Re: DM: Roll-up and question

From: gharris@jade.tufts.edu (George W. Harris)

Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1993 19:01:03 +0000

In article <2f7jflINN2eg@uwm.edu> dray@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Daniel Ray Giese) writes:
>     Another turn, another roll-up.  10-4-13-10-10-10-13.
>     Any suggestions?

Not bad.  The 4 CN is a strong incentive to make this guy an
offensive.  I'd stay away from a striker just on principle, and you'd
really want more ST than you can afford to give this guy for a basher.
People say less than a 17 WL is insufficient for a lunger, but my one
and only ADM fighter is a 13 WL lunger, so who knows?  Me, I'd go with
a slasher.  10-4-13-15-15-10-17.

>     Also, this may be a DM faq, but how do you determine a warrior's
>     favorite weapon or how long should it take?  I've had notoriously
>     bad luck (all my originals died but still going .54) so my
>     'eldest' warrior is 5-6 turns old, and has used a different
>     weapon often, but with little insight.  Is there a method to help

To learn your fighters fav weapon, get to ADM.  Then they tell
you.  Other than that, it's just experimenting and seeing how well he
does in attack.  Of course, lots of other factors could enter into it,
so ideally you'd want to try different weapons against the same opponent.
Of course, he may be changing weapons (or tactics) looking for a winning
combination, and you'll both (one hopes) be learning, so there's no sure
way.  Just find a weapon or two that work okay, and use them.  Don't burn
your brain over it.

>     a newbie out there?  Also, I wonder what were PR's meant to do?
>     Mine just got DA'd after losing every turn except against another
>     PR, despite a 17 WT and DF (WL about 11).  Not only did he lose,
>     but he lost without learning, and so seemed useless.

One thing I've found helpful is *not* to use the riposte tactic.
The guy's going to riposte like a demon anyway, so no need to hurt your
defense and attack even more.  Also, try to go up against lightly-armored
folks, plungers or lungers or slashers.  You tend to learn more if you
fight opponents with more experience as well, but then you also tend to
lose.  Prippers are tough.

>     Any help would be appreciated and reciprocated,
>Dan Giese
>dray@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
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DM: Roll-up and question
dray@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Daniel Ray Giese)
Tue, 21 Dec 1993 19:40:37 +0000

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DM: Roll-up and question
dray@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Daniel Ray Giese)
Tue, 21 Dec 1993 19:40:37 +0000