Thread about the best variants

[budswell]

I've been playing Z+ recently. Love the world and the quests, find it easier to get to lev 20.
Tome 2.3.x is the one I have played the most, like that summoners and possessors give some very different gameplay.

[jevansau]

Another old but interesting variant is EyAngband.
I also enjoy FA and NPP and neoband.
Poscheng is endlessly fascinating, but also frustrating.

[NotMorgoth]

I like Sangband because I prefer the skill system to the fixed character classes that most of the other variants have. But since I discovered Dungeon Crawl I haven't really been playing it.

[Lionmaruu]

my gaming with variants up to 2004 or so, the favorite were:
Cthangband, Sangband, tome1.x.x, zangband and hengband.


From the new ones, since I got back in the last 3 years I only played Sil, but it is very different from vanilla and is very nice. Need to try the others like Poschengband. Also Tome is still a great game.

[AnonymousHero]

Awesome, I just started to play Theme a bit, but ran into a problem. I play with New Tiles + Big tile mode on and some of the mobs are invisible, like silver snakes, etc. because the tiles are just missing. Also black spots on the overworld map. Is there a fix for it?

Unfortunately, I have no idea. Never played with tiles and they've been moribund for years and years. (Instead of just letting them languish and confuse new players, I've removed the option completely from my development branch. I'll reevaluate if/when I get a fully working Qt5 port.)

[Rathael]

I can only agree .

Hopefully, there'll be some actual improvements to T2.x during 2015. (Well, you might disagree that they're improvements, but they'll be pretty mild, I think.)

Awesome, I just started to play Theme a bit, but ran into a problem. I play with New Tiles + Big tile mode on and some of the mobs are invisible, like silver snakes, etc. because the tiles are just missing. Also black spots on the overworld map. Is there a fix for it?

[AnonymousHero]

(snip)ToMe 2.4.0 (not the new v4 one)

I can only agree .

Hopefully, there'll be some actual improvements to T2.x during 2015. (Well, you might disagree that they're improvements, but they'll be pretty mild, I think.)

[Rathael]

there is more, but my hands are cramping too much. i gotta stop.

naw... Just. one. more. turn. first.

[klassik]

I vote for PosChengBand and ToMe 2.4.0 (not the new v4 one)

i play gumband and poschengband for the draconian race.

steamband because of how different from vanilla it is

nppmoria

finalfantasy VIIband because i finally found the pc code for ffVII and started playing that as well.

animeband. it is amazing how much non anime material is in animeband.

there is more, but my hands are cramping too much. i gotta stop.

[Rathael]

I vote for PosChengBand and ToMe 2.4.0 (not the new v4 one)

[the Invisible Stalker]

O, FA and Ironband.

[Raxmei]

The playability of V is something of a stumbling block for my enjoyment of many variants. For all that V is so Vanilla it's still simply a joy to play compared to variants based on older versions.

I play Sil and it's different enough from Angband that the play experience doesn't directly translate. Closer to home, I also play PosBand entirely for the Quylthulgs.

[tbc]

I really loved Z's specialized shops and vast random wilderness, but after playing vanilla 3.5.0 and getting used to all the quality-of-life improvements, dang. I just can't go back, even though my least favorite thing about V is how quickly the town becomes useless. Are there any variants based on 3.5.0 that have an expanded shopping system?

[HugoVirtuoso]

Another reason why PosChengband remains my all-time-favorite:
Weapons that activate to Summon Cyberdemon!!

*SPOILER warning*

[HugoVirtuoso]

Now that we're almost in 2015, I'd have that say that PosChengband is, by far, my most favorite variant of all tiime.