Common Misconceptions and Game Tips

[notcluie]

the most common misconception i see is "Chei is actually good"

[Sar]

The real reason everyone rails against GDA is because it starts with the same two letters as GDR, so they're already so angry once they've seen the GD that they can't think straight.

Hm, GDD also starts with GD.

Chei

RIP thread

[duvessa]

Chei

RIP thread

i'm not convinced it's actually possible for this thread to get worse

[Arrhythmia]

Chei

RIP thread

i'm not convinced it's actually possible for this thread to get worse

And for reasons that still remain unknown, bcadren was curiously overcome by the urge to see how some of his old haunts were doing...

[GlassGo]

The most common misconception i see is "Chei is actually bad".

[dornbeast]

The most common misconception i see is "Chei is actually bad".

The most common misconception I see seems to be in the general form of "[X] is always [good/bad]."

Crawl has enough complexity that about the only thing that I can say which fits that form is, "Dying is always bad." (I imagine there's a Felid player out there who might disagree with that in one particular situation.)

[damiac]

I think that's the truth. Someone gives specific advice to someone in some situation, and then people keep repeating it and turning into an absolute.
Some guy with 10 str and all his XP in conjurations comes on the forum and says 'Hey gais I just found GDA shud i enchant it cuz it's awesome?'
Then someone tells him 'No, GDA is awful for you, and in fact, it's awful for most characters'

Then, in the future, people just say 'GDA is always bad'

I am hard pressed to imagine a scenario where worshipping chei increases ones chances of winning though. I've won a couple of chei characters, and they were fun, but hyper slow movement causes a lot of problems.

[GlassGo]

No problems sir. You just kill on sight all you see.

[EugeneJudo]

The most common misconception i see is "Chei is actually bad".

The most common misconception I see seems to be in the general form of "[X] is always [good/bad]."

Crawl has enough complexity that about the only thing that I can say which fits that form is, "Dying is always bad." (I imagine there's a Felid player out there who might disagree with that in one particular situation.)

Well one case I can think of is if you're in a situation early on where you have no means of teleporting and no hope of escape other than wasting a tremendous amount of resources. Especially now without jump this situation is even more probable.

[dirtywick]

I think that's the truth. Someone gives specific advice to someone in some situation, and then people keep repeating it and turning into an absolute.

Which then turns most advice into skipping most of the content of the game.

[mikee]

Statistically, most players die on d:2. What you have to do to win is SKIP D:2.

[tasonir]

Statistically, 100% of Mikee's nagas have been transmuters, excluding the removed background of priest. They have a 100% win rate (2 of 2, or 3 of 3 including priest). Conclusion: Naga transmuters 4 lyfe! All other backgrounds are folly.