cjh (07/12/82)
Has anyone developed useful strategies for dealing with the new and improved vampires in versions 4.x? I have just gotten wiped out in a promising game after losing over 25 hit points to them and am curious as to other people's experience. Do you have to burn magic on them to give yourself any chance? Are they fragile enough that 1 drain-life zap will defeat them? I am told by someone who heard Ken Arnold talk at the last Usenix that he's annoyed people have already won at 4.x and is planning to make it even harder; he's also planning mazes and other cutenesses for the next version.