Re: arena

From: khearn@pyramid.com (Keith Hearn)

Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <49aqo1$hfr@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>,
Robert Leonard <kicker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Does anyone have any advice to an Arena newbie.  I'm a combined 1-10
>between my gladiators and I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.

The most useful thing I can advise is to explore. You should use your
  3 moves into new areas *every* day. Find the hospital, find the
  other stores, find the other schools, find other good stuff.

Having half a dozen stores to choose from helps a lot in equiping your
  gladiator. You will have a much higher chnce of finding what you
  want. Want some ring mail pants? The only place I've found them so
  far is at Acme. All I've found at Gertin is metal plate pants, and
  they are too heavy for most gladiators (IMHO). Where's Acme? Go find
  it.

There are other schools besides the School for Novice Gladiators, that
  teach skills up to higher levels. No point in just training up to
  15%, when for an additional 25 gold, you can bump it up higher. You
  just need to explore and find these schools.

I'd advise staying out of the sewers for a while, though. It's easy
  enough to avoid, the only sewer entrance I know of is quite well
  marked. Just don't go in until you are ready to handle it. Wait
  until you have a couple of arena wins. Either that, or take a couple
  gladiators in, so you can gang up on the rats & slugs. Be warned
  that the way in is *not* the way out, and you'll have to do several
  days' worth of exploring to find an exit, and you can't go to the
  hospital to heal up between fights until you find it.

That's how Aktin Beerisk died, He got hurt in one fight, and bleed to
  death during hid next (the rat only hit him once, but he was getting
  weaker and weaker each round leading up to that one hit.

Another point of advice is to not overburden your gladiator. If, after
  a number of rounds, he stops attacking, he either needs less weight,
  or more torso vigor (or maybe more leg strength). Too much armor can
  make him more vulnerable than not enough armor.

That's a few points to ponder. I'm sure others will come up with some,
  too. Don't expect people to tell you everything you need to know.
  For one thing, we haven't figure it all out yet, and for another,
  why should we tell our competition how to beat us? :)

Keith Hearn
    Aktin Beerisk (RIP)
    Boris the Grey
    Celador
    Daktari

References

arena
kicker@ix.netcom.com (Robert Leonard)
Sun, 26 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000