Sunday, 21st August 2016, 16:49 by Malevolent
The thing with *Rage is that it can actually be a good thing since sometimes berserking just helps. You simply need to identify the situations where *Rage can kill you and be more careful in these situations (basically: "fighting several monsters at very low HP"). Further, if berserking triggers at an inappropriate point, you can just run away - for a few turns you'll be hasted, then if you still haven't reached a staircase before berserk expired, you can teleport if necessary.
Random berserking gets more deadly later on, when there are more monsters that aren't just speed 10 melee dudes: phantasmal warriors blinking behind you, summoners, ranged packs...
If I play online, I do so under the screenname Marenglen.