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Swordsman
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Cloak Rarity
Has the frequency of cloaks been reduced in the newer versions? I'm playing really slowly building up a no weapons character . I'm currently hanging out at levels 18-19 looking for a ring of damage. My turncounts around 500,000 turns and I've found a ros, bos, shield of elvenkind, and about, six artifacts. Since entering the dungeon I think I've seen a total of 2 cloaks. Am I just really unlucky? Im used to sorting through a stack of egos and at least 1 artifact cloak by level 20.
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Prophet
Join Date: Aug 2009
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Swordsman
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The boots dropped from Angamaite of Umbar on level 19, and there +2 so not really overpowered. The ros was lucky, but it was a superb feeling
So could have been any late game drop. |
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Knight
Join Date: Dec 2008
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I haven't played a lot with 3.3, but I do recall that the cloak slot is usually the last one I fill.
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Prophet
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Yes, but the problem is the +2 on BoS is completely random. They were just as likely to be +10. When there's that capability, the fact that they're dropped at all is problematic.
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Swordsman
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I agree that bos should be rare at lower levels, but still have a chance of dropping. Maybe I just had good luck with cloaks in earlier versions, but cloaks of stealth or protection were usually the first egos I saw. Right up there with boots of FA and slow decent.
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Sangband 1.x Maintainer
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Why not use randint(5) + mbonus(5) instead of randint(10)? Or go all out and use mbonus(10)?
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Prophet
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Swordsman
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Sure, that would be more balanced. But I think if you start making drops based on the level found it would remove a really fun part of the game, and make the early levels just somewhere to grind well you worked you're way to level 80.
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Prophet
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That depends on the variance. Right now speed rings are tied to levels, but you still found one before dlevel 20. I think the general idea is that grinding should unnecessary, but if you choose to do it, we won't stop you.
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