Personally, I'm not too big a fan of that approach - but the combat system in itself is so entertaining that it doesn't ruin the fun.įor the future of the game, though - I would really like smarter synergies between skill sets encouraging clever build strategies - and I would certainly like to see the various elements and ground effects toned down severely. It's not a game where you need to exhaust your brain to come up with clever combinations - because most everything will work, and so many of the battles are unpredictable due to the nature of the battleground. Unless you ignore your primary stat and distribute points into absolutely everything - I don't think you can gimp yourself too badly. Towards the end of the game, skills are pretty powerful no matter what you choose to do. So, 1 button playstyle for your level 1 wizard! You could even throw in a 'rest until healed' to the macro before you start the exploration. Then you can add if you want which will try to auto explore then cast at the nearest enemy, but auto explore will fail if there's any enemy in view. To cast a magic dart you'd have to press for spells, for magic dart, aim at the target and fire. I just wish 'turn based' didn't have to mean slow paced.ĭungeon Crawl Stone Soup is turn based but you should see how fast I play it using the built in funtions for macros, auto explore, auto attack, etc.įor eg. Then add in the irritation of having to do the same buffs on him every time when there are no macros or some way to summon him WITH buffs for a 4AP total mana cost.'īut you cant really complain about the animation speed because its all tied in with the excellent quality graphics. Once you get good at a game you get fast at making your moves and then start hitting these little delays from animation speed being slower than your thoughts and the game doesn't keep up with you. It's just the game itself is losing steam. If everyone was a summoner we'd have a party of 8 with more than double the armour and hitpoints we have now. I've found that summoning isn't 'losing steam' but in fact is always the best equipped member of the party and pretty much carries us through every battle. The summon gets AOO attacks, u can place it anywhere, change whether it does magic or physical damage, etc. The summon has the best HP, armour and magic armour of anyone in the party while the summoner has the worst gear of anyone in the party. Summoner is probably the best at dealing with this issue since its just based off summoning skill and player level - not an ability score or weapon damage. Unless you have all level appropriate gear it's just way too hard to win battles. Playing on Tactician, equipment item level is super important. Supercharge just doubles their damage for 1 turn then kills them early, right? It doesn't add lasers?

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