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[Ugm]

My friend was just playing in AoB mode and he had to quit because he encountered barrel in a corridor which was the only way to get through. The barrel was blocked by an Imp from the other side and that imp stood still because he was blocked too (do Imps open doors?).
There should be some command to destroy/do something with barrels by hands/knife or whatever you use to avoid such stupid endings :P I know it happens extremely rare, but...

version 0.9.8.5, Windows

[Kornel Kisielewicz]

A special key just for destroying barrels in melee seems stupid :/

[RickVoid]

Ugh.

I almost had the same problem a few times.

The best thing to do in that situation is to either A) Look for a teleporter, or B) Look for a phase device and use it right next to the offending wall.

Option B caused me to reappear inside of a monster, which immeadiately gibbed. (Heh heh heh) But this should really be a last resort because you could end up in the middle of 5-6 Sergeants who are all reloaded and ready to fire.

Sergeants+AoB-Escape Route= No fun

As for the trying to attack a barrel with you own hands... I was twice forced to push a barrel into a pool of acid, which blew up in my face, and gave me a "My, that was stupid." message. Then I was forced to walk across the acid.
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Damn you, Kornel. Damn you.

I don't know if Imps can open doors, but humans can.

Another option to solve this problem completely is to remove all barrels from AoB mode. :)
You don't know how many times I've died because some shotty slinging bastard missed me but managed to do max damage to the barrel I just happened to be next to. Or the time I fled a room and pressed up against a wall, which promptly exploded because the shotty slinger took a potshot at an imp, and hit a barrel. After surviving the initial damage, I am now standing in the open with two imps, a vanilla former human, and two shotties ready to fire.

Of course, since Barrels=Evil, Kornel=Evil, and Evil=Evil; Kornel=Barrels. God dammit.

*EDIT!: My awesome ASCII piece of ASCII awesomeness is now complete!!

[DaEezT]

AoB is easy enough as it is so let the barrels stay :p

[Adral]

Kornel=Barrels.

That's so true.

Oh, hey, wait a minute... :P

** On topic:

I think maybe an option to [P]ull barrels might do the trick. It might also come in handy to set some fun traps for the demons on the other modes, too!

[RickVoid]

I like the idea of pulling a barrel, but seeing as how this really only pops up in AoB, I don't think it's really necessary.

Yeah, even though I have had to push barrels into acid, I still don't find it neccessary. I'm funny like that.

[Raine]

A special key just for destroying barrels in melee seems stupid :/

You don't necessarily need a special key; you can say 'f' when wielding a melee weapon (or nothing) will attack in the direction you specify.  On the flip side, this also opens the possibility of attacking stuck doors, walls, thin air, and items.

[RickVoid]

He he. I could chainsaw the doors, just for fun.