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The benefit of Dark Star's method is for moving extremely heavy stuff. With a ring or helmet you have to walk around (which you might not be able to if it's too heavy) or sit around (risky if you get attacked) and wait for it to randomly trigger

I don't think involuntary random encounters would really work well with the style of the game


So what do we do if they try to descend on wilderness that they just haven't revealed yet? I guess that also depends on whether we want to save each wilderness area so that they can return to it. If so then that "wander around some musty ruins" idea would probably make most sense. If we just dispose the wilderness areas then it doesn't really matter

I agree with non-corrosive poison

Also agree that ‘s’earching for booby trapped doors makes the most sense

I would like to see a way to disarm regular traps too, so I don’t think a disarm key makes sense. Currently all you can really do is kick them or set off an earthquake

I can’t think of any existing command that would make sense so it might have to be a new command. It should have a chance of setting the trap off based on your dexterity.

Is there a way to disarm a boobytrapped chest or door currently?

Nice! Never thought of that and never stopped to think how valuable those are either

If it's a one handed weapon it definitely checks which hand it is in. Not sure about two-handed though.

Honestly I had no idea that people thought dual wielding was the way to go lol. Big heavy weapons always seemed the best way to go in my experience, provided you make it past the hedgehogs in UT. Although to be fair I have struggled quite a bit with fungal caves, particularly all the small bats & spiders. Maybe I should give dual wielding another chance.

How quickly does your weapon skill deteriorate from lack of use? I guess I also have never really taken advantage of the new weapon swapping feature. It'd probably be good to alternate depending on the foe, even if that means you don't train your skills as well

But I feel like even if we did give a bonus for 2-handing a 1-handed weapon, that bonus would be fairly small. It would still make way more sense for the player to just equip a shield or a separate weapon in their other hand.

Maybe we could increase the blocking ability for swords though? Since long & short swords are the most likely weapons that you would pair with a shield, that makes the sword + shield combo a lot more appealing because both items block well.

I almost always go for a halberd or two-handed sword. Short swords and whips are pretty much the only thing you are strong enough to dual wield early in the game, and they're terrible at blocking. I get one-shotted (or 2 or 3 shotted) way too often when I try to dual wield, so I rarely do it anymore. I remember when I first started IVAN, I got excited about getting 2 turns per hit, so I'd dual wield a lot, but big weapons seem better long term to me now.

Idk I think the weapon system is pretty well balanced as it is (aside from the weaker sword + shield combo which has been discussed, and improved with shields giving AV protection to the whole body)

Dual wield short swords/whips/daggers:
Pros: more accurate, get 2 hits per turn, require less strength
Cons: get less damage per hit, bad at blocking

Two-handed halberd/big sword:
Pros: more damage per hit, good at blocking
Cons: less accurate, only get 1 hit per turn, require more arm strength

Dual wield halberds:
Pros: almost everything
Cons: impossible without insane strength from artificial limbs, which would also increase your danger level

I think what TheMasterGear is referring to though, is intentionally two-handing a weapon that you could dual wield and adding a damage buff to that, since you're swinging with 2 arms.
But real world, I don't think that makes sense.
Using a dagger, whip, or a sword that was designed for 1 handed use, just becomes awkward if you use 2 hands with it instead.
Instead the player should be encouraged to use a shield or another weapon in their empty hand.

Actually, once you are able to enchant your weapons +5 or more, and you can get extremely accurate halberds, I think they are overpowered compared to smaller weapons. They are able to get the same accuracy but small weapons can never achieve the same damage.