on heavy curses

[Magnate]

If you're in favor of this mechanic, and the enchant scrolls remain commonly available in stores, then you might as well just get rid of the heavy curses entirely (and that's another slippery slope).

Ah, but I also hope that Takkaria is going to bit the stores bullet and finally end the buyout button debate by completely reworking the store economy. That will make enchant scrolls a lot rarer ...

[buzzkill]

If the sticky curses stay at all, I agree that every ?enchant should have a fixed, reasonable chance to break it (no less than 25%).

If you're in favor of this mechanic, and the enchant scrolls remain commonly available in stores, then you might as well just get rid of the heavy curses entirely (and that's another slippery slope).

[Magnate]

I am hoping that a big curse overhaul is high on Takkaria's list when he returns. Both aggravation and sticky curses need fixing, and he has lots of other ideas with open tickets (nullify, anchorage, pval-flipping, cannot-drop). If the sticky curses stay at all, I agree that every ?enchant should have a fixed, reasonable chance to break it (no less than 25%).

[PowerDiver]

I thought that by now heavy curses would be gone, but it seems like there remains support both for morgul weapons and for the ?curse scrolls.

I think it would be better if enchant scrolls had a fixed chance to break a heavy curse irrespective of the plusses of the item and irrespective of whether the item's plusses change. It's just sad that you have to disenchant your +10 item down first, and it's a complex game mechanic that can't be described well in the item descriptions. Adding "has a 35% chance to break a heavy curse" to enchant scroll descriptions seems much better.

Personally, I abhor the idea of the cannot-unwield curse, so I'm sure I am biased, but I think I would still propose this change without my bias.