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This has been suggested quite a few times, and some very interesting points have been brought up in the resulting discussions.  It also doesn't help a presentation when the language used in presenting it is mangled to such a degree.  A little more thought put into writing can sell a point that would otherwise be ignored.

Hell no.

Can you imagine what it would be like when you've got an army of goblins marching down your trap-infested corridor?  You wouldn't be able to do anything!

No, that would be the name of a sword use in the massacre of a number of transvestites.

But I see your point.  Yes, weapons should earn some of the legendary status of a particularly heroic (or devilish) individual, and should be given special status of some sort.

I like it.  I like it a lot.

Display cases have got my vote.  If only they had come before the ill-fated museum fortress a while back...

There's always the use of old talics.  That can help.

I was thinking recently about what DF would look like in 3D...  You'd really just need a very simple thing for handling the environment, since everything's already split up into rather big blocks.  However, you'd have the problem of trying to deal with the rather amusing dents in space that DF has...  Like the "kittens on a tile" problem, or the ever-popular "colossus-in-a-corridor".  Little hard to shove stuff like that under the rug when it's all in 3D.

I am going to refrain from listing the differences between "swamps", "marshes", "fens", and all other baffling watery land-ish areas, as it is utterly unimportant and "swamp" sounds cooler anyways.

Swamps should have more water, I agree.  A very shallow aquifer could lead to some interesting challenges, but I think having the first level be an aquifer might be a bit extreme.

Hey, I resent the comments made about "senseless" nude mods.  There are a lot of dedicated people out there who are hard at work making 3D models and skinning them for no pay, just in the hopes that another pornstar like Asia Carrera will start playing online and need a nude skin for their favorite game.  Yeah...

Okay, so there are a lot of nude mods out there that serve no purpose other than pornography.  But those tend to be so poorly done -due mainly to the fact that they are all programmed/designed using only one hand- that they're not worth the time spent downloading.  And then you've got the nude mods that add hilarity, a plotline, or simple eye candy to pass by and admire.

Y'know, I find a lot of these arguments talking about how the only people who would use something like that are folks who are, essentially, socially retarded.  Now, a long time ago somebody made a little game/mod called "Lara Croft's Nude Trampoline Party".  Some guy downloaded it, played it, and wrote a review.  He said that eventually, he actually got so caught up in the gameplay of the damn thing that he forgot he was playing a game where our favorite heroine happened to only be wearing her birthday suit.  He was re-acquainted with that fact when his girlfriend came in and pinched him.

[ May 22, 2008: Message edited by: Kagus ]