kruskal (10/09/82)
#N:uiucdcs:9500038:000:525 uiucdcs!kruskal Oct 9 04:28:00 1982 When coming up it is possible to run around on levels 7-16 beating up leprechauns and acquiring lots of gold. This is almost totally safe and can go on almost indefinitely since one requires little food and also one can pick up food (and other stuff) by beating up Nymphs. It seems to me that this must be a bug because high score for total winners now depends only on stamina. (This process is very boring because the Leprechauns are fairly rare.) I would suggest some way of limiting how many leprechauns one can meet.
sjb (10/09/82)
Limiting Lep's is NOT the way to do it! They are so scarce now that a limit would just take away more from the amount you get. Since they are also never randomly generated (I think) you will only find them going down and then again on your way up (that is to say, once you clear a level, it won't do you any good to sit around waiting for more to run up to you)
kos (10/09/82)
#R:uiucdcs:9500038:uiucdcs:9500041:000:156 uiucdcs!kos Oct 9 15:06:00 1982 Maybe a new version could just not generate Ls and Ns on levels that you've already visited. This would mean you wouldn't get ANYTHING on the way back up.