Level vs Depth Measurement

[HallucinationMushroom]

I prefer feet because it makes me feel more immersed in the game and conveys the exact same information. Dropping down to 1250' sounds more exciting to me than saying, hey, I'm heading down to level 25. But, to each their own and I see your point. Perhaps feet vs. level is too mundane to get worked up over, but most of the things that grabbed me and hooked me on roguelikes were the flavors. I number crunch more than I'm immersed nowadays, not to be hypocritical, but there was once upon a time when the idea of longswords, oil lanterns and a mahagony staff meant more to me than 2d5, 4500 light and un'id staff #4 does now. I guess what I'm trying to say is let the gamer become jaded in his own time... it'll come soon enough!