Re: DM - Fav. Weapons

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

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 00:59:12 +0000

>
> 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.

Never got to see either of those rollups.  I can add that I've
seen another managers warriors, and not one of his 25 had two favorite
tactics, so this is highly unusual.  Interestingly enough, I have hardly
every used Christine's favourite tactic in the first 2 minutes of a
fight.

>
> >
> >         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!??! :)

Only the best longspears though.  Only problem is the back up
just doesn't fit (except when masquerading as a shish-kebab)  Seriously
though, I believe in sticking with favourites, but I will switch
occaisiionally against heavy armoured oppponents.

Epees are great!  Took Siamese Samurai out in 8 minutes once with
43 epee shots :)

^  excuse the above para, it should have been lower

And when have you ever seen me use a SS with a lunger?

>
> 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 god
> 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!

I'm monitoring the progress of a Flindel the somethingorother adn
another recently started elf in Barstow.  May eventually write in and try
establishing a Drunken George or Bumbling Lump, but not for a while yet,
I have 2 3 will characters to get to Primus first.

References

Re: DM - Fav. Weapons
leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Mon, 18 Jan 1993 08:39:33 +0000