Tuesday, 6th July 2021, 17:29 by Bozobub
I simply do not agree. Shafting from level 3 to level 6, for example is only survivable via a good bit of luck; dropping me in a group of 6 orcs in an open area almost certainly isn't gonna work at XP level 4. A big part of why this bugs me, is the blasé attitude towards user agency on this subject, yet a LOT of rather dubious changes were made for the same reason, over the past while. I've often felt "user agency" was pretty much a BS blanket excuse, and this certainly reinforces that impression!
Now, *occasional* shafting may not be so bad, although it certainly is still pretty arbitrary. But twice on one level, then immediately again on the next (down 3 floors to immediate death) is definitely NOT OK, at least if you want to claim "user agency" with a straight face.