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DoomRL => Bug Reports => Topic started by: Karry on October 27, 2009, 11:40

Title: Near-instant death on level start
Post by: Karry on October 27, 2009, 11:40

I really dont care if anyone claims its a feature, because the situation is almost retarded. The player should NOT, EVER, spawn in a room with a dozen lost souls. Especially if its the second level.

Title: Re: Near-instant death on level start
Post by: raekuul on October 27, 2009, 12:49

Unless you're playing AoMr or AoB, you have a shotgun. Use it.

Marking this Not A Bug.

Title: Re: Near-instant death on level start
Post by: Karry on October 27, 2009, 18:43

Quote

you have a shotgun. Use it.

Are you serious ? Have you actually TRIED doing that ? What, you may get two or three at most ?

Title: Re: Near-instant death on level start
Post by: Aki on October 27, 2009, 18:51

It's not a bug. It's a feature.

You're posting in the wrong place and you're spamming. Please refrain.

Title: Re: Near-instant death on level start
Post by: Journey on October 27, 2009, 19:03

Reminds me of this: http://forum.chaosforge.org/index.php/topic,2087.0.html
Died before the player could even move.

It seems 40 turns (4 in-game seconds) pass when you descend a floor.  Most monsters are frozen for perhaps 10 (?) in-game seconds, so the player has 6 seconds free to fire or run, but lost souls move right away (?) so get 4 seconds worth of time to move towards and attack the player right away.

If a large number of lost souls spawn close to you early in the game, there's not much you can do about it.  Kind of similar to a pain elemental cave later on if you are fortunate to be equipped to fight or escape it, if you aren't - game over, time to start over.

Title: Re: Near-instant death on level start
Post by: Madtrixr on October 27, 2009, 19:23

It's just what the RNG does sometimes.

Title: Re: Near-instant death on level start
Post by: raekuul on October 28, 2009, 05:13

Quote from: Karry on October 27, 2009, 18:43

Are you serious ? Have you actually TRIED doing that ? What, you may get two or three at most ?

Yes, and I must say that it's extremely effective in close quarters like you've described.

Can we get a topic move/rename to "Bad Level Starting Area Complaints" in discussion?

Title: Re: Near-instant death on level start
Post by: UnderAPaleGreySky on October 28, 2009, 05:18

Quote from: raekuul on October 28, 2009, 05:13

Can we get a topic move/rename to "Bad Level Starting Area Complaints" in discussion?

I can't wait until we get a noob registering just to say that no matter what, whenever he starts the Spiders Lair, he's surrounded by Arachnatrons :D

Title: Re: Near-instant death on level start
Post by: So_1337 on October 28, 2009, 05:30

When something like that happens, just laugh at how incredibly screwed you are. It happens that way sometimes. Just like Angel of Pacifism or Berserk games when narrow hallways are blocked  by barrels, you just have to deal with it =P

Title: Re: Near-instant death on level start
Post by: raekuul on October 28, 2009, 08:18

Well, with AoB, at least you have something you can remove the barrel with... once.

Title: Re: Near-instant death on level start
Post by: Grim on October 28, 2009, 09:21

Quote from: raekuul on October 28, 2009, 08:18

Well, with AoB, at least you have something you can remove the barrel with... once.

Knifes survive the barrel removal, they are portable defusion kits mate. Use them