Feature Request: eliminate predestroyed levels

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  • Donald Jonker
    Knight
    • Jun 2008
    • 593

    Feature Request: eliminate predestroyed levels

    Can we do without pre-"destroyed" levels? Does anyone actually like them? Whenever I encounter one I just pop right back up the stairs because they're so annoying to negotiate.
    Bands, / Those funny little plans / That never work quite right.
    -Mercury Rev
  • Zikke
    Veteran
    • Jun 2008
    • 1069

    #2
    I agree with this. Pain in the @$$
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    • vorondil
      Apprentice
      • Dec 2008
      • 55

      #3
      Seconded.

      I like hot dogs. I don't, really, but it wouldn't let me type "Seconded" only.
      Now playing Abasorix, half-troll warrior in V-4.0.5.

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      • buzzkill
        Prophet
        • May 2008
        • 2939

        #4
        Neutral on the issue. Can take 'em or leave 'em.
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        My banding life on Buzzkill's ladder.

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        • rdermyer
          Apprentice
          • Jul 2007
          • 79

          #5
          I don't enjoy playing on them, but I kind of like the idea of them.

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          • Nick
            Vanilla maintainer
            • Apr 2007
            • 9647

            #6
            Originally posted by Donald Jonker
            Can we do without pre-"destroyed" levels? Does anyone actually like them? Whenever I encounter one I just pop right back up the stairs because they're so annoying to negotiate.
            You can't do that in ironman - which makes them a good way to punish anyone who plays ironman.
            One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
            In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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            • andrewdoull
              Unangband maintainer
              • Apr 2007
              • 872

              #7
              Originally posted by Donald Jonker
              Can we do without pre-"destroyed" levels? Does anyone actually like them? Whenever I encounter one I just pop right back up the stairs because they're so annoying to negotiate.
              They are interesting exactly once, which is the first time you ever encounter them. After that, they are annoying...

              Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

              Andrew
              The Roflwtfzomgbbq Quylthulg summons L33t Paladins -more-
              In UnAngband, the level dives you.
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              • Zyphyr
                Adept
                • Jan 2008
                • 135

                #8
                I too hate those levels and will leave them ASAP.

                Get rid of them.

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                • Conker
                  Scout
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 38

                  #9
                  Agreed. Rather than just 'oh, random destruction' we should have something like the ruins of some kind of structure, with pre-defined placement. You could make them a variant on the existing greater vaults, even.

                  Bah... I better shut up before I start suggesting room-types or such, and get accused of being too ADOM/Nethacky.

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                  • Antoine
                    Ironband/Quickband Maintainer
                    • Nov 2007
                    • 1010

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Conker
                    Agreed. Rather than just 'oh, random destruction' we should have something like the ruins of some kind of structure, with pre-defined placement. You could make them a variant on the existing greater vaults, even.
                    This would be easy enough to do - place a vault just as normal, with no monsters, traps or treasure, using granite instead of permanent rock, then earthquake it once or twice?

                    Advantage is that you get to leverage off all the effort that went into making the vaults in the first place.

                    A.
                    Ironband - http://angband.oook.cz/ironband/

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                    • d_m
                      Angband Devteam member
                      • Aug 2008
                      • 1517

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Nick
                      You can't do that in ironman - which makes them a good way to punish anyone who plays ironman.
                      As if people who play ironman need *more* punishment!
                      linux->xterm->screen->pmacs

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                      • Nick
                        Vanilla maintainer
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 9647

                        #12
                        Originally posted by d_m
                        As if people who play ironman need *more* punishment!
                        I didn't say they needed it
                        One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
                        In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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