by oldroguer » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:10 pm
First, I gotta say, I love this implemenation! I've been playing Rogue/Hack/NetHack/Moria/Angband for decades on different platforms and this implementation is one of the best.
Here are a couple of strategies (really tactics, but who's counting) that I have found useful in other rogue-likes and they appear to apply in RT as well:
1. If you're attacking a monster but missing a lot, back up one step if you can, and hit 'em again. I find this works almost every time I seem to have a hard time landing a blow.
2. Fight monsters when *they're* inside a doorway. Doesn't always work, but in my experience there's something constraining to monsters about having to fight inside a small doorway as opposed to corridors or rooms.
3. In RT, the other day I got to Floor 8 where there be aquators and I only had one armor. So I took it off and was actually able to fight un-armored all the way through 14. I had to quickly strap on for one troll on 14, but otherwise I was able to take out centaurs, rattlers, and other beasties with my standard mace that I had scrolled up to +3,+2. Not a strategy I would prefer, but give it a try if you're in the same pinch. They key thing was, walk slowly so that they didn't get the first punch in.
4. It looks like you cannot starve to death in RT. I was on 19 with no food left and no way to get more. Fainting every few moves, finding scraps few and far between. However, I was able to get down to 21 before finally fainting during a troll encounter and dying. Morale of the story, never give up. I might have found a cornucopia wand that would have given me new life to fight on.
5. Best RT weapon so far....Freezing +3,+3 Shurikens! Found these on 6 and I got all the way to 15 without getting strength weakened by rattlers. Hit 'em with one of these babies to slow them down, back up a few steps, and range them to death. If you can range a nasty with these, even better.
6. Poorest strategic play so far....getting to 20 with 9 un-ID'd rings and no ID scrolls, and being too chicken to try them on when I got into trouble. I had good HP, strength, weapon, and lots of food, but mediorcre armor. Well, so who needs a ring anyway, right? Wound up getting punked by a Gfiffon that I might have beaten if I'd had another point or two of AC or damage from one of those rings. Ugh!
Hope this helps. I'll add more as I think of it.
