RNG, how I hate you

Nick · May 19, 2009, 12:11

In the process of testing out the latest version of FA, I was in debug mode killing townspeople and waiting for The Complainer to turn up. Killed a Mean-Looking Mercenary; he dropped Leather Sandals of Speed (+5).

Words fail me.

Phoenix21692 · May 19, 2009, 16:28

Wow! I wonder what the RNG has in store next.

Zikke · May 20, 2009, 21:53

Wow! That's pretty amazing; I always get utter crap from him.

Is his spawn triggered from killing townspeople?

Nick · May 20, 2009, 22:48

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Originally Posted by Zikke

Is his spawn triggered from killing townspeople?

The Complainer can appear any time; I was just killing others while I waited for him to appear, because I wanted to test a weapon on something that wasn't going to die in one round. It wouldn't have been so bad if he had dropped the boots, but it was a mercenary...

Donald Jonker · May 20, 2009, 23:15

Holy hell. One of those hang-it-up-for-awhile moments.

Zikke · May 21, 2009, 17:42

This scenario just happened to me today on a lowbie warrior.

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You see a Ring of Free Action.   Right next to a Floating Eye....

I was out of ammo, decided to go for it, got paralyzed but broke free long enough to equip it. In hindsight I could have thrown anything at the eye and killed it, but I was pissed at the RNG teasing me like this...

will_asher · May 31, 2009, 04:37

Just started a wizard mode game to play like a real game (except without the dying..), to see what it's like deeper than I usually get.
So I find a hard leather armor of elvenkind on L8, a golden crown of seeing on L10, a shield of elvenkind on L12, and a ring of resist poison on L13.

Mondkalb · May 31, 2009, 06:48

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Originally Posted by will_asher

Just started a wizard mode game to play like a real game (except without the dying..), to see what it's like deeper than I usually get.
So I find a hard leather armor of elvenkind on L8, a golden crown of seeing on L10, a shield of elvenkind on L12, and a ring of resist poison on L13.

Those are quite lucky finds.

aeneas · June 25, 2009, 08:20

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Originally Posted by Nick

Words fail me.

Well, if you play enough you'll get that kind thing again. When I was first trying to learn to play Angband I got killed by Brodda.. I ran from him, I phased, I did everything I could and he still tracked me down and killed me before I could get to the stairs. When I dumped the character I noticed that the unidentified ring I was carrying was =Speed +5. First speed ring I ever found, at 250 feet. Thank God I didn't know how unusual that was, or I might have stopped playing Angband in disgust.

If it's any consolation I just did something stupid and lost a character who found BoS +4 early. http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=9033 Shit happens.

aeneas · July 5, 2009, 06:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick

In the process of testing out the latest version of FA, I was in debug mode killing townspeople and waiting for The Complainer to turn up. Killed a Mean-Looking Mercenary; he dropped Leather Sandals of Speed (+5).

Words fail me.

That sucks. A few years ago, when I sucked at Angband, I decided to try to play faster. I was aiming at getting to 1000' in one trip with a warrior. I had sold everything so I could buy ?recall.

I ran into Brodda. I tried to kill him but- no dice. He just had too many hp. Then I tried to run from him. Again, no dice. He killed me when I was three steps from the stairs. If I had been just a bit faster I would have escaped, but..

I looked at my death dump and saw that one of the un-Ided rings I was carrying was an RoS +5, found at 250'. Thank God I didn't understand what that meant, at the time. I would have been pretty depressed otherwise.

May 19, 2009, 12:11	#1
Nick Vanilla maintainer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 57 Posts: 9,480 Donated: $60	RNG, how I hate you In the process of testing out the latest version of FA, I was in debug mode killing townspeople and waiting for The Complainer to turn up. Killed a Mean-Looking Mercenary; he dropped Leather Sandals of Speed (+5). Words fail me. __________________ One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

May 20, 2009, 21:53	#3
Zikke Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,069	Wow! That's pretty amazing; I always get utter crap from him. Is his spawn triggered from killing townspeople? __________________ A(3.1.0b) CWS "Fyren_V" NEW L:50 DL:127 A++ R+++ Sp+ w:The Great Axe of Eonwe A/FA W H- D c-- !f PV+++ s? d P++ M+ C- S+ I- !So B ac++ GHB? SQ? !RQ V F:

May 20, 2009, 23:15	#5
Donald Jonker Knight Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 593	Holy hell. One of those hang-it-up-for-awhile moments. __________________ Bands, / Those funny little plans / That never work quite right. -Mercury Rev

May 21, 2009, 17:42	#6
Zikke Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,069	This scenario just happened to me today on a lowbie warrior. Code: ### #e# #=# # # #@# # # You see a Ring of Free Action. Right next to a Floating Eye.... I was out of ammo, decided to go for it, got paralyzed but broke free long enough to equip it. In hindsight I could have thrown anything at the eye and killed it, but I was pissed at the RNG teasing me like this... __________________ A(3.1.0b) CWS "Fyren_V" NEW L:50 DL:127 A++ R+++ Sp+ w:The Great Axe of Eonwe A/FA W H- D c-- !f PV+++ s? d P++ M+ C- S+ I- !So B ac++ GHB? SQ? !RQ V F:

May 31, 2009, 04:37	#7
will_asher DaJAngband Maintainer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 1,124 Donated: $10	Just started a wizard mode game to play like a real game (except without the dying..), to see what it's like deeper than I usually get. So I find a hard leather armor of elvenkind on L8, a golden crown of seeing on L10, a shield of elvenkind on L12, and a ring of resist poison on L13. __________________ Will_Asher aka LibraryAdventurer My old variant DaJAngband: http://sites.google.com/site/dajangbandwebsite/home (defunct and so old it's forked from Angband 3.1.0 -I think- but it's probably playable...)

May 19, 2009, 16:28	#2
Phoenix21692 Rookie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Age: 40 Posts: 15	Wow! I wonder what the RNG has in store next.

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