Is there any way of looking at the difficulty level of a saved game? The load saved screen only seems to show the skills you have selected. I don't mind looking at the save files with a hex editor or vim, if necessary - I just need to know the format. The reason I ask is I've just updated to the latest patch (1.1.1) and seem to be having a really easy time with a new game I started, and I'm wondering if by finger trouble I selected the wrong difficulty level - I'd like to check before I play further.
Well, if you have no bonus mana regen, you can check how many turns does it take you to regain a point of mana. Dwarvish supposed to be 7 and Rogue 8, if I remember correctly? EDIT: I'm sure that Dwarvish is 7. So if it's higher or lower than that, then... you know what means what.
Thanks, it looks like I am on Rogue, but the game is definitely much easier than it was. I think the difference is that with this new view angle thing the monsters often don't see me, and so don't immediately head straight for me, which means I have plenty of time to pepper them with ranged attacks - I wonder if these new features have been fully play-tested?
I've noticed the change in difficulty, too. Definitely seems to be related to the new vision rules for the monsters.
Yeah, I just had a 100+ monster zoo on level 4 and it was really easy to deal with, as the monsters mostly never left the zoo and many just sat there waiting for me to slaughter them (which of course I did). I'm all in favour of stealth in games, but the new vision rules don't seem to have been too well thought out.
I find the new zoos really annoying, you have to get way too close to the belly of the beast to reach a bloody mob, they barely come to you anymore.
Save weak AoE consumables. Make enemies mad with them. You still split them right and can take them on anyway. Profit!
