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[Announce] Poschengband 3.4.0 Released
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My best try at PosChengband 7.0.0's nightmare-mode on Angband.live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwAR0WOphUA
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I was planning to wait a bit before releasing in hopes of having more changes to offer, but decided to release a bit early due to some critical bug fixes.
Version 3.4.1 is now available. This release features:
* Faster Stat Gain
* A more challenging Water Elemental (Corrosion now eats anything unless it has resist acid ... even artifacts!)
* A new player monster race: The Centipede.
* Revamps to many egos (Sunlight, Death and Daemon weapons) and some new ones too (Dwarvish rings of power, slightly corrupted by Sauron, of course).
Many minor changes as well:
* Hydras get amulets for quest rewards instead of rings. Hydras can now dig a bit.
* Maulers no longer can get Nyoi-bou
* Arena and Corpse rewards are now "mass produced".
* Monster players receive a "special" feeling when their racial boss is around.
* Gloves of the Giant help when wielding heavy weapons.
* Cursed items are now considerably more rare.
* Attack dragons can browse ('b') certain powers to see their damage effect.
* Monsters that drop items and treasure now drop more items and less treasure (was 50/50).
Some bugs were fixed as well:
* Rings with extra attacks now work for innate attacks
* Standard artifact shooters now get the correct multiplier from a_info.txt (e.g. Ballista, Robin Hood).
* Fixed infinite loop bug with Rings of the Nazgul deep in the dungeon.
* Fixed memory out of bounds for warriors, samurai and paladin.
As usual, source code and a diff of changes are available.Comment
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I think it just became official... I don't think I will ever play this variant again! Destroying artifacts is just sacrilegeComment
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If my chracters carry their healing and *healing* potions with them then these potions get broken and the character eventually dies due to a lack of rapid healing
And if they don't carry these potions then they eventually die due to a lack of rapid healing
I am never able to get get the triple resists fast enough to prevent potion breaking
Is there a way out of this dilemmaComment
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The more you carry, the more will break. Each object in a stack has a percentage chance to break (which is low, like 3%). And of course the game checks every object in every stack for breakage.
I used to think Berserkers could handle breakage by carrying more, or by carrying large stacks of junk potions (e.g. water), but the game doesn't work that way. As suggested, carrying 2 or 3 healing should suffice for all but the end game.Comment
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Magic device skill is one of the most important things in the game for any character without healing or haste spells. I never carry potions of !healing before the final fight or if I'm hunting particular charge drainers (Gothmog). Get a big stack of healing staves.Comment
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For normal player race/class combos, there are just so many to do the question justice. It depends what style you like:
Rogues have good stealth and mediocre magic. High Elf is everybody's favorite choice.
Samurai have strong and flavorful melee and are a Hengband classic. I like Nibelungs.
Maulers and Bloodknights are strong melee characters with a few abilities. Pick a race with decent device skills.
Cavalry and Beastmasters can ride monsters as pets which is good fun.
Martial arts are among my favorites: Try a Hobbit monk!
In general, if you are looking for stuff to try, you can just search the Poschengband ladder here on oook for ideas. Have fun!
As for Roguebasin, I pretty much almost release nightlies rather than storing up lots of stuff for a classic release. Or at least I used to work that way. In short, I've done more than 100 releases (including Chengband) and I wouldn't want to announce them allComment
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I found them great fun since they have great immunities and not that much downside come late game. (Sure, a lot of downside at the start, but when you get going...)Comment
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Want something *fun*...try the Chaos-Warrior.My best try at PosChengband 7.0.0's nightmare-mode on Angband.live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwAR0WOphUA
If I'm offline I'm probably in the middle of maintaining Gentoo or something-Linux or other.
As of February 18th, 2022, my YouTube username is MidgardVirtuosoComment
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