Re: DM tactics again

From: ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 14:26:21 +0000

In article <C2pCzF.41D@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca>, cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Chris J. Wein) writes:

Now first off, I aint no exper, so what I say is based on hersay and limited
experience...

>
>1) Responsiveness.  Who should use it and against whom?  Does it work
>well against decisively modified warriors only or also against warriors
>with high decisiveness going 10-10 or so with no tactic.

I've never heard of anyone using Responsive sucessfully with anyone other thatn
ST or PS, thoug I guess it would wor k with TP's.  The problem is you don't a
priori know what your opponents strategy is, only his/her style, and whenter or
not it works.  I've been thinking about using it in desperation with Slashers,
but I'm not sure I have the guts to try.

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>2)  Riposte.  Have you had much success using it with lungers?
>

Never tried this, or heard anything.  I do have a good candidat though:
8(+1)-14-13-13-21-5-11 LU, takes alot, does good,good END, with an EX Attack.
Only faught once, but seems to dodge well, even going 10-10 Lunge...  I might
try it.

>3) Slash and Bash.  If you were fighting a defensive warrior with a
>striker would you use either of them?  If you were a slasher would
>you run open or use the slash?  Why?  What about the basher and
>bash?

I might try it a few times with a given warrior.  Doesn't seem to make much
differentce the few times I tried.  Generally still get scummed.  I wouldn't
recommend vs. a WS, unless you knew they were REAL scummy.  Once tehy get a
little experinence, and a favorite weapon, SL do fine against defensives at
10-6-6 or 8-6-6 (IMHO).  Might be a good idea for young SL, though unless it's
a challenge strategy, I've been told to never go Slash in the first minute.
A reason not to go slash is that it might advesrsly affect your endurance burn.
This is often more of a problem tahn attack skills or damage.

I don't run many bashers, but I would go Bash, unless I had ,like a Master
Attack.  But I could easily be convinced other wise.  Acutally Bash works
pretty well for a WS against a TP (with a QS or MS) I guess.  But I wouldn't go
out of my way to use it, if I liked, say the SC...

I would say, in general, the less you know about your opponent, the less you
should rely on tactics.  With of course, some exceptions.  Decis 1st with a
ST, Parry with a TP, maybe even Lunger with a LU.

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>That's a start...
>

Well, I expect to be flamed throughly for novice opinions, myself...

Ben Hitz
hitz@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu

References

DM tactics again
cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Chris J. Wein)
Fri, 19 Feb 1993 15:42:50 +0000