1. There is no reason to play Mummies, unless one is a glutton for frustration. Spamming spells is nice, but not worth abyssmal aptitudes across the board, no way to cure rot short of sacrificing permanent MP, and general restrictions and handicaps throughout.

2. Necromancy now sucks. Players need corpses to get minions, but zombies and skeletons are completely inferior to EVERYTHING. Even a quokka from “Summon Small Mammals” can kill a goblin skeleton, and I can summon as long as I want, anywhere I want. Necromancy can’t be used without corpses, the allies are useless (I have to go through HOW MANY zombies to kill a single dragon?), and the only way to succeed long-term is to get spells like Infestation (which works on demons, thus extended end-game, at least in trunk) and Death Channel (less useless minions).

Sure, I can use Kiku for corpses, but a zombie army of 20 are all destroyed within a few turns in Vault/Hells/Pandemonium/Abyss. And I have to wait around for my army to catch up to me, and possibly die waiting for them. There is no guarantee I will find the Recall spell, either, except being forced into getting Yred. It’s a pain to set up an army that turns to dust in a few turns anyway, they are so slow that they aren’t around when I need them, the minions are weak useless versions of their former selves, and it doesn’t work AT ALL past mid-game without Kiku and plenty of piety. And even with Kiku, my army is destroyed in a few turns anyway. So what’s the point?

Or I could just be a summoner, and suddenly I am surrounded by pet hydras, dragons, etc. They chew through most anything, they are present on-demand whenever and wherever I need them, there is no setup cost, no hunting for a corpse here or there, and no worries.

Other than those two things, I am pleased with this release. You didn’t remove a bunch of useful items, and the additions are EXTREMELY welcome. Well done! I don’t know about Ogres, I usually play Vampire/Vine Stalker/Hill Orc (for Beogh).

You took them from +3 maces to -1, I mean seriously not only does that not fit the lore but it severely challenges their already squishy early game. Even if you buffed all their magic apt to 0 it wouldn’t warrant a -1.

Right now (27.5.2017, 10:33 UTC) there are 15 0.20 games on CUE, but according to the tournament page, there is no current game there.
Also I lost a GrFi, played only today on CUE, yet I do not show up in the All players page.

In reality, crawl has been around a long time and there’s a pretty well-developed body of commentary on it. It would be pretty fair to say the issues I mention are widely considered central, though some are more controversial than others.

Regarding tactics: Luring in order to not get swarmed is a tactic in most video games of all genres ever, from FPS to RTS to rogue-like. Column dancing to regen mana/HP is a desperation, last-resort tactic that doesn’t even come into play if you’re using better tactics.Stair dancing has been part of rogue-likes since the original Rogue so it doesn’t seem to be a new or significant issue.

I have to say, though, it feels like just another version that fails to address core issues, among them constant gameplay interruptions to eat (literally every single minute of game time in my experience), an identification system that offers nothing but clutter and gameplay interruptions, and tactics that revolve around long distance luring, column dancing, and stair abuse.