Re: [V 3.0.3] Bookless artifactless hobbit mage. Take two.

On 2003-12-02 22:13:31, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Timo_Pietilä?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> theblackreaver wrote:
> 
> >>On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 10:44:45 +0200, Timo Pietilä
> >> wrote:
> >
> >>>Actually I don't see many veterans saying anything against my point.
> >>>Only newbies or at least pseudonyms I don't regocnize. And of course JLE
> >>>whose work I'm criticising.
> >
> > i'm far from a newbie, but thanks for the cheap shot.
> 
> Didn't regocnize you either. Do you consider yourself as an ordinary
> player or an veteran?

does it matter?  i'm in and out since '97, since i'm laid off at the moment i
find myself suddenly interested again.  i dopn't consider myself an expert by
any means. 

> 
> >>>I try to make it fun for everybody. Making game easier doesn't make it
> >>>more fun. In fact I think new players should _not_ be able to win _at
> >>>all_. It _should_ take a veteran to actually win this game.
> >
> > that's the kind of thinking that has inspired many a variant (or patch)...  have
> > you considered that route instead?
> 
> I have already done one myself. But it is far from ready. TV-patch.
> Changes 3.0.X to more 2.9.3 -like. It keeps JLE monsters, but replaces
> most JLE items with mine or original 2.9.3 items. And removes some
> useless artifacts. Too many artifacts lead to situation were finding
> artifact isn't anything unusual. It is zangband-like approach of game
> and I don't like that at all.
> 
> Timo Pietilä
> 
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