Nuntar
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 4590
Registered: 02-20-2007
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Waterskipper nests only count as 1 (+1)
The algorithm for deciding whether to play Puzzle or Attack music is as follows: each monster is assigned a value (queens 10, goblins 5, tarstuff mothers 30, all others 1), and Attack music is played if the total value is at least 30.
It feels like a clear oversight that waterskipper nests do not have a higher value: it only takes a small number of nests to create a horde room (e.g. River Dugan 2S has nine, Seeding Grounds 3N1E has thirteen). A while back I suggested the nest should have a value of 10, but perhaps that's too much and 5 would be a good compromise.
In chat just now, it was pointed out that this system is still only an approximation and doesn't guarantee whether a room is a horde room or not. While this is true, I think this change is still worth making, at it is a clear improvement over the current approximation. Architects can still decide to override the automatic music choice in particular rooms; this change would just take care of a large number of cases so that there is less manual work for the architect to do.
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