Dungeon Dilettante
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Joined: Monday, 9th April 2012, 08:48
When is it too late to change your main weapon?
Long time lurking but finally signed up to the forums for fun. Anyone else feel like sometimes the RNG of this game almost is out to get you with what items it spawns? Character didn't last much longer after this unfortunately, but it was quite a funny experience for me. Just wanted some input into how someone else may have handled the situation. I'm going to skip posting the log and just highlight the main points of the game that I'm curious about. Character in question was your standard MiBe (because hitting things with a huge axe appeals to me more than the KoBe shortblade route). I found the temple on D:4 and decided to stop and do some quick IDing/stashing. Got super lucky and IDed a glowing hand axe I picked up after I made sure it wasn't cursed. For a weapon at this point a +4, +2 hand axe {flaming} felt pretty good to me. I had also only picked up one amulet on my way to the temple which I IDed as clarity. I had also pumped all my experience into axes. I carried on after I did this bit of stashing and whatnot and got to D:7. By now my axe skill is at about 12-13 and I'm looking into seeing when I can start spreading some points out til Trog gifts me a better weapon. Then I find an artefact crystal sword. Many of you who have played this longer than me will most likely realize that this is the unrandart 'Sword of Jihad' (http://crawl.develz.org/info/inline.php?q=sword_of_jihad). I spent the next amount of time debating what to do now. I essentially just found a weapon that could last me the entire game with the clarity I have to avoid the downfalls of berserkeritis, and as far as I know clarity only stops unintentional berserk. The only thing holding me back is my now 13 levels in Axes. Long story short, I figured, Trog, would give me an axe later that would hold up fine and I stashed the sword for giggles. What do you guys think? Should I have switched to long blades and proceeded to lay waste or was waiting for, Trog, viable?