On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Raphael Langella wrote: > 2011/6/14 David Ploog <dpl...@mi.fu-berlin.de>
>>> 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. >> >> What about printing a line whenever you experience a hostile teleport? >> "The teleport will be cancelled by a teleportation of your own." >> >> This sounds like something good for hints mode. One hint that teleport can > be cancelled by teleporting again, and another that hostile teleports can't > be controlled. Although the chances of getting a hostile teleport in hints > mode are rather low. Would happen only if you get teleportitis from a potion > of mutation. But the first hint is the important one and it will be given in > most of hints mode games (when read-iding ?tele). > > Anyway, I think the feature is ignored by many because it's currently only > useful to counter monsters casting teleport other on you. And very few > monsters have the spell. If it suddenly becomes useful to counter > teleportitis, then wiki articles and learndb entries about the mutation will > quickly be updated with this piece of information. Players following commit > log will tell others about it and new players will learn it from hints mode. > I'm confident that it will quickly become common knowledge. I agree. If we choose to keep the mechanic (which I support, because it has the potential to make players use resources), interesting monsters and maps/vaults can be invented. David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Crawl-ref-discuss mailing list Crawl-ref-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/crawl-ref-discuss
