Leafsnail wrote:I don't think you were greatly inconvenienced by this particular trove, considering that Geryon isn't hugely difficult and is usually worth killing anyway. I can see this resulting in a player wasting a bunch of enchant scrolls/money though.
Either:
- Mimics should be prevented from being troves
- You shouldn't be able to find out what a trove wants unless you stand over it (also change auto-explore so that it checks what troves want)
The same is true of, say, escape hatches: optimally, you'll want to stop autoexploring and stand next to each one, so that if you're running away later you don't get screwed my a mimic. The same is also true of items of strategic use, like potions of cure mutation or restore abilities: mimic encourage you to walk up next to them. The only thing that could make sense as a mimic is something that you're going to autopickup anyway, or something so useless you'll never even touch it. Unfortunately, the game doesn't know how to tell what belongs in those categories.
Posted: Monday, 23rd December 2013, 18:38