Comments on: Trunk updates, 11 August 2014

By: Plaintextman

Plaintextman — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:55:25 +0000

Carrying weight capacity isn’t just about tedium, though I guess through the mid-game it can tend toward that on low-str builds. Like the item count limit, carry weight is about carefully deciding what you can and what you can’t take along with you deep into a certain branch, and about deciding what loot you leave behind in an Abyss or Pan raid. That said, I play high-strength characters most of the time, and this consideration of what to take and what to leave is IMO enforced by the item count limit in a somewhat less annoying way. Still, I hope carrying weight stays in some form or another. Perhaps by rethinking item weight, such as making most items lighter and eg. artifact armours inherently heavier.

By: warren

warren — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:13:53 +0000

The reason for “game balance” is to have every decision be a trade-off. The recent changes have eliminated much of the game balance and made it much closer to a hack, slash, and loot game like all the others out there.
I am not asking for item destruction to come back, it was annoying and frustrating. But inventory weight would be a good way to restore some game balance. It would also restore some of the diversity of experience between the play style of different races.

By: e1999

e1999 — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:26:17 +0000

having to constantly stash things adds nothing to the game unless you rarely get winning characters.

its just tedium to the max.

By: kek

kek — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 23:19:26 +0000

Crawl demands suspension of disbelief in many ways so I see no problem with ogres and elves carrying the same amount. The problem is that the amount is too big right now! 30+ items?!

By: Skyspire

Skyspire — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 03:05:16 +0000

I agree. Felids and Spriggans should not be allowed to carry around as much weight as an ogre. It doesn’t make sense. Its just huge buff to casters and weak races.

By: Tristian

Tristian — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 04:51:26 +0000

Loving the additions and changes…
But I hate the loss of item weight.
Ogres are strong, Deep Elves/Felids are weak… there should be a difference in how much they can carry.

I’m not a big guy… My father -in-law is stocky…….. I’m strong and I’m tough, but he can pack a heavier load than I can.
I’m the Kobold to his Ogre.
Get my point here?