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DaJAngband Maintainer
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Vanilla is better than it used to be
I've been distracted from working on my own variant by playing vanilla. The game is definitely better than it used to be. Here's just a few new things I like about current Angband that vanilla didn't have when I stopped playing several years ago:
- throwing weapons (I had them in my old variant but they weren't in V when I played before) - more special rooms - rune-based ID - cutting out some stupid useless objects (like !slow poison) - when you run, you stop two spaces away from a monster instead of right next to it. - pits are smaller - and the new classes seem cool too So I thought I'd post a thank you to Nick and whoever else has been maintaining Angband in the past several years.
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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...) |
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Prophet
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Seattle, WA
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I agree getting rid of junk consumables was a good choice. What's problematic is the level limit on certain objects and ego items. The result is that very rare uber ego items like +10 BoSpeed and MoD (HA) now show up in nearly every game.
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Swordsman
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Sure, Vanilla is better than it used to be if you stretch the time range out enough. There have been numerous improvements over the years. However, I am not a fan of 4.2.x. There are some things I like in it, some things I can tolerate, and other things that I don't like or that even drive me crazy. There's no point in my listing anything as I have pointed out issues in the past and always been ignored.
I will say that I think at least two of the new classes--blackguards and druids--are largely duds as far as I am concerned. I haven't tried necromancer yet. |
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Adept
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: London
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I'm a huge fan of blackguards, and am just starting to appreciate druids. Once I've won the game with a druid I'm going to write a full review of the class and spells.
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Knight
Join Date: Oct 2019
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Adept
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: London
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Knight
Join Date: Oct 2019
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No, I'm very much hoping that 4.2.1 Blackguard is NOT a dud! I've gotten enough positive feedback that I'm confident it's a big improvement, while understandably not everyone's cup of tea.
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Rookie
Join Date: Apr 2021
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Vanilla Angband is the only band I've ever put serious time into. I like it because I actually like a bit of grind sometimes over "creative play". I like the ability to do some semi-safe grinding until I'm ready to do a deeper dive.
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Prophet
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Seattle, WA
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@Selkie--
4.2 Paladin is definitely an improvement. 4.2 Rogue... not so much. |
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Swordsman
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Midwest
Age: 32
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They also feel like a very dynamic class to me, using every available option for dealing with problems: swords, bows, devices, and spells. Most every other class I've played basically ignores one of those. It was especially fun making such heavy use of devices. Most classes can't because they don't have reliable recharging. While mages have recharging, their arms are too noodly, and their inventory too full of books to have much capacity for them. Certainly I had a lot more fun with my Rogues than my Mages...ugh. Even when I got Ultimate Power, I found my Mage a drag and being one bad breath away from death even in the endgame just made it worse. |
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