Bracelet of Stagnation

[RT1]

This apparently halts your level growth. Can anyone fill me in on why this would be useful? Does enemy strength scale depending on your character's level?

[Zuboki]

I think it's just a rusty weapon type deal, for people who equip unidentified bracelets.

[June-pie]

I'm still kinda disappointed that 'cursed' weapons don't exist, like they do in Nethack. It'd make Weapon ID'ing and Item Appreciators way more useful.

But hey, if you have high ID, you have a better chance of finding that RARE RARE RARE opportunity to pick up random holy weapons off the ground instead of just thinking they're just ordinary long swords.

[Aleccia Rosewater]

...How is item appraising not currently useful? Have you never had a piece of equipment break on you?

The equipment durability mechanic combined with the limited carrying capacity and very low item identification rates makes it very common for players to use a unknown weapon. The game already has rusted longswords, wooden poles, tattered clothes. While most roguelikes discourages the use of unidentified items, this game encourages this practice.

After all, if a given weapon isn't hitting as hard as you expect, it might very well actually be a shoddy weapon and it is time to pick up a different one.

[jamesraylee]

Basically if you kept using it until it got appraised, it's basically the game going, "Ha, you thought you were using a useful item all this time but no".

[Bchampli]

Very Interesting discussion! Keep it up I am really enjoying playing this game and learning what it has to offer

[Zuboki]

It's really got a surprising amount of depth for such an at-a-glance simple game! Although, perhaps I'm a bit biased as an enthusiastic fan. :)

[RT1]

So, after scratching my head for a month and pondering over the meaning of what seem to be non-sequitur responses to my opening post, I'm still no clearer as to the usefulness of the bracelet.

[Zuboki]

Originally posted by Zuboki:

I think it's just a rusty weapon type deal, for people who equip unidentified bracelets.

Originally posted by jamesraylee:

Basically if you kept using it until it got appraised, it's basically the game going, "Ha, you thought you were using a useful item all this time but no".

[Daemonologist]

Long story short, it's rather useless. It's essentially an item that's there to troll you for using unidentified equipment. In this particular case using a 'Bracelet??' for instance could boost your damage output by 30%, or it could reduce the xp you gain by 90% - the latter being the bracelet of stagnation.

Enemy strength scales with difficulty and distance primarily, not with levels. Unless the bracelet has some hidden effect that I'm unaware of it really is only good for selling for a bit of silver as there's little reason to cripple your xp rate beyond intentionally making yourself weaker compared to your enemies...which can done more easily/safely by simply avoiding fights for a significant distance anyway.

[RT1]

Originally posted by Daemonologist:

Long story short, it's rather useless.

Clear now. Cheers.