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[Lurker]

Hi - I'm an old time Angband / Moria player - played it obsessively a while back but gave it up a decade or so ago. Going through old files reminded me of the game and I got a yearning to play it again.
I've downloaded 3.1.1.1626 from the site, but have a couple of questions, if you don't mind.
Level feelings: the spoilers seem out of date. Can anyone tell me what the level feeling 'You are unsure about this place' means? I thought it meant that I hadn't spent enough time on the previous level, but I sometimes get it even if I've completely cleared out the level before. I miss my stair scumming. It may be cheating, but I love clearing out a checkerboard vault (with a few reloads).
Second one is more spoilerish. I've seen rings of teleportation and escape that seem to give speed but are considered 'bad' - squelchable. If I allow the game to squelch 'bad' rings, are there other rings that I won't see that I might actually want to use?
Thanks, and thanks for keeping this great game going.

[Philip]

Hi - I'm an old time Angband / Moria player - played it obsessively a while back but gave it up a decade or so ago. Going through old files reminded me of the game and I got a yearning to play it again.
I've downloaded 3.1.1.1626 from the site, but have a couple of questions, if you don't mind.
Level feelings: the spoilers seem out of date. Can anyone tell me what the level feeling 'You are unsure about this place' means? I thought it meant that I hadn't spent enough time on the previous level, but I sometimes get it even if I've completely cleared out the level before. I miss my stair scumming. It may be cheating, but I love clearing out a checkerboard vault (with a few reloads).
Second one is more spoilerish. I've seen rings of teleportation and escape that seem to give speed but are considered 'bad' - squelchable. If I allow the game to squelch 'bad' rings, are there other rings that I won't see that I might actually want to use?
Thanks, and thanks for keeping this great game going.

So, first of all, i hope you enjoy the forums. A lot of things have probably changed since you last played. Level feelings are broken 'You are unsure' is a bad feeling. You will have a lot of questions and a lot have been asked, so search for those. There are more 'bad' rings and only the +speed ones are worth it, and only until you have other speed. The tradeoff rings are interesting and flavorfull, but i recall after wearing a dog ring and leave mouse ones on the ground. Reckless atack rings are good if you do'nt have any usefull rings. Thanks for being on the forum.

[Derakon]

"Bad" feelings just mean that there isn't much of "interest" on the level (with "interest" being somewhat poorly-determined by the game). The feeling you get from not spending enough time on the previous level is "Looks like any other level".

[Lurker]

Thanks guys.
Level feelings do seem a little off, now that you mention it. A not very interesting level had four uniques and I left with some very nice gear. Oh well.