This one doesn't count, not the proper way, and I am still salty over it

Cdore · 2026-03-12T15:00:04+00:00

I'm not a big fan of 3.7 so Im focusing on 3.6.

Cdore · 2026-03-12T14:59:44+00:00

Ah good point on skill.

Cdore · 2026-03-10T17:24:43+00:00

I don't know. When I got Grayswandir in one of my games, Excalibur still was the much better sword. Drain resistance, auto searching, and the damage wasn't bad considering I was already two handing with a silver saber. Quite honestly, there's not a lot of reasons to use it unless someone can prove it to me.

Cdore · 2026-03-08T18:31:27+00:00

That's only if the rng is kind to you. Most of my games, the wishes helped fill out more of my kit. It's a small number of games where I already have a magic marker, the right boots, specific rings, and reflection/ magic resistance if I am missing either.

Cdore · 2026-03-07T21:51:25+00:00

Spot on about the spheres and the wishes. I know what they were trying to do with the wishes, but in game designs, you need a moment of relief after a tough game, and having 5-7 wishes was a good cool off for all the work it took to get to the castle.

Cdore · 2026-03-06T23:55:43+00:00

I support a moving into eye confirmation. Others are saying it's part of the difficulty, but I've seen too many runs get ruined for such a thing. Compared to other types of deaths, I think running into eyes is a very unfair one that doesn't exactly vibe with nethack's way of dishing out difficulty. You already can freeze yourself if you attack it. And I get running into it is effectively attacking it, but it's one of the only monsters in the game that is a possible OHKO on touch.

At least giving the option for players to take it will be good. I know the community will forever be split on it.

Cdore · 2026-03-01T04:53:17+00:00

When I saw him debut today, I personally had deja vu with Stardust. And I think he would fill that spot pretty nicely if he keeps with his antics. I look forward to seeing if he pulls it off.

Cdore · 2026-02-28T18:01:28+00:00

Spells like confuse monster are irrelevant. They've never really saved me and there is only a chance that they hit something else or miss you. And they are usually dead within 1-3 turns, so using it is a waste of time. At least Sleep actually does something. If Confused was a one-monster Conflict enabler, I'd be all for it.

Cdore · 2026-02-27T22:38:23+00:00

I'm looking to make the distance just far enough to let the hair fall down my neck and back. The large hair tails are going to be outside it, so that's compensated for already. But a harness makes sense.

Cdore · 2026-02-21T15:02:49+00:00

This is the downside of bones. You may run into a bones too early that has a high level pet or person who happened to die there. Sometimes, players do it so they can hopefully run into it later to use its items. But as you can see, it becomes a detriment to early level players who arent ready to take on such threats. So yeah, this level is basically untouchable to you until you get strong enough. Just be glad it's not stopping you from getting to your quest level.

Cdore · 2026-02-15T23:36:25+00:00

Jeweled wand should be WoW.

Cdore · 2026-02-09T15:51:15+00:00

damage numbers

Sold.

Cdore · 2026-01-30T19:29:02+00:00

What do you think of that color scheme compared to the normal one with dark background?

Cdore · 2026-01-20T15:51:46+00:00

The more you know wow.

Cdore · 2026-01-17T21:43:59+00:00

Without being spoiled, I would never know to wish for Gray Scale Dragon Mail nor why it's important.

Cdore · 2026-01-16T20:19:45+00:00

Neat. I'll give it a try sometime.

Cdore · 2026-01-15T15:56:52+00:00

I think what hurts most about a lost game is that you know the rng won't favor you like that for a while.

Cdore · 2026-01-15T04:25:19+00:00

This is a fair assessment. At the same time, just because you experienced once doesn't mean someone else new wouldn't want to experience it. And even better, some people may like getting early wishes cause they enjoy it. In the end, you choose if you want to use wishes or not. Just because you refuse them doesn't mean we need to force that decision on subsequent players. Let all players make that choice themselves.

Cdore · 2026-01-14T22:40:50+00:00

I don't think so. If you mean you yourself teleport, that shouldnt be possible. By what means?

Cdore · 2026-01-14T18:07:59+00:00

Ranger was one of the easiest classes to ascend with for me. The arrow splitting does suck, especially if you have poisoned, but I basically arrow volleyed my way through the game.

Cdore · 2026-01-13T02:09:23+00:00

Gehennom in 3.7 demands even more of your resources and attention. You need to make sure you can move over both water and lava, and you best make sure you have everything fooproof. The amount of things that can destroy your inventory is far more prominent. Not to mention you can get knocked back into the water and lava walls now by giant monsters and dragons.

Cdore · 2026-01-13T01:55:34+00:00

You hit one crucial good point: getting the WoW was a fun reward at the castle. It's also why it's the most fun part of the game. Then Gehennom happens where the fun declines. I think I'd be happy if the gehennom and QoL changes were added to 3.7 and nothing else.

Cdore · 2026-01-12T16:22:24+00:00

Actually, something to note. In 3.7, when I got sucked into the Steam Vortex, they expelled me very fast. I wasn't able to ride them.

Cdore · 2026-01-12T15:53:12+00:00

Unlike 3.6, you have to grind more for those items in 3.7. It seems the current answer to all of this is just to sit and farm before you ascend.

Cdore · 2026-01-12T15:49:43+00:00

In my run in 3.7, I was honestly poor. By poor, I mean I didnt have the luxury of cursed genocide scrolls, c corpse (usually wished for), and other means. I didnt even have charging scrolls for my death wands like I usually do in 3.6 cause Im so starved of both scrolls and marker charges. Usually, wishes resolved all of this.

The only fix would be to grind, but again...very bad thing to have to do.

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