Monday, 12th March 2018, 09:09 by stoneychips
Congratulations. Sometimes getting through the Lair branches can really feel like some of the worst. They can be tedious even when (if) they're not all "that" hard for some runs, barring some awesome equipment. There's just so much skilling up still to be done that early in the game.
Agree, I'd probably go for some heavier armor right soon. You should have enough Armor skill and strength to at least start using the Plate without losing too much EV. A little more could make it pretty solid until you maybe find something more exciting (various dragon scale armors). Or if nothing else amazing appears, you could keep enchanting the rF plate on up with scrolls, and maybe even use it all the way down to Zot.
The elec sword is fairly awesome, although it's still safer to stay in the narrow spaces when you can and limit how much stuff is coming at you.
I like to hold the Beogh summons away most of the time until there's a big fight, and then drop them all in as a big horde with Recall. (I tend to only do this a few times per game though.) But by now, you may be getting your own Beogh strategy down.
The usual progression is Vaults:1-4 sooner or later after Lair branches. If you're feeling strong after that, then Depths. If you're feeling strong against living stuff and have more resistances, just possibly Elf but that isn't required and can get pretty scary if you haven't done it much. If you've picked up a holy weapon or are feeling very solid in melee and have your ranged/smite going pretty strong too, then possibly Crypt. If you spot serious trouble in the deeper floors of one of these, you can probably back out and try an early floor of one of the others and you might find a shop (particularly around Elf 2) or a lucky drop. (Some people like even prefer Abyss for the third rune, but that isn't my cup of tea. Maybe if you have a lot of rN, all around strong combat stats, and a holy weapon and again some ranged power.)
Vault:5 is like, save for after all the rest of Vaults PLUS most or all of Depths at least.
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stoneychips on Monday, 12th March 2018, 09:20, edited 1 time in total.