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Dartura: Possible Bug?
Just posting here first as I'm not sure what the expected behaviour should be (having never used frenzy needles or Dartura darts before) but this seems a little off to me. I suspect the documentation is just misleading...
I saw a group of orcs and a centaur. I threw a datura dart at the centaur - It happily started pinging away at all the orcs helping me kill them all.
Now, from the Wiki 0.24 notes:
But no further information exists. There is no such thing as a dart of frenzy according to the Wiki. But remembering there were needles of frenzy, I looked at those:
From the "Needles" Wiki area:
From the "Neutral" definition in the Wiki ( I know it references Elyvilon but it's all I could find)
Having seen all of this, I expected the Centaur to kill everything and then wander around until the Datura wore off, or at least let me get a free hit before it turned hostile on me. However, it instantly turned hostile once all enemies were dead, pinging me with arrows at lightning speed. I am also unable to attack it. The game just says the Centaur won't make way for me when I try and hit it; It's like the game thinks it's not hostile and so won't let me attack it; But the Centaur is Berserk and peppering me with arrows.
- Code:
You block the centaur's attack.
The centaur refuses to make way for you. (Use ctrl+direction or * direction to
attack.)
The centaur hits you!
* * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * *
You block the centaur's attack.
Things that are here:
a +0 trident; a +0 ring mail; an orc corpse
The centaur refuses to make way for you. (Use ctrl+direction or * direction to
attack.)
Okay, then.
Press: ? - help, v - describe, . - travel
Here: a centaur (moderately wounded, fast, unusually strong, frenzied and
insane)
The floor, spattered with blood.
You feel much better. The centaur closely misses you.
You block the centaur's attack. x2
Evoke which item? (* to show all) (? for menu, Esc to quit)
Okay, then.
Press: ? - help, v - describe, . - travel
Here: a centaur (moderately wounded, fast, unusually strong, frenzied and
insane)
The floor, spattered with blood.
Saving game... please wait.
Two points I guess:
1) I assumed the strength of Datura darts would be to get the strongest monster on screen to help you kill a mob and then only have to deal with it one-on-one afterwards. If you have to do this while said monster is frenzied and berserk, I feel thats a really significant drawback that'll probably make me just not bother using Datura.
2) If the monster turns on you afterwards, why can't you hit it? There is of course CTRL+Direction - but I still think the game is kind of looking at the statuses of the monsters incorrectly to make you do this.
Third (minor) point - How do i CTRL+Attack on a Mac Book Pro? If I do CTRL+ A direction it tends to just minimise or maximise the browser. Do I need to mod my RC or something? I'm currently unable to attack this Centaur because of it...