Worse luck ever

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PowerWyrm
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Worse luck ever

Post by PowerWyrm » Wed 09.01.2013, 12:06

http://www.mangband.org/Main/HighScoreC ... 3099279346

This was a very short fight... during the first five turns, Morgoth manastormed THREE F***ING TIMES!!!

PowerWyrm
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Re: Worse luck ever

Post by PowerWyrm » Wed 09.01.2013, 12:44

See https://www.mangband.org/forum/viewtopi ... =13&t=2051 for how to make this fight less a matter of pure luck. Clearly:
Morgoth, Lord of Darkness invokes a mana storm.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
It was a good hit!
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
Morgoth, Lord of Darkness magically summons ancient dragons!
You feel very good.
You have 40 Potions of *Healing* {@q2}.
"Lucky" case: Morgoth doesn't cast two manastorms consecutively. Here you can see that's it's virtually impossible to heal the first damage before the second spell is cast, because you lose a turn due to the auto-retaliator engaging melee and the gap between turns is too small (you have a third of a second to react -- which is of course even less because you need to take into account the time taken by the code to be processed and the server "lag").
Morgoth, Lord of Darkness invokes a mana storm.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You miss Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You miss Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You hit Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
You miss Morgoth, Lord of Darkness.
Morgoth, Lord of Darkness invokes a mana storm.
You die.
The unlucky case... Here I'm sure I pressed the key for healing, but the command was not processed in time. For me, this is an instagib and should be fixed.

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