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==Bias== | ==Bias== | ||
I specialize in (mostly elven) wizards. | I specialize in (mostly elven) wizards. | ||
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| − | Do people actually read this page? I'm not pretending to be | + | Do people actually read this page? I'm not pretending to be a celebrity but I'd like to know. |
| − | Are there statistics available? | + | Are there statistics available on page views? All I have found on the wikia statistics pages regards entire wikis lumped together. I would appreciate some input on that (mainly for use in the main namespace, of course). |
| − | === | + | ==Game enjoyment== |
| − | Really, is it fun? When playing myself, I am in a determined, goal-seeking mode. I just want that wizard to survive and make it big. I don't know too much about the emotional side of it. The last time I remember feeling bliss is when I found out how to phase through the walls to Asmodeus, after running off from eating all those rings. That was one and a half years ago. I think Nethack is more like gambling. Most gamblers don't enjoy it, but continue | + | ===How is Nethack fun?=== |
| + | Really, is it fun? When playing myself, I am in a determined, goal-seeking mode. I just want that wizard to survive and make it big. I don't know too much about the emotional side of it. The last time I remember feeling bliss is when I found out how to phase through the walls to Asmodeus, after running off from eating all those rings. That was one and a half years ago. I think Nethack is more like gambling. Most gamblers don't enjoy it, but continue nonetheless. | ||
===Ways to make Nethack more fun=== | ===Ways to make Nethack more fun=== | ||
| − | I wish there were some customizable user agent, a bot that would relieve me of the tedium of routine. I would like to press a button "eat", and have the game engrave Elbereth, check the engraving, eat a corpse if I know it is fresh, tin it if I would choke, and give back control. I long for an automation that performs sacrifests for me. My current solution is to consider a wizard ascended if he has the Eye, knows create monster, has a scroll of earth and a wand of fire/lightning, and is not going for atheist. Managing a large stash also belongs into this non-fun category. Polypile conduct is more about keeping the game | + | Devteam, please unburden me with micromanagement. I wish there were some customizable user agent, a bot that would relieve me of the tedium of routine. For example, I would like to press a button "eat", and have the game engrave Elbereth, check the engraving, eat a corpse if I know it is fresh, tin it if I would choke, and give back control. I long for an automation that performs sacrifests for me. My current solution is to consider a wizard ascended if he has the Eye, knows create monster, has a scroll of earth and a wand of fire/lightning, and is not going for atheist. Managing a large stash also belongs into this non-fun category. Polypile conduct is more about keeping the game enjoyable than about challenge. |
==Where I disagree with the wiki== | ==Where I disagree with the wiki== | ||
Wishing for the Eye of the Overworld is a bad idea for a spellcaster. I prefer the three divination spells. | Wishing for the Eye of the Overworld is a bad idea for a spellcaster. I prefer the three divination spells. | ||
| − | Everybody says a tourist is hard. In my experience, an early-game wizard | + | Everybody says a tourist is hard. In my experience, an early-game wizard is hardly easier. Most of the survival techniques apply in both cases (daggers, top priority armor, Elbereth,...). |
| − | == | + | ==Collecting junk== |
| − | Do I really need all that stuff I collect "just to be on the safe side"? I never use most of it. In real life, "stuff" comes at a cost, and I am proud my possesions all fit into one closet and one desk. | + | Do I really need all that stuff I collect "just to be on the safe side"? I never use most of it. At best, it helps quickly re-identify everything after I have run into a mind flayer. In real life, "stuff" comes at a cost, and I am proud my possesions all fit into one closet and one desk. |
==Flexibility== | ==Flexibility== | ||
I notice I always play in a similar manner, after I have worked out how. Isn't inflexibility a trait of age and decay, even if it is beneficial here? | I notice I always play in a similar manner, after I have worked out how. Isn't inflexibility a trait of age and decay, even if it is beneficial here? | ||
Revision as of 13:53, 19 April 2009
Contents
Bias
I specialize in (mostly elven) wizards.
Page views
Do people actually read this page? I'm not pretending to be a celebrity but I'd like to know. Are there statistics available on page views? All I have found on the wikia statistics pages regards entire wikis lumped together. I would appreciate some input on that (mainly for use in the main namespace, of course).
Game enjoyment
How is Nethack fun?
Really, is it fun? When playing myself, I am in a determined, goal-seeking mode. I just want that wizard to survive and make it big. I don't know too much about the emotional side of it. The last time I remember feeling bliss is when I found out how to phase through the walls to Asmodeus, after running off from eating all those rings. That was one and a half years ago. I think Nethack is more like gambling. Most gamblers don't enjoy it, but continue nonetheless.
Ways to make Nethack more fun
Devteam, please unburden me with micromanagement. I wish there were some customizable user agent, a bot that would relieve me of the tedium of routine. For example, I would like to press a button "eat", and have the game engrave Elbereth, check the engraving, eat a corpse if I know it is fresh, tin it if I would choke, and give back control. I long for an automation that performs sacrifests for me. My current solution is to consider a wizard ascended if he has the Eye, knows create monster, has a scroll of earth and a wand of fire/lightning, and is not going for atheist. Managing a large stash also belongs into this non-fun category. Polypile conduct is more about keeping the game enjoyable than about challenge.
Where I disagree with the wiki
Wishing for the Eye of the Overworld is a bad idea for a spellcaster. I prefer the three divination spells.
Everybody says a tourist is hard. In my experience, an early-game wizard is hardly easier. Most of the survival techniques apply in both cases (daggers, top priority armor, Elbereth,...).
Collecting junk
Do I really need all that stuff I collect "just to be on the safe side"? I never use most of it. At best, it helps quickly re-identify everything after I have run into a mind flayer. In real life, "stuff" comes at a cost, and I am proud my possesions all fit into one closet and one desk.
Flexibility
I notice I always play in a similar manner, after I have worked out how. Isn't inflexibility a trait of age and decay, even if it is beneficial here?
