I think CMW got changed from % healing to a flat 20hp, so yes they are much less cool as they don't scale with you.
@Bostock: yes!! My umptymillionth Kimba got a quest for five tengu and my heart sank. Then I remembered to buy a dagger and equip it in the shield slot (I was a rogue so going with a light primary anyway) and it was a breeze! So I take back my carping about evasive monsters, they're ok (and as you said, not a patch on stormcrows or lightningjaws).
But ... there's definitely a bug with RES_EDGED. AFAICT from looking at the source they SHOULD resist arrows and bolts, but for some reason they don't. This bug is IMO the only reason they're not impossible already. I think it should be toned down from a chance to ignore the hit altogether (which is high, 60 or 70% for nonvorpal weapons IIRC), to a reduction in the damage (say 1/2 or 1/3). This way you could still chip away at them instead of having a much larger number of effective misses.
I got a quest for 9 iron golems (which resist all elements except acid and have IM_EDGED, which is even worse), and had no acid attacks. So I tried to bring karate up from zero and got killed doing it - it's nigh impossible to raise a melee skill later in the game.
@Bostock: yes!! My umptymillionth Kimba got a quest for five tengu and my heart sank. Then I remembered to buy a dagger and equip it in the shield slot (I was a rogue so going with a light primary anyway) and it was a breeze! So I take back my carping about evasive monsters, they're ok (and as you said, not a patch on stormcrows or lightningjaws).
But ... there's definitely a bug with RES_EDGED. AFAICT from looking at the source they SHOULD resist arrows and bolts, but for some reason they don't. This bug is IMO the only reason they're not impossible already. I think it should be toned down from a chance to ignore the hit altogether (which is high, 60 or 70% for nonvorpal weapons IIRC), to a reduction in the damage (say 1/2 or 1/3). This way you could still chip away at them instead of having a much larger number of effective misses.
I got a quest for 9 iron golems (which resist all elements except acid and have IM_EDGED, which is even worse), and had no acid attacks. So I tried to bring karate up from zero and got killed doing it - it's nigh impossible to raise a melee skill later in the game.
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