Ranged > melee classes ?

[gut]

>ranged classes have a huge advantage in the game?

In ADOM version 1.1.1 they do. In versions 1.0.0 and
earlier though, melee guys were not so crippled as
they are now. You could melee the entire ToEF's cast
as a merchant and not even have to worry too much.

[grobblewobble]

You could always smith the starting weapon. Or doesn't smithing give damage?

It does, but I don't think large rations can be smithed.

[gut]

You think wrongly : )
That is one of the more hilarious things in ADOM.

[Al-Khwarizmi]

Heh, you can smith large rations? Anyway in my post I was thinking about a starting weapon challenge, supposing that the starting weapon is actually a weapon.

[gut]

Makes it an iron ration : )

[Andy Williams]

>ranged classes have a huge advantage in the game?

In ADOM version 1.1.1 they do. In versions 1.0.0 and
earlier though, melee guys were not so crippled as
they are now.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Personally, I'd say it's bad. ADOM 1.1.1 is very unbalanced, IMO. I have pretty much given up on it for "playing for fun", except perhaps for wizards. Melee classes are pretty much a non-starter.

The earlier gammas, g10, g16p2, are better balanced.

[speciesxx]

The earlier gammas, g10, g16p2, are better balanced.

Are there big differences in those earlier gammas?

[Grey]

Monster berserking is possibly the worst thing in 1.1.1 for the melee classes. Overall there's not that much difference though, and even in the older gammas there was a big imbalance between wizards/archers and the other classes.

[gut]

> Personally, I'd say it's bad. ADOM 1.1.1 is very unbalanced,

Gotta disagree. Ars holds the record for a melee speedrun, and
it's under 20,000 turns. I think if one removes a wizard's ability
to use teleportation his primary means of transportation, they
are about even. I think it's more about a player's attitude toward
grinding.

[DumbleDoor]

I don't like grinding. It's boring. If you don't play ADoM for fun, why do you play it? *watches in horror*