Re: AG : Mind Wall

From: godzilla <alyi@chevron.com>

Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

sean wrote:
>
> On 16 Oct 1995, Garrett R Le-Page wrote:

> > Both Bumble Bounce and Phaul Ironwood have received free levels within
> > the last few turns during adventures.  They are both in Ciston and tend
to
> > hit high power spellcasters relative to their power.
>
> I can verify this.  Phaul did get one in both mind wall and avoid traps
> in the same turn about ~8 or so back.  The problem with getting free
> levels is that usually you fight someone with such a good daze/vert that
> you have a hard time blocking them out.  When you fail to block one out
> you have no chance at a free raise.  It also seems that if a daze/vert
> are low enough for you to be able to block all out that you have less of
> a chance to gain free levels as well.  In other words, it seems that a
> daze/vert that is too high to block out or is too low to prove to be a
> challenge you will not get a good chance for a mind wall raise.
>

So what we are saying here is that if you don't train Mind Wall
early on in a character's career, there is pretty much no chance
this character will be able to keep up with the various monsters
or guild opponents who use daze/vertigo. Ex: a 1500 power
level character with Mind Wall Level 1 will never have a chance
at an increase because he will continually be going up against
opponents with say Level 5+ daze or vertigo and failing to
block out 99% of the time.

This does not bode well for any non-mage type.

Sort of makes you wonder about going up against the mages with
Level 10+ daze/vertigo... Can you imagine how much it would
cost to have a Mind Wall that is even mildly effective against
these guys? This seems to be an imbalance in the game.
Especially since Mind Wall costs so much more than daze/vertigo.

Any opinions?

References

Re: AG : Mind Wall
sean <sean@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu>
Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: AG : Mind Wall
thorron@inforamp.net (Thorron T)
Sun, 15 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: AG : Mind Wall
lepag001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Garrett R Le-Page)
Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000