Re: [Zangband-discussion] Zangband 2.7.4pre-1 released

[Mark B. <da...@vo...>]

On Friday 17 October 2003 21:28, Steven Fuerst wrote:

> - Removed the old dungeon quests to kill n monsters of a given
>   type.  Replacing them are a group of out of depth monsters
>   on the level plus a good item to find. 
I think I've seen a few of these in the first town dungoen.  Dracoliches 
(750'), the Lernean Hydra (700'), Jasra (around 400'), 11-headed Hydras 
(around 600').  "Out of depth" is something of an understatement.

> - New flag disturb_view to disturb when a new monster becomes
>   visible (or nonvisible). This should stop people from running
>   into floating eyes while carrying lanterns.
This is a very welcome change, but are floating eyes stil dangerous?  Despite 
trying fairly hard, I couldn't get myself killed by one.

> - Revert change to get_check() that made it interpret enter as
>   "yes" in prompts.
This fixes the spellcasting problem but restores the annoying shop behaviour 
:/  You'll never shut all the complainers up unless you can fix both of these 
at once.

> - Fix arrows of explosion to only explode if they hit.
Hey!  You've just broken my favourite scumming technique!  (Yes, I know it was 
a bug.  But it was a useful one.)

> - Make having a chaos patron reduce spell mana costs for chaos
>   spells.  Increase chaos-warriors' mana costs to compensate.
> - Chaos-warriors can draw extra power from a chaotic weapon.
> - A Holy Avenger weapon gives a paladin a saving throw boost.
Cool.  One thing that bugs me about Zangband (and other bands) is the tendency 
for characters to use equipment which really doesn't match their class.  
Mages need equipment with big STR and CON boosts, and so they end up using 
equipment which looks like it's meant for warriors.  (And complaining that 
all the really good equipment is too heavy)  In 2.7.3, none of my mages would 
consider replacing their crown of might with a crown of the magi.  (Maybe I 
bring this on myself by playing spectre trump high mages...)  Priests and 
paladins typically don't end up using holy avengers, because they can use the 
orb or a dispel spell on anything which a HA slays.  Except, of course, for 
the "dark" priests and paladins with death magic, and these are the types who 
logically wouldn't touch a HA!!


-Mark