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First off I'd like to thank everyone who gave me some solid advice in my first thread. So I've been running my High Elf Ranger http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=10133 for almost 2 months. As you can tell by the name it took 14 tries before I got it figured out. Although I did force quit scum once to try a theory out about teleport other, I'm proud of how far I've gotten this dude. I am planning on getting a totally clean win with my next character, but I feel like I should see if I can get this character to Sauron at least.
When I first started this guy out I played it totally safe. I'd stay on a level until I was at least 4 character levels about the actual level and I'd leave the level if I saw a OOD monster or unique. I kept a lot of light,food and WOR since I lost the a good character to starvation on the sixth level. I kept going this way until I hit the 40's and then I started going down faster because getting all my stats maxed out made it easier to kill most of the monsters and even uniques. However I hit a wall around lvl58. I couldn't handle anything and I went up to get more equipment. Again although tedious it did work and I found some artifacts that made it possible to go down. Honestly other than the speed ring the most helpful item has been the ring of +5 con I found. Then Mordenkain's was a close second. Having rune of protection has enabled me to take out a lot of summoners. Plus getting some free rounds to hit monsters before they break the rune has saved on healing potions.
I got down to lvl 60 and then I needed some advice since I still wasn't powerful enough to kill with impunity. Everyone was all about getting down to lvl75 so I could get some speed. And after a day or two I finally found one. Now AMHD are pretty easy to kill since I can get two full rounds on them. So that brings me to where I am right now...lvl 85 and looking for Tenser's, a high end bow and either boots of speed or another source of speed so that I can wear Narya and hunt down fire breathing dragon pits with no fear. Honestly I'm considering going back to lvl80 or even 75 because its annoying to have to teleport everything away. On the other hand maybe I can get a little deeper and find better stuff with less effort?
Although I DO see the benefit of just going deeper, I feel like staying a bit high is safer because as long as you detect and keep buffed you can kill more monsters. Whereas being lower, you have to be sneaky and hope that the uniques that can all kill you stay asleep. I can't say that I have any solid conclusions as yet. Most people say that deeper is safe since you don't feel safe...but I find that being more relaxed enables me to keep my wits about me when I do get in a tight spot. Most deaths can be avoided if you keep a cool head, and drink healing potions when your characters heal hits yellow rather than being cheap and waiting until you are almost dead. That is just too risky IMO. Better safe than sorry.
This goes without saying but any tips would be welcomed. I'm still a noob and all.
When I first started this guy out I played it totally safe. I'd stay on a level until I was at least 4 character levels about the actual level and I'd leave the level if I saw a OOD monster or unique. I kept a lot of light,food and WOR since I lost the a good character to starvation on the sixth level. I kept going this way until I hit the 40's and then I started going down faster because getting all my stats maxed out made it easier to kill most of the monsters and even uniques. However I hit a wall around lvl58. I couldn't handle anything and I went up to get more equipment. Again although tedious it did work and I found some artifacts that made it possible to go down. Honestly other than the speed ring the most helpful item has been the ring of +5 con I found. Then Mordenkain's was a close second. Having rune of protection has enabled me to take out a lot of summoners. Plus getting some free rounds to hit monsters before they break the rune has saved on healing potions.
I got down to lvl 60 and then I needed some advice since I still wasn't powerful enough to kill with impunity. Everyone was all about getting down to lvl75 so I could get some speed. And after a day or two I finally found one. Now AMHD are pretty easy to kill since I can get two full rounds on them. So that brings me to where I am right now...lvl 85 and looking for Tenser's, a high end bow and either boots of speed or another source of speed so that I can wear Narya and hunt down fire breathing dragon pits with no fear. Honestly I'm considering going back to lvl80 or even 75 because its annoying to have to teleport everything away. On the other hand maybe I can get a little deeper and find better stuff with less effort?
Although I DO see the benefit of just going deeper, I feel like staying a bit high is safer because as long as you detect and keep buffed you can kill more monsters. Whereas being lower, you have to be sneaky and hope that the uniques that can all kill you stay asleep. I can't say that I have any solid conclusions as yet. Most people say that deeper is safe since you don't feel safe...but I find that being more relaxed enables me to keep my wits about me when I do get in a tight spot. Most deaths can be avoided if you keep a cool head, and drink healing potions when your characters heal hits yellow rather than being cheap and waiting until you are almost dead. That is just too risky IMO. Better safe than sorry.
This goes without saying but any tips would be welcomed. I'm still a noob and all.
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