Should I be dual-wielding as a Rogue, or is it better to go sword&board or two-handed?
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Glaurung, Father of the Dragons says, 'You cannot avoid the ballyhack.'Comment
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I like dual-wield on a rogue unless I need to plug a resistance hole with a shield. If you want to compare damage output for the serpent it's AC 180, so you can take your 2nd weapon out & compare the to-hit percentages. I usually start dual wielding daggers early as the 2 weapon skill takes a while to build up.Comment
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Feature request: Add descriptions to equipment!
I keep finding things like "Collar of Fang (+1)" and "Amulet of Devotion (+1)" and "Barbarian Talisman (+1)" and I have no idea what these things do without lots of trial and error and closely scrutinizing which stats they change when I equip/unequip
Edit: and then I figured out you're supposed to *Identify* these items. And now I feel stupid.Last edited by Raccoon; November 6, 2015, 21:58.Comment
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Hugo's suggestion for PosChengband 4.0.0:
For the love of god, replace the Haunted House and the blasted Royal Crypt (especially!!) quests with something more intriguing!!!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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Feature request: Add descriptions to equipment!
I keep finding things like "Collar of Fang (+1)" and "Amulet of Devotion (+1)" and "Barbarian Talisman (+1)" and I have no idea what these things do without lots of trial and error and closely scrutinizing which stats they change when I equip/unequip
Edit: and then I figured out you're supposed to *Identify* these items. And now I feel stupid.Glaurung, Father of the Dragons says, 'You cannot avoid the ballyhack.'Comment
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So, PosChengband has Ewoks as an enemy.
The Sindarin word for Middle Earth is "Endor."
Coincidence?I'm trying to think of an analogy, and the best I can come up with is Angband is like fishing for sharks, and Sil is like hunting a bear with a pocket knife and a pair of chopsticks. It's not great. -NickComment
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I'm giving this variant a try for the first time. I like it quite a bit, but the virtues aren't so fun. I don't like that my virtues are harmed by things that are entirely beyond my control, like having fear and confusion spells cast on me.
Also, if killing fleeing/sleeping enemies is dishonorable, maybe intelligent monsters should try to surrender or something, like in Incursion? I don't know, but it feels like virtues get punished overly much because there's not many options in place to avoid doing 'bad' things.My first legit winner http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=5114Comment
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Telmora Arena bug:
Game says you've been beaten by opponent you haven't yet fought (very next one). In particular, my Hugoul 8015's chardump says I was beaten by Barney the Dinosaur when I, in fact, defeated the Vampire Lord yet succumbed to wounds inflicted by that Vampire Lord (i.e. my HP dropped to < 0 before I coud exit that arena) before I even prompted to challenge Barney the Dinosaur (the next dude after the Vampire Lord).Last edited by HugoVirtuoso; November 21, 2015, 09:45.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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So if you have the stealth to take things down asleep, or can get them to run (horrify from death realm) or can confuse them (bronze drac) it's a lot more effective. Otherwise you'll need things like Genji-gloves, high skills, hit boosters, light weapons etc. etc.
If I had 2 good light weapons, for instance quickthorn & dagger of fiona I'd be dual-wielding. If I need to use a shield to cover an important resist I'd go sword & board.Last edited by wobbly; December 17, 2015, 00:54.Comment
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