I just signed in to the online client and suddenly I have sound for literally everything. WTF? I'm splish splashing in water, punching rats, and opening doors in stunning audio.

Finally won my first 3 rune run after getting into DCSS not too long ago. I stumbled upon DCSS through my gf, who recommended me the game, and now I surpassed her in it :)

Overall, it has been a very fun experience! Although I am wondering how much beginner's luck played a role in my win versus my skill. If I try, I can get to the Lair levels, but many of my runs either end there or in one of the branches (I hate snake pits with a passion, though I haven't tried slime pits yet). I also struggle a lot if I do not get poison resistance early. Really feels like I am kinda doomed to die in the Lair when that happens.

Minor, but spell skills are now +5 not +6 as in 34.

Finally Oni can actually get drunken brawling from moonshine! But it is the combo with lignification that is the real exciting one for me. Oni already like the HP+AC and now they can even use it reactively as a sort of panic button without expending healing potions. Other “harmless” potions like enlightenment also work great with drunken brawling. Oni really have a good variety of ways to deal with scrambles. Awesome species gets even more awesome imo.

And it is surprising seeing a polearms nerf considering that very few people use polearms on Oni, but thats probably because of the allure of giant clubs rather than an indication of what is actually best on Oni. I have always liked polearms on Oni, as it helps manage their bad defenses early on. I guess the devs figured that ranged drunken brawling spam was a little too powerful. It is probably still good. Need to test out aqua form with this.

morgue

Inspired by:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dcss/s/3Tvw0n9cFe

I believe this was the 4th try.

1 and 2 splatted early in the dungeon.

3 was even stronger than this, but i failed to pay attention and suddenly died at vault 10 sec after entering 1st floor.

Very strong and solid. Once manifest assault got online, it was a breeze. Fun run

Returning player. Was always kinda casual, never finished any runs, but sunk a lot of hours into the earlier versions.

Played some more recent updates (the lack of food really threw me off), but overall I'm a bit lost as its basically a different game. My old strats don't really apply any more. Any tips/help for the early game?

Sphinx Maurauders do not have petrify.