Petty complaining

[TeshiAlair]

Why are Hydras now fast?
Why are Jellies now the same speed as me?
Why Grinder?
Why does Searing Ray look so good and is never satisfying?

[Sar]

Hydras are only fast in water.

[stickyfingers]

Because they're in the water.
Because stone-kiting was terrible.
Because XP.
Because you expect too much from level 2 spell.

[some12fat2move]

Why does Searing Ray look so good and is never satisfying?

so it's that kind of thread...again

[tedric]

I've found Searing Ray to be incredibly satisfying, especially against that orc priest who's hanging two ranks back in a corridor. Fast (i.e. normal speed) Jellies do kind of suck, but on the other hand I'm no longer "forced" into spending 100+ turns pillar-dancing them with a handful of rocks, which was tedious.

[damiac]

The power gamer in me despises the fact that jellies are now normal speed.
The gamer in me who enjoys fun instead of tedium is glad I can't waste 200 turns dancing with them to avoid corroding my +0+0 falchion of getting thrown away soon anyway.

[TeshiAlair]

Huh, I coulda sworn hydra were always fast. And I find it far more tedious to have to lure a jelly upstairs because I haven't found a wand yet as a melee class. I care more about all of my armor getting melted than my weapon.

Also- Why can't I try to kill myself using sparkly fountains.

[dpeg]

This thread is proof that we're on the right path.

[Viashino_wizard]

Are you recasting Searing Ray every turn? You're supposed to use S or . for subsequent turns, casting the spell a second time just resets the build up.

[TeshiAlair]

I'm using ".", but it seems to have a low return on investment, particularly since Dazzling Spray has so much more utility.

EDIT- and I agree dpeg, if crawl wasn't doing this to me I wouldn't be playing it nearly as much. I've been on and off since somewhere between 0.2 and 0.3 I believe, and so far I think 0.14 has been my longest stretch of continuous play.