Hmm. Thanks for the feedback.
Which astral gear did you pick? I believe my latest changes will work best with an astral bracer, (or the ring, which should be about the same, but not as well-tested) and sometimes I have had trouble if I pick something else. Also, on accounts that have done a few Ed runs already, I sometimes run out of meat at the start of the run, because the script tries to maintain one or two buffs that it can't quite afford.
Also, just FYI, the current "master" code doesn't set Mafia's Ed defeat threshold properly. So sometimes I have seen it auto-abort before it actually starts spending Ka. I do have some changes in the works that should address that. I'll update the repository with them.
In general, you should be able to stop the script if you see it doing something wrong, (or, you know, if it aborts) do some things manually, and then start the script again. In this case, are you able to turn down the MCD, bash a few monsters manually, maybe upgrade legs, and then kick it off again?
edit: wait, I think I meant to ask which sign, rather than which astral gear. Anyway, knowing both might be helpful in investigating the problem. Oh, and I just went ahead and pushed all of my latest code to the "master" branch. Feel free to update or not, as you see fit.
Ugh. Actually, you should hold off on updating. Uh, for the moment. I messed something up.
edit again: Well. I can't reproduce the problem I was seeing earlier tonight. The script repeatedly stopped with "Manual control requested" whenever it got to the "Bat Into Hell" choice. And some other strange behavior. Which all went away just as mysteriously as it appeared. I didn't change ed_ascend code in any way that would affect that. As far as I can tell. I guess it's good. Sorry for the uncertainty on my part. Let me know how it goes if/when you try the script again, and whether or not you did a 'svn update'.