Re: DM: Favorite Favorites, RESULTS!

From: ez007195@dale.ucdavis.edu (Yeon Choi)

Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 06:57:21 +0000

In article <2l8r6u$ng1@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> hitz@cumbna.bioc.columbia.edu writes:
>You gave me the data, I analysed it.  Much thanks to everyone who provided
>probably isn't significant.  As an exercise, think of 'Parry-Strikes you
>know that also got the GS', or something similar.  I didn't no no
>fancy-schmancy statistical analysis (kinda pointless when your best class
>is LU, and you have less than 60), so what I say is 'significant' looks
>significant to my eyes, and no higher power.

I'm not a mathematician by any stretch of the imagination, but I
remember the "magic" number for most statistical studies was in the
35-40 range.  If you had that many data points you could get a pretty
good idea of the system it measures.

Any statisticians out there?  How big does 'n' have to be before
you can start making some conclusions?

>Lungers:
>Offensive Range: LO-VHI
>OE: LO(7),MOD(18),HI(19),VHI(15)
>Activity Range: LO-VHI
>AC: LO,MOD(15),HI(19),VHI(24)
>Rhythms: HI/HI (14/59)  M/VH (10/59) M/M (6/59) H/VH VH/M (5/59) VH/H
>(4/59)

LO activity level for a lunger?  I bet you that manager was sur-
prised! :)  LO/MOD is possible, I guess, and would make a great
scum killer.  Seems to me that this favorite would make the lunger
a tad slow, though.

>Parry-Strikes
>Total: 16
>Most common Rhythm: LO/LO (4/14)
>
>Only 16 PSs?  I know they suck and all, but...

They don't suck, really.  It's just that they're so hard to keep
around .500 early.  I mean, think about it, is there a single style
that wouldn't challenge an early PS?  Not a one!

After about 10 fights, and even a moderate amount of tourney
seasoning, they're pretty formidable opponents.  That's why I try
so hard to kill them at an early age.:)

>Lousy rhythms.  LO/LO?  Bleah. 10/16 got at least one tactic!

Actually, LO/LO is a pretty good rhythm for the PS style.  Most
people these days run them as strikers right up to AD, but the
most successful ones I've had (few though they be) have done
nothing but dog it for the first 3-4 minutes of the fight, running
around 3-3-3-Parry, then opening up a bit with 4-6-4 and 7-5-5.

Generally, all styles except TPs are so worn out by this time that
they go down under a flurry of blows.  It's not great for the
popularity, but it's effective when/if you can pull it off.

>Slashers:
>Offensive Range: Mod-VHigh
>OE: MO(6),HI(12),VH(14)
>Activity Range: Vlow-Mod
>AC: Vlow(20),LO(9),MO(3)
>Rhythms: HI/VL (11/32) VH/L (7/32) VH/VL (5/32) VH/M (3/32)
>
>Absolutly no
>activities above moderate, and only 3 (about 10%) moderate.  HI/VL is
>quite popular...  Do people actually run Slashers this way?  In the first
>minute?

Well, even if I know the "favorite" rhythm for my fighter, I will
sometimes change it.  I may or may not run a slasher at VH/VL in
the first minute, even if he throws a million crits, if it slow s
him down too much.

In addition, I change my strategies vs. some styles in particular,
and some warriors in particular.  I tend to get "dialed" into
favorite strategies in AD, but in regular DM I will sometimes
vary those strategies wildly.

>That's all for now!

Thanks for taking the time, Ben.  Very interesting.

Trump
ez007195@dale.ucdavis.edu

References

DM: Favorite Favorites, RESULTS!
Ben 'Critical' Hitz
Sat, 05 Mar 1994 02:36:14 +0000