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FIrst time really trying out an Octopode. Game went mostly smooth, had a bit of a scary mid-game, having to do all of Lair and its rune branches without rPois and MR+. Overall got very lucky though, had three Bazaars and a Trove, and good fortune with spells; statue form really is excellent for Octo...

I recall Archaeo mentioning something about the disappearance of stickied rules-threads a while back so they seemingly aren't available at present. I also think there were talks of perhaps restructuring the forums somehow, which may mean that the rules are due for an update soon anyway.

The long-winded run-on sentences that read like they got copy-pasted from some depressing Cioran text. I would've thought that concluding my post by linking to a Meek Mill song would indicate that I'm not exactly writing from a point of despair. Though if I were actually embroiled in such a crisis,...

Vajrapani wrote:Ah, babby's first existential crisis.

Where in my post do you find this "crisis"?

Posting in the tavern is a more or less repetitive action ;) Other Taverns posters are (at least in theory) capable of providing some sort of intellectually stimulating exchange or even, dare I say it, maybe even a sense of shared humanity and understanding, while computer games rarely engage beyon...

If you're worried that playing crawl is a waste of time, you're going to be horrified when you think about what posting on Tavern is. That's an interesting perspective; couldn't you argue that trying to communicate with one's fellow beings (however futile such efforts occasionally seem around here)...

To keep your mind occupied thus preventing you from contemplating the utter depths of your loneliness in the world and keeping you from having to face the boundless horror of human existence.

There isn't a cost or drawback to having a big axe or wearing a pile of randarts. There also isn't any "maintenance" required to having an axe or randart, but charms currently must be re-cast which leads to tedium if the player has no reason to not have them constantly activated. My sugge...

Rast wrote:Like having to spend xp in Charms, Spellcasting, and other schools?

A more immediate cost or drawback, your xp-allocation has no bearing on your tactical decisions in combat, which I suggest that charms should have.

I did recently stop playing Crawl, though it had nothing to do with the particulars of its development nor really with a lack of "enjoyment".

The best way of reducing tedium and such would probably be to redesign charms from scratch, such that there exists no effect which the player always wants active. They should all come with some significant cost or drawback which makes them all situational and at least potentially risky/detrimental i...

My main problem with Beogh has always been how fiddly it is. If you want to get the most out of the god you have to do a lot of tedious and counter-intuitive management of your allies, and if you don't perform these actions you'll end up either without allies entirely (as they get killed off) or wit...

I've managed to win a 3-rune game with a MiFi of Trog while using the Shield of the Gong for almost everything post Orcish Mines, so it's very possible even if it's not exactly optimal. If you're "tanky" enough, the noise is almost more of a convenience than a handicap.

That was my intention. Ok, then. Though I'm not sure how this disincentivizes luring exactly. You'd presumably get such a bonus whenever you fight so you could just lure enemies to a safe place and then take advantage of this bonus. It doesn't actually encourage you to fight enemies where you meet ...

Wouldn't this just lead to degenerate tactics such as leading packs of weak monsters around so you can use them to "power up" for larger fights?

There will never be a justification or argument "good enough" to convince everyone (or even most people), and I almost wonder if the developers should stop trying. So far as I can tell, any attempt to explain their reasoning is mostly met with various levels of hostility. The developers fe...

First win was a MiGl of Cheibriados. Went with Chei out of boredom expecting to lose almost immediately, but somehow won instead.

You mention "bonuses" scaling with Evocations, what does that entail? Given that all forms come with different innate resistances/defenses and also meld different levels of your equipment, wouldn't you still find yourself changing forms a lot, thus retaining the tedium you hope to get rid ...

I'd be interested in trying out a frog-species. Does this indicate a new direction for Crawl perhaps? There has been talk recently of distancing the game from "standard" fantasy fair; should we expect more of these kinds of things in the future? I'd certainly be down for that.

Dioneo, we could take out the Tm background, sure. I like it though, and I think there are lots of backgrounds "wholly tied to finding more of these items," like every melee class. Maybe it would work better if they were more like weapons, with enchantments and whatnot, so that you can fi...

Would we even want a Transmuter background if these changes were implemented? Given that the archetype would be wholly tied to finding more of these items, it seems strange to even have them as a background, what would their starting skills/equipment be beyond the harp? Would the transformations sti...

When i go gozag i listen to "material girl" on repeat for the entire game. I have a little over 2500 plays of it in my itunes since my first gozag game and im getting sick of it... any suggestions? There's hardly a shortage of music exulting materialism; I suppose this would be appropriat...

removeelyvilon wrote:If many people start sticking to older versions, that doesn't exactly speak for the development of the game imo.

Every version some people "threaten" to not move on, but I'm not sure if a significant number of people have ever followed through with it.

My only Elyvilion win was a Deep Dwarf Monk: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.19.1 (tiles) character file. 1683751 Qoitud the Pacifist (level 26, 260/260 HPs) Began as a Deep Dwarf Monk on Dec 9, 2016. Was an Elder of Elyvilon. Escaped with the Orb ... and 3 runes on Dec 10, 2016! The game lasted ...

It'd probably be easier to have an option where the game generates semi-random ghosts for offline mode.

With Pan there's already a solution that could work for all players, Pan lord floors will show up every 4 floors or something until they are killed, and the weirdos who like grinding Pan forever can continue to do so. Sounds much less controversial to me than removing popular archetypes from char s...

Pan and Hells being drastically shortened would do wonders for their popularity, I don't know why devs can't agree if/how they should do it. Surely any change which can be described as "drastic" could reasonably be expected to take some time, both in conceptualization and execution? Last ...

Vehumet would also work with an Ice elementalist, but perhaps not to the same extent as a fire elementalist. Vehumet focuses on destructive conjurations, and you'll notice that your starting Book of Frost has some other things in it as well. You have a bit of charms in Ozocubu's Armour and some summ...

Isn't Mennas usually revealed by his halo before you even get in sight of him? Given that, it becomes fairly easy in most circumstances to avoid fighting.

So why aren't VSAK a recommended build, if SBl of distrortion is so strong even before their bite? I'm not too familiar with Vine Stalkers, but picking Abyssal Knight just for distortion is probably not a good idea. You aren't guaranteed a distortion weapon until reaching full piety, which takes a ...

Those brands aren't really that good on a Quick Blade. As far as I remember, piercing and holy add a percentage of your base damage to the attack, meaning that they are better on heavy weapons. Elec is probably best on short blades; pain is also good if you train necromancy, though only for living e...

Ettins are a bit tougher yes, sorry for your loss

Short blades do tend to fall off in the later stages of the game unless you find a really good branded one.

I'd probably just stairdance, and perhaps take some shots with the Iceblast wand, while they are all clumped together. As a melee character Ogres or Trolls shouldn't be too much of a danger beyond the early game, perhaps quaff might and/or agility to be extra safe. Just use Trog's hand to protect yo...

Magipi wrote:Okay, so first of all, what is this wand removal thing? I found nothing in the news, and I certainly don't read commits daily.

You can find summaries in this thread.

Interesting; is that tile used for anything in the game? If not, then I agree that it would be a better look for the faded altar.

Fair enough, so the question now is: How difficult are mummies supposed to be? I don't have a strong opinion on the matter myself; if they are too fragile without reliable healing then that can be addressed in some other way. If they are intended to be super punishing then this only adds to that. My...

Again: my point is that if a mummy is entirely nonviable without finding a wand of heal wounds, then you should redesign the mummy, not worry about the wand. If you say (as people seem to be) "you can't play a mummy without these wands", then you are basically admitting that they were a cr...

As I keep saying in these threads, if Mummies and Nagas etc. were really as dependent on these items as people seem to believe, then they needed to be addressed anyway. If removing a few items is really so catastrophic for certain species (which I'm not personally convinced of) then your problem sho...

The point is that except divine means all ways to haste are gone (spell, wand), AND ways to heal wound are gone (wand, elixir card) AND amulet of clarity is gone (except fixdart gambles) -- these *synergy* altogether to completely castrate mummies nowdays. The point is that if a species is complete...

If mummies are truly unworkable without wands (which I'm not qualified to judge), that's an argument for changing mummies not for retaining wands in the game. It's actually a rather strange argument when you think about it; you make a race with specific restrictions, and then you introduce items whi...

Wasn't that partly the point of removal? Players usually have scrolls/potions so it's redundant to have other consumables which just duplicate those effects, especially since those consumables were easily renewable and steered players towards acquiring wands more than anything else. If the lack of h...

I'm not sure there can be any general rules about these things. Depends a lot on your skill, on the brands in question and the base-type of the weapon. Brands also differ a lot in usefulness depending on where you are in the game. I find that poison loses a lot of its usefulness after the early game...

The future of Crawl's food system is a bit uncertain at the moment. Many who frequent this forum would prefer to see food removed, and so far as I know the developers are at least considering that option. Given this, I doubt they'd want to introduce a food-centric god, at least until a lot of things...

For people bored with normal game there's the Casual League Week and Dungeon Sprint, and barely anyone plays both. To be fair, people would only know about Casual League if they frequent the forums and even then it's much more limited than what I am suggesting. My suggestion could support many more...

Roguelikes have always been prime fodder for self-imposed challenges and alternate gamemodes of all kinds. In Crawl these mostly grow out of playing with different combinations of Species/Background/God, but also from optional branches, runes and Ziggurats. While these go a long way, I feel there is...

I'm personally quite fond of the two, and would rather not see them go. I don't think the appearance aspect is any kind of argument really, they could easily just dye their respective hairs; Dowan is even identified as "vain" in his description so he'd probably be up for inventing some kin...

I'm also a big fan of customizing my character, and I suppose there would be no harm in publicizing this feature a bit more, assuming it wouldn't be too difficult to implement. I'm sure it's not a huge priority but It'd also be nice if one could independently customize the style and colour of the co...

As far as I know it only counts the same species for TSO. Zin has more restrictive diet rules. You don't have to keep track of this, however, if you play tiles forbidden corpses will be marked with an "x" when you stand over them. If you attempt to butcher anything forbidden the game will ...

The developers have been removing Zealot starts for a while now, so I'm not sure if they'd be interested in adding more of them again. I'm also not sure if I agree with your assessment of Cheibriados and Qazlal. They certainly are among the more "radical" gods in terms of how they change g...

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