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It was a decision they made because they thought shields were too powerful and using one was a no-brainer. It is kinda weird tho how you start with a shield on the heavy armor background, and most of the races that have good shields proficiencies have good armor proficiencies.

petercordia wrote:It being optimal to retreat before enemies get adjacent makes the game feel more tedious for me.

So I don't bother, and sometimes I die.

It's always been optimal, it's just gotten more important.

while we're at it, could we get throwing Arcane Marksman back?

I'm not convinced that they play patterns created by the changes are /less/ tedious. As a general rule in Crawl, the more risk there is, the more meticulously and optimally you need to play. If any 10speed can beat you to death if it gets a few lucky hits or you get an unexpected guest to the fight,...

For me, the most annoying change to my behavior in response to opportunity attacks is how often I retreat to a chokepoint. I used to fight enemies more or less where I found them, typically luring them only a few tiles from the frontier at most, unless and until other significant threats began to c...

I've been playing crawl since like 0.17 and this is, by far, the largest change in terms of how it affects patterns of play. It removes the ability to retreat without consumables, which was one of the most basic and fundamental strategies in the game. So many of the game's other mechanics seem to be...

Try to remember that it's called the "orb run", not the "orb fight".

You don't need good gear to win. I've won some games where I got, just, abysmal item generation. You can win with a buffed up battleaxe or a greatsword. Good gear just increases your margin for error. Virtually every death is avoidable if you're playing carefully enough, even if you only ever get co...

I had a dream that there was a fixedart ring with {+Large EV-4} that turned you into a large race, with a corresponding evasion penalty. The effect of this was that when I put it on at my childhood swimming pool, I, as a human, became an ogre. That part is likely not very relevant. But the point is ...

All of the other ammo brands were removed because they made inventory management really annoying, so I think that throwing brands should be removed too. This would be a nerf to the power of throwing weapons, so it's possible that they could get a slight buff to compensate.

RNG averages out over enough iterations. What doesn't average out is how player skill affects their ability to prepare for and cope with RNG.

Why are you complaining about mummies and vampires, but not other species? Most characters end up with way more rations than they can handle, what's to stop them from doing this? EDIT: I also think that the number of people who do this is probably low enough that it's not worth a massive overhaul to...

I don't get what's similar about Gnolls and Demigods beyond "their starting attributes are higher than humans".

I'm ok with a clubs nerf, but I think a race that is iconic for their ability to wield giant clubs should not have a lower M&F apt than polearms.

Everything being fast means you can't retreat if you get surrounded, so don't make too much noise. The ending vaults can be pretty scary too.

Do you have a source for them not taking xp?

I'm trying to find out if spectral weapon and Iskenderun's battlesphere take a cut of your xp the way other allies do. I tried to find an answer with google, but nothing relevant came up.

Add a new branch for extended. Put in a bunch of enemies that counter the tactics that make crawl easy (Irresistible dimensional anchors, something like quicksilver dragons that can dispel tp/haste, lack of stairs or safe areas like abyss/pan, high speed to prevent kiting). Then all the veterans can...

I asked Shmup if he was playing when I saw him in IRC, and he said he wasn't, so it doesn't look like that team's happening. I'll join yours if you need a 3rd.

EDIT: looks like we found a 3rd ourselves, sorry.

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Re: Shield ER (STR)

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Re: Surviving orb run

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(Idea from dream) Ring of Largeness

Remove javelin and tomahawk brands

Re: Remove shafts

Re: remove mummies and vampires (or let them starve)

Re: Gnolls are the new Demigods

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Re: Tales of the Spider's Nest

Re: Do spectral weapon and battlesphere steal xp?

Do spectral weapon and battlesphere steal xp?

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