Re: DM: Kill-Less Dueling

From: leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu

Date: Wed, 02 Feb 1994 03:26:04 +0000

In article <1994Feb1.155658.1@afit.af.mil>, gtriplet@afit.af.mil writes:
>      One of the greatest feats of skill a manager can show his arena is to run
> a kill-less team record.  I have little sympathy for these 50+ kill teams.  Big
> deal.  Try running a team of offensives kill-less over a reasonable period of
> time.  THAT takes skill.
>      I don't profess to have this down entirely, as random death still happens
> because of BAD mis-matches in experience (especially those irritating novice
> fighters challenging WAY over their heads) and computer chow-blowing sessions,
> but I have determined a few things.
>
> 1:  Don't attack the head, chest, or abdomen.
> 2:  Leave your KD at reasonable levels (3,5,6,7 - nothing else is really worth
> running, anyway)
> 3:  Challenge fighters with equivalent (or more) fight experience than your own
> fighter.
> 4:  Lay off the large weapons.
>
>      Obviously, to score the kill reverse the above.  Anyone out there have any
> luck with kill-less teams over extended periods of time?  I haven't always been
> of this mind-set, and several of my teams reflect 'dark' times, but I have cut
> my kill rates to a crawl in arenas where I desire to.  My greatest success,
> right now, is Sightless in Jurine.  Although a young team and running only one
> fighter right now (a lunger), it is 31-31-0 as a team.

Without the possibility of death, life can get kinda dull in a PBM game.  If
you want to play no kill, then more power to you.  But killing was one aspect
of Duelmasters that was a lot of fun.  It was great killing a character from
an enemy stable and then rubbing it in in the personal ads.  I loved getting
kills with Total Parries so you could tell all the people that called you
scum that they're a bunch of hosebags and to take a look at your kill totals.
The only times I would never want to kill are against a lesser opponent or
against someone you have no beef with (and maybe against a friend in the same
game, but hey, it's fun killing your friends! :) ).

Mike Lee

> PHOENIX

References

DM: Kill-Less Dueling
gtriplet@afit.af.mil
Tue, 01 Feb 1994 10:56:58 +0000

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DM: Kill-Less Dueling
gtriplet@afit.af.mil
Tue, 01 Feb 1994 10:56:58 +0000