Re: 2 more rollups

From: mcgeorbr@ucbeh.san.uc.edu

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 09:38:07 +0000

In article <186231@pyramid.pyramid.com>, khearn@pyrps5.eng.pyramid.com (Keith Hearn) writes:> Well, Mayhem, Inc. is starting to turn around. We won two of our three
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> This, of course, leaves me with two rollups to deal with. Both look
>    somewhat interesting, but I'm not sure what to do with them.
>
> First off, there's the 10-13-6-16-8-8-9. Nice Wit, can easily be 21.
>    Everything else is decent. What would you suggest, and why? I'm
>    particularly interested in why you more experienced  (and you're
>    almost *all* more experienced than I) managers would pick one style
>    or another.

Nice rollup, but not an obvious one.  I'd try 10-13-6-21-13-8-13.  With the 21
wit, this rollup could be anything; the skill bonanza will hide any
shortcomings.  I think that I would try a PL.

Why?  Er, good question.  Although the wit/will says "make me offensive", the
CON says differently.  When I have this dilemma, I tend to look at the styles
that aren't typically one dimensional (offense or defense).  I like PL's more
than PS's (I've had problems with terrible base ratings with PS's), so I pick
PL by default.  Ask me tomorrow though, and I might give you a different
answer. :)  Oh, first I would try SH & DA or maybe a SS and try to run
offensively to see if he likes it.  Think about bumping the ST to 11 for LO.
When the defensive AE's start rolling in, scale back to something like 5-5-5.

>
> The second is a big guy, and not much more can be said about him. He's
>    8-9-17-10-9-8-9. What's the best style for someone who's only
>    distinguishing feature is his large size? Will he have any long
>    term potential? I'm quite willing to run a short term fighter who
>    will get me wins for a while, then head for the DA, if that's what
>    he'd be best for. I need to bring up my W/L ratio.
>
With this rollup, I'd try 9-9-17-15-15-8-11 ST.  With large sizes, I consider
only BA, LU, SL, ST, or WS.  At this moment, I'm anti basher and slasher and
I've had terrible success with large SZ lungers.  Go with the SC and hope for a
quick decisiveness rating.  Personally, I think this guy has some potential.
He should do nice damage.  (I should mention that some managers hate 15
wit/will, but it doesn't bother me.)  This guy is not going to wow you with his
base ratings, but he should be, oh, 60% - maybe higher depending upon the
arena.  When I first started, Tryad told me that 28 points of WT & WL means the
warrior has potential (obviously we're not talking about Primus potential).
I don't DA or worry about my W/L, but I think you're fine here.

>    Arlon
>
Mane Man
Arenas 15, 17, 28, 29, 73, 103

References

2 more rollups
khearn@pyrps5.eng.pyramid.com (Keith Hearn)
Wed, 21 Apr 1993 22:14:42 +0000