Make slime pit shorter

[papilio]

to 1 or 2 floors.

[prozacelf]

Unless you're trying to full clear it, it's already functionally the shortest branch. You just find the nearest downstairs on each level, and then slime:5 has virtually (maybe even exactly) the same layout everytime.

[stickyfingers]

Exactly the same, but with rotation.

[RBrandon]

Shortening the slime pits is on the 0.20 development plan: https://crawl.develz.org/wiki/doku.php? ... :0.20_plan

[Sprucery]

Currently Slime is a dive anyway, so it does not matter much whether it has 5 or 2 floors.

Personally, I think Slime could have more levels but they should be small levels with a bigger monster density and only one stairway up and down. This way you would actually have to fight some Slimes on your way to the bottom. Each level could be just one cavern.

[NhorianScum]

Slime is already effectively one floor, it's just spaced vertically in a rather nifty bit of design. Can we please preserve this.

[ONIchinchin]

to 1 floor. No, 2 floors is problematic because the 2nd floor would be redundant to the first floor in contributing to tedium. Also, minimize empty spaces and diggable walls because empty spaces contribute to both luring and kiting.

[MainiacJoe]

Guaranteeing Dissolution would go a long way towards making the upper floors interesting. Say, three floors: entry, Dissolution floor, TRJ floor.

[Sprucery]

Guaranteeing Dissolution would go a long way towards making the upper floors interesting. Say, three floors: entry, Dissolution floor, TRJ floor.

I don't like guaranteed uniques who are not clearly rune guardians. I have nothing against making Dissolution more common, just not guaranteed.

(I think it's really boring that Ilsuiw is always in the Shoals (and really often on Shoals:4))

[prozacelf]

Has anyone ever actually cared about running into Dissolution except for getting tourney points? I mean, it's a cool and flavorful unique, but there is absolutely no reason to hunt him down unless you want tourney points.