Lost Wishes!
 

Come try out a fun mud and play with people from all over the world!

Lost wishes is an LP mud, with many guilds including:

Bandit Cleric Dragonspawn
Elementals Gladiator Golem
Mage Werewolf Wayfarer
Acolyte Blackdragon Gargoyle
Necromancers Psionics Engineer

My personal favorite guild is wayfarer- but there are so many others to try!

The realm is huge with over 20,000 rooms! There are excellent files
to help people explore for the first time.

It's free for everyone, and has a mudschool to help players get used to the commands
and the areas in the game before diving right in.

Come try out lostwishes!
lost.wishes.net port 5555

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Best Mud I ever played right there.

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Is it possible to play a necromancer psionic engineer?

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Yes it is, just not all at the same time... yet.

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Nice MUD, I have a Wayfarer there myself. It's based on the same software as GateWay is so I couldn't resist trying it out. Wayfarers are a lot like GateWay Rangers. LW is quite tough (which is good) and does require some willpower to do well. Not one of those everything handed to you on a platter muds. It has permanent pets and eq (although my eq vanished at one point, and I could not get a wiz to fix that so I have taken a break from playing), you can make special potions by gathering components.

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@Ide

No sorry I just pasted over the list of guilds there are, those are each separate guilds, but would be super fun if you could play all three at once.

You can make more than one character though (not logged on at the same time) so you can try out all the guilds to see which ones you like the best!

Esh :)

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People just dump free stuff on you and then drag you around until you're all levelled up. It turns into half-reading pages of combat text and sometimes entering commands. You lose track of where you are, and the only thing that changes is the name of the thing your party leader is killing at the moment.

If you don't want to do that, enjoy farming newbie stuff all by your lonesome.

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Didn't happen to me. I did get some free stuff from Eshalm but it was right before reboot and he had spares to burn.

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That's what happened to me. I was in three parties with people who wanted to rapidly level me up, but I wasn't gaining any experience so they dropped me off.

One person tried to give me a bunch of stuff, but I couldn't use or carry any of it, so he took it back. I guess it offended him because a short time later someone else sent me a tell asking why I "refused" the stuff.

When I asked questions about my guild on the newbie channel, I barely got any responses. Someone started sending me tells to help me with guild stuff and then went idle, and that's when I quit.

Lost Wishes is a game that's dying out anyway. People were complaining in chat about being bored, and there weren't a whole lot of people on. The max online that day was 22. There are other games like it with a lot more people.

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When I asked questions about my guild on the newbie channel, I barely got any responses. Someone started sending me tells to help me with guild stuff and then went idle, and that's when I quit.


Hey Dark Acacia sorry you had a bad experience- depending on the time of day you will find active/inactive people. If you pick a guild without a lot of active players in it there might not be someone on to help you with that specific guild. There are help files for each guild- when you don't instantly get the answer your seeking from a player I would go to the guild help files- or the guild hall where the forum board is- because it is very likely someone had/has the same question as you.

That's the pro's and con's of a free mud- The nice thing is you can log on anytime to play whenever you want and it's free! However it doesn't have newbie trainers on staff to help with every single guild at all hours. Newbie helpers are volunteers on LW, so depending on the time of day there might not be anyone on to help.

When in doubt- redo mudschool, read the guild help files, and always use your newbie transport device to find new and fun places to play. Oh and don't forget this site to to find good places to kill.

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If you think that Lost Wishes' population is low because it's free, you should probably experiment with other free MUDs. You'll have more people to play with and more people who are willing to help out too. People in Lost Wishes were constantly complaining on the chat channel about being bored, and after trying the game at different times of the day I found that a good portion of the dozen or so people usually online are idle--Lost Wishes encourages people to just stay online and idle if they want.

Lost Wishes is like a few other MUDs I played, except this one has the fewest people online at a given time, and most of them are idle. The guilds all played somewhat differently in each game, but the overall style of gameplay was about the same. I dropped the last similar game I played because I was distracted from it for a while and couldn't get back into it, but playing Lost Wishes really only just made me want to pick it up again.

The specific questions I had about advancing my character in Lost Wishes were not explained in my guild's help system. I read several files a few times before publicly asking to make sure. Guild advancement is somewhat different from what I've seen elsewhere so it's not like I could easily translate knowledge from other games and apply it to Lost Wishes.

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Damn I wish that people would drag me around and give me free stuff! What gives ya jerks?! Sounds like this dark acacia must have been a real special needs case.. if you know what I mean. Personally I have never found newbie gear to be very hard to attain considering you get a full set in Mud School..

On another note, Lost Wishes player base is booming from what I have seen.

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From the Who list as of this post:
17 players on (most today: 17)

For comparison purposes: the game I'm playing right now has 60 online.

There's a big difference between being credit to team and simply having a highbie drag you around the game.

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Hey Dark Ac-

If i'm reading this correctly, you want help, but you don't want help from high players taking you around.

I have two suggestions for you on LW :

1. If you need help read the help files first, do mudschool, and use your transporter to find places in the game to fight solo (since you don't want help).

2. If players offer you help/gear and you don't want it politely say 'No Thank you'. That way in the future if you do want help- you have left a good impression with your fellow players.

The high level players in the game are not taking you around and power leveling you to mess you up- they are taking you around to help you, and if you assist them your naturally going to get higher levels of exp or gxp than you would get on your own. That's how the game works. Bigger Kills= Bigger Exp.


Good Luck!

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1. There was a certain amount of information lacking in my guild's help files. I stopped getting experience at some point, and I think those mysterious adrenaline vials which occasionally manifested to me but couldn't be found anywhere (not in the same room or in my inventory) had something to do with it. No one could give me an answer over the course of the evening aside from telling me to switch modes, and that wasn't doing it.

2. I accepted your gear but I couldn't carry most of it and you took it back.

I'd go along with highbie parties if that's the only way to get into parties. It just gets disorienting and kind of boring after a while when you're just typing occasional commands into streams of text.

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LW few players? Laughable. Wish GateWay could have a quarter as many. As do many excellent muds out there. It seems that all the players are concentrated in 1 or 2 muds these days. Besides, who wants all those crowds anyways? As long as there's a person or two on to chat or even team with MUD lives up to the multi in the name. 60 players? Sheesh. What do they all do? Mill around town whining about not getting enough free xp/eq? Snicker. Yeah we all know that type of "mudder".

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Looks like my comments are being misread or misinterpreted. I think you just don't want to see a less-than-stellar review, valid or otherwise, of your game in a public setting or you'd be trying to make a better impression of yourselves and your game by publicly and tactfully addressing them and/or offering assistance rather than trying to score a lulz coup.

All I did was briefly recount my experiences in the game and provide further details when asked for them. Without the few significant problems I had, or if more speedy assistance for those problems was available, I would have stayed longer and probably endorsed your game in your thread.

To sum it up: I had a hard time figuring out why my character wasn't gaining experience, no one was able or available to help, the guild documentation didn't help, and I was getting tired of just hanging around and getting nowhere. If this makes you think I look like an idiot, then there's nothing I can do to change your mind.

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Not to sound disrespectful but you played for what all of 2-3 hours? Maybe a day? Why are you still posting about a game you barely played? Negative feedback from someone who has played less than a reboot doesn't sit well with those of us who have dedicated the time to learn the game.

If you are looking for a mud you can learn and master in a day LW is not for you. Your not going to learn everything you need to know the first time you log on. I am still learning things about the game and I've been playing since 2006. There are secrets in the game that no player has found- and we've been open since 1995. I would argue ANY mud worth playing will take some effort.

As a person who went out of her way to help you- complaining you got too little help and too much help in the same breath is in a word: hypocritcal.

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I encourage you to read the following very carefully, since this post tells me that no one has been carefully reading any of my posts.

For the last time:

1. my character wasn't gaining any experience, and no one could or would explain why. Not being able to level up and not knowing how to fix it doesn't make the game very attractive--who'd want to keep playing when you can't go past level 12 or so and everyone else is 60+ levels ahead of you?

2. I accepted any and all help. I was mainly after being credit to team (that is, being a significant contributor to a party) and not simply being dragged around, but if being dragged around is what it takes to get into parties (say, because all the parties are run by much higher level people) then that's fine. I accepted your equipment but you took it back because my character couldn't carry it.

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Hopefully for the last time...

You logged on once, and didn't get what you wanted right away.

If your not willing to work at a game for more than a day then LW is not for you.

Sorry to be so brutally honest, but no one masters a mud in less than a day. Best wishes to you on your next mud.

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Finally after waiting 4 days i get my forums access granted....

And finally i can put you in your place Dark Acacia.
Why because i am the one who helped you and i remember you precisely. because i repeat over and over and over and over and over and over and over that you need to do, but u sat there and asked the same question again completely ignoring me. So once again here is the reason you didnt get any xp/gxp from the fighting

I told you to assist me in fighting you did not so therefore you do not gain gxp or xp from sitting there not attacking anything while another member in your party is. So you did not gain gxp because you were not fighting the mob i was tanking for you because you didnt listen when i told you to 'assist myname' You did not gain xp because you didnt not to 5% damage in the party...once again because you failed to follow simple and basic instructions.

I remember explaining the vials to you as well all you had to do was type "shoot" and you would of seen the effect and when i told you to do so you didnt..how do i know..i would of seen it as well.

i also gave you a bunch of eq some of it you couldnt wear wield so you dropped it i picked it back up. then we i returned to eq that was your level you never responded,


To your #2 you want to be a credit to the team. at low lvls thats next to impossible(unless your me...or a mage)
We drag lower level players to get them gxp which makes getting xp alot easier while soloing, more gxp = faster xp. So shut up take the drag listen to instructions and once you get passed that low lvls -25 then we higher lvls will teach your more about the mud, i have played this mud for 10+ years and i give my knowledge to everyone...i like....but it comes at a price ;)

So next time you wanna bitch about a mud. Make sure the person who helped you isnt around and that it was "user error" first.


Rule 1 of computers and everything about them: If there is a problem first check the user.

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No one said anything about a "shoot" command, unless it was lost in the endless waves of unmanageable combat spam. There's no battle text command to reduce combat spam, therefore when I was in a party, the start of each round would be pushed way up and out of my screen. If someone was going to answer my questions about gladiator abilities, why were they never [re-]answered at any point when I was in solo combat and asking on the newbie channel anyway? This is the first mention I've ever seen of a "shoot" command. I don't even know what it does.

The assist command was new to me, but by the second or third battle in a party I was getting the hang of entering it when battle started. Again, combat spam in parties is a huge problem and my commands would be pushed way out of the screen so I can't be sure that a command worked.

Once again, I told everyone who asked about the equipment I was given that I was unable to use it.

I don't know why this keeps coming up, but I think poor reading comprehension is a problem. Also, I think a factor here would be the severe butthurt a few people are experiencing because they think that their game is Best. Game. EVER. and can't fathom why someone wouldn't agree.

At least Eshlam was willing to hold back on the insults and go to PM to see what exactly I was having problems with in the game.

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It keeps coming up because you mention it in every single post.

And if you think think i joined this argument because i think lw is the best game ever?

Then you sir are sadly mistaken.

lost wishes in a roll up:
boring
lack of creative mobs
very quest dependant
player base is massively split between europe and america
lack of immortals
lack of new content
combat is spammy, while beautiful.. its boring from lack of player interaction just as skills
The evil Blackdragons like to eat newbies(*burp*hiccup*)


so being lw the best game ever faaaaarrrr from it.
But i cant stand someone who lies about a game and the experience he had just to make the game look bad and to fish for players for whatever mud he plays.. as i have seen this us not the only place you post this kind of review. I remember every newbie i help and normally why i made then quit as well... its my specialty. but you i also remember clearly. and it was because i gave up on you for your lack of listening skills *cough* last chat, last team, ehist,*cough* you would of learned those commands in mudschool if you would of payed attention. so no excuses there. also i always explain how team work opon joining a party with a newbie
So next time you want to dis a mud... make sure it waznt user error

sorry was on mobile

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In attempt to get past the drama created here I'll quickly touch upon a couple of what I consider Lost Wishes' strengths.

-A tight-knit community who are all here to have fun. The people here are quite friendly despite the previous transgressions you may have read. The atmosphere is very social and you're free to interact with whomever you wish on multiple chat channels with no RP implications in doing so. This makes for a fun light-hearted setting and allows the players to get to know one another.

-Guilds that are actually pretty interesting. I've found the guilds and skillsets therein to be pretty unique here. Different wizards were assigned to building specific guilds so many of them have a uniqueness factor and aren't just carbon-copies of other skillsets with different text flavor. They do go through a balance check by all administration to try and keep power in balance. You'll find some guilds here that you don't see on many other MUDs - Elementals (different from standard mages) Acolytes (dark priests) Werewolves, Golems, Gargoyles, Necromancers, Engineers and Wayfarers (Ranger/Beastmaster type) They also offer many of the classics such as Mages, Clerics, Bandits, Gladiators, Good and Evil Knights (Dragonspawn and Blackdragon, respectively) The guild skills are straight up fun to use as others have mentioned. A lot of color and description in each skill if that's you're thing. It makes fighting quite fun and helps take away from the tedium sometimes.

-Tons of well-written areas, most of which feature integrated quests along with them. I personally found it fun to do the quests once you get the hang of them. Many provide a unique line in your description and I found it an addicting challenge to collect as many as I could.

-The overall design of the MUD. To put it simply, it's a pretty world with a convenient compass-map to help with movement. One thing I enjoy about LW is that it's colorful without being ridiculous. Some of the skills are colorful but when simply moving around the world it's seamless and cohesive. Much of the world is accessed via sailing which I think is a cool touch to the game. Each continent hosts tons of areas and a home city.

-Endless content. There's not a regular level cap and though there is a maximum 'guild level' for some of the guilds, this is normally VERY difficult to reach. (Years of hard work) and in the past if too many reach a maximum level, the wizards will add new content with new skills to attain.

Overall this is a fun MUD for the social, PVE hack and slash type crowd. You don't have to take it too seriously but you can also get into your character as the guilds are pretty interesting and well-written. Give it a try if these are things you look for in a MUD!

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While not a player of Lost Wishes, I have to wonder from reading if DA's problems in leveling up are either;

Time Related: as in the player can only gain so much exsperience in a given amount of time (say X amount per hour), or how active the player is--which is how Ironclaw rewards its players with Character Points, with a limit of 10 points per day.

or,

There's a glitch in the programming that effects this player. Stuff like that happens, and its frustrating to all hell.


Darren Brimhall

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None above are correct or true.
99% of the time its user error.
DA is a simple case of that

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This sounds a lot like a game I used to run, though we stressed RP. I'll have to give it a try.

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when a player in lw does not receive experience its due to being in a party with high players killing mobs way past the level of the low player. thus causing only gxp to be earned as you need to cause atleast 5% dmg to earn any exp at all. but to get the gxp you must first assist the attacker and use any guild talents for that extra boost of gxp.

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So, DA needs to be more active than passive.

Darren Brimhall

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Correct darren. It was explained to him several times on what to do. he wasnt paying attention so he ended up asking several times on what to do.

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When is this website going to get some rules about promotion threads? No one should be allowed to talk trash about the MUD being promoted and no one should be allowed to TROLL at all. How is this fair to the guy who took time to advertise his favorite MUD? So now we have a bunch of angry grown men acting like children on a topic they have no business posting on with their childish remarks. Take some advice from Mudconnector and start enforcing trolling on MUD promotion threads.

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Char not gaining xp? I've run into that on some old Sillymuds where you could only gain up to 2 levels more xp than your level before you had to go and gain them. That doesn't apply here but it does suggest that perhaps there was some requirement you had not met. I've made 2 low levels on LW and neithers' run into such a problem. Perhaps it was guild related, there are 15 guilds I think.

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There are some later Level requirements encouraging players to quest or take a slight a exp gain penalty but that begins at level 50, by which time the player should be acquainted with the mud. I think the player with the xp issues joined the gladiators which does have requirements that the player use fighting styles and sometimes weapons that the player specializes himself (ie "hone sword" to specialize the sword) and then can gain gxp properly while killing mobs.

Do come and check us out at Lost Wishes. Things started to get a little dusty lately with people getting older and having families and graduating from college but the dust is getting blown off as we strive to add a little extra vitality to our home away from (and at) home.

~Max

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This is a lie.

So the emperor has no clothes now? Are you going to push for a rule which forbids any public criticism of a game? I wonder how this attitude would fly if it were applied to cinema critics.

I mentioned it as often as I did because everyone came out of the woodwork to insist that LW is perfect and that I was the one with the problem, and it's easier and more fun to do that than admit that there might be some problems with the game. Why shouldn't I explain myself all over again if it's quite clear that others are making straw men?

Just take a look at the trash talking that goes on in LW chat on a regular basis, even when it's not about dark acacia.

I'm generally turned off by games where the community is comfortable with using the r~~~~~ and f~~~~~ words on public channels.

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lol you clearly did not.play long enough. we don't trash talk anyone in chat ever! so again make a character and try to play. now stop trying to retaliate and go play another mud that reqs you to pay out the ass to play. now this topic was to advertise the game and not for you to give a review on it. now I'm ending this nonsense. we are all gamers just with different taste so DA kindly move on to your next "review".

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Lost Wishes MuD.

The MuD itself has been my home for a little over 10 years now, I hate to see certain unnamed persons attacking this MuD when they have literally NO EXPERIENCE. This is a family mud, but as far as that goes it's entirely up to the player population to keep it that way. If you do not like the way a person is talking, you may feel free to email or use the ingame silence command. There are also the commands of closing the commlines and ignoring the person all together.

The MuD has over 300 Areas easy, most of these areas have nearly 20-50 Rooms.
There are thousands of Items available and many Race, Guilds, Clans.

We have a slightly Inactive builder base, but that changes a lot when summer time is upon us.

There is a large idea system that lets you submit your idea from anywhere at any time.

This is a very well thought out and well built MuD with minimal bugs as of the current time 2:53PM Central Time Zone July 2nd 2013.

Thanks For Reading.
~Cyanide

P.S. See ya in game!