Re: oly combat simple fix

From: rcb@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (Robert Christopher Butchko)

Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu> writes:
> However the details are worked out, these are some of the best ideas
>I've seen yet.  Mark, the reason you see people using these skills is
>that the combat system as described in the rules don't make it clear that
>it's a waste until you actually fight a battle or two.
David deJardins writes:
>>I don't understand this comment.
Don't worry, with practice reading, comprehension comes!
>>I think it's absolutely clear from the rules that a noble and ten
>>peasants will beat a lone noble no matter how much time the latter has
>>spent studying Swordplay and Defense.

Hmm, is this true?
5000 battles fought in 4 seconds, 1250.00 battles/s
ATTACKER (Fighting to the death) :
    1 noble (80,80,0) [0.50], with:
      10 peasants (1,1,0) [2.84]
    Average losses : 1 noble
                     7 peasants
DEFENDER (Fighting to the death) :
    1 Practised Noble (1250,1250,0) [0.50]
      LIKELIHOOD OF WIN 49.86%
Guess not.  Let's watch those sloppy errors, shall we?  Well, I suppose
Mr. Rodgers' point was that it is not readily apparent from the rules
that raising attack or defense ratings by a single point was not likely
to confer much advantage in battle.  If he was called upon at the time of
reading the rules to determine whether it would or not, my unhesitating
conjecture would be that he would make the correct choice.
His point seems to include the conclusion that those
people who are spending 7 or six days to raise their combat or defense
ratings are unknowingly wasting their time, and I would agree with that.
I remember back in Alpha when certain players had "ninja assassin"  type
nobles, with combat ratings over 120.  Not, as we learned, so useful, but
one can understand the urge to experiment.
-cb

References

Olympia - Time for G2?
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
oly combat simple fix
Mark Hendrickson <eahg128@arcturus.oac.uci.edu>
Thu, 05 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: oly combat simple fix
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Thu, 05 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: oly combat simple fix
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Fri, 06 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Olympia - Time for G2?
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
oly combat simple fix
Mark Hendrickson <eahg128@arcturus.oac.uci.edu>
Thu, 05 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: oly combat simple fix
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Thu, 05 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: oly combat simple fix
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Fri, 06 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000