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Pete Mack · March 3, 2017, 06:48

Maybe 10 lost? I was down to dl 12 or so, and moving pretty slowly.

debo · March 3, 2017, 06:51

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Originally Posted by Pete Mack

OK, I quit. Finally had a promising character, found ?recall in the dungeon. Seg fault on entering a store. Everything since cl 4 is lost. That does it. I will consider this variant dead.

I don't like O either. Having said that, spamming ^s is pretty much required practice for older variants.

Pete Mack · March 3, 2017, 06:54

Yeah, but I am so accustomed to auto-save on every level. And this one time I forgot to set autosave when I started. (Why it's even an option I don't know. Just do it no matter what, on a reasonable schedule.) There were just too many annoying things. Really massive crowds of kobolds. Weird stacking, even with items with THROWING flag; quiver items not returning to quiver; horrible pickup options; etc.

debo · March 3, 2017, 07:03

I just get bored of never finding anything worth keeping.

Pete Mack · March 3, 2017, 07:34

Well, that too. I'd been cheating a little by running of a carefully chosen savefile from the initial town visit, mostly because I was sick of going through the opening motions, but partly because of a good Fern drop of a pile of four daggers. Since there was no sling for sale, this seemed like a reasonable workaround. But yes. Terrible drops, and little gold gets boring fast. Grinding takes over when you can't even kill groups of kobolds.

wobbly · March 3, 2017, 07:50

I had a reasonable time with marksman & a shooter till I rang out of ammo. Maybe you have to stash 1 of each shooter type in the home to guarantee ammo. Don't know, play was still a bit slow.

HugoTheGreat2011 · March 3, 2017, 08:35

Man, when was the last time Oangband was updated??

Pete Mack · March 5, 2017, 23:43

Looks like nobody wants to play Oangband. Elliptic will win (surprise!) at dl 62.

MITZE · March 6, 2017, 08:54

. . . but is there any reason to play it over FA? I was kind of under the impression that the latter was pretty much an improvement in every way.

Nick · March 6, 2017, 21:57

O has a nicely shaped difficulty curve, IMHO - there are no big patches where the levels all feel the same, unlike current V. But it's so punishing it just gets demoralising.

As for FA being better, I always thought it had different aims and so couldn't really be compared; it's nice to hear, though

March 3, 2017, 07:03	#34
debo Veteran Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,386	I just get bored of never finding anything worth keeping. __________________ Glaurung, Father of the Dragons says, 'You cannot avoid the ballyhack.'

March 3, 2017, 08:35	#37
HugoTheGreat2011 Veteran Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: East Coast, U.S. Age: 38 Posts: 1,099	Man, when was the last time Oangband was updated?? __________________ My best try at PosChengband 7.0.0's nightmare-mode on Angband.live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwAR0WOphUA

March 6, 2017, 08:54	#39
MITZE Adept Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Pennsylvania, United States Posts: 176	Not that I'm disparaging O . . . . . . but is there any reason to play it over FA? I was kind of under the impression that the latter was pretty much an improvement in every way. __________________ Everything you need to know about my roguelike playstyle: I took nearly two years to win with a single character in PosChengband.

March 6, 2017, 21:57	#40
Nick Vanilla maintainer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 55 Posts: 8,657 Donated: $60	O has a nicely shaped difficulty curve, IMHO - there are no big patches where the levels all feel the same, unlike current V. But it's so punishing it just gets demoralising. As for FA being better, I always thought it had different aims and so couldn't really be compared; it's nice to hear, though __________________ One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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March 3, 2017, 06:48	#31
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,984 Donated: $40	Maybe 10 lost? I was down to dl 12 or so, and moving pretty slowly.

March 3, 2017, 06:54	#33
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,984 Donated: $40	Yeah, but I am so accustomed to auto-save on every level. And this one time I forgot to set autosave when I started. (Why it's even an option I don't know. Just do it no matter what, on a reasonable schedule.) There were just too many annoying things. Really massive crowds of kobolds. Weird stacking, even with items with THROWING flag; quiver items not returning to quiver; horrible pickup options; etc.

March 3, 2017, 07:34	#35
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,984 Donated: $40	Well, that too. I'd been cheating a little by running of a carefully chosen savefile from the initial town visit, mostly because I was sick of going through the opening motions, but partly because of a good Fern drop of a pile of four daggers. Since there was no sling for sale, this seemed like a reasonable workaround. But yes. Terrible drops, and little gold gets boring fast. Grinding takes over when you can't even kill groups of kobolds.

March 3, 2017, 07:50	#36
wobbly Veteran Join Date: May 2012 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 2,433	I had a reasonable time with marksman & a shooter till I rang out of ammo. Maybe you have to stash 1 of each shooter type in the home to guarantee ammo. Don't know, play was still a bit slow.

March 5, 2017, 23:43	#38
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,984 Donated: $40	Looks like nobody wants to play Oangband. Elliptic will win (surprise!) at dl 62.

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