2011/6/13 David Ploog <dpl...@mi.fu-berlin.de>
> Hi,
>
> some of us have reached agreement on how to nerf cTele.
>
Some points which have been raised on IRC:
* Making the ring of teleportation completely passive turns it into a pure
bad item which is boring.
* being able to cancel a teleport by teleporting again is an obscure
mechanism that many players aren't aware off (removal has been, of course,
suggested as a solution).
* teleportitis is not that bad and is manageable even without stasis nor TC.
* teleportitis is a fun mutation and doesn't need a counter.
* it's interesting to be able to turn it around into a good thing by using
TC.
Taken individually, all of those are valid points. About the comments on the
dangerousness of the mutation, they were made by very good players. I
believe that many average players rarely survive the mutation. But let's
consider the whole situation. Currently, if you have teleportitis and can't
cure it, here are your options:
* Wear stasis and suffer the consequences (no tele/blink/haste).
* Wear or cast TC. This completely nullify the threat of the mutation and
can even be quite useful. Except in -cTele levels where it doesn't work.
* Just live with it and teleport again if it throws you into a death trap.
I think this is way too binary. By giving a delay to the mutation (btw, I
think 1d(5 - mut_level) is a good duration) we give a new option to the
player to use consumables to cancel teleportation when it triggers. Stasis
shouldn't work if you put it after the trigger, just like putting rP doesn't
cure poison. TC is already very good, and I don't think allowing it to
completely nullify a dangerous mutation is a good thing. Having to use
consumables is more interesting than just wearing a ring. You have to choose
when to accept the risk and save resources and when to burn them. Turning
the ring of teleportation into a pure bad item is an unfortunate drawback of
the new system, but I think it's worth it.
Regarding the "teleport cancel teleport" system being too obscure, this can
be addressed. It's already in the manual. We can add a note about it in the
descriptions of the scroll and the wand. We can add it to the tutorial
and/or hint mode.
Raphaël
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