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Albahan
01-22-2010, 11:37 PM
Fun game, though somewhat frustrating due to server lag. Started with BUGWIL to gain some quick levels then got ballsy and went for a UD dive... almost died a few times but eventually made it out and decided to go to the PC. Ended up getting a C altar in the cavernous level and decided to go for my first ever pre-crown since I was about level 13. Got pretty lucky and received Executor which I used for quite some time. In the CoC I found a lawful altar and decided to switch alignments.

Did the usual stuff went through the DH and almost died to an Ancient black dragon but was fortunate enough to find a fine cloak lying on the ground which definitely sped some things up. I dont believe I ever found a single blanket which made the ToEF a little bit more complicated. Luckily I had about 3-4 pickaxes which got me to the ACW. Casino was somewhat a dud, no artifacts or good equipment. Hustled through the lower half of the CoC hoping for a red dragon greater vault only to get 2 greater vaults filled with Giants which gave me Natures Companion, Ironfist, Preserver, Wyrmlance(didn't use), and the scorched spear(didn't use) as well as 2 RoDS (used for only 4 SoCR) and 1 WoWi (1 charge:( ). Decided to do SW's quest to gain more levels then went and collected the orbs. Got crowned and received Havlor's crown. Wished for spellbooks of Acid Ball to make the boss fights easier. With a boosted Willpower taking down the Archmage was easy.

Still had the one last charge from the WoWi and ended up using it for potions of uselessness which got me the ring of immunity. (was hoping for BoW) Killed all the balors and then used a wand of destruction on the handles after pulling them. When i got back to the surface I decided to do the white Unicorn's quest and then end the bugs for extra points.

Ended up #21 in the high scores on the server and it just so happens 21 is my lucky number :D

The .flg can be seen here --> http://ancardia.ath.cx/adom_users/albahan/albahan.flg

Any comments are welcome

zasvid
01-23-2010, 12:55 AM
Very nice, congratulations!

Jouni
01-23-2010, 02:38 PM
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Ended up #21 in the high scores on the server and it just so happens 21 is my lucky number :D
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And seems like you dropped my personal high-score character from that same place... :o

About clearing the bugcave at the end for points, you might have scored even better if you just ignored it and just left Drakalor Chain without wasting additional turns. I'm not sure, though, as I haven't checked how significant the point bonus from bugcave is, but at least you get a lot of points for finishing the game fast enough (guidebook says 1000 points for each turn below 80000, but I haven't tested myself, so I don't know if this is correct).

Congratulations for the victory!