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[MaiZure]

This happens quite a bit in the real Doom and I think it would work well in DoomRL as one of the new level events.

Sometime during the level, monsters will start teleporting in. It should probably be all of one type of monster.

Most of the time in Doom, it would be all of one type of monster, typically imps or captains, that would start teleporting in from nowhere. (In actuality they are kept in some inaccessable room off the edge of the map and the players movements triggers the open teleporter and they 'wander' in to it to give the appearance of an invasion). Hopefully in DoomRL we can avoid the amusing telefrag

Level entry notice: "The hair on your neck stands on end"

[DeathDealer]

I support this!

Although I also support telefragging. Perhaps a blue period, similar to the intuition 2 mark, could show where a monster will teleport in a few seconds before it happens. This would let someone make strategic decisions about whether to run, gun, or camp that spot for a telefrag... sound fun?

Maybe only a few slightly-more-powerful-than-normal monsters should spawn on the map. When they're mostly dead the weaker swarm spawns in a few quick waves, with a limited number of enemies. That'd let people still claim a 100% kill ratio if they dared.

I get the creeps just imagining a Lost Soul block party.

[raekuul]

The only way we could know ahead of time where a monster will 'port to is if it's predetermined. Maybe Teleporter Landing Spots could be made blue periods?

[ZZ]

Somehow I fail to see any serious difference between this and enemy spawning lever besides the fact that this is unavoidable. But most of the time more enemies are a benefit, not a penalty.

[DeathDealer]

Lack of control isn't enough?

I'd imagine it to be something like a miniature City of Skulls exploding across your level...

Even worse if the enemies count as summoned and are worth no xp...

[Shinji_Ikari_9th]

Lack of control isn't enough?

I'd imagine it to be something like a miniature City of Skulls exploding across your level...

Even worse if the enemies count as summoned and are worth no xp...

Don't forget monsters that leave ammo...

[GrimmC]

I had a similar idea in mind with implementing triggers. Clearing out a level and getting the "all clear" message when 1/3 of the map is still unexplored is very un-Doomlike--totally kills the suspense. It can become mundane. This was more of a problem in 0.9.9.2 when there was less level variety, but it still could improve DoomRL imo.

But I'll wait to see where the teleporters discussion goes before I bring it up.