Post your favourite Angband change

[Mark]

Over the years a lot of features, monsters, items, UI, have been added, removed, changed, re-packaged. I'm interested to know from the general fourms users one or two examples each person thinks was a really great change! (It could be a tiny niggle that finally went away; something sweeping; anything at all)

[jasric]

I played this game casually years ago, and I really like how stats get restored on level up. As a beginner, I previously felt like my character was pretty much screwed trying to get those restore potions. Very discouraging.

I also really like the shockbolt tiles. I play with them on, but shrink them down to 2x1. Continuous centering and a pretty large monitor and it's ok.

[Mondkalb]

I like the new dungeon designs (different level design, new rooms).
Also, the new monster groups are a nice addition and smaller hound groups are a relaxation.

[Estie]

Removal of *Id*, by a huge margin. It was a nightmare when I used to find more randarts than *Id* scrolls.

Overall, I like 99% of the changes towards 3.5.0. Vanilla has become a better game.

[Derakon]

All of the changes that have streamlined play so we don't have to do lots of tedious repetitive actions. Removal of *ID*, removal of incentives to townscum, options to remove level feelings and selling, addition of Deep Descent...

If I had to pick just one of those, it'd probably be the no-selling option. But it's a tough choice.

[bio_hazard]

I like the new dungeon designs (different level design, new rooms).
Also, the new monster groups are a nice addition and smaller hound groups are a relaxation.

These are my favorites when I'm playing

Removal of *Id*, by a huge margin.

This when I picked up ToME 2 for the first time in a while, and there were so many things to *ID*.

[debo]

The cocoa client is fucking awesome. Dunno when that happened but it's really good.

[Estie]

These are my favorites when I'm playing


This when I picked up ToME 2 for the first time in a while, and there were so many things to *ID*.

ToME 2 ? Easy, just do a few rounds through the 4 towns and buy the scrolls. Or, play sorceror :P
Old vanilla, otoh, used to give you more artifacts rather than *Id* scrolls. Circulus vitiosus.

[fizzix]

I'm going to go with the dungeon changes. Nomad did a fantastic job with the templated rooms, and I'm only sad that they took as long to get into V as they did.

No-selling and randarts are also way up there for helping me play the game in a way I enjoy playing.

[Timo Pietilä]

Over the years a lot of features, monsters, items, UI, have been added, removed, changed, re-packaged. I'm interested to know from the general fourms users one or two examples each person thinks was a really great change! (It could be a tiny niggle that finally went away; something sweeping; anything at all)

No selling. With huge margin to any other change.

Then....fractional blows I think.

[OOD Town drunk]

No selling. Hands down. If anyone out there hasn't made use of this feature, it is highly recommended. And every other aspect of streamlining. I don't know if macros always existed, but I only discovered them over the last year or two. Spellcasters used to be awfully tedious.

[Monkey Face]

I'll cast another vote for no selling.

[Nick]

The ongoing data separation from code effort by the devteam, especially the list-*.h files. Those things are awesome, no more trying to fit in an extra monster flag or option where one has been deleted.

Seriously, though, I think takkaria's decision to actually have a devteam has been the big breakthrough. It's not always plain sailing, but the rewards are immense.

Gameplay change: ID-by-use.

[dstyle]

auto-squelch. it's something i've wanted in this game for so long and now i can't imagine playing a game of *band without it

[Timo Pietilä]

Gameplay change: ID-by-use.

That would be my second choice after no-selling if that would work properly. However it doesn't. After some epic fight you can easily have literally hundreds of items to ID, and ID-by-use just isn't effective enough for that. As a result game would be pretty much same without ID-by-use.

I would suggest that you (or someone) gets that rune-based ID in the game ASAP.