Why do we even see the amount of XP gained? Or the amount of wield a weapon takes, or the amount of protection you have. Maybe I am old school but guessing, learning, tinkering, trying things was one of the best parts of the playing the mud. Only having a slight idea of how things work is enough to play properly and still have fun.
I'm not sure why all the numbers began showing up. Madoc implemented the wield of a weapon being viewable and then Nevin added in xp messages and levels for all mobs. I'm not a fan of the numbers...they make no sense in the context of the game. It's OOC information being presented fairly IC-ly.
I'd prefer all the behind-the-scenes numbers be taken out of the front-end of the MUD.
