3.2.0: unidentified items stack?

Chud · March 10, 2011, 23:20

Hi,

I just found a second pair of iron shod boots, which stacked in my inventory with the first one, both before being identified. This is early in the game so it makes it very likely that they are both ordinary.

Is this intentional? Just curious.

buzzkill · March 11, 2011, 00:45

Yep, it's intentional. Back before ID became super duper easy, one had to rely on 'tricks' like this just to get by.

Derakon · March 11, 2011, 01:16

And if you think it's silly, consider this: how is the game to tell the difference between a new stack of un-ID'd iron shots, and a portion of a stack that you dropped earlier, or a single shot from same?

Nomad · March 11, 2011, 11:21

It seems logical enough to me, anyway. Whatever your character's level of ID skills, they can presumably compare two things and see that they're identical, even if they don't actually know what they are yet. For the concept of pseudo-ID to make any sense at all, there must be some sort of subtle flavour difference between average/magical/ego that the character can figure out over time.

March 10, 2011, 23:20	#1
Chud Swordsman Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 299	3.2.0: unidentified items stack? Hi, I just found a second pair of iron shod boots, which stacked in my inventory with the first one, both before being identified. This is early in the game so it makes it very likely that they are both ordinary. Is this intentional? Just curious.

March 11, 2011, 00:45	#2
buzzkill Prophet Join Date: May 2008 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 2,939 Donated: $8	Yep, it's intentional. Back before ID became super duper easy, one had to rely on 'tricks' like this just to get by. __________________ www.mediafire.com/buzzkill - Get your 32x32 tiles here. UT32 now compatible Ironband and Quickband 9/6/2012. My banding life on Buzzkill's ladder.

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March 11, 2011, 01:16	#3
Derakon Prophet Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,024	And if you think it's silly, consider this: how is the game to tell the difference between a new stack of un-ID'd iron shots, and a portion of a stack that you dropped earlier, or a single shot from same?

March 11, 2011, 11:21	#4
Nomad Knight Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: England Posts: 958	It seems logical enough to me, anyway. Whatever your character's level of ID skills, they can presumably compare two things and see that they're identical, even if they don't actually know what they are yet. For the concept of pseudo-ID to make any sense at all, there must be some sort of subtle flavour difference between average/magical/ego that the character can figure out over time.

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