Is killing shopkeeps too easy on Normal?

[nas1m]

Using Green Envy killing those even on floor one was a piece of cake.
The stuff that spawns afterwards seems to be ... powerful.

(what are those things called anyway?)

Should this be harder to accomplish?

[TheVampire100]

Incredibilities. And not all Incredibilities are positive. Some make the game more challenging.
And the point is not that shopkeepers should be hard (they are shopkeepers, if they would be killing machines they would plunder the Megaltih themself) but that you loose an entire shop for the rest of the game. And depending on the shop this can be a grave mistake.

[nas1m]

I see . Thanks!

[PokerChen]

Yeah, well I like not have to fight shopkeepers like I did in Spelunky. We can put in that alternative game mode another time.

[crazyroosterman]

em is it a bug that you can still use the shop as normal EVEN while the shop keepers trying to kill you?.

[Misery]

One problem I think is that you can get these things from any type of shop.  Knocking out teh "cheap item shop" doesnt exactly hurt you much in the long run.

That bit could be an issue.

There's a couple of other problems right now that may lead to changes as well, but I need more time testing them first.  Let's just say, it's possible to get just a BIT totally overboard in terms of sheer power before the later parts of the game.

[crazyroosterman]

One problem I think is that you can get these things from any type of shop.  Knocking out teh "cheap item shop" doesnt exactly hurt you much in the long run.

That bit could be an issue.

There's a couple of other problems right now that may lead to changes as well, but I need more time testing them first.  Let's just say, it's possible to get just a BIT totally overboard in terms of sheer power before the later parts of the game.

is it normal though for you to be able to buy items when you've set the shop keeper of? just want to find out before I report it on mantis.

[Misery]

One problem I think is that you can get these things from any type of shop.  Knocking out teh "cheap item shop" doesnt exactly hurt you much in the long run.

That bit could be an issue.

There's a couple of other problems right now that may lead to changes as well, but I need more time testing them first.  Let's just say, it's possible to get just a BIT totally overboard in terms of sheer power before the later parts of the game.

is it normal though for you to be able to buy items when you've set the shop keeper of? just want to find out before I report it on mantis.

Uhhh.... I have no idea if that's intended or not.