Re: How to run my PR? (DM)

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

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 05:07:07 +0000

In article <9401281346.tn23412@aol.com> mysticbob@aol.com writes:
>Howdy all!
>
>Thanks for all the advice.  How about some more?  :)
>I now have a 11-13-5-16-16-6-17 PR.  Based on my small knowledge here is how
>I would run him.

That's an awful lot of even numbers for a character.  If I remember
correctly, is this the PR that you submitted to the net some time
ago for review?  In the future, I'd probably go with WT 17 WL 15
(if possible, I don't remember the original stats) not only because
training stats adversely affects the long-term potential of your
warriors, but also because it helps out their starting skills
*immensley*.

>ALE

Always wear headgear with a character you intend to keep.  Always.

A while ago, when I had so much free time I could do things like this,
I went through all my fights to see how many kills resulted from head
shots, and the result was something like 90% of killing blows were to
the head.  I never tried to test out the obvious hypothesis:  that
the best way to keep a 3 CN warrior alive was to wear a Full Helm,
but I bet that it would work well.

If speed is a worry, then go with a leather helm, or better yet
ALE/L.  Despite what the red book tells you, the best protection/weight
ratio is not ARM, but ALE.  The difference between an unprotected body
and a leather clad one is staggering.

With my PR's (only one right now, but I've probably run ten or so) I
usually run them in APL/H.  Anything heavier and they tend to get
tired too fast, anything less and they seem to get taken out by a single
shot.

>EP

Good weapon, but your early defense will be a lot better if you wield a
shield.  Your riposte will be helped out quite a bit by the use of SH,
DA, or HA.

>High offense, Low Activity, High defense

I'll assume defense means kill desire.

I never run my rippers at higher than a 5 offensive effort, and usually
it's 4 or less.  They don't initiate offense very well, but they react
to it extremely well.  Flailing wildly not only tires you out, but it
keeps your opponent from attacking.

Low activity is fine, but you'll have to vary it to see what your
warrior likes.  Mob Boss wrote an article saying that he started his
rippers out as scum, i.e. very low-very low, and then gradually making
them more active as their careeer progressed.  I've found that this
seems to work pretty well, although in early going I usually run a
9-7-7-Lunge round in the 3rd or 4th minute to keep the fight from
going 8+ minutes against tired strikers, pikers, and plungers.

I usually make kill desire equal offensive effort, for no other reason
than it's aesthetically pleasing.  My favorite kill desire is 6, but
for finesse types I usually run along at 4.

>Train SK

Definitely.

>How does this look?  Please don't laugh too hard if this is a really poor way
>to run him, I'm just a humble newbie.

If you run him like this, and it works, more power to you.  Alan Yip
once told me about his pikers on the Rising Sun stable in Sunset(21).
One character her ran at 9-8-6-Parry to the Duelmastership (I believe).
If you were to post that strategy to the net, many people (myself
included) would guffaw or at least strongly suggest against it.

Experimentation is the best way to learn.  Otherwise, you're just letting
someone else run your character while you play the bill.

Trump
ez007195@dale.ucdavis.edu

References

How to run my PR? (DM)
mysticbob@aol.com
Sat, 29 Jan 1994 02:52:48 +0000

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How to run my PR? (DM)
mysticbob@aol.com
Sat, 29 Jan 1994 02:52:48 +0000