Monsters Picking Up Weapons

[MainiacJoe]

I see references in the Wiki to monsters picking weapons up off the floor, but I don't think I've ever seen it happen in my games (0.15 and 0.16). Is this behavior obsolete? I've mainly worried about this when I've fought a pack that includes a monster with a distortion-branded weapon. That monster is a priority target--but do I need to spend a turn to grab the dropped weapon to keep someone else from using it against me, or am I free to leave it on the floor?

[Sandman25]

Yes, it is obsolete.

[njvack]

Monsters *will* still pick up items you haven't seen. You'll mostly notice this with the minotaur in labyrinths and the elves in Elf:3. It can occasionally be really Fun.

But Sandman's right; you don't need to carry around nasty weapons to deny them to monsters anymore.

[dowan]

Yet another way the game has been dumbed down. There used to be a really fun minigame of throwing all the dangerous weapons into lava. Remember, inventory weight limits were still a thing, which of course added to the fun and challenge of carting these weapons into the nearest lava pool. Now THAT was tactical gameplay at its finest!

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[GlassGo]

Agree, but game lose some tactical moment, also this mechanic was cumbersome.