How long have you been playing without winning - Page 6

PaulBlay · February 25, 2009, 17:33

To get back 'on topic' for this thread. The only standard roguelike I've won on was Omega (with save scumming - practically mandatory for Omega IMO). In Angband my current character (no save reloads) is the highest level I've got so far

BTW, what's wrong with the following picture? A prize of nothing at all is awarded to the first person to guess how that happens.

Code:

1.    8976 Jem the High-Elf Rogue, Level 19
           Killed by nobody (yet!) in the town (Max 1)
           (User 0, Date TODAY, Gold 8826, Turn 860576).

Pete Mack · February 25, 2009, 18:22

You've been townscumming for FA, and accidentally recalled from dl 1 and reset your recall level. Serves you right, kinda.

PaulBlay · February 25, 2009, 18:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete Mack

You've been townscumming for FA, and accidentally recalled from dl 1 and reset your recall level. Serves you right, kinda.

Nope. It was deliberate because I noticed that "Max" was actually "Recall level". No big deal because it's dungeon level 7 where I'm heading back to - I'm working towards a "complete" on uniques killed.

Narvius · February 25, 2009, 20:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulBlay

I'm working towards a "complete" on uniques killed.

That's way more fun in Entro (there's a certain very-low-level unique...) ^.^

Nolendil · February 25, 2009, 23:46

Good luck with your Rogue, Paul.
I personaly stick to Dwarf Priests as I believe they are the easiest to win with (I hope I'm not wrong about that

).
I almost never play rogues as I don't like relying on missile weapons. I often forget to use mine when I'm short on mana although it deals 4-5 times as much damage as my melee attacks

Although I'm still far from getting there, I'm a bit afraid about what I read recently about how to kill Morgy.
Does everyone dig until they reach a border of the map to reduce the effects of his summoning abilities?
That's the kind of trick I'm not fond of so I hope it's not mandatory.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Narvius

That's way more fun in Entro (there's a certain very-low-level unique...) ^.^

Something like Moldoux, the Defenceless Mold, in ToME?

btw, I always aim to kill all uniques. That's probably why I often die early

Sean · February 28, 2009, 21:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nolendil

Good luck with your Rogue, Paul.
I personaly stick to Dwarf Priests as I believe they are the easiest to win with (I hope I'm not wrong about that

).

I've been playing since Moria, Hack & Rogue on my trusty Amiga 500, so some time during the 80s. Started Angband on Mac OS about 5 years back, thanks to pelpel. I agree with the dwarf priest being a good one to go with. I'm yet to win a game, but those little bearded holy buggers seem to have more staying power than most.

myron · March 6, 2009, 16:09

first played moria on the VAX at OU in the winter/spring of the 84/85 school year and have been playing ever since...have had winners in both Moria and various variants of Angband...never beat Vanilla though...I only play sporadically though, so many times I forget what I've got and start a new character...

Arphod · March 7, 2009, 05:14

I started playing Moria 5.0 on VAX/VMS system at Ball State University around 1990, then stopped without having won. Then I picked up an early version of Angband around 1995 (on a personal computer) and have been playing it ever since (Vanilla), upgrading each time there was a new release. So that's about 19 years. Then, last night, I won for the first time. High-elf mage.

I was in such a good mood today at work, and couldn't explain to anybody why.

Grond is so *heavy*!

geoff_tewierik · March 20, 2009, 09:48

One of my brothers played Hack or Nethack on our 486 DX back in the 80's- not sure how they got hold of it but I do remember the keystone cops mentioned earlier.

When I got Uni in the early 90's my group of friends and I started playing Angband 2.4.frog knows. I think I hung with it until 2.6.2, but was greatly distracted by Nightmare MUD at the time.

I have had two cracks at Angband since and am currently running 3.1.0 beta.

Never had a winner, but my current Dwarven Priest is a lvl 18, at 400', who's just knocked off Wormtongue and picked up 'Cambeleg'. I'm a search every corner of the map player and only go down when I've not got a full inventory. So that makes me a slow and steady player, suits the Dwarven nature I suppose

Tonypantz · May 4, 2009, 04:52

Haha......I've been playing maybe two years, and I've wn Kamband..and only because I scummed the town's "Monster room" for artifacts.

I've only been to around Dlvl 50 in Angband >.<

February 25, 2009, 17:33	#51
PaulBlay Knight Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 657	To get back 'on topic' for this thread. The only standard roguelike I've won on was Omega (with save scumming - practically mandatory for Omega IMO). In Angband my current character (no save reloads) is the highest level I've got so far BTW, what's wrong with the following picture? A prize of nothing at all is awarded to the first person to guess how that happens. Code: 1. 8976 Jem the High-Elf Rogue, Level 19 Killed by nobody (yet!) in the town (Max 1) (User 0, Date TODAY, Gold 8826, Turn 860576). __________________ Currently turning (Angband) Japanese.

March 7, 2009, 05:14	#58
Arphod Apprentice Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 50	I started playing Moria 5.0 on VAX/VMS system at Ball State University around 1990, then stopped without having won. Then I picked up an early version of Angband around 1995 (on a personal computer) and have been playing it ever since (Vanilla), upgrading each time there was a new release. So that's about 19 years. Then, last night, I won for the first time. High-elf mage. I was in such a good mood today at work, and couldn't explain to anybody why. Grond is so heavy! __________________ Little Willie was a chemist Willie is no more. What he thought was H2O was H2SO4.

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myron Rookie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 13	first played moria on the VAX at OU in the winter/spring of the 84/85 school year and have been playing ever since...have had winners in both Moria and various variants of Angband...never beat Vanilla though...I only play sporadically though, so many times I forget what I've got and start a new character...

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geoff_tewierik Adept Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 137	One of my brothers played Hack or Nethack on our 486 DX back in the 80's- not sure how they got hold of it but I do remember the keystone cops mentioned earlier. When I got Uni in the early 90's my group of friends and I started playing Angband 2.4.frog knows. I think I hung with it until 2.6.2, but was greatly distracted by Nightmare MUD at the time. I have had two cracks at Angband since and am currently running 3.1.0 beta. Never had a winner, but my current Dwarven Priest is a lvl 18, at 400', who's just knocked off Wormtongue and picked up 'Cambeleg'. I'm a search every corner of the map player and only go down when I've not got a full inventory. So that makes me a slow and steady player, suits the Dwarven nature I suppose

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Tonypantz Rookie Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 7	Haha......I've been playing maybe two years, and I've wn Kamband..and only because I scummed the town's "Monster room" for artifacts. I've only been to around Dlvl 50 in Angband >.<

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