Yeah there are a variety of threats, and there are a lot of things that start off as big threats and eventually become small threats, but bigger threats move in to take their place. It's very satisfying when a couple of gnolls that terrified you earlier can now be destroyed more easily.

Blackrobe

United States806 Posts

March 08 2014 00:43 GMT

#1622

Just started playing yesterday.

Found two +5 protection rings and a +3 plate for my fighter by level 5 on my last run.

Made it to level 18 with 52 AC.

SICK CITY TASTELESS.

Dienosore

Brunei Darussalam622 Posts

March 08 2014 00:55 GMT

#1623

Dont let it go to your head. You may be ahead of the game right now, but shit happens all the time. Don't get too comfortable, especially with a melee character.

Blackrobe

United States806 Posts

March 08 2014 01:18 GMT

#1624

On March 08 2014 09:55 Dienosore wrote:
Dont let it go to your head. You may be ahead of the game right now, but shit happens all the time. Don't get too comfortable, especially with a melee character.

Of course.

I got DESTROYED by Mennas (the angel) shortly after. He marked me in a new level of the dungeon and I had tons of hydras and dragons after me. My blink and TPs didn't help me.

Mothra

United States1448 Posts

March 08 2014 04:35 GMT

#1625

On March 08 2014 10:18 Blackrobe wrote:

Show nested quote +

Of course.

I got DESTROYED by Mennas (the angel) shortly after. He marked me in a new level of the dungeon and I had tons of hydras and dragons after me. My blink and TPs didn't help me.

Welcome to Crawl :D

VoidedWarranty

42 Posts

March 08 2014 16:11 GMT

#1626

Glad to see I'm not the only newbie here :D.

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

March 08 2014 16:13 GMT

#1627

^not by a long shot ;D

BeMannerDuPenner

Germany5638 Posts

March 08 2014 19:40 GMT

#1628

most people crawling dont have a win yet, many havent even seen a rune.

i have 4 15 rune wins and still quite noobi when it comes to strange races or deeper mechanics

(and still 90% of time i die in plain stupid ways)

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

March 08 2014 20:42 GMT

#1629

one time I got to dlvl12 and almost cleared the mines.
was pretty proud of myself

VoidedWarranty

42 Posts

March 08 2014 20:50 GMT

#1630

Die on Orc:4? Seems to get everyone, and gave me a TON of trouble. Only survived it by getting enough corpses from kiku to drop me from full to almost *** piety for abominations.

VoidedWarranty

42 Posts

March 08 2014 22:15 GMT

#1631

I should NOT play DCSS while ill. My delirious brain decided"Hey, you know what might be fun? The Abyss! I heard there are like, potions, and like, stuff, or something, and it's infinite, so you can get like, experience, or something, right? Maybe I'll even find the abbyssal rune! Yeah! Let's Go!" Luckily I survived long enough to find an exit out, but it was NOT worth it. I had to burn around six or seven heal wounds, because of all the non-drainable enemies, and almost died about seven billion times. Much of it was because of sub-par play, but still, derp.

Dienosore

Brunei Darussalam622 Posts

March 09 2014 22:33 GMT

#1632

Abyss should always be avoided unless you are going for extended end game and want to scum it for exp.

Orc 4 is relatively tame compared to other branch endings, but I can see how things could turn south if you run into a lot of sorcerers summoning out of depth monsters and high priests smiting you. I generally feel like if my char can handle the bottom of lair, it should be strong enough for the end of orc too.

Of course I usually always play with Beogh as my god, so, im usually like whatevs in the mines.

BeMannerDuPenner

Germany5638 Posts

March 09 2014 22:45 GMT

#1633

abyss can really ruin your day quickly. just recently lost a 2 rune char cause i think louise banished me. then a blizzard demon caught me flying and a lich casually walking by in the same moment.

also to me it seems new abyss gives you much less time to chill before spawning shit next to you.

Therapist.

United States207 Posts

March 09 2014 23:21 GMT

#1634

On March 08 2014 10:18 Blackrobe wrote:

Show nested quote +

Of course.

I got DESTROYED by Mennas (the angel) shortly after. He marked me in a new level of the dungeon and I had tons of hydras and dragons after me. My blink and TPs didn't help me.

Unless you're an absolute beast in melee, zap teleport or something of that kind the moment you see Mennas.

VoidedWarranty

42 Posts

March 10 2014 20:33 GMT

#1635

Found the realm of Zot! Just need to grab a third rune and head back to the stash for some gear and I'm going in! Any advice, tips or tricks?

Mothra

United States1448 Posts

March 10 2014 20:44 GMT

#1636

On March 11 2014 05:33 VoidedWarranty wrote:
Found the realm of Zot! Just need to grab a third rune and head back to the stash for some gear and I'm going in! Any advice, tips or tricks?

Don't underestimate any monster in there, but orbs of fire, electric golems, and ancient liches can do huge damage in a round. Best to haste up before fighting them, and quaff resistance potion if needed.

VoidedWarranty

42 Posts

March 10 2014 21:02 GMT

#1637

I have relec, rmut available and rf+++, but how hard are ancient liches? Normal ones are currently just an inconvenience.

Blazinghand

United States25551 Posts

March 10 2014 22:01 GMT

#1638

On March 11 2014 06:02 VoidedWarranty wrote:
I have relec, rmut available and rf+++, but how hard are ancient liches? Normal ones are currently just an inconvenience.

Ancient liches are significantly more dangerous than regular liches. I strongly urge you to treat them as the terrifying creatures they are.

Therapist.

United States207 Posts

March 11 2014 20:07 GMT

#1639

The challenge of most enemies in crawl is really proportional to how quickly you can kill them. For example, if you're a melee based character and you're worshipping the Shining One, then Ancient Liches will pretty much no longer be a problem for you as soon as you have your Holy Wrath weapon because you'll blow them away in a few hits before they get the chance to do anything dangerous. Or if you otherwise have just happened to find a powerful weapon, they'll also go down quick.

Pets also will help with anything you're unsure of.

VoidedWarranty

42 Posts

March 11 2014 22:20 GMT

#1640

And that is why I love necromancy :D. Sending 5 or 8 golden dragon simalacra in ahead tends to be kinda useful(except against fire giants), and even if they don't do damage they block enemy attacks long enough for me to see what the enemy is packing and plan accordingly or run away.