Re: DM - Fav. Weapons

From: leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu

Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 08:39:33 +0000

In article <RPqJXB2w165w@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca>, crip@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Garth Werner) writes:
> 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.

Out of the 12 or so AD guys I had only 5 or so got a favorite tactic.  I
believe I once saw a character, Olaf Bonesnap (37-200) or Fisty (37-199),
get a favorite defensive and offensive 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.
>

Since when does Garth use anything other than that yucky shortspear or
longspear on his lungers? Don't tell me Christine is still using a LS!??! :)

When you start making crits like crazy in regular DM you'd think you'd have
found your fav weapon.  But thanks to one messed up RSI program of 'selecting'
your weapon, you don't find out til you reach ADM.  My lungers and P-lungers
basically ran with LO and made tons of crits in regular, but when I get my AD
invite this is what I get: Master Lee (SH), Mr. Lee (SC), Payback (EP for gods
sake! I always thought the EP was one of the most piddly weapons in DM).  And
which character of mine gets a LO fav? My AB with a 9 STR.  I won't even get
into what my friends and my strikers and wastes got for favs.

Play Adventurers Guild and choose your own weapon to fight with!

Mike Lee

References

Re: DM - Fav. Weapons
crip@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Garth Werner)
Sun, 17 Jan 1993 19:18:38 +0000
Re: DM - Fav. Weapons
rlebeau@cats.ucsc.edu (Robert Charles Lebeau)
Sat, 16 Jan 1993 02:01:48 +0000

Referenced By

Re: DM - Fav. Weapons
crip@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Garth Werner)
Sun, 17 Jan 1993 19:18:38 +0000
Re: DM - Fav. Weapons
rlebeau@cats.ucsc.edu (Robert Charles Lebeau)
Sat, 16 Jan 1993 02:01:48 +0000