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Proposal: limit the amount of times Boris comes back
Thoughts?
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Igxfl wrote:I think the idea is that you leave Boris alive as soon as he's not in your way.
duvessa wrote:killing him would still be pointless because he still wont show up again if you dont kill him
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dpeg wrote:I think the proper solution is to have Boris reappear even if you didn't kill him first time.
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khalil wrote:Currently, killing Boris is rather pointless because he's going to show up again.
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Zicher wrote:OP:khalil wrote:Currently, killing Boris is rather pointless because he's going to show up again.
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And that is exactly the thing why Boris is _unique_. Not only in Crawl, but pretty much in any RL I've seen before.
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DracheReborn wrote:dpeg wrote:I think the proper solution is to have Boris reappear even if you didn't kill him first time.
I thought about this for a bit, then realized it's (technically) hard to do... What's the trigger point for deciding that the player isn't going to fight Boris? An x amount of time? When the player departs the level? Whichever it is, spoiled players would now have a foolproof way of getting rid of Boris. Boris blocking a certain level? Just do x and he's sure to respawn elsewhere. Should you meet him again, just repeat...
Zicher wrote:OP:khalil wrote:Currently, killing Boris is rather pointless because he's going to show up again.
Thoughts?
And that is exactly the thing why Boris is _unique_. Not only in Crawl, but pretty much in any RL I've seen before.
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khalil wrote:I figure if you leave the level Boris is on, he just dissapears from that level and has a chance to reappear outside your los on every level you go to after that.
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Sandman25 wrote:khalil wrote:I figure if you leave the level Boris is on, he just dissapears from that level and has a chance to reappear outside your los on every level you go to after that.
Has it been implemented? This is what happened in my game but I failed to find Boris in http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;a=shortlog. Or should I report a bug?
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crate wrote:Sandman25 wrote:khalil wrote:I figure if you leave the level Boris is on, he just dissapears from that level and has a chance to reappear outside your los on every level you go to after that.
Has it been implemented? This is what happened in my game but I failed to find Boris in http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;a=shortlog. Or should I report a bug?
did he step into a shaft?
53478 | Depths:4 | Noticed Boris
53697 | Depths:4 | Reached skill level 21 in Summonings
53705 | Depths:4 | Found a basalt altar of Yredelemnul.
53729 | Depths:4 | Noticed a profane servitor
53824 | Depths:4 | Huge Dmg: 23 dmg
54016 | Depths:4 | Noticed Jorgrun
54040 | Depths:4 | Killed Jorgrun
54070 | Depths:4 | Identified the +7,+9 scimitar of Upug Sme {slice, rF++ SInv} (You took it off a spriggan air mage on level 4 of the Depths)
54216 | Depths:4 | Identified a +6 rod of shadows (1/9) (You took it off a spriggan berserker on level 4 of the Depths)
54256 | Depths:4 | Paralysed by a giant eyeball for 2 turns
54324 | Depths:4 | Found a gateway to a ziggurat.
54532 | Depths:4 | Killed the Enchantress
54532 | Depths:4 | Identified the +5 faerie dragon armour {Str+4} (You took it off the Enchantress on level 4 of the Depths)
54642 | Depths:4 | Identified the Tome of Ashen Arcane Weapons (You found it on level 4 of the Depths)
55010 | Depths:5 | Entered Level 5 of the Depths
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67089 | Crypt:4 | Noticed Boris
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reaver wrote:I would bet Boris died some other way, such as stepping on a Zot trap. Did you see him in the Depths again after seeing him in the Crypt?
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reaver wrote:I would bet Boris died some other way, such as stepping on a Zot trap. Did you see him in the Depths again after seeing him in the Crypt?
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DracheReborn wrote:dpeg wrote:I think the proper solution is to have Boris reappear even if you didn't kill him first time.
I thought about this for a bit, then realized it's (technically) hard to do... What's the trigger point for deciding that the player isn't going to fight Boris? An x amount of time? When the player departs the level? Whichever it is, spoiled players would now have a foolproof way of getting rid of Boris. Boris blocking a certain level? Just do x and he's sure to respawn elsewhere. Should you meet him again, just repeat...
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