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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SKyOdin" data-source="post: 5793438" data-attributes="member: 57939">What I don't get is why people think rust monsters have to destroy equipment completely in order to be scary. I mean, the rust monsters in NetHack don't even instant-destroy equipment, and NetHack is the reigning king of "your character will lose all of his possessions and die an ignoble death at the slightest mistake" gameplay. NetHack rust monsters just rust your metal weapons and armor, a condition that degrades their effectiveness that can be repaired at the cost of some resources. And yet, that is still plenty enough to convince players to take be nervous around them and take necessary precautions, which primarily consists of always carrying around a non-metallic weapon.It is perfectly fine to have monsters that can threaten a player in unusual or unconventional ways, but it is still possible to do so while having some reasonable restraint....I still need to get around to starting that ascension run with my NetHack character. I've been hesitating on that for too long.</blockquote>