Comments for Rogue Fable II

Thanks! Please PM me with a definition of 'penta-slashed' lol. That doesn't seem right.

Awesome achievement! I think even without consciously going for speed runs your time will just gradually improve. First time I beat DCSS took something like 11 hours and second time I won, though I wasn't even trying to play any faster, was only about 6-7.

Not a bug, altars spawn some items around them when generated.

Thanks :). That's the plan. Short development cycles and just keep making each game better. RF2 actually took the same time to develop as RF1 so there's definitely improvement happening.

Thanks for feedback. People seem split pretty evenly on whether casters or melee are the OP class, so... I guess that means their balanced? Honestly I don't even know anymore myself lol. Food is now changed to be less random, and there is a guaranteed trader on level 6.

Thank you!

There's not really any mechanic on kong to publish old versions and I don't want to clutter up the new releases with the same game. That being said, what changes made the barbarian more fun? I don't think I've touched him since he released yet.

Warrior books gives fortitude and will only do so if you have less then 4 skill.

You can save and exit, but saving would defeat the core idea of a rogue-like. I think its important to note that rogue-likes and RPGs are completely different genres.

Thanks for the feedback and kind words. Adding volume slider to my todo list.

That's a neat idea and easy to implement. Could make for a cool achievement stat. Thanks for the feedback!

Just fixed some issues with the Ice Bombs in last update (just a few mins ago). They should be significantly less bullshit now. Lemmie know how it goes with the new changes. The last few levels are definitely supposed to be a big step up in difficulty though. Ideally I'd like players just desperately searching for the stairs at that point, running from monsters, fighting only when absolutely necessary. Basically I want an exciting climax that isn't just more methodical clearing of every floor.

Haha thanks for the feedback and damn that's a powerful character you managed to build up. I just fixed some issues with the Ice Caves, specifically the Ice Statues and their eggs, so this should make things a bit more manageable. The priest as you have noticed is pretty damn useful, not sure how many people take advantage of him. His blessing is actually incredibly strong. While we're mentioning roguelikes for people to try I'd add Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, ADOM (especially with the new tiled version) and TOME4. All 3 are massive games with decades of work in them, and reasonably user friendly (by roguelike standards) interfaces.

Yeah I had the feeling necro would be fine. This might have been just enough to knock him back to baseline. With a small restriction to his canni (just something to stop it producing infinite mana) he's probably about right. Pop into the forum when you have time and check out the staff thread. I'd love to get your feedback on how we can bring the other two casters up somehow to compensate.

Thanks for the feedback! Looks like the consensus is heading towards 5 range being reasonable for staves.

Will do! Thanks for letting me know.

Spear is because its 2 range on the orthogonal and 1 range on the diagonal, though this may change at some point. Stealth is up for a revamp soon.

I feel like rogue + any of the casting skills is always a solid combination. Stealth and keen hearing just give you so much more control over engagements in general.

Pop into the forums and take a look at the longer explanation post I made. If you still disagree, just leave a comment, we can discuss it. My main thing with the range vs enemy range is simply that: you still have spells, you still have darts, you still have terrain tactics. Greater range should not be the only way you overcome range enemies.

Thanks! Its encouraging to still hear nice feedback in the storm of anger lol.

Honestly I think its more just a misunderstanding. A lot of people arnt familiar with the classic roguelike genre and so they see the game, assume its an RPG, get brutally murdered in the first minute, realize they have to start over and then freak out. Now if this was an RPG I would actually agree that, that's ridiculous and should be balanced. But its not an RPG its a roguelike, and though they may look the same, that's a completely different beast. So I'm not sure I'd call it whining its just maybe getting something you didn't expect. And as a side note, I'm sure as you know, dying after 8 hours in a game of crawl because durrr I've never been into hell before, I'll just pop in for a quick look. That's brutally hard lol!

Haha, I should basically just quote you when people ask why the staves got nerfed. That's why! In regards to 5 range, that's a possibility. Pop into the forums and leave a reply to the thread I started. You've been here since the start so I'm particularly interested to hear your (and a lot of the other experienced players) opinions. 5 range might be fine, I'm mostly just trying to encourage the casters to play more like... well casters, and less like magically inclined snipers/rangers.

Thanks for the well thought out feedback. Will be taking everything into consideration for future updates. I'd like to bring up the two casters (necro is likely fine) though improvements to their abilities rather than their staff. I've started a thread in the forum specifically about the staff nerf if you'd like to discuss this.

Caster staves are already at the maximum range, so there's no way to make rangers have 'more range'. Also I don't want the casters playing like a ranger i.e. standing stock still and firing away over and over again with a ranged weapon. They are supposed to be using their abilities more than any other class, so maybe a boost to their abilities may be in order. That said, check out the forums where I've made a post. Give a response if you'd like, I hope its obvious at this point that I'm quite receptive to your guys feedback.