Level feelings

[Napsterbater]

The idea of level feelings have nothing to whether a level's 'interesting' or not. Angband's an interesting game, all the levels are interesting, and have unique challenges. Some of the levels have sparse monsters, and items, some of them are loaded with them. That's pretty interesting all on its own. Making all the levels generate OoD monsters/items wouldn't make things any more difficult, it would just make things easier.

The decision of whether to explore a particular level or not has nothing to do with a level's 'interestingness', but on other grounds like whether you're looking for a particular resistance/stat/piece of gear, looking for easy monsters to kill, or if you're diving fast. A superb level feeling is just one of those possible reasons, not the only one. I think it's an interesting mechanic, exploring a level just to find out what was generated. Also, it would suck to have a Robe of Permanence drop at 1650' and have no indication that it was ever there whilst diving to get to 2000'.

[Derakon]

The idea of level feelings have nothing to whether a level's 'interesting' or not. Angband's an interesting game, all the levels are interesting, and have unique challenges. Some of the levels have sparse monsters, and items, some of them are loaded with them. That's pretty interesting all on its own. Making all the levels generate OoD monsters/items wouldn't make things any more difficult, it would just make things easier.

Making the game always generate OoD monsters would make it harder, since the gear you find won't be as good as what you'd have when those monsters are in-depth. Making the game always generate OoD items makes it easier, of course.

Also, it would suck to have a Robe of Permanence drop at 1650' and have no indication that it was ever there whilst diving to get to 2000'.

No, it wouldn't, because you'd never know. Unless the game taunted you with that tidbit of information, of course.

...heh, that would be amusing as a bit of after-death info -- all the awesome gear that was generated but never found:
* At 300', missed a Potion of Strength
* At 800', missed the Rapier 'Forasgil'
* At 1350', missed a Ring of Speed (+7), the Star of Elendil, the Soft Leather Armor 'Hithlomir' (greater vault: Hellpit)

and so on...

[Magnate]

...heh, that would be amusing as a bit of after-death info -- all the awesome gear that was generated but never found:
* At 300', missed a Potion of Strength
* At 800', missed the Rapier 'Forasgil'
* At 1350', missed a Ring of Speed (+7), the Star of Elendil, the Soft Leather Armor 'Hithlomir' (greater vault: Hellpit)

and so on...

If you play with Preserve off, it already does that for artifacts ...

[Napsterbater]

Making the game always generate OoD monsters would make it harder, since the gear you find won't be as good as what you'd have when those monsters are in-depth.

Most people just avoid OoD monsters. They can't make the game harder if you never fight them.

[Derakon]

Most people just avoid OoD monsters. They can't make the game harder if you never fight them.

Most people try to avoid OoD monsters. They still make the game harder by requiring the player to dance around them, as well as deal with them when avoidance fails.

[Starhawk]

"Premonitions of death appall you! This place is murderous, but you are unsure if it will be worthwhile."

Ack!! Love the new level messages.