New Harold

[Psiweapon]

Whose was the great idea?!

Net, bolt of fire, net, bolt of fire, net, bolt of fire, splat.

What the fuck?! And is he guaranteed on Lair 2 or what???

THIS. IS. STUPID.

Seriously, whomever coded this new version of Harold, can go and shove a prickly pear up/down his/her bodily orifice of choice, on my behalf.

Cheers!

[moocowmoocow]

lol

[duvessa]

The only change to Harold within the last 10 major versions is that he has different speech lines now (well, and AI changes, but that applies to every monster).

[Psiweapon]

The only change to Harold within the last 10 major versions is that he has different speech lines now (well, and AI changes, but that applies to every monster).

First of all, my excuses for the above post, but he's been the major cause of demise for my characters lately.

Second, if it's only AI changes, beware of skynet.

As soon as he sees you, you're pretty much netted down. I've always found him very soon after climbing downstairs to L:2, which used to mark my early game - mid game milestone. With very soon I mean "see him after moving five squares". And he noticed me straight away, and netted me straight away. My stealth and EV might as well not have been there. I've fought him loads of times before and he was NEVER this lethal.

*cries*

[twelwe]

CLUSTERING ILLUSION

[wheals]

IMO remove bugfixes

[nicolae]

I've fought him loads of times before and he was NEVER this lethal.

*cries*

well, maybe you shouldn't be trying to kill a guy who's just trying to take care of his family (by killing you)

[XuaXua]

Seriously, whomever coded this new version of Harold, can go and shove a prickly pear up/down his/her bodily orifice of choice, on my behalf.

To defeat him, leave him be, dive deeper, find and stair-drag Maude up to him and he'll leave you alone.

[Amnesiac]

So he cought you the same turn he saw you, ok, that's unpleasant, because you can't escape right away. But didn't you have any scrolls?.. And try having rF+ all the time as soon as you find it. Also MR, but in lair I usually prefer rF for fire drakes, they seem to pack a punch. Also potion of resistance.

[TehDruid]

Worship Trog next time.

[Kate]

The only change to Harold within the last 10 major versions is that he has different speech lines now (well, and AI changes, but that applies to every monster).

http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;a= ... a420e7ea3d

[Amnesiac]

Yeah, the fixed harold is fun. Had to burn some tele!

[Psiweapon]

The only change to Harold within the last 10 major versions is that he has different speech lines now (well, and AI changes, but that applies to every monster).

CLUSTERING ILLUSION

Anybody talking about shit they have no idea about?

http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;a=commitdiff;h=eaa420e7ea3d

I KNEW IT.

[XuaXua]

One of the few commits I actually read when it went in.

[nicolae]

The only change to Harold within the last 10 major versions is that he has different speech lines now (well, and AI changes, but that applies to every monster).

Anybody talking about shit they have no idea about?

I would guess that the AI changes duvessa mentioned included the bugfix to let monsters use throwing nets again; his main point that Harold himself hasn't been changed specifically is true.

[Psiweapon]

The only change to Harold within the last 10 major versions is that he has different speech lines now (well, and AI changes, but that applies to every monster).

Anybody talking about shit they have no idea about?

I would guess that the AI changes duvessa mentioned included the bugfix to let monsters use throwing nets again; his main point that Harold himself hasn't been changed specifically is true.

Then it was a maliciously misleading understatement, because the New Harold could duke it out wit the Terminator, hence my evilness.