The Ability to Drop Gold in Player-Home

[mushroom patch]

Originally Posted by Calandor

If their game's half-witted, then no one will play it -- or perhaps that's already the case..

Big if true.

Originally Posted by Carneverman

That comment was not directed at you. mushroom patch suggests removing anything fun from Angband, and I was parodying him, which was all his comment deserved.

No, I don't, you're just wrong about what's fun, i.e. you have bad taste re: video games.

Originally Posted by Timo

If you change that slightly to "remove gold stealing thieves" I'm tempted to agree. Replace them with item-stealing thieves. Gold theft is annoying, but not much else. Item theft OTOH can be really bad, which increases tactical depth of the game making thieves something that requires different approach than rest of the monsters.

Yeah, item theft is good.

[Nick]

The good thing about an open source game like Angband is that you can take the current source and change it so it suits you better. Many people have done this. One of the reasons that the major restructure was recently completed (modulo the outstanding bugs that PowerWyrm keeps finding) is to make that process easier. Doing this is a constructive way of handling any fundamental objections you might have with the game. Many current features have entered the game after being successful in variants.

Of course, discussion on the forums is also good for the game. But please try and keep it civil.

[mushroom patch]

But Nick, if you change the source so that it suits your tastes, you're no longer playing a game with the pedigree and imprimatur of the original.

[Derakon]

Originally Posted by mushroom patch

But Nick, if you change the source so that it suits your tastes, you're no longer playing a game with the pedigree and imprimatur of the original.

...I think this is sarcasm?

Anyway, if you don't like a game and you have the power to change it, then change it. Why should you play something you don't like?

[mushroom patch]

Because it's authentic.

[wobbly]

Nothing beats drinking a bad bottle of genuine champagne then bitching about how bad it is. Bonus points for spending extra.

[mushroom patch]

Maybe drinking bad champagne is actually good tho

[bio_hazard]

This thread just stole 5 minutes of my life.

e: if Angband was more of a puzzle game, it might be interesting to have somewhat overpowered monsters that the player could negate by bribing. Smeagol? Give him food, and he disappears from that level. Bandit- throw him some wine or an item above a certain value and he might turn non-hostile.

[Derakon]

Originally Posted by bio_hazard

This thread just stole 5 minutes of my life.

Better try to kill it then so you can get your time back. If only you could bank your time. Have you read Momo?

[bio_hazard]

Originally Posted by Derakon

Better try to kill it then so you can get your time back. If only you could bank your time. Have you read Momo?

Never heard of it, but it looks really interesting. Thanks for the recommendation. Well worth the 5 minutes.