Re: call for duelmasters help

From: ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu

Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1992 14:42:13 +0000

I wrote:>
>>A pretty low WT for a long term warrior, but his
>>fights should be long enough to make up for it in skill learning.

John-john writes:>
>I completely disagree with the assertion that a warrior has a better chance
>of learning skills in a longer fight.  I've had warriors go for 8 minutes+
>with 17+ wits.  One skill.

I've had cases like that too, but I think, especially with TP's and wastes,
that you can live with a lower WT.  I have a 3-2 PL 13 WT, and a 11-5 15 WT WS,
both of who learn well.   Acutally, now that I think about it, The 'long fight'
effect in TP's and WS's could be an artifact (jargon for 'artificial fact') of
the fact that these styles have high winning %.  I am almost certain that the
number of skills learned is increased if you win a particular fight.  I don't
belive that each warrior has a 'luck stat' that influences his learning.

This makes for interesting DM theory discussions:
Factors that are thought to increase skill learning:

1) High WT. This is obvious, and the dominant factor at high and low WTs.  What
I mean by that is simply that a 21 WT warrior WILL learn lots o skills, and a 7
WT warrior WILL NOT, irregardless of other factors (except maybe death...)

2) Fighting a more experienced warrior.  Again, well known.  But is it the
number of fights? Including tourney? (i.e., record vs. actual fights); or is
it the number of skills your 'teacher' has?  Do high levels of Attack in the
teacher give you a greater chance of learning one or more Attack skills?

3) Whether you win.  Less well characterized, IMHO, but I think quite
relevent.  Does popularity play a role?

4) Other factors. Like time of fight mentioned above, maybe style
considerations, or invisible 'luck' or 'teaching' stats.  These are basically
unknown.  i.e., there is a correlation between time of fights and nubmer of
skills learned, but is it a direct effect.

I guess we'll not know for sure until someone horcs a copy of the source code,
but I'm very interested in other opinions on this subject and other
'theoretical' subjects.

Later, Ben
hitz@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu

"First you blister, then you bleed" -Rhinobucket

References

Re: call for duelmasters help
johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White)
Sun, 18 Oct 1992 05:02:32 +0000
Re: call for duelmasters help
ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu
Sat, 17 Oct 1992 16:31:09 +0000

Referenced By

Re: call for duelmasters help
johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White)
Sun, 18 Oct 1992 05:02:32 +0000
Re: call for duelmasters help
ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu
Sat, 17 Oct 1992 16:31:09 +0000