Forum:Playing for 15 years . . . still no ascension
While being blown away by some of the high scores on alt.org I noticed that ascensions appear to happen pretty frequently. I realize there are some exceptionally skilled players who can manage a successful run with any class combination. I was wondering what's the longest anyone's played before achieving a victorious run.
It's been over 13 years for me. I ran a Yahoo search in 2003 for a free rpg and have been playing nethack ever since. I made it past the quest one time as a monk before I started save scumming, enabling one of my characters, another neutral monk, to battle his way down to the last level of Gehennom where I was eventually killed by mind-flayer. I didn't discover much about surviving . . . I was completely clueless about everything from advancing skills to BUC testing at altars until I found this wiki and it blew my mind :) I started playing on NAO only (so I can't cheat.) Now it's been 13 years and counting and still no success
I've had some excellent runs but i invariably blow it. Most recently I was completely prepared to take down the Wizard as a level 23 Valkyrie and choked on a wraith corpse (must say I deserved that one - ) I'm on my way down to Lord Surtur right now with the +7 Excalibur, Reflection, Boots of Speed and a -18 AC, I feel pretty confident this time. Buried (talk) 13:22, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
