Armor is now slightly more likely to generate outside Gehennom (at
the expense of gems that generate via random generation rather than
mineralisation or level rules).
Basic nonmagical armor (especially body armor) has had its generation
probabilities reduced *relative to other armor*, but outside
Gehennom, it is no less likely to generate (because armor in general
is now more likely to generate outside Gehennom). It is slightly less
likely to generate in Gehennom (but isn't typically needed in
quantity there).
Armor that has extrinsics is more likely to generate, both due to
having increased probability relative to other armor, and due to the
increased proportion of generated items being armor: this is the
primary goal of this change.
The intention behind this change is to increase the chance that
players naturally find useful armor (especially armor that they might
not have been planning to use, but that they can adapt their strategy
to make use of), rather than needing to wish for it: the chance of
finding useful armor is higher both in the Dungeons (due to the
increased probability) and in Gehennom (because it is more biased
towards armor that might be useful at that stage of the game). In
practice, in 3.6.x (prior to this change and to wishing changes), it
was quite common for players to wish up an entire set of armor at the
Castle, ignoring almost everything they'd found so far that game; I'm
hoping this change encourages more wish variety rather than spending
the majority of wishes on armor.
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