My latest characters STILL don't show up on here. Are they no longer showing up for anyone?????

Ill bite... what does this have to do with my question?

Whoops!

Fixed

i've red the whole changelog, but i thought the tree was opened by default, it wasn't specified.

just to know, i'm playing a rogue and there's no poison tree in the list, should it be unlocked?

Na it just does not complete, it does in b26

Can we get some holes in the walls? Phase door probably would've saved you.

BTW: While we're on the topic, does drowning work on personal timer, or on global timer? Ie. Could he have lightning speed/movement infusion to get out of there?

You can change graphics from the escape key menu

Much thanks! That did the trick. Now to remember all the things I've forgotten in a few months.

That's quite an accomplishment.

Also is it normal now to have to ctrl-alt-del out of the game at start up if you want to go back to the beginning screen or exit the game instead of being stuck in character creation mode? ESC does not work, nor does clicking the "x" at the top right.

My favourite tactic with a summoner is to simply summon a flame ritch at a corner before turning it, or in the middle of an open area before entering it. This guarantees that monsters in that area target the summon instead of you, since they don't even see you, and it reveals their existence. True, you occaisionally waste a summon this way, but once you have the jelly summon it becomes trivial to reduce your equillibrium. I've literally dropped it from 150 to 0 just by standing in a narrow hallway throwing jelly after jelly in front of my opponents. Then, once equilibrium reaches 0, bam, fire drake time.

Even if you end up in melee combat, your time is still better spent summoning or healing yourself than attacking. It's useful to boost your defence and armour, but if you're reduced to attacking with your weapon, you're not doing very well. It does help to be a dwarf, as their racial power makes it easier to stand around getting hit while your summons take care of business. A good healing and regeneration infusion are very useful here, too. I got lucky on high power psychic infusions for both, but if you watch the stores you shouldn't need too much luck to get those fairly common items.

And yes, it's true that boosting your cunning only makes a difference every 10 points, but what a difference! Reaching 30 cunning is a critical, high priority goal for any serious summoner. Having three minions means you can produce a melee summon like a jelly or war-hound to hold the enemies off while you bring out some ranged support, and still have a slot open in case you get bushwacked by unseen foes and need to pull out your reserve hydra.

If you realy want some personal combat abilities for emergencies, wait for the sand-drake powers to become available and spend a category point. Unlike melee attacks, they'll take advantage of your high willpower.

My best moment was when I beat the boss in the spellfire scar without ever even seeing it, as my fire drakes and hydras kept running off around the corner and dying, so I just summoned new ones in the same place.