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That actually was not the case in older versions either. The old guide how to play the game is quite obsolete and with "new style" you can play old games as well much faster.
FA requirement has been reduced: Paralyzation no longer stacks, once paralyzed next attack doesn't start counter from beginning or add to it, so every now and then you get chance to escape (good saving throw & high AC helps a lot). This doesn't mean that paralyzation isn't quite deadly still, you better have very high AC and saving throw before you can risk going without FA (perfect saving throw prevents all forms of paralyzation).
Poison resistance "old 2000' rule" is now just "detect often, and if you detect anything breathing poison powerfully, avoid it". Avoidance is easy. Just detect often and be prepared to run away. Select your fights.
Stat-gain (which started at 1500' and ended at 2000') no longer applies, stats you can get sooner by gain one - lose one potions, and after 1500' actual stat-potions start to appear, but they get more and more common the deeper you go so there is no real limit to stat-gain. Monster deadliness no longer have this huge jump after around 2500' as there used to be (it still jumps, but not quite as quickly). Augmentation potions are not very rare either deep down, they are just deeper items than stat-potions. There are also a lot more sources to poison resistance now than there used to be.
Getting deeper fast is actually safer than going slowly (unless you do insane suicide dive, some sense of danger you have to keep). I can now win in approx 1/10 of the turns I used to use while keeping same success rate, and it really doesn't feel any harder. I just don't go everywhere into dungeon and don't even try to kill every monster I meet. I use magic mapping a lot and detect objects a lot. If there is object I might check what it might be, if not then I let the mapping "fill" that part of the dungeon without actually going there.
With "gain one lose one" your stats probably get very biased toward what are important to you before you actually max them all, and this period of time is a bit risky. Nexus resist is for that reason more important than it used to be. Luckily you can get it rather easily (boots of stability, and later trickery amulet). Without nexus resist, don't go near nexus hounds. Stat-scrambling when you have ~3 INT and ~18/100 STR really sucks.
FA requirement has been reduced: Paralyzation no longer stacks, once paralyzed next attack doesn't start counter from beginning or add to it, so every now and then you get chance to escape (good saving throw & high AC helps a lot). This doesn't mean that paralyzation isn't quite deadly still, you better have very high AC and saving throw before you can risk going without FA (perfect saving throw prevents all forms of paralyzation).
Poison resistance "old 2000' rule" is now just "detect often, and if you detect anything breathing poison powerfully, avoid it". Avoidance is easy. Just detect often and be prepared to run away. Select your fights.
Stat-gain (which started at 1500' and ended at 2000') no longer applies, stats you can get sooner by gain one - lose one potions, and after 1500' actual stat-potions start to appear, but they get more and more common the deeper you go so there is no real limit to stat-gain. Monster deadliness no longer have this huge jump after around 2500' as there used to be (it still jumps, but not quite as quickly). Augmentation potions are not very rare either deep down, they are just deeper items than stat-potions. There are also a lot more sources to poison resistance now than there used to be.
Getting deeper fast is actually safer than going slowly (unless you do insane suicide dive, some sense of danger you have to keep). I can now win in approx 1/10 of the turns I used to use while keeping same success rate, and it really doesn't feel any harder. I just don't go everywhere into dungeon and don't even try to kill every monster I meet. I use magic mapping a lot and detect objects a lot. If there is object I might check what it might be, if not then I let the mapping "fill" that part of the dungeon without actually going there.
With "gain one lose one" your stats probably get very biased toward what are important to you before you actually max them all, and this period of time is a bit risky. Nexus resist is for that reason more important than it used to be. Luckily you can get it rather easily (boots of stability, and later trickery amulet). Without nexus resist, don't go near nexus hounds. Stat-scrambling when you have ~3 INT and ~18/100 STR really sucks.
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