[net.games.rogue] rogue scoring

mcm (11/24/82)

I have never really liked the ranking system rogue uses in the score
file.  I have always felt that the amount of gold you receive in a
game is essentially random.  I think a more equitable method is to
use experience points.   You can always find more monsters to kill,
and the number of experience points they give is relatively fixed.

The last time I made it out of the dungeon, I had ~24000 experience
points, but only 10000 worth of gold.  Another player had only 11000
experience points, but 12000 worth of gold.  Who is the better
player?


	Mike Mitchell
	decvax!duke!mcnc!ikonas!mcm

dave (11/28/82)

I don't agree. Gold runs out at a given level, so if you want to
add to your score you must go down a level. Otherwise, someone
with a lot of food and a slow digestion (or two) can add to his
score forever by staying on a safe level like 12. I agree gold is random,
but it evens out roughly. Also, experience points can be gone in a
flash after a bad wraith attack; it's hardly fair to have an excellent
score suddenly penalized to that extent (I've had a single wraith
take me from 1600 to 300 exp. pts.). Before you flame about
Leprechauns, sure, but you don't have to attack them.
Dave Sherman
(Magnifibeast)
Toronto

CSvax:Pucc-H:Physics:els (11/30/82)

     Not only is gold terribly random, it also takes less skill to just grab
gold, than to gain experience.  As far as sitting on a level and boosting in
experience, due to the way the levels increase, this isn't very productive
beyond a point, whereas continuously dropping levels to get gold gets you
killed quickly.  There are many fine points involved in maximizing exp. points,
I don't want to spoil it for anyone.  I invite anyone with the capability
to create a second rogue on your system, one that records the score as your
exp. points and not your gold.(Each gold DOES count as a point if you make
it out!)  If enough systems had both rogues, I think it would gradually
become obvious which scoring is preferred.  Let the majority rule!  


                                 Morgon the Malevolent
                                 {Eric Strobel}
                                 pur-ee!pur-phy!els