to Mr R. Garriott ? RECALL AND MARK SPELL , PAPERDOLL AND SPELL BOOK

Thanks for posting the links... It is an interesting new concept. I might even learn to like it.

 

@Owain: Yeah, you're right that the casting time alone wouldn't be enough. Adding a couple other casting conditions would take care of it, though: recall requires you to stand still while casting it, and is interrupted by any hostile attack. Anyone who can cast under those conditions would probably also be able to make it out of the instance before being caught, and I'm assuming that pursuit across the world map will be impossible.

I'm not a fan of making an arbitrary distinction between spells that can be cast in or out of combat. It's a workable option but I think there are better ways.

(Now I'm wondering whether pursuit actually will be possible on the world map. I'm not sure how that would work, but until we get more info on how the world map will function it can't really be counted out.)

 

@jondavis that's awesome, thanks!

 

As a player, I liked Mark and Recall in UO. That being said, thinking like a developer now, all I see are tons of potential exploits.

 

Yes yes yes! Mark + Recall!

 

Just Say No To Recall! Gate Spell Only!

 

I do hope no matter what they do, they Atleast add a teleport home spell.. For all classes regardless of spec

 

I've marked this thread. I'll recall back to it later.

 

I'm very pro mark and recall or similar.

As for the concerns about PvP and escaping: any of the proposals to make it ineffective in combat should solve the problem.

I understand Owain's concern about running to safety then casting the spell, but unless hexes get locked off in combat, all they have to do is survive long enough to hit the edge of the hex and escape into the map anyway. Most of the time, that's gonna be less than 30 seconds of straight running, so a long-casting time recall spell is really no worse than how things are right now.

 

There could be a device that could summon you home or to your home town if you are homeless when it is at sufficient charge to do so, maybe a giant beer Stein, I've seen that summon people in RL