Re: DM vs. AG

From: leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu

Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 08:46:53 +0000

In article <1ted05INNnsj@news.uwsuper.edu>, mburgess@hp.uwsuper.edu (Michael Burgess) writes:
>
>      Since the subject of Duelmasters vs. Adventurers Guild has been
> going around, I figured I would throw in Mr. Lee's comparison, which
> I just found when cleaning.  This is a couple years old I believe, but
> all things still hold true.  Pretty surprising I have this still, eh Mike?
>
> Michael
>
> MBURGESS@hp.uwsuper.edu
>
> 		ADVENTURERS GUILD COMPARED TO DUELMASTERS
>
> ADVENTURERS GUILD                       DUELMASTERS
> 3) You control EVERYTHING on set-up.    3) S**t rollup, time to waste money on
> Height, hand, weight, weapons you want     another DA.  Favorite weapon of
> to train in                                small shield!
>
> 5) Why pay money to learn nothing in a  5) Gee, missed that 5th stat
> dead end game like DM?  In AG you're       raise....AGAIN!  Spending money on
> ALWAYS gaining experience points and       a deadend game really excites
> knowledge points to spend on improving     everyone!
> your adventurers.  Even at the top
> power levels you can continue to train
> in what you want with little
> difficulty.  There are no maximums on
> attributes or the levels for any of
> the special combat skills

[A lot of me babbling on how good AG is deleted]

Oh, great! RSI WILL delete my Primus guys after seeing this! :)  Thanks a
heap, Mike.  Mike Burgess played Duelmasters for 4 years or so and then
switched over to Adventurers Guild.  He currently runs Tawny(390) in Barstow.

One of the reasons why I dropped DM was the way RSI handled their character
generation and character training.  A player has to PAY RSI to eventually
get the kind of character that will do good in their game.  'Good' being a
rollup that has a halfway decent wit, will, or deftness.  I'm talking stats
of at least 13 in two of those areas.  A dark arena fight costs $2.15 most
times, and that $2.15 normally gets you a one-page fight of your character
getting slaughtered.  Multiply the $2.15 with about ten dark arenas a year
and you see how much money you waste just getting a sub-par character.

And character training in DM! Here you are in Advanced Duelmasters, after
2-3 years of training for that 120th skill and getting 5 raises in each
stat, and then you have to try for the 6th and on raises at below 10% chance
to raise.  And after waiting six months without raising a single stat you
start wondering why you're paying good money for nothing.  Your character
is going nowhere in an open-ended game.

None of these problems exist in Adventurers Guild.  You have complete
control of your character's setup.

Mike Lee

References

DM vs. AG
mburgess@hp.uwsuper.edu (Michael Burgess)
Wed, 19 May 1993 22:40:05 +0000