Re: DM - Fav. Weapons

From: crip@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Garth Werner)

Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1993 19:18:38 +0000

rlebeau@cats.ucsc.edu (Robert Charles Lebeau) writes:
> In article <8fJ=SMe00WBLE7En4P@andrew.cmu.edu> tw1t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Theodore
> >How do you find a favorite weapon in DM.  At the moment I am just trying
> >everything!
> >
> >TW (Orion's Forge - Arkers, DM8)
>
> They (some managers) make it sound easy, "just try different weapons and look
> for the one you make all the critical attacks with".  Well, in actuality I
> have only "found" one of my warriors favorite weapons before he got invited.
> I have also thought I found a favorite only to find out I was wrong, many tim
> as his weapon for the past 10 turns because, even though he didn't have the
> Strength to use it, he made almost 2x as many critical attacks and 3x as many
> extra damage attacks then with any other weapon.  I was also 9-1 during these
> 10 turns with it.  Now I found out that he is naturally adept with .....
> THE FIST!  I am really disappointed.
>
> 					Robert
> rlebeau@cats.ucsc.edu
>
>
> p.s. - This warrior also had a favorite offensive and defensive tactic...Sinc
> I have only had one other warrior that had a favorite tactic (basher - bash)
> and this is my first warrior invited in 6 months, I was wondering if they
> changed the set-up, ie, are all warriors now getting told what tactics they
> favor (and they each have a fav off and def, but they aren't as powerful as
> the old favorite tactic) or did I just get really lucky in that my warrior
> can use both these tactics at once and suffer no penalities at all?
>

This is highly unusual.  I don't know how many AD guys I own
(Somewhere around or above 20), but I have never had one get both a
offensive and defensive tactic.  In fact probably only about 25% of these
characters even have a favorite tactic, indicating that most characters
prefer to be run unmodified without a tactic.

So no, I just received 2 invites this week, and neither one
favours a tactic.

In finding favourite weapons, the old look for the criticals
usually works best, but not always.  I figure of those characters who
havge been well suited in DM to their favourite weapons, I have managed
to figure out about 60-75% of the time which weapon to use prior to the
invite.  But I also have cases of  2 size 7 wastes prefering QS, a 9 St
PS  prefering Broadsword, a 11 WT, 11 DF lunger prefering EP, and a 9 DFT
lunger prefering LO, and I don't normally advocate trying weapons you are
not suited to, although I do have a 9 dft lunger in 47 who I figure
prefers the LO.  I will let you know if I'm right as he is 2 wins from an
AD invite.

References

Re: DM - Fav. Weapons
rlebeau@cats.ucsc.edu (Robert Charles Lebeau)
Sat, 16 Jan 1993 02:01:48 +0000

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Re: DM - Fav. Weapons
rlebeau@cats.ucsc.edu (Robert Charles Lebeau)
Sat, 16 Jan 1993 02:01:48 +0000