Useful items

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A lot of items aren't particularly useful to a lot of characters.

* Increase drop rate and quantity for useful consumables.
- !CCW, !Healing

* Check base object type against skill and sometimes:
- Reroll base type
- Convert to gold or just don't drop anything

* Reduce wargear drop rates deep in the dungeon.

* Implement some automatic squelch-like behavior into item generation code
- Good armor when wearing excellent
- low-level weapon types (non-artifact/ego) when high level
- etc.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jmidd...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 8:55

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I don't like the idea that skills affect item drops. That would encourage 
people to play narrower characters.

Let's say I'm playing an elf warrior. At the beginning of the game I 
automatically take sword and bow, the cheapest and most efficient weapon 
skills. If the game adjusts the drops in my favour, there's actually a penalty 
in buying other, non-optimal weapon skills.

I enjoy the randomness. It forces me to think when I develop my character.

At the moment there are at least three good strategies for a warrior-type:
1) Develop many weapon skills, so that you can use most of what you find.
2) Increase only one weapon skill, but take weaponsmithing.
3) Invest in martial arts.

If you start adjusting weapon drops based on skills, I'll probably consider 
playing risky with only one weapon skill. That would be less interesting.

Original comment by miihkali...@gmail.com on 15 Oct 2010 at 2:56

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Original comment by jmidd...@gmail.com on 22 Oct 2010 at 6:01

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See r157 regarding reduction in weapon drops, and increased rate of damage 
increase for OOD weapons.

Original comment by jmidd...@gmail.com on 27 Oct 2010 at 5:30

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This issue was closed by revision r158.

Original comment by jmidd...@gmail.com on 27 Oct 2010 at 5:30

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