So I tried out a couple variants in the last few days, and I am really getting hooked (and frustrated, LOL!) by ADOM. Aside from a rather lengthy and occasionally frustrating character roller, this is about my favorite variant I've played in a very long time.
The problem is, that I suck really bad, or it's just very, very hard. I have changed my approach a few times now, and I've pretty much figured out how to generate a character that could be successful, but I just get owned in the face randomly a heck of a lot.. Vault on level 6 of the puppy dungeon? *splat* Didn't roll up a combat character with huge physical stats, and run into an ant tunnel on level 2? *splat* Get lucky and find a 5d6 ego weapon on the first floor of the infinite dungeon, and then run into a mimic in the next room? *splat*
Basically, with character generation taking a couple minutes even if I choose "Random" for everything but talents, I'm having a ridiculous amount of toons not get past level 2 or 3, even NOT counting my intentionally suicided halfling barbarians and stuff.. Anyone know a similar game with lower expectations of skill from the players?
I tried out Unangband and was just overwhelmed by the amount of stuff going on, but mostly the weird wall graphics (apparently "random" digits/characters for wall sections just gave me headaches trying to move around,) were just too ugly in a lot of areas, and I got tired of looking at them after a few hours.
The problem is, that I suck really bad, or it's just very, very hard. I have changed my approach a few times now, and I've pretty much figured out how to generate a character that could be successful, but I just get owned in the face randomly a heck of a lot.. Vault on level 6 of the puppy dungeon? *splat* Didn't roll up a combat character with huge physical stats, and run into an ant tunnel on level 2? *splat* Get lucky and find a 5d6 ego weapon on the first floor of the infinite dungeon, and then run into a mimic in the next room? *splat*
Basically, with character generation taking a couple minutes even if I choose "Random" for everything but talents, I'm having a ridiculous amount of toons not get past level 2 or 3, even NOT counting my intentionally suicided halfling barbarians and stuff.. Anyone know a similar game with lower expectations of skill from the players?
I tried out Unangband and was just overwhelmed by the amount of stuff going on, but mostly the weird wall graphics (apparently "random" digits/characters for wall sections just gave me headaches trying to move around,) were just too ugly in a lot of areas, and I got tired of looking at them after a few hours.
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