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From: Matthew Collett <m.collett@auckland.ac.nz>
Subject: Re: [announce] Angband 3.0.4 beta 1 released
Date: 2004-02-02 21:29:25
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In article <bvld9t$puc$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>,
"Jonathan Ellis" <jonathan@franz-liszt.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > > - Rods, wands, and staves with different charges can now be
> stacked.
> > > - Rods can't be recharged anymore, but can be vulnerable to
> electricity.
> > > - Rods of Recall, Perception, Curing, Healing, Restoration, and
> Speed
> > > will not be destroyed by electricity.
>
> I've commented about this before. IMHO rods should be both
> rechargeable, indestructible and undrainable - that is the entire
> *point* of a rod. To change this is to basically remove the
> significant differences between them and wands.
Surely the primary point of a rod is one that you omit and that is still
true, namely that unlike either wand or staff it is inexhaustible. If I
have a rod, I am happy to use it whenever it seems handy; if I have the
corresponding wand or staff, I will only use it if I am sure the
expenditure of a charge is justified. I have almost never bothered to
recharge rods, and if I have to suffer a "drain charges" attack, would
much rather it was a rod that got drained than a staff or wand. I have
more sympathy with your desire for indestructibility, since that is a
natural correlate of inexhaustibility. I think the list of
indestructible rods is a minimal one and hope that even lesser rods are
less vulnerable to destruction than wands. But even if they are not,
stacking more than compensates.
Best wishes,
Matthew Collett
--
Those who assert that the mathematical sciences have nothing to say
about the good or the beautiful are mistaken. -- Aristotle
| [announce] Angband 3.0.4 beta 1 released | 43 posts | |
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| ..... Robert Ruehlmann | 2004-02-01 20:38:49 | 176 |
| .......... Robert Ruehlmann | 2004-02-01 20:49:51 | 17 |
| .......... =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Timo_Pietilä?= | 2004-02-01 21:15:26 | 12 |
| .......... Velvet Elvis | 2004-02-01 23:00:39 | 65 |
| ............... Jonathan Ellis | 2004-02-01 23:12:15 | 67 |
| .................... Harriet Bazley | 2004-02-02 19:02:19 | 37 |
| ......................... Neodymium | 2004-02-02 20:31:56 | 21 |
| .............................. Harriet Bazley | 2004-02-04 00:29:26 | 35 |
| .......... MightyKitten | 2004-02-01 23:51:56 | 10 |
| .......... Matthew Collett | 2004-02-02 04:34:01 | 41 |
| .......... Tom Whistler | 2004-02-02 10:36:26 | 8 |
| ............... Neodymium | 2004-02-02 11:20:42 | 24 |
| ............... Matthias Kurzke | 2004-02-02 14:27:42 | 17 |
| ............... Robert Ruehlmann | 2004-02-02 18:48:19 | 14 |
| .......... Matthias Kurzke | 2004-02-02 12:16:51 | 33 |
| ............... Jonathan Ellis | 2004-02-02 12:46:05 | 47 |
| .................... Matthew Collett | 2004-02-02 21:29:25 | 36 |
| ......................... Jonathan Ellis | 2004-02-02 23:47:56 | 54 |
| .............................. Neodymium | 2004-02-03 00:02:21 | 24 |
| ................................... David Grenier | 2004-02-04 01:26:27 | 40 |
| ........................................ Neodymium | 2004-02-04 10:16:58 | 76 |
| .............................. Matthew Collett | 2004-02-03 07:25:57 | 23 |
| ................................... Jonathan Ellis | 2004-02-03 09:47:04 | 37 |
| ............... Michael Roper | 2004-02-02 13:56:28 | 16 |
| .................... Juergen Frieling | 2004-02-02 15:03:01 | 10 |
| ......................... Michael Roper | 2004-02-02 15:46:13 | 27 |
| .............................. Jiamat | 2004-02-02 16:32:08 | 40 |
| ................................... Neodymium | 2004-02-02 16:55:20 | 36 |
| .......... pelpel | 2004-02-02 15:21:22 | 39 |
| ............... pelpel | 2004-02-02 16:07:31 | 10 |
| .......... Atriel | 2004-02-02 17:44:43 | 44 |
| ............... Jiamat | 2004-02-02 18:13:00 | 70 |
| .................... Atriel | 2004-02-03 00:31:37 | 12 |
| .......... Michael Roper | 2004-02-03 03:18:31 | 10 |
| .......... Eddie Grove | 2004-02-03 18:01:08 | 26 |
| ............... David Vestal | 2004-02-03 18:07:20 | 32 |
| ............... Jonathan Ellis | 2004-02-03 19:47:11 | 36 |
| .................... Jiamat | 2004-02-03 20:36:38 | 37 |
| ......................... Jeff Greene | 2004-02-04 00:06:13 | 38 |
| .................... Toby | 2004-02-04 11:42:36 | 26 |
| .......... Eddie Grove | 2004-02-10 07:31:44 | 23 |
| ............... Michael Roper | 2004-02-10 08:03:34 | 8 |
| .................... Eddie Grove | 2004-02-10 09:46:33 | 32 |
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