angband og's united

[dos350]

look everyone, im angband legit, if anyone else on here is 2, then u will know wat i am meaning by that,

anyone crying 2 change this game 4 their own desires is a wicked man.

changing this game 4 the worse 2 is a wicked deed, and will not go unpunished,

not that the game is changing fast or anything but i dont think ive seen any lack of crying on this site since i joined,

angband is great, it should remain that way ~ also its very hard 2 improve on greatness if u understand my words,

2 anyone out there crying out their eyeballs cos they just got 1hit by some mature green dragon, or finds alot of banish but refused 2 use it but instead decided 2 whine at the forums, and especially all those who think that selling items for zero gold and going easy on the stairs feels "natural"

think b4 u cry,

dont seek 2 destroy anything so epic legit~

instead, try 2 bask in the greatness

u r not needing 2 cry, think of it as a learning experience

sorry 2 keep bringing this up, but i think a lot of people miss the point of all my posts entirely!, not that im caring, but i think that i am saying this 4 the good of angband.

goodluck

[Therem Harth]

What the...

anyone crying 2 change this game 4 their own desires is a wicked man.

changing this game 4 the worse 2 is a wicked deed, and will not go unpunished,

Okay... Get off your chair, turn off your computer, and go outside for a bit. Breath in the fresh air. Take a walk. If it's raining, take an umbrella.

Read a book. Share a meal with some friends. Do anything other than playing Angband or posting on this forum. Spend at least a fully day doing things that do not involve Angband at all.

Then, once you've gone and gotten some perspective, come back here and take a look at what you've posted. Chances are it won't look so clever any more.

[Magnate]

Please don't feed the troll.

[dos350]

sorry but im not trying 2 look clever here, this is my true feelings of this place, no need 4 qqing

[Malak Darkhunter]

I have been around these forums for several years now, and rarely have I seen someone complaining. I have saw people suggesting their ideas on how to improve the game, and that is how this game has become so great is through everybody's suggestions and game play feedback. You would in your own words stop progress.

[Nick]

The usual advice for someone who is unhappy with development is that they should make their own variant.

dosband? ogband? eee~band? rageband?

[Magnate]

The usual advice for someone who is unhappy with development is that they should make their own variant.

dosband? ogband? eee~band? rageband?

I quite like eeeBand - as long as I could play it on an EeeePC.

[ekolis]

The Drushocka hits! You take quadruple damage to your shields!

(ok, that's a really obscure joke that only like 2 people here are going to get... but meh :P)

[qwerty]

Please don't feed the troll.

Love it - can you forcibly set that as his signature?

[Magnate]

Love it - can you forcibly set that as his signature?

No, but I can set it as mine.

[dos350]

im not trying 2 stop progress, im trying 2 remind everyone they dnt need 2 ruin wat is good already ok~, no rage involved!

and nn4 making variant 4 350 atm , it would probably b vanilla 3.12v2

[Napsterbater]

Personally, I think it'd be a real great exercise for someone who likes old versions better than the new ones to grab the source code and backport the UI improvements. Heck of a lot easier than building a variant and great practice for maybe one day contributing their own ideas/code.

I'd do it myself, but I honestly just see the game getting better and better!

[dos350]

i see it getting better in some ways, but worse in others,

also i see people crying 2 make it worse, which i think is entirely inappropriate~

[Malak Darkhunter]

i see it getting better in some ways, but worse in others,

also i see people crying 2 make it worse, which i think is entirely inappropriate~

this is why we often have voting polls. But the decision to change something is up to the maintainer, and development team. My personal opinion is the game so far outshines anything I've ever seen before in V. It is all about balance, but fundamentaly the game remains the same as it has always been, I don't see where any changes have been for the worse. The game was based off of moria, and moria was desighned to be impossible to beat, I am sure the development team always keeps that in mind.

[Magnate]

this is why we often have voting polls. But the decision to change something is up to the maintainer, and development team. My personal opinion is the game so far outshines anything I've ever seen before in V. It is all about balance, but fundamentaly the game remains the same as it has always been, I don't see where any changes have been for the worse. The game was based off of moria, and moria was desighned to be impossible to beat, I am sure the development team always keeps that in mind.

Thanks for the kind words - it's great that people are enjoying the newer versions. We have as a team accepted that the game has become easier over the past couple of years: 3.2.0 is certainly a lot easier to beat than 3.0.9 was. This was an accident, arising from the confluence of a number of different changes which were not individually intended to make things easier, but added up to that effect. Since 3.2.0 we've been working hard to find ways to make the game more challenging without either undoing previous improvements or breaking things with too-drastic changes or putting off new players or increasing tedium. This is quite difficult to do and takes time, which is why 3.3.0 is only a little tougher than 3.2.0 and not dramatically so. It will probably take several more versions until the balance is back to the old days of almost-impossible, but in the meantime every new version will be slightly more challenging, more playable, more interesting and with better UI.