The Official Bad Advice Thread

[Paffa]

always melee mystics, especially grand master mystics

I killed my promising Half-troll priest by drinking an un-id'd potion.. of death

[Big Al]

I normally try to quaff potions with I'm very very slightly injured or poisoned, etc. You don't want to quaff a potion of poison when you're at 2 HP though.

[roustk]

Corollary: Always drink unidentified potions, eat unidentified mushrooms when low on HP. You might get lucky and find an OOD !of *Healing*, !ofStat Gain, or mushroom of restoring etc.

That's bad advice? I *always* try unID'd potions while wounded, and preferably when poisoned -- otherwise you won't be able to learn most of the potions. The same tends to be true of mushrooms, although the reward is less.

Other fun things to try with unID'd stuff:
* Shoot unID'd wands at interesting monsters. Fast uniques are particularly fun targets, but I can't remember whether you can learn Confuse, Sleep, or Scare with them.
* Use unID'd staffs and scrolls on new levels (not cleared levels). This is the best way to identify Detect Invisible, Evil, and Traps. The occasional summon whatsit isn't that dangerous, even with disconnected stairs. With staffs, it helps to be wounded, too.

Kevin

[Cardinal Rob]

If you can't see the Drakolisk hiding around the corner, he can't see you.

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[ekolis]

Corollary: Always drink unidentified potions, eat unidentified mushrooms when low on HP. You might get lucky and find an OOD !of *Healing*, !ofStat Gain, or mushroom of restoring etc.

Hey, that's not all that bad advice... in my experience at least most of the potions I've found are good ones; the bad ones are few and far between! Of course I rarely get a character past clvl/dlvl 10, so maybe the bad potions don't show up until deeper... :P If so, maybe a rebalance is in order to make the game a bit less predictable?

But here's some REAL bad advice: Always put on the first un-ID'd ring you find! (Rings, as you may have noticed, are the opposite of potions - the GOOD ones don't show up until deeper; the first few always seem to be weakness and aggravation! :P Rebalance?)

[Dragonboneman]

Fight drolems! They give lots of XP!

[Rizwan]

I figured we need a thread on here for all the bad advice, bad ideas, and words of "wisdom" we've accumulated over our adventures.

Here's mine; "Always read unidentified scrolls right before going into battle, you never know when you'll find a scroll of blessing that might have gone to waste otherwise."

Corollary: Always drink unidentified potions, eat unidentified mushrooms when low on HP. You might get lucky and find an OOD !of *Healing*, !ofStat Gain, or mushroom of restoring etc.

[Djabanete]

Your character becomes immortal at midnight.

[steeg1234321]

I figured we need a thread on here for all the bad advice, bad ideas, and words of "wisdom" we've accumulated over our adventures.

Here's mine; "Always read unidentified scrolls right before going into battle, you never know when you'll find a scroll of blessing that might have gone to waste otherwise."