19th June 2003, 11:35 AM
Not as fast as possible. I felt I had plenty of time to just explore as well as do what I needed to do, and usually had at least half a day, sometimes a whole day, before I reset (I'd always reset the second I felt I had the item the current quest meant for me to get). I think maybe we look at dungeons differently. I've always felt "rushed" to beat a dungeon quickly rather than hang around since the first game. I think it stems from my fear of BURNING DEATH that the underworld has to offer. Feeling safer on the overworld, I'm much inclined to go through the dungeons quickly as they just feel so unsafe, so I've always felt rushed. This may be the key perception difference.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)