> "Elbereth" now erodes based on attacks by the player, not monsters scared
> Allow taming monkeys and apes with bananas
> Peacefuls may react when you attack other peacefuls
Also, I'm happy about these QoL changes:
> New status line conditions Stone Strngl Deaf Lev Fly Ride
> Give feedback just before timed levitation runs out
That puts Elbereth back into useful territory. The way it was nerfed in 3.6 made it borderline useless when encountering a single foe that outmatched you, and entirely useless encountering a group.
This is possibly bad news for people who thought that maybe The Problem With Nethack™ was that it was too easy to get out of the early game, but probably good news for everyone else.
So... "elberethelberethelberethelbereth" won't work anymore, either.