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[Frumple]

Heh. Well, it'll likely be anywhere from one to three or thirteen to fifteen more months (possibly longer, depending), before we see any more public action from Inc, if nothing happens to boss M. So spawn adjustments might be a bit in the future

Could comfort yourself with the knowledge that spawn rate in general has been toned down a couple times over Inc's dev periods, I guess. Is cold comfort when there's five dragons brawling with twenty-something classed wozznames and a few greater demons.

That said, there's a lot of generic loot, period. This is mostly because the enemies are using the exact same inventory system you are, and must be equipped accordingly... so they, yanno', carry their junk around. It doesn't take long to figure out how to sift through the chaff, though -- especially if you change the 'sort pile cotents' to 'quality'. That'll put the highest enchantment items at the top of the pile, usually. The junk loot you just ignore.

[Lmaoboat]

Hmm, the game doesn't seem to like it when I split stacks. My Dwarven Warrior is doing really well, that +2 Belt of the Lizardfolk comes in handy.

[Draco18s]

Speaking of which...

Spoiler: Can you spot the paladin player? (click to show/hide)

That character ended up winning, by th'by

He's right over there.
(I can't see the image)

[Frumple]

S'workin' for me, but added a link to a different image host, just to be sure

[Lmaoboat]

Hmm, some Air Mephit breath attack seems to crash my game. And I nearly got killed by Lovecraftian Giant Badger

[Dutchling]

So I decided to give this game a try.
My Lizardman Druid quickly found his first enemy: a kobold mage.
The battle was pretty much this:

You summon a Dust Devil.
The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates.

Than the kobold decided to rape me with magic arrows.

[Lmaoboat]

So I decided to give this game a try.
My Lizardman Druid quickly found his first enemy: a kobold mage.
The battle was pretty much this:

You summon a Dust Devil.
The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates. The Dust Devil hesitates.

Than the kobold decided to rape me with magic arrows.

Dunno what that's about, but I never play any summon sorts of characters.

[Dutchling]

I think I'll try again and see what happens now.

[Frumple]

Protection from <alignment> (usually evil, but it comes in chaos/law/good variants, too) spells prevent summons from meleeing whatever's under the effect of it. They also can't directly target the buff'd critter with ranged attacks, iirc, but certain innate abilities/spells will go through alright. It's a serious issue for heavy summoning characters, and why they almost always want to have some dakka to go with the critterspam... or at least be toting a dispel wand around. That behavior is also why it's one of the most useful buff spells in the entire game, for all that it costs base 5 mana and is a first level spell.

The foo hesitates is your dead giveaway that your minion's trying to attack something under protection. Any of the protect alignment spells block all summoned creatures.

[Dutchling]

Ok.
I'm a dwarven warrior now and I spotted some gold ore.
I have a pickaxe in my hands (don't ask me how, it was an accident...) but how do I mine it?

[Frumple]

Hit u, then activate... mining, I think. Something along those lines. Then just start walking into the wall, iirc. It'll give you 'lil info updates as the level becomes more unstable.

Haven't used mining much, outside of occasional strength training (for which it is very good). Gold is pretty prolific once you're inside the dungeon a bit... though even large amounts won't let you buy much if you don't have decent charisma and/or diplomacy. The shopkeeper gives a discount to dwarves, though, iirc. He's got some racial biases

[Dutchling]

ogod. I just encountered a zombie badger 
Also: I have a blessed holy dwarven warhammer
That is like, awesome^awesome (at least, it is for me lol)

[Lmaoboat]

Got some annoying bug where my sight is based on what my animal companions can see.

[Frumple]

Make sure you're wearing a light source, if you're not infravision capable. Also, check for blindness and see if you closed your eyes at some point. Hit x, then check for 'open your eyes'.

The light source is particularly likely, though. It's fairly possible for something to happen to a torch or lantern, especially if you're mucking about with water. Soaking can douse them.

Belated edit: If you're seeing normally and seeing what your companion can see, that's normal. You get your companion's LoS as a bonus. Terribly useful for nighthunter riding rangers P.S. If you're a ranger and not riding a nighthunter, you're doing it wrong.

[Lmaoboat]

That's probably it, not used to playing humans.