I am a bit late... On Sat, 27 Nov 2010, David Ramsey wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Adam Borowski <kilob...@angband.pl> > wrote: >> I would also disable that for hostiles, unless you or a friendly stand >> on a spellbook. It's not because of preserving loot -- it's because >> monsters in most cases would do more harm to themselves than to you. >> >> Since monster berserkers are strong meleers (save for the summons) and >> their summons are strictly melee as well, obstructing the path is >> almost always detrimental for them. Also, since the dwarf is likely >> to berserk very soon -- and his summons are berserk from the very >> start -- they ignore the flames, charging blindly through them. A >> smart player will stop just next to the flame, making the monster just >> cook itself. > > Good point. (As an aside, it's much like Paracelsus walking into e.g. > his own poison clouds.) > >> In other words: this may sound good thematically, but without serious >> improvements to the AI, it's going to have ridiculous effects and >> often be exploitable. > > After some thought, I'd be in favor of either improving the AI to the > point where book burning is useful, or just removing it entirely, as > letting hostiles use it only when their targets are standing on books is > a relatively rare case, especially if the target is the player and > autopickup is on. ... but I agree. As long as we don't have AI to make sure dwarven won't hurt themselves with books they ingnite themselves, let's not do this. David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Crawl-ref-discuss mailing list Crawl-ref-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/crawl-ref-discuss
