3. Don’t be greedy!!!
Your goal should be to die with no useful consumables in your inventory. This is not a metaphor or even an exaggeration really. Most runs will generate more consumables than you need to win, use them freely. If you’re not sure that the upcoming fight is dangerous, then use your buffs just “in case”. Same goes for god abilities, don’t hoard piety, it’s meant to be used.
This is something that i’ve heard so many times. Me having 4 brain cells fighting for 8th place, I can’t seem to absorb it. Could someone design something for my RC that forces a more message if two or more “high” or at least one “lethal” threat are on screen.
Don’t be too hard on yourself :), DCSS is a difficult game and breaking bad habits when you play a lot of runs back to back is really tricky, also threat assessment is one of the more difficult skills to acquire, cause it changes based on your char and where you are in your run.
After a quick look through your morgues I would suggest getting into a habit of zapping wands more. Like just get a muscle memory of shift+v a couple of charges in any non-trivial fight at the very start, it’ll help to get you through the early game more often. To make the whole process easier add something like this to your rc (this is for trunk):
consumable_shortcut += wand of iceblast:b
consumable_shortcut += wand of roots:b
consumable_shortcut += wand of warping:b
consumable_shortcut += wand of acid:c
consumable_shortcut += wand of light:c
consumable_shortcut += wand of quicksilver:c
consumable_shortcut += wand of paralysis:n
consumable_shortcut += wand of charming:n
consumable_shortcut += wand of flame:v
consumable_shortcut += wand of mindburst:z
consumable_shortcut += wand of polymorph:m
consumable_shortcut += wand of digging:d
This will assign your wands to the same letter every run and will make the whole process easier. If you’re playing 0.33 stable version, then you’ll need to replace “consumable_shortcut” with “item_slot”, if memory serves.
It’s also a thing that you need to familiarise yourself with what the latter parts of the game throw at you. Your best run died to not having rC+ in Depths mostly, which is a shame, but it’ll get easier when you’ll start getting to this point more consistently. Watching other people play is also very helpful, I would recommend particleface on twitch or youtube, he’s got some good teaching playthroughs.
Generally building good habits is about taking it one step at a time and not giving in to tilt. Which is admittedly pretty difficult sometimes :D. Hopefully someone else can help with your requested rc setting, I think it can be done, but I’m not exactly sure how.
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Hi there. Don’t stress it out. Watching other people playing is really useful in the case.
Particleface’s beginner’s tutorial is very useful. You might want to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ognJUPkqJ5w&list=PLY2Drf0NBvk-qO3BxxmlKxasCh-zROFa8
Also, Don not autoexplore (almost ever) and do not autofight (ever) and do not autotrain (ever) until you find yourself comfortable with winning confidently.
If you see more than one yellow threat enemy, stop, evaluate your chances and reconsider your tactics: repositioning into a narrow pathway, a preemptive teleportation, buffing with might, brilliance, invisible, haste, reading scrolls of fear / poison/ vulnerability, immolation, using your evocables and god’s powers.
If your health turns yellow/red, there is a place for another tactical reconsideration.
While you exploring think about your positioning, be aware of level vaults and entering/ not entering them, exclude dangerous areas and staircases, make notes about threats of a level and read them continuing your run the other day.
You might expect about 6-7 scrolls of blinking and >10 scroll of teleportation during a run. So if you find yourself in a situation that requires a blink of a teleport you can evaluate how much (on average, of course) scrolls of the type lies ahead.
Try to get comfortable with using of scrolls of fear. This is the consumable which is really great and very underestimated by beginners. Crowded with low-mid willpower enemies at the beginning of midgame? Read them a scroll of fear. There is no need to save them for later.
Here is my additons to the rc file:
hp_warning = 80
mp_warning = 80
always_show_zot = true
default_manual_training = true
hp_colour = 85:yellow, 70:red
mp_colour = 85:yellow, 70:red
autoinscribe = potion of berserk rage:=!q
autoinscribe = scroll of teleportation:=!r
autoinscribe = scroll of blinking:=!r
autoinscribe = scroll of fog:=!r
tile_door_col = #00a00b
colour.blue = white
tile_show_threat_levels = tough, nasty, unusual
unusual_monster_items += antimagic,chaos,disto,draining,venom,holy wrath,flame,freezing,heavy,electrocution,protection,spectral,speed,vampiric