Crypt Cleanser
Posts: 746
Joined: Thursday, 5th December 2013, 04:01
Let allies move out of the way if they can't switch with you
I'm standing on top of a plant. I can't leave the little passage I'm in, because Wandering Mushrooms can't walk on top of plans. If I try to switch places with the mushroom, I get the message "Your wandering mushroom cannot make room for you", but if I go the other way it's just a dead end. I can't use blink or any shouting commands to get past it because I can't see behind it because of the terrain. This leaves me with only two choices: kill the plants and/or mushroom, incurring penance, or teleport. These aren't the end of the world, but considering how stupid this situation was in the first place, I'd rather it not be a thing that can happen.
The best way to deal with this, I think, is to allow allies to move in a different direction to make room for you if it's not possible to switch with you. Another solution that would solve this particular case is to allow wandering mushrooms to walk over plans like Fedhas worshippers can, but there could still be other cases where similar things could happen, like a Beogh worshipper walker on water and being blocked by orc minions.
I realize this is a pretty rare case, but it' really frustrating to have this happen and doesn't feel like a good part of Crawl's gameplay at all.