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[TheDarkStar]

I'll do a MiFi 15-rune run because it's not that hard. After that, idk. I'm not great magic stuff but getting better, so I might try a MfSk run. After that, I'll do a DrFE (or whatever draconian fire elementalists) are abbreviated as, and then I'll try assorted builds that look good.

[Arcvasti]

I kind of want to do a FE of Uskayaw, so I can combine Pain Bond with Fire Storm and cackle evilly. Aside from that, I might do a VSFi or a DsFi if my z finger gets tired. Since I actually have a good offline felid game going, I might try to win one of the little fluffers. And most likely get killed by a goddamn slime creature or caustic shrike, but tis the life of a pretty kitty.

[vogonpoet]

... I'm not particularly impressed with the .19 changes (it's not terrible - removing decks is nice, but the spell changes and the Kobold thing aren't to my taste), so I think I'll wait ...

What is the Kobold thing??? Outside the tourneys, I always play trunk, then always get confused trying to work out which changes are not yet in the game for the tourney. I don't remember any particular Kobold thing... the handedness size thing?

edit: Ha, I have obviously not played a Kobold for a while, they got pushed to what, being better enchanters? I love enchanters.

[IcyTea31]

They wanted to make halflings and kobolds more different, so the former is now a better heavy fighter and the latter a better stabber and caster.

[Graven]

Well it's not like we have much to talk until the tournament starts, so

In my opinion the game is currently the hardest it has ever been, in general. A lot of the powerful escape options have been nerfed or removed (haste, cTele, evokable Invis, even limiting evocables to a single unit of a type), and each branch has enemies that can easily necessitate the use of an escape option if your character isn't above-the-curve-OP. Combined with the shortened levels, which limit not only the experience available but the loot you can get, this results in forcing you to specialise your character a lot earlier than before.

A character which is kinda meh at two types of killing will now have a much harder time surviving until both are up and running, since for example Orc is now a ton harder for weaker characters, and you may end up rune-gated since Depths will not likely be an option.

On the other hand the game is the easiest it's ever been to start playing, so I can get behind this. There is no wand identifying minigame, no consumable destruction, no permanent corrosion, no stashing, no corpse sacrifices, food is relatively streamlined, no weight - all of these are good changes.

Still prefer Tome4's combat though. If only the expansion hadn't gone steampunk. Oh well, not like anyone's forcing me to play it.

edit - copied this in the general thread so feel free to ignore it here. Still put in too much effort to just delete it tho

[secondsicily]

Can you put me in with the miners? Username is Sicily. Thanks.

[Xgamer4]

Added to the list. There's the rc file changes that need added.

Then on that note, the tournament pages are now up for testing, so now's a good time to make sure the lines are added.

[Xgamer4]

Well... uh... this is awkward. I meant to start a game on Berotato's experimental Thorn God server while we're still organizing teams, realized I accidentally picked .19 tournament, figured I'd just run with it for practice... and pulled off a 15-rune win that's currently the high score.

Does that run still count for the team, even if it was finished before joining? ><

Edit: Welcome to the rules for the 0.19 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup Tournament, running from 20:00 UTC Friday 4 Nov to 20:00 UTC Sunday 20 Nov.  *facepalm*

And since we're discussing it, I did Lair>Spider>Swamp>Orc>Vaults>Elf>Slime>Depths>Crypt>Tomb>Abyss>Pan*5>Tar>Dis>Geh>Coc>Zot>Out.

Forgot to sneak in a Zig dive, though I doubt I could've finished it.

You now have the dubious honor of being the 10th-highest player with the test data. Shame it doesn't stick around for the real thing.

[IcyTea31]

I always like looking through the clan list for the witty names people come up with. I think I'm going to cheer for Team Clever DCSS Pun amidst my own play.

[ZeroGravitas]

whoops, guess i missed this thread...

i can usually put a few 15-rune wins into a tournament and was on the .17 champions team so put me on whatever team still has space...

[Xgamer4]

That would be the miners, unless someone on the Champions wants to swap places.

[Graven]

I don't mind swapping places.

[Xgamer4]

Swapping out team captains is kinda painful, because everyone will need to update their files... Let's see what other people on Champions say.

[ZeroGravitas]

miners is fine! i was only #4 on the .17 champions team so i don't mind going down a little if it helps fill out the team, and gives someone else a crack at champions. my upside is kind of limited because i'm not good at any particularly exotic species. at best i can thrown an OgAM victory in.

[ZeroGravitas]

oh, shoudl have noted: my crawl name is Grisamentum