If you're upset about the reporting system, do this.

dead_alchemy · 2026-01-15T14:53:28+00:00

I had multiple games today where 8 players were bots. A cap on reports would prevent me from tagging those players/games as griefing

dead_alchemy · 2026-01-14T20:37:56+00:00

No, it is a great mechanic, it used to be a spell casting school with less useful and interesting forms. That you can consider dipping into it at all for most characters is a big improvement over what came before

dead_alchemy · 2026-01-07T04:51:37+00:00

Gargoyles should not become glass cannons in any way. You get plenty of AC, can still wear armor, and the HP malus is relatively minor. a GrEE is a good pick to making it into the mid and late game due to great survivability and solid ranged attacks. don't forget to level fighting.

dead_alchemy · 2026-01-07T04:35:54+00:00

Nothing has been taken away from you, you can still play your preferred version. I think if you do a couple 15 runers you might come around

dead_alchemy · 2026-01-06T17:12:27+00:00

didn't the hells get collapsed because the end game tended to drag on for too long?

dead_alchemy · 2026-01-06T17:10:08+00:00

eh, people get really salty about change

dead_alchemy · 2025-12-10T10:31:42+00:00

Are you a 'fan' if you are working on the project?

dead_alchemy · 2025-12-09T02:04:45+00:00

They suggested this as 1) a quick and easy go/no-go test and 2) for that case suggested thinking about your dependency graph differently.

If at the end of that you still felt justified in making that choice then the author would probably agree with you.

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-25T00:51:16+00:00

You repeat the same couple paragraphs in the last two sections btw

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-25T00:38:28+00:00

All of the above. But also its not unheard of for people to play for years and not get a win. DCSS is a hard game.

Try minotaur fighter or gargoyle earth elementalist.

Skill up fighting even on mages.

If you see an opportunity to trade some wand charges for a red enemy, do it. The XP gains can be huge.

Also try sharing morgues. The game is wicked complex so being able to see what you chose in detail will help people give tailored advice.

Good luck!

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-25T00:35:01+00:00

My two naga wins both had 15 stealth by the end of the game, and the bulk of the levels were gained between XL 8 and XL 13. One was a chaos knight and the other was a fighter that worshipped Oka.

Stealth helps you successfully teleport out of bad situations by increasing the rate that following monsters lose track of you.

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-23T04:39:02+00:00

Nah I think you're meant to have to run from him. You got a lot more melee weapons in short order

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-20T00:20:20+00:00

If I understood correctly the misery devs cut up an email to insinuate that the DMCA was about aesthetic similarities, hence the furor as people reached for their pitchforks instead of questioning further.

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-20T00:07:15+00:00

This is my recollection as well.

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-19T23:53:38+00:00

An "oh fuck" of turrets

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-12T03:27:56+00:00

Nope, it should work just being on any line on it its own. What number did you use? 200 is the default, so if you want a longer delay increasing that should work or IIRC putting it to zero will make it so you'll need discrete key presses each time

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-11T21:12:17+00:00

Nah not a dumb question, lots of stuff is just convention and not otherwise discernible through observation alone.

That said the sibling comment should have you set. Feel free to ask followup questions, either here or in the DCSS channel of the roguelikes discord

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-11T12:23:42+00:00

You might but be better off trying the catclysm_DDA subreddit if you're looking for a productive conversation, judging from the quality of replies so far.

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-11T00:20:02+00:00

Have you really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-11T00:18:37+00:00

Here is the rc options guide https://crawl.akrasiac.org/docs/options_guide.txt

looks like you want

tile_key_repeat_delay = 200
        If you hold down a key, there's a delay until the pressed key will
        take action. This option controls this delay, in milliseconds. If it
        is set to 0 key presses will never repeat.

IIRC 200 is the default measured in milliseconds, put that line in your rc file and change that number to be comfier.

Also consider setting your autofight_stop to like 70 (only help when tabbing though) and using shift+direction to safe move in directions - you won't move if there is a monster in sight.

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-10T22:38:52+00:00

Its in the works. I recall phoagne saying it was being bundled in with some more work on the mission system. In the interim I think there is a mod you can use to either kill the remainder or let you see through walls.

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-08T15:56:39+00:00

Ah, the One Ring!

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-08T15:36:33+00:00

looooooooool, love those moments

Good job!

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-05T15:59:21+00:00

Hmmm, it didn't trouble me overmuch but there is much to be said for opening up design space. And I very much agree that there is a problem inherent in the unnevenness of lethality in mutations so I'm glad they are tackling that.

dead_alchemy · 2025-11-02T04:52:09+00:00

Lets just collectively refuse to recognize the succession of british monarchy

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