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

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

Date: Wed, 09 Feb 1994 04:17:12 +0000

In article <9402081356.tn324135@aol.com> mysticbob@aol.com writes:
>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.

Good job on the 5-0!  With the team you've got, you should be running over
.600 in a few turns.

>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?

This guy is never going to learn well, so the only thing you can do with
him is train stats.  ST is a fine one to train, especially if it boosted
your carry, endurance, or damage.  I don't have my charts with me, so I
don't know if you'll be helped by too many more trains to ST.  I'd go
for SP now, since almost every SP bump will give you additional skills.
Training WT will also give needed skills.  I'd go with SP.

>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?

I wouldn't train anymore stats until his 10th fight or so.  Skills all the
way.  Give this guy ARM/F with an off-hand shield.

>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.  :)

You're doing better than my "awesome" (or so I think) ripper who started
out 0-3, and his now 3-5.

>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?

Ran him lean and mean will take advantage of his high Init.  ALE/H with
a LO and no backups going 10-10-6-AB-LE-Lunge.  Pretty much all Lungers have
good Init, though, so stay away from them and challenge the slower styles:
bashers, pikers, plungers, wastes, and rippers.

>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.

It depends on the manager, who you killed, and how he feels that day.  I
would suspect that very few managers will bloodfeud down from the top ten
unless they were very attached to that roll-up, or just want to train skills.
I'd say you don't have anything to worry about, but on the "If challenged"
side you might want to go APA/F with WH/LG.  You have a reasonable chance
of tiring the other guy out, espeically if he sends a LU at you.

Trump
ez007195@dale.ucdavis.edu

References

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