Does this get easier?

Cheator13 posted...

Of course it gets easier

Once you know what you're doing the game becomes ridiculously easy

Well, that was an informative post, if this were real life I'd buy you a pint. Thanks for being so helpful.

It's damn hard at the beginning, and death is incredibly common. When you start to understand the relative strengths and weaknesses of enemies then it becomes easier to deal with them.
The best beginner tactic is to keep enemies at range, regardless of how much proficiency you have with a ranged weapon, that little bit of damage you can inflict will help a lot, and continue to do so as you get better ammo for better foes.

What specifically are you having trouble with? It does suck having to trek to temples after every few battles, but you will become a lot more self-sustaining eventually. Don't underestimate the use of potions either. It's very rare that you *need* a certain potion for a certain situation (with the exception of thief buffs and elemental resistance), so you'll soon find that your store of potions is growing massive, should you be keeping one. Buffing attack rolls, damage, any combat stats basically, will help immensely when facing tough situations.

Number crunching will also give you many little bonus'. It should have stat/progression/spell tables in the manual. Pay attention to your character sheet when you change equipment. Whilst all items do what they say, depending on your race or weapon skills there can be things you'll only notice when you look at your thac0 and damage. Just because your AC doesn't change, doesn't mean you don't have extra 'hidden' AC for piercing, blunt etc, which is displayed lower down in your stat sheet.

Or, you could lower the difficulty and mess around with whatever you want.
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^IMO.