nethack and balance

[khall]

So I hate not being able to control my saves ala nethack/rogue/adom/aos. That said I've run into a problem. After dying the 8th time I have almost no HP and no sp and the restore point tells me it is too dangerous to camp here.

First I went to oksagaard hoping to just make the inn. Died. Trying to find whatever evil is getting a turn. Found some. Died. I think this started because I ran from some spiders and now I can't find them and the game thinks we're still in combat. But basically I have no way to advance here. Because I can't camp and have no potions.

I don't know if this is a bug, my dislike for ironman style games and thus bad playing strategy, a balance issue or what. But...kinda sucks. And not sure starting over would make it any better.

K.

[fallen]

khall - thanks for the feedback, we are working on that issue ... it is definitely one of the gnarlier ones, and something we are trying to work out. Today, it considers you in combat regardless of the monster distance. This is annoying for resting and moving when the monsters are far away. It's something we promise to resolve in future updates!