I just recently got into the game (Yeah I know, I'm a little late to the bus) but anyone else still play?
I play on http://alt.org/nethack/ Where you can watch other peoples games and it's quite fun.
DYWYPI
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Mordy wrote:DYWYPI
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Makes sense if you have played nethack.
blessed scroll of genocide -> @
I just recently got into the game (Yeah I know, I'm a little late to the bus) but anyone else still play?
It's one of those games I plan on picking up and learning "someday."
Nethack is without a doubt the most complex game EVER. Slash'em doesn't help matters any... but it's awesomely fun.
Has anyone here ascended.... ever? 10 years, and nothing. My Vampire Rogue just got completely owned by an Arch-Lich in Gehennom. Depressing. Oh well.
I am so confused as to not want to even try.
Vector wrote:Mordy wrote:DYWYPI
I have no idea what this means.
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Do
You
Want
Your
Possessions
Identified?Makes sense if you have played nethack.
I thought it might have meant, "Do You Want Your Penis Inserted?" Silly me.
mateo wrote:Vector wrote:Mordy wrote:DYWYPI
I have no idea what this means.
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.co...
Do
You
Want
Your
Possessions
Identified?Makes sense if you have played nethack.
I thought it might have meant, "Do You Want Your Penis Inserted?" Silly me.
Suck Your Diction indeed.
6 years and never ascended. Platform of choice is my pocket PC.
I ascended, but I cheated by backing up my save games and consulted spoiler FAQs heavily.
In .. holy fsck, 20 years of playing NetHack, I have never ascended.
I am made of fail ><
Nethack is only a few megabytes, but those megabytes are pure code. It's one of the most complex games ever invented.
I, like Quintin, have only ascended through savescumming.
There are people who don't even save, much less savescum. And there are some people who have ascended while never having hit a monster.
I gather one of the keys to playing at that level is to think about every single step you take. There's no time limit, so you can ponder and contemplate as long as you like. But there are so many things that can go wrong, so many instant ways to die, that it still amazes me that people can win that game without backing up their save points.
I thought the site was going to be more like www.hackthissite.org . I watched some of the people playing, doesn't really seem worthwhile to learn.
Blessed scroll of genocide -> L . Makes life much easier later in the game. That was actually how I got closest to ascending, before my Valkyrie got completely pwned by a MASSIVE swarm of undead on lvl 1. How they got there, I'll never know.
It's actually one of the most fun games I have ever played. It does take a bit to learn, but it's pretty intuitive. Well worth the effort.
Oh, something that may help... find a unicorn horn, and stick to it, and enchant it up. When you apply it, it's got a chance of curing whatever ails you. Lock yourself in a room in town, and go to town quaffing potions, with your trusty unicorn horn, you ID a lot of potions, and come out no worse for it. Comes in handy when you need a !oCCW and you know which one it is.
Has anyone here ascended.... ever?
Twice, as an elf wizard, without save scumming. Once you can cast charm monster and teleport, the end game becomes absurdly easy--there's nothing like riding a black dragon around while surrounded by dozens of other tame dragons.
Wizards are definitely tough in the early game, but once you've hit about the halfway mark, you're essentially death, destroyer of worlds. Personally, I prefer all of the hard stuff to be in the beginning anyway, since I'd rather not play for eight hours, only to be killed by a mind flayer.
So I was getting tired of pubbing on TF2 last night so I fired up a game of SLASH'EM on this server. I started out as a neutral elf fire mage and things seem to be going great so far. I began with a couple scrolls of remove curse, and I ran across two bones files early with some decent armor (including a cloak of displacement). There was a co-aligned temple in minetown so I've been making a bunch of holy water and sacrifices (no artifacts yet). I also found a magic lamp in minetown, so I might wish for some dragon scale mail soon. My hellhound pup is still alive and I haven't pissed off the guards yet. Once I get my AC down a little more I'll be heading do the end of the mines to get some gems. The game is going so well, I just know I am going to die soon. I've never ascended a fire or ice mage so I am not getting my hopes up.
Has anyone else played any nethack or slashem lately?
Oh and here is my alt.org score list if anyone is interested.
Yep, ran a few games on my lappy when I was moving. I'm mainly trying to beat the Quest on Vampire Slayer in slashem. It's a _sea_ of undead, and I dunno how you're supposed to beat it.
Yep, ran a few games on my lappy when I was moving. I'm mainly trying to beat the Quest on Vampire Slayer in slashem. It's a _sea_ of undead, and I dunno how you're supposed to beat it.
Automatic weapons? My Undead Slayer ascension was awesome. By the astral plane I was dual wielding two +7 assault rifles with tons of poisoned +7 bullets. I don't remember the specifics of how I dealt with the undead. I probably just Turned a bunch of them and blew up the rest with wands and whatnot. Undead usually aren't that much trouble.
It's not the undead, it's the demons. I really think the undead slayer should be able to use silver sabres.
Played? Yes. Ascended? No.
I might do better if I didn't keep picking wizards. As it stands, I usually die around the Oracle.
Played? Yes. Ascended? No.
I might do better if I didn't keep picking wizards. As it stands, I usually die around the Oracle.
Yeah you might want to give Valkyrie or Barbarian a try. They tend to live longer in the early game.
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