Acca.296 net.games.rogue utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!z@CCA-UNIX Mon Mar 1 10:26:52 1982 Rust monsters Rust monsters start at level 9, not 8. This has led to the following fairly successful strategy: At the beginning of level 9, I take off my armor and don't put it back on until I am about to descend to level 13, which is where the trolls start. However, for levels 13 through 15, I only wear my armor inside rooms, since the only dangerous monsters on these levels are trolls and violet fungi, and they are never found in corridors. When I am about to descend to level 16, I put my armor back on for good, since invisible stalkers start on this level, and they can be found anywhere. This whole strategy is based on the following observation: If you need your armor to survive levels 9-15, you're probably not going to make it much further than that anyway. This way, you end up not spending too much time on a bad game. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.