HunchBluntley: I've been playing this game for a couple months now, and while I'm still not exactly awesome at it, I'm more reliably decent than in any other Roguelike I've played (not that the list is terribly long). I was just curious how many other people around here play it/have played it, how well people do, what experiences they've had, how they think it compares to other RL dungeon crawlers, etc.

Here's the obligatory link to the game's site for more info (for the uninitiated, it's free and open-source, and can even be played in-browser, for those so inclined).

HunchBluntley: I find myself gravitating mostly toward melee fighter-types, for whatever reason. It's probably the simplicity. :P I still have a ghoul assassin (randomly chosen) sitting in my saved game list, as well as some other more "oddball" (at least for me) choices like a vampire...skald, I think? or maybe a mage class, I don't remember -- and a deep dwarf warper that's one of the earliest characters I ever played, but that I just can't bring myself to have much fun with, and that I don't want to get killed, so...yeah.
I've been playing a lot of demonspawn abyssal knights lately, but apparently that's not a good race/background combo for unrelenting melee combat, like I would try with a minotaur fighter or the like. Long story short -- I keep getting them killed fairly quickly. XP

I should try some more chaos knight characters, as they're usually good for a laugh, and I made it surprisingly far with one or two.

HunchBluntley: Also good to play while listening to music or a podcast (especially since the game completely lacks music).

I'm sorta curious as to how many of those who've played it before did so primarily online, as opposed to downloading and playing one of the standalone versions.