proposal: Ash should show armour enchantment


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Post Tuesday, 1st October 2013, 12:14

proposal: Ash should show armour enchantment

When you start worshipping ash, he shows that an armour is uncursed, but not it's enchantment level, but this only adds tedium of trying on every armour that you are interest in without the danger of it sticking to you. So it would make more sense if he didn't show if it's cursed or not or he would just show it's enchantment as you can try it on without much danger.

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Post Tuesday, 1st October 2013, 13:42

Re: proposal: Ash should show armour enchantment

Amnesiac wrote:When you start worshipping ash, he shows that an armour is uncursed, but not it's enchantment level, but this only adds tedium of trying on every armour that you are interest in without the danger of it sticking to you. So it would make more sense if he didn't show if it's cursed or not or he would just show it's enchantment as you can try it on without much danger.


Whether or not he shows its enchantment (I don't think it would be big deal if Ash did) he definitely needs to show its cursed status. It would make much less sense if he didn't show cursed status. However, letting him show enchantment level in addition is I think a reasonable proposal.

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Post Tuesday, 1st October 2013, 15:24

Re: proposal: Ash should show armour enchantment

and into wrote:It would make much less sense if he didn't show cursed status

yes, what I mean is that there is not much sense in not showing enchantment if there is no danger of the item to be cursed

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Post Tuesday, 1st October 2013, 16:19

Re: proposal: Ash should show armour enchantment

Amnesiac wrote:
and into wrote:It would make much less sense if he didn't show cursed status

yes, what I mean is that there is not much sense in not showing enchantment if there is no danger of the item to be cursed


Ah, I see. In that case, your sense that it does not make sense to hide enchantment, does make a lot of sense. :)

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Post Tuesday, 1st October 2013, 17:52

Re: proposal: Ash should show armour enchantment

Amnesiac wrote:yes, what I mean is that there is not much sense in not showing enchantment if there is no danger of the item to be cursed

Well if you're worshiping ash, odds are your gear is cursed and you would have to uncurse it...

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Post Tuesday, 1st October 2013, 18:12

Re: proposal: Ash should show armour enchantment

Ash shows enchantment levels with sufficient piety if you're wearing corresponding cursed gear. His point is that if your gear is uncursed and you know a piece of armor (or weapon in 0.14) on the floor is uncursed, it's trivial to find out its enchantment level, so Ash should just give up the goods.

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Post Tuesday, 1st October 2013, 18:19

Re: proposal: Ash should show armour enchantment

BlackSheep wrote:Ash shows enchantment levels with sufficient piety if you're wearing corresponding cursed gear. His point is that if your gear is uncursed and you know a piece of armor (or weapon in 0.14) on the floor is uncursed, it's trivial to find out its enchantment level, so Ash should just give up the goods.

Sure, I was just saying this should only apply if your corresponding gear is uncursed. This should also not apply to runed/glowing weapons because distortion.

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Post Tuesday, 1st October 2013, 19:06

Re: proposal: Ash should show armour enchantment

considering all points above, he should simply show enchantment from the beginning even if you can't try on armour when your's is cursed, you will have to uncurse it when you find something worthwhile

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Post Tuesday, 1st October 2013, 19:21

Re: proposal: Ash should show armour enchantment

That would certainly be simpler

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