots in the DikuMUD family of MUDs. It combines elements from Rolemaster and Dungeons & Dragons to create a fantasy environment for players.

History

BurningMUD in its current form was opened by Lorgalis, Alxar and Andraax on 1 January 1996, after being given the source code of the old BurningMUD. The old MUD had been closed for about a year with a message saying that Burning has closed and will reopen after finding a new site and heavy modifications. Nothing happened, so Lorgalis and Andraax, both with playing experience from the old Burning, abandoned their own unreleased MUD to re-launch the project. They contacted Alxar who was one of the staff members on Burning, and he obtained the source code from Burning and shared it with them. After a period of coding, Burning was online again.

In February 1999, BurningMUD was chosen as "Mud of the Month" by The Mud Connector.

Notable features

The Well is a unique zone, which is randomly generated each boot, and its entrance is relocated every 6 hours. Players must locate a compass in order to find the well entrance. It currently has 20 levels filled with lethal traps and mobs. Players collect fragments of elemental essence; when they have sufficient, they are able to either transform into a super-race called K'ta'viir, or increase their statistics.

BurningMUD offers multiclassing, so after players gain the recommended 50 levels, they may choose a second class. This allows many different combinations, which all have their advantages and disadvantages. For example, if you are a level-50 fighter and decide to multiclass as a fighter, you gain extra skills not available to those who chose to multiclass into a magician. After multiclassing you level to 50 again and then study your stats to a maximum, at which point you can proceed to leveling up again opening up more equipment options and special abilities if you are a pure class. The maximum (non-immortal) level is 100/100.

While the game can be played solo, it becomes necessary to form groups to tackle truly menacing NPCs, where all of the best equipment is found.

References

Communication and Community in MMORPGs

External links

• Official web site
• Moe's little BurningMUD page (old but helpful)
• Cindy's site

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