Re: DM: Help with Running Dead Waste

From: ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu

Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1992 13:39:10 +0000

In article <1992Oct21.172547.29320@jade.tufts.edu>, gharris@jade.tufts.edu (George W. Harris) writes:
>
>	11-9-14-17-17-5-11-WS,

ooooo. Good Waste.
I deleted his comments, but I will say that It would be nice to get his
endurance up.  Training CN to 11 would be nice, as would ST to 13.  These
trains won't cost you no skills ,niether.  Oh, and don't spend to many turns
training stats, or else you'll lag in skills.
>
>	He was 1-1 when he died, and had learned 2 riposte & 2 attack skills.
>His first fight, I sent him out in APL-H with QS against a 1-0 basher in
>APA-F with a GS, and ran him 3-6-3-P in minute 1, 4-5-4-x in two, and he
>was beaten early in the second minute.  His second fight, he went out in
>APL-H and a SC against big striker with no armor or hat weilding a SS,
>and won in the first minute going 3-6-3-P, dodging and parrying three of
>four attacks before getting in a hard counterblow which put his opponent
>down.

My first comment is this:  your activity is kinda high, and as you surmised his
armor is kinda low.  At activity of 5-6, don't expect to last into the 4th
minute.  The 'standard' waste strategy is to scum for 2 minutes and then go
offensive in minute 3.  After minute 3 is a toss up, because you could be
fighting a scum. Wastes normally get creamed by TP's (IMO, comments? PLEESE
tell me how to beat a scum with my waste...)  Defensive strategies are usually
3-2-3-x-P or even (super-scummy) 2-1-2-P.  The main strengths of WS's are
Parry, Attack, and Init.  With an activity of 6, you'll dodge more, but get
tired much more quickly.  Your Parry skill is prob. much better any way...
A good medium WS strategy is 5-3-5 or 5-2-5, go Parry if you do this in minute
one.  An offensive strat could be  8-3-8-x, and If you have <Ad Ex attack, try
Slash or Bash (Watch weapons, Don't slash w./ a QS)   You should judge your
strategy by the skills your warrior learns, especially by the Experts he gets.
For a beginning WS, who Cannot Carry Alot, I would go in ASM, H

1: 4-2-4 P
2: 5-3-5 P
3: 8-3-8
4: 6-2-6
5... 5-1-5
D: 5-3-5-P

Challenge strikers, and bad lungers. With an 11ST  BS,SC,QS are all good
weapons, against lite armor (w./ 1H weapons...) use the ME shield.  With 11 ST
you can sort of use MS and GA, but I would try those three first.  Aviod the
War Flail.  It sucks big-time.
>
>--
>The Hero Warriors       "The moment had come, I swallowed my gum,
>Veastian Arena          We knew there'd be blood on the sands pretty soon!
>Fighting and Dying      The crowd held its breath, hoping that death
>Since Turn #117         Would brighten an otherwise dull afternoon."

Ben Hitz
hitz@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu

References

DM: Help with Running Dead Waste
gharris@jade.tufts.edu (George W. Harris)
Wed, 21 Oct 1992 17:25:47 +0000