User:Bwijn

Oops. Reborn (not like Dabbelju Bush or Wheel of Time) under a new name. The birthgiving procedure turned out to be technically more complicated than expected.

Why don't instruments play any role in DCSS (unlike Nethack)?

Encountered Artifacts

Unrandarts

The Dagger of Chilly Death Autumn Katana

Bow of Krishna "Sharnga" Sword of Zonguldrok

Ring of Robustness Cloak of Starlight

The Ring of Robustness was found in the centre of a nice vault defended by lots of hard battling Iron golems and Metal gargoyles.

Collected Ideas

This list is just about possibilities I stumbled upon while using the wiki. If anybody believes s/he 'd like to discuss those ideas please use User talk site!

• If the values (mostly numbers) of tables would be centered, it'd look/read much better! - less important, but better design! E.g. Noise#Ranged combat.

Features of DCSS I'd change

• I dislike features like "Used weapon shops". Experience tells me: shops are mostly damned rare. So "flavour features" that are a mere nuisance should be eliminated.
• To choose a kobold/ghoul that can eat whenever he likes is a pleasure! It's okay that food is rare and precious. But to get the necessary amulet of gourmand is too hazard dependent.
• Hunger is a very basic emergency. So it's completely against my feeling that it is displayed only at status line. A sound alarm should be implemented for cases of severe hunger.
• Shapeshifters that are nearly defeated change shape: suddenly their hitpoints are at 100%. Sometimes repeatedly. I hate this case of ill game mechanics implementation as against all logic.

Disadvantages of 0.11 tiles

Finally even I had updated to 0.11. The first impression: a damned lot of graphics have been changed. Two of the new splash screen pictures I do not like at all. Their aesthetics remind me of [Perry Rhodan SF] or alike. It's "title_white_noise_grabbing_the_orb.png" and "title_pooryurik_knight.png". Even if any user is free to banish those he dislikes there is damage for the project if the aesthetics are too childish or like ordinary ads. Who will take something serious if the impression is low taste?! - And e.g. the jakals have become much uglier. The plants graphics on the other hand became more handsome.

Much more important are the very different graphics of potions. In the new version you need VERY sharp eyes to detect which is which. For example the potions of might and agility are quite similar. Many potions and scrolls are not easily chequed visually, you need the word bubbles to be sure. I'd say: this solution is not at all a progres! It was much better before. Crawl developers should never accept graphics that are not a progress just to present novelties.

Even more influencing for the game feeling is the fact that the minimap has become much less perceptible. The color points for stairs seem now VERY tiny! I don't like that.

0.11 has obviously also diminished the chances to find decent rings. I've found mostly +2 rings or worse. So that is no longer not even random! Shit, this causes bad motivation!

I'm very unhappy with the (madly high) per cent number of vanishing corpses. So nutrition gets even more difficult. All beasts (not other types of monsters) should ALWAYS give more or less eatable corpses!

Sometimes I've found myself wondering if crawlers are just alike fitness center aficionados which are a very special type of guys. The wikipedia speaks also of Self-defeating personality disorder which I naturally find much too hard a comparison. But always those voices demanding: Make it (DCSS) even more sadistic - that's not very normal healthy behaviour. - Well, if I didn't like challenging game play I wouldn't be here. It's just about exagerations.

Fortunately I've installed 0.11.2 not in the same place as 0.10.3 which I have preserved. So I can switch whenever I like to the IMHO better graphics of 0.10.

On the other hand I have to admit that most of the landscape graphics are gorgeous! See my volcano snapshot.

To be continued. Please debate if need for that should appear: at my user talk page!