Add a line to @ to display regeneration rate

[tasonir]

Add a line to the @ command to display your current regeneration rate, listed over 10 auts (I prefer 10 auts - if you want to call it a turn, that's okay too).

Current command:

You are alive. You repel missiles. Your movement speed is average.
Your attack speed is quite fast.

Requested command:

You are alive. You repel missiles. Your movement speed is average.
Your attack speed is quite fast.
Your regeneration rate is 1.34 per 10 auts.

Other formats of displaying it would be fine - 88 hp over 100 turns if you want to avoid the decimal, etc. You could phrase it as "you heal by" rather than "regeneration rate", etc. The value should include all forms of regeneration, from your base rate, equipment, mutations, spells, etc.

I'd prefer an actual number instead of "average", "fast", "very fast". I realize some people are opposed to numbers, and this could be a concern, but I don't think it'd cause any issues. It'd be helpful for players to realize why some characters are much harder to wear down over time, I think. I've always considered regeneration rate to be one of the more important properties of a character, and it's one that's very nearly hidden from the player at all times.

[chequers]

I feel like @ is a vestigial command. It would be better to add this to the % screen, which is sort of 'character statistics'.

How would you show slow regeneration levels 2 or 3?

[Sar]

that would be quite weird considering items show it as "Regen+" or "Regen++++" (is that how many pluses Robe of Vine has?)

[tasonir]

True that @ is pretty uncommonly used, and I'd be fine with adding it to the character screen of course, I just figured I'd go with a "smaller" change.

As for slow regeneration 2 or 3, it's the same as all other cases - show what your current regeneration rate is. If you have slow regen 2 and there are no monsters in sight, you see your normal regen rate. If there is a monster in sight, it would show 0. The idea being that it always shows what your current rate is, with all modifiers included. If you are sick, it will also show zero. Optionally there could be an explanation shown if that's the case, but it isn't critical. Example text: Your regeneration rate is zero, due to sickness. Your regeneration rate is zero, due to slow healing and nearby monsters. Would be more work to handle all those cases, but if you want to...

I haven't checked robe of vines in the last version...I do remember when it was regen++++++++ for a while. Now that's certainly the kind of clarity that we've come to expect about our regen rates!

[Implojin]

Yes please.

Playing a new version and rediscovering that regen still isn't visible on % continues to be mildly disappointing.

Regarding robe of vines, moon troll armour, stacked sources: Display something like [regen+5]?

Being number averse here doesn't make much sense. Interface clarity is not helped by throwing out rows of identical glyphs.


edit: Also:

How would you show slow regeneration levels 2 or 3?

regen-
regen-2
<darkred>regen X</darkred>

[ion_frigate]

For the record, I don't think @ is a vestigial command. Unlike %, it's not modality-shifting - it just prints some vital information at the bottom of the screen, instead of taking you to an entirely new screen. As a result, it's a lot quicker and less distracting/"flow-breaking" to use than %.

Still though, it could use a refresher. Perhaps it could give a summary of the info from % instead of the peculiar sentences it does now, like:

Attack delay: 7 aut | Move delay: 10 aut
Properties: rF++ rC+ rPois SInv Inacc
Regen rate: 1.4 HP/10 aut

If people are really *that* allergic to numbers, the ones here could be replaced with appropriate adjectives, but I don't think there's any need to print a full sentence. Also, I don't think there's any need to reprint current status effects - that's what status lights are for.

[Shtopit]

I seem to remember Vines as regen7+.

[Lasty]

Robe of vines initially was 10 plusses, after getting nerfed, I adjusted the display to Regen+7, IIRC.