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StoryTime
Feb 26, 2010

Now listen to me children and I'll tell you of the legend of the Ninja
drat, spider: 4 is a horrifying royal rumble of all-star uniques in my current game. There's Arachne, Jorgun, Agnus and now Mara turned up and added 2 copies of himself, and a clone of me into the clusterfuck. I've almost got Jorgun down, and I think I can take Agnus 1-on-1, but I'm seriously considering just giving up on this and going to shoals and slime instead.

Maybe after I'm max level I'll come back and money in the bank these mofos.

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Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

StoryTime posted:

drat, spider: 4 is a horrifying royal rumble of all-star uniques in my current game. There's Arachne, Jorgun, Agnus and now Mara turned up and added 2 copies of himself, and a clone of me into the clusterfuck. I've almost got Jorgun down, and I think I can take Agnus 1-on-1, but I'm seriously considering just giving up on this and going to shoals and slime instead.

Maybe after I'm max level I'll come back and money in the bank these mofos.

Come back with a scroll of silence probably.

Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

Not gonna stop Agnes of course.

program666
Aug 22, 2013

A giant carnivorous dinosaur
how do you guys go about this game? do you just leave on auto-explore most of the time?

Aston
Nov 19, 2007

Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay

Press O until monster, press tab until no monster, repeat.

StoryTime
Feb 26, 2010

Now listen to me children and I'll tell you of the legend of the Ninja
HOLY BALLS IM ALIVE, IM A TREE BUT IM ALIVE, shoals sucks, thank god tree can cast through engulf.

Auto explore seems fine for normal levels, but in branch endings I usually move manually so I don't run straight into the end vault with my pants down.

program666
Aug 22, 2013

A giant carnivorous dinosaur
I forgot what tab does, but yeah I figured there is no real reason to walk around manually, quite the contrary, you might end up stepping a bit closer to a monster you can't defeat.

Also I only know the first levels and goblin mines.

Aston
Nov 19, 2007

Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay

Tab attacks the closest monster for you.

Auto-explore is good because it stops you as soon as a monster comes into view whereas if you're walking around manually you might accidentally take a step or two too far, which can be all it takes to kill you off. You can even use it in branch ends if you magic map and exclude the vault entrances.

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

I'm currently nailing poo poo to the wall with this DDHu and it owns.

A Good Dog
Jan 19, 2007
bee
i keep getting aorund midgame (i.e. around lair runes) and then running into hella trouble, whereas i used to breeze thru this stuff generally. i think it's because i've gotten a lot better at surviving the early game (mostly knowing when to simply flee fights); previously i only did well when i was fortunate enough to find game-making gear early on. i guess its a good problem to have but it's frustrating to die more frequently after putting a couple hours into a char rather than throwing 15 mins into several chars before one sticks

crawl psychology talk

tote up a bags
Jun 8, 2006

die stoats die

StoryTime posted:

drat, spider: 4 is a horrifying royal rumble of all-star uniques in my current game. There's Arachne, Jorgun, Agnus and now Mara turned up and added 2 copies of himself, and a clone of me into the clusterfuck. I've almost got Jorgun down, and I think I can take Agnus 1-on-1, but I'm seriously considering just giving up on this and going to shoals and slime instead.

Maybe after I'm max level I'll come back and money in the bank these mofos.

fyi mara is the final boss of crawl

tote up a bags fucked around with this message at 09:37 on Mar 24, 2015

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

Stoat posted:

fyi mara is the final boss of crawl

pfft

code:
 43424 | Swamp:5  | Noticed Snorg
 43428 | Swamp:5  | Noticed Mara
 43435 | Swamp:5  | Killed Snorg
 43441 | Swamp:5  | Killed Mara

Swelter Discharge
Mar 21, 2013

ill never forgive mara for the time they made a clone of my FE in vaults and it casted firestorm on me and i died

Aston
Nov 19, 2007

Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay

if you play with fire........

Zoq-Fot-Pik
Jun 27, 2008

Frungy!
Will I get my first spellcaster win today?? May the random number gods guide my hand...

Zoq-Fot-Pik
Jun 27, 2008

Frungy!
I forgot that Mara clones get all your spells too. RIP.

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

Today I learned that triple crossbows are amazing.

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

Lawman 0 posted:

Today I learned that triple crossbows are amazing.

update: +9 triple crossbows won me a ddhu.

Zoq-Fot-Pik
Jun 27, 2008

Frungy!
Soon, I may win a combo that's not literally the easiest possible one in the game.

Swelter Discharge
Mar 21, 2013

Zoq-Fot-Pik posted:

Soon, I may win a combo that's not literally the easiest possible one in the game.

godspeed

Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

Zoq-Fot-Pik posted:

Soon, I may win a combo that's not literally the easiest possible one in the game.

FoFi of Ru looks insanely sick.

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

Zoq-Fot-Pik posted:

Soon, I may win a combo that's not literally the easiest possible one in the game.

did you find anything good in depths cause I stopped speccing after you cleared the ambush

StoryTime
Feb 26, 2010

Now listen to me children and I'll tell you of the legend of the Ninja

Zoq-Fot-Pik posted:

Soon, I may win a combo that's not literally the easiest possible one in the game.

Yours, and the efforts of fellow ORB grabbing men have already pushed our glorious team past an other hated SA team notallmennas to peoples position 15!!!

Zoq-Fot-Pik
Jun 27, 2008

Frungy!

Pewdiepie posted:

FoFi of Ru looks insanely sick.

It is. You get a (lovely) cblink that's not blocked by stasis, good defense against everything from power aura, etc. from sacrificing stuff Fo's don't use like scrolls in combat and translocations.

Zoq-Fot-Pik
Jun 27, 2008

Frungy!

Lawman 0 posted:

did you find anything good in depths cause I stopped speccing after you cleared the ambush

Yea I found some GDA in Zot.

Zoq-Fot-Pik
Jun 27, 2008

Frungy!
:cool:
code:
Goodbye, zoqfot.

2582199 zoqfot the Axe Maniac (level 27, 249/249 HPs)
             Began as a Formicid Fighter on Mar 24, 2015.
             Was the Champion of Ru.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 5 runes on Mar 25, 2015!
             
             The game lasted 09:03:20 (102502 turns).

Thug Lessons
Dec 14, 2006


I lust in my heart for as many dead refugees as possible.

Zoq-Fot-Pik posted:

:cool:
code:
Goodbye, zoqfot.

2582199 zoqfot the Axe Maniac (level 27, 249/249 HPs)
             Began as a Formicid Fighter on Mar 24, 2015.
             Was the Champion of Ru.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 5 runes on Mar 25, 2015!
             
             The game lasted 09:03:20 (102502 turns).

Goongrats.

Aston
Nov 19, 2007

Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay

got an Orb.

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

Zoq-Fot-Pik posted:

:cool:
code:
Goodbye, zoqfot.

2582199 zoqfot the Axe Maniac (level 27, 249/249 HPs)
             Began as a Formicid Fighter on Mar 24, 2015.
             Was the Champion of Ru.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 5 runes on Mar 25, 2015!
             
             The game lasted 09:03:20 (102502 turns).

Gj teammate

StoryTime
Feb 26, 2010

Now listen to me children and I'll tell you of the legend of the Ninja

Zoq-Fot-Pik posted:

:cool:
code:
Goodbye, zoqfot.

2582199 zoqfot the Axe Maniac (level 27, 249/249 HPs)
             Began as a Formicid Fighter on Mar 24, 2015.
             Was the Champion of Ru.
             Escaped with the Orb
             ... and 5 runes on Mar 25, 2015!
             
             The game lasted 09:03:20 (102502 turns).

a good ORB

Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

Zoq-Fot-Pik posted:

It is. You get a (lovely) cblink that's not blocked by stasis, good defense against everything from power aura, etc. from sacrificing stuff Fo's don't use like scrolls in combat and translocations.

You also don't lose anything from sacrificing a hand, due to you have 3 other hands ready to go.

rj54x
Sep 16, 2007

Pewdiepie posted:

You also don't lose anything from sacrificing a hand, due to you have 3 other hands ready to go.

Makes it so you can't 2H + Shield anymore, i'm pretty sure.

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

rj54x posted:

Makes it so you can't 2H + Shield anymore, i'm pretty sure.

I don't think you can 1H + shield either - your shield side doesn't work with one arm or something.

Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

I dunked the zotball.

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs
how goes the orb grabbing, fellas

Zoq-Fot-Pik
Jun 27, 2008

Frungy!
I hope one of my ~50 DeAK ghosts has killed or banished someone.

Great Joe
Aug 13, 2008

buts

Great Joe
Aug 13, 2008

hey hey get this imma blow yor mine

Great Joe
Aug 13, 2008

& DIX

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Lawman 0
Aug 17, 2010

I had a good tournament imo and I'm pretty close to great + greater player now

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