Comments on: Trunk updates, 23 May 2014

By: zardo

zardo — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 08:00:35 +0000

a lot of people would like to remove food entirely. there’s a good chance they will remove chunks and it will be awesome

p.s. the problem with vampires was that they were distinguished by *not* being fun

By: DaStockMan

DaStockMan — Fri, 30 May 2014 13:37:22 +0000

Seriously why is this game constantly simplified. I guess it’s time to remove food altogether, as it is so very grindy. So is killing all of those tedious monsters: let’s just remove them. Gaining experience is so very grindy as well, time for it to go. The only thing keeping this on my play-list is the convenient user interface, it is becoming way too simplistic these days.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 30 May 2014 02:37:10 +0000

I love DCSS, I think it’s one of the greatest computer games ever made, though at the risk of sounding like a whiny fanboy, I’m not a fan of some of the recent updates which seem to be aimed toward “leveling” the experience of different character types, so the gameplay becomes more similar regardless of the character type or the player’s choices.

For example, pacifying holy monsters had very little consequence, since holy monsters are extremely rare outside of extended, but it contributed to a different flavored gameplay experience for good-aligned PCs. The gameworld felt smart and consistent. With this change, holy monsters become just another monster and the gameworld feels impoverished.

Similarly, removing traits of vampires makes them more and more like just another race, when it is the differences that make them fun to play in the first place.

That said, the content that has been added to the game in the past couple versions is fantastic, like the new naga and demonspawn monsters and the new gods. Thanks for all the hard work on a game that has given me many hours of enjoyment for free!

By: Cobalt

Cobalt — Sun, 25 May 2014 15:25:16 +0000

species communism :)

By: Trent

Trent — Sun, 25 May 2014 14:26:31 +0000

Could I suggest that the CDO webpage make a brief statement of the DCSS design principles (Section N of the manual).

Something along the lines of:

“DCSS is a tactical fantasy roguelike, which aims to minimise grinding and non-essential item management”

By: Marlowe

Marlowe — Sun, 25 May 2014 00:19:38 +0000

^Right? Like why are we getting rid of all the racial differences in food consumption? Also does that last one mean okawaru is going to start dropping arrows even if I’m a melee fighter or am I misreading that?

By: skinnynecro

skinnynecro — Sun, 25 May 2014 00:08:16 +0000

Does the change to ammo mean that Okawaru will give more to people that don’t want it?

By: schmoe

schmoe — Sat, 24 May 2014 04:56:10 +0000

Did someone decide that food is unfun?

By: Artinuis

Artinuis — Fri, 23 May 2014 17:50:18 +0000

I think it’s time I tried vampires.