Remove spell hunger


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Post Thursday, 3rd November 2016, 02:32

Remove spell hunger

Spell hunger is rarely relevant and is something that is actually confusing for new players. Furthermore, it generally discourages play styles that can be interesting but generaly considered slightly sub optimal, such as trying to cast level 9 spells early in a 3 rune game or playing a Gozag character that relies heavily on spells. Discouaging these playstyles simply takes away form the replayability of the game without improving game balance.
http://crawl.akrasiac.org/scoring/playe ... speon.html. I started playing in 0.16.1
I achieved greatplayer in less than a year.
Remove food

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Post Thursday, 3rd November 2016, 05:32

Re: Remove spell hunger

hey your avatar gives me an idea of how we can kill 2 birds with 1 stone
take it easy

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Post Thursday, 3rd November 2016, 14:10

Re: Remove spell hunger

So, anyone here play hellcrawl and feel that the lack of food/hunger made the game noticeably worse?

Anyone?

Anyone?
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Post Thursday, 3rd November 2016, 14:43

Re: Remove spell hunger

I am posting ideas for incremental change because the devs seem unwilling to remove food. I would rather have a 1/2 full glass than an empty glass.
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Post Thursday, 3rd November 2016, 15:16

Re: Remove spell hunger

lethediver wrote:So, anyone here play hellcrawl and feel that the lack of food/hunger made the game noticeably worse?

Anyone?

Anyone?

No, but I've been paralyzed with indecision since I read about damage numbers being added!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Removing spell hunger would be good, it does seem like an uninteresting limiter most of the time.

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Post Thursday, 3rd November 2016, 20:14

Re: Remove spell hunger

Yeah, the overall removal of hunger has been a sticky and controversial subject for years, and I don't expect this to be the tread that finally makes it happen.

The removal of spell hunger is a much less ambitious goal, and one that I full support.
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Post Friday, 4th November 2016, 17:28

Re: Remove spell hunger

Every point and counterpoint that can be made regarding food has been made a long time ago. Just play Hellcrawl.
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Post Friday, 4th November 2016, 17:51

Re: Remove spell hunger

But 0.19 Tournament!

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Post Friday, 4th November 2016, 18:34

Re: Remove spell hunger

remove spells

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