Diver without diving? [V]

Hi all.

Eddie and Pete got me trying divers some time ago. Well, I tried few, liked it, but got bored about looking my turncount, so I reverted back to normal playing.

But it seems that my normal playing isn't quite what it used to be. I just noticed that my non-diver is going only a little bit slower than my divers did :-). Currently playing Dwarf Priest (as usual), and clvl 31 dlvl ~45 and turns are around 800k. I have to avoid most in-depth monsters, equipment is bad, stats are bad, HP is bad, I have no speed-items, I don't have good enough detection and first surprise gravity hound pack will probably kill me. But WIS is high and I have regeneration which means I can use OoD to kill just about anything I need to kill. Just got STR high enough to get second blow, so now melee is option too.

Funny. I didn't think testing divers could have had so big influence in my normal playing style. I recommend testing divers to everybody, even if you wouldn't like to play those. It really changes your playing.

Timo Pietilä
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