Re: DM: Great Turn! (5-0)

From: cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Chris J. Wein)

Date: Wed, 09 Feb 1994 00:02:59 +0000

In article <9402081356.tn324135@aol.com>,  <mysticbob@aol.com> wrote:
>Howdy!
>
>Well, once again I owe you netters my thanks.  My newly revised team went 5-0
>this turn.  But a problem has occured that I need some advice on.  More on
>that below.
>
>The Fights:
>
>1.  Harvey the Short-Term-Boost-My-W-L-Record Lunger, 13(+1)-7-11-5-17-10-21,
>took care of Mr. Convicted Thief on two hits.
>I trained ST on someone's advice, was that a good idea?

What damage do you do?  If you do good damage then raising strength in
an attempt to get great is a good idea.  However, if you already have
great then no point.  You may try to raise it again to get great damage
if you want.

>2.  Lorg, a 11-9(+1)-9-17-17-4-17 waste, beat Cult Member in a two-minute
>duel.  He started with an Ex in Attack.  I trained Con on someone's advice,
>should I do it again or not?

This is a real good warrior.  You probably want to raise con one more time
to keep him from dying.  Normally, you don't want to waste too many turns
training stats but his base ratings are obviously very good so he could
do with missing a turn or two or skill training.  I would say that either
choice is reasonable.

>3.  Starble, a 11-13-5-16-16-6-17 PR, actually won his first fight!  It took
>two minutes and he was behind after the first miute but he came back.  He was
>gravely injured and desperate in the first minute but he still won.  :)

Another good one.  If you plan on keeping this warrior for several *years*
and developing him to his fullest potential then train skills only.  If
you want good success in regular and also good success for normal ADM
then you could train your wit/will to 17.  Doing this gives you the
equivalent of about 9 skills!  Of course, many people will say that
I am stupid for raising those stats but you won't be *really* affected
by those raises until 1996 at the earliest.  Think about that.

>4.  Tarkus, a 11-5-9-15-17-10-17 LU, Went desperate after the first hit but
>came back to win in the first minute.  If you remember he started with an Ex
>in both Init and At.  Well he gained to Init skills and is now an Ad Ex in
>Init after two fights.  Is there someway to run him that I can take advantage
>of this or will it just factor in?

Oh gee, you are really hurting for quality, aren't you? :-)  Initiative
will factor in naturally with lungers.  Of course, I rate init as
the sixth most important skill area...but a high init is better than a
low one.

>5.  Mbarl, a 16-15-16-9-11-9-8(+1) BA, is my only warrior that I have from my
>original five.  As you can probably tell I made him before I knew anything
>about making roll-ups (so please don't tell me his stats are all wrong, I
>know :).  He killed his opponent in the first minute.  Now here's the problem
>his opponent was on a team where the other four warriors are all in the top
>ten.  If they bloodfeud I guess I am screwed.  Although it would save Mbarl a
>trip to the DA (hopefully) which he will eventually have to make.  Do you
>think that he will bloodfeud all the way down to Mbarl (2-1-1)?  And if it
>makes any difference Mbarl was challenged by his opponent.

Bloodfeuding a 2-1 warrior with a champion is not at all uncommon and
will probably happen.  If you are going to DA him then do it now.  Of course,
this will only serve to piss off your opponent but then he challenged you,
didn't he.

>PS My team could make it to 50% next week!  Yay!

Yeah, going 5-0 does tend to positively influence your record.

Chris

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DM: Great Turn! (5-0)
mysticbob@aol.com
Tue, 08 Feb 1994 18:51:22 +0000