Re: ARENA: many questions / observations

From: quixote@athena.mit.edu (Christopher J Conley)

Date: Wed, 07 Dec 1994 22:04:28 +0000

In article <786833906.AA01834@clone.his.com>, tim.hruby@his.com (Tim Hruby) writes:
|> As the subject sez, I got 'em.  Some are directed at Scott, but others are
|> aimed at players (as Scott probably won't answer them ;-)

|> 2) I assume that the shield riposte/bash routine has not been implemented yet.
|> I've never seen even an expert fighter use one, though weapon ripostes are not
|> uncommon.

Well, I just started studying it, and didn't manage many shield parries,
so I can't claim for certain that there's no shield bash.  Next week
I'm going to try using a weapon as well as my shield. 8^(  So much
for my unblemished record...

|> 3)  What, if any, team functions have been implemented?  Best Team of the Week?
|>  Team match-ups?

To the best of my knowledge, Team of the Week is now active (though it
seems to be pretty well locked up at the moment).  Team fights are on
Scott's to-do list, although he's said that they're not likely to make
it into the beta test.

|> 4)  Sometimes when I win a fight, I win a lot more than $100.  Anybody have any
|> theories on why this happens?  Is it a bug (it could be, that's why I mention
|> it); does it have to do with the action on the fight, or what?

Well, it might have something to do with the fact that the losers of those
particular fights no longer have any need for the cash which they were
carrying...

|> 6)  Is there any benefit to having a longer weapon (i.e. increased initiative,
|> or chance to hit, ability to fend off opponent, etc), or is it just a fatigue
|> drain?

I'd guess that it's simply a fatigue drain, although I'm certainly not
speaking from any great wealth of knowledge.  There's no mention of other
effects, however, so there probably aren't any.

Chris
Manager, Flying Circus
	Sir Not-Appearing-in-this-Film : 10-1-0 (10-0-0 with a weapon :< )
	The Black Knight : 7-0-1
	Nigel Incubator-Jones: 1-0-0

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ARENA: many questions / observations
tim.hruby@his.com (Tim Hruby)
Wed, 07 Dec 1994 11:07:38 +0000

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ARENA: many questions / observations
tim.hruby@his.com (Tim Hruby)
Wed, 07 Dec 1994 11:07:38 +0000