Swamp Slogger
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Although the central place for design discussion is ##crawl-dev on freenode, some may find it helpful to discuss requests and suggestions here first.
Swamp Slogger
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Swamp Slogger
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That it should be an especially crippling mutation for melee fighters doesn't really make sense.
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Ziggurat Zagger
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thenewflesh wrote:That it should be an especially crippling mutation for melee fighters doesn't really make sense.
Why?
Some bad mutations are especially dangerous for certain types of characters like, say, shoutitis is a deal breaker for stealth-based builds.
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KoboldLord wrote:It is likewise counterintuitive that pure casters can flounce around with berserk 3 and no care in the world, absolutely safe from ever actually triggering it.
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Swamp Slogger
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Just think, what would make the character angry?
Ziggurat Zagger
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thenewflesh wrote:On a serious note, some changes proposed here seem to make berserkitis a death sentence for squishier characters. Notice dangerous mob, tension triggers berserk and since you can't melee your way out of the paper bag you run for it, pass out and get killed.
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evktalo wrote:I have to admit I don't recall having played a melee-er with berserkitis, so I'm not sure how they currently are.
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