c-no said:
Just wondering how far are you in that game? How many floors/levels/chapters/whatever is covered within it? I kinda want to give NetHack a try even though I feel intimidated not with the controls but with whatever I'd encounter.
The Gnome Mines is a really early branch off the main dungeon. It usually starts on the third or fourth floor. You normally don't run into mind flayers until way the fuck later; I don't know what's with the RNG today. (Speaking of which, I finally managed to kill it with the wand of lightning.) Farthest I've ever made was Medusa's lair (floor 21 in my case, although it varies), which is usually around halfway down.
If you do want to get into NetHack, expect a lot of difficulty; it has the learning curve of a brick wall. There's a fairly comprehensive wiki for it, and you'll probably need it to get a handle on the game. That being said, once you do get the hang of it, it's a lot of fun. Also, I'd recommend visiting nethack.org and downloading the Nethack executable; the online versions tend to lag, and that can really mess you up.