Potion of beneficial mutation > Potion of evolution

[blinkfrog]

Potion of evolution: adds one level of evolution mutation.
Right now benmut motion isn't differs too much from potion of mutation. Replacing it by potion of evolution would make bigger difference while adding more fun.

[duvessa]

it's different from potion of mutation because quaffing it is actually a good idea

[blinkfrog]

it's different from potion of mutation because quaffing it is actually a good idea

Quaffing potion of mutation is generally a good idea. In many cases body-slot mutations can be considered as bad mutations (they prevent some armour). So it is just percentage of a good mutations that is different. In the same time granting evolution would offer more different effect, without "beneficial" word in it's name.

[Hurkyl]

Quaffing potion of mutation is generally a good idea.

I disagree. Maybe one can argue that you generally get good results from it, but that's not enough to make it a good idea.

[blinkfrog]

Quaffing potion of mutation is generally a good idea.

I disagree. Maybe one can argue that you generally get good results from it, but that's not enough to make it a good idea.

I'm sorry, there was a typo. I meant "Quaffing potion of beneficial mutation is generally a good idea.".

[Sprucery]

Quaffing !mut is a bad idea. Also, evolution is too powerful at least based on my statistical sample of one.

[PowerOfKaishin]

Reliable sources of evolution are something that I think should only be available as a godly ability or bonus. What a coincidence, because that's how it is now.

I thought this might be neat, but I think Jiyva should be the only guaranteed source of something that is the highlight of worshipping Jiyva. Evolution is his thing. I realize that !bmut isn't exactly common but it's not unheard of either. And evolution generally sticks around for a long, long time, so you can pretty much assume every player is gonna have evolution for large chunks of the game. Only Jiyva should have Jiyva things (minus the very rare evolution mut from !mut or !bmut).

You aren't intended to get evolution often by the games designers, so why would they make a potion to do just that?

You can draw a similar conclusion between Gozag and shops, but Gozag gives you far, far more simply by himself in the way of equipment than any combination of random dungeon and orcish mine shops ever will. Jiyva gives you the ability to remove bad muts but in my experiences evolution's 75% good mut rate combined with its propensity to remove bad muts at extremely convenient times more than makes up for this. It's like Jiyva lite. No.

Yes, you can combine the two for mut shenanigans up the wazoo, sure, and that would be okay from a gameplay standpoint if you're already a Jiyva worshipper, but how many people generally are?

Edit: Also, evolution is a essentially a drawn out version of quaffing !mut and deciding whether or not you want to chuck what you get with !cmut. The results are generally the same, anyway.