Let Dissolution spawn [only] outside slime pits


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Post Tuesday, 11th July 2017, 23:23

Let Dissolution spawn [only] outside slime pits

Dissolution is unique jelly priest that sometimes spawns in slime pits.
There are two problems with it.
First, by the time it's met, it isn't challenging anymore. Dissolution is acid-flavored monster in acid-flavored branch, and player encounters it when they are supposed to be able to take on TRJ. The slime priest has two attacks opposed to TRJ's one, but TRJ is 1.4 times faster and spawns more jellies when hurt. Dissolution also summons eyeballs, but does anybody fight far from stairs in Slime:1-4? All of this means that Dissolution is redundant to TRJ.
Second, it's much easier to evade than other uniques due to nature of slime pits. Almost nobody explores upper floors of slime pits because there is no loot there. I think in 66% of games where Dissolution spawns players don't encounter it because they take stairs in different section of the floor.
If it were possible to encounter Dissolution in Depths and Crypt, it would appear in more games and actually carry some surprise factor.

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Post Wednesday, 12th July 2017, 09:14

Re: Let Dissolution spawn [only] outside slime pits

Let's pull Murray and Ignacio out of hellpan sometimes too and have a big frightening rare uniques party.

Because uniques are more fun and impactful when they show up.
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Post Wednesday, 12th July 2017, 09:21

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ZipZipskins wrote:Because uniques are more fun and impactful when they show up.

Yes. And they have a significantly limited impact if they don't show up.
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Post Wednesday, 12th July 2017, 11:25

Re: Let Dissolution spawn [only] outside slime pits

I'd like to see another Zot Unique. Poor Tiamat is lonely.
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Post Wednesday, 12th July 2017, 15:25

Re: Let Dissolution spawn [only] outside slime pits

Escaping up an unexplored stair to find Dissolution is kind of amusing.

I could see a cool Dissolution + slimes + Jiyva altar vault somewhere in late D, though.
I am not a very good player. My mouth is a foul pit of LIES. KNOW THIS.

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Post Thursday, 13th July 2017, 14:35

Re: Let Dissolution spawn [only] outside slime pits

I like to completely explore Slime. I'm not sure why I do it though. I just have an urge to explore and kill everything. The voices tell me to do it.

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Post Friday, 14th July 2017, 02:21

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Plantissue wrote:I like to completely explore Slime. I'm not sure why I do it though. I just have an urge to explore and kill everything. The voices tell me to do it.




This i8s what I do to the whole game, it's why I'm so bad at it. I call it "Old School Gamer" syndrome.

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Post Friday, 14th July 2017, 14:44

Re: Let Dissolution spawn [only] outside slime pits

PlatinumSpider wrote:
Plantissue wrote:I like to completely explore Slime. I'm not sure why I do it though. I just have an urge to explore and kill everything. The voices tell me to do it.




This i8s what I do to the whole game, it's why I'm so bad at it. I call it "Old School Gamer" syndrome.


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