Re: DM ??

From: johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White)

Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:28:19 +0000

In article <00961490.266E3000@abby.chem.ucla.edu> ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu
writes:
>Hi Phil.

Hey, is PHil still out there?  He doesn't post, or send me email at all...

>I have a PL (in Khalums) whose stats are 10-10(+1)-6-15-17-11-15 Does
Normal
>Takes Normal Normal Endurance.  He started out 4urancet has since slipped
>to 5-6.  Predictably, learns about 1.5 skills/fight, but almost all of
these
>have been init ~10/16; including not a single attack skill.

Yeah, I've seen alot of Pl's that have Init as a favorite learn.  My best
PL, has 17 fights, and 11 attack skills, so I can sympathize on that account
as well.

>I'm looking for help in a decent strategy, or even good style matchups.
>He looks O.K. at Def-Def-Off (Waste like strategy), but He parries and
dodges
>about equally poorly.  He doesn't seem to generate enough offense to beat
>Wastes or Scum, and his defenses aren't good enough to stop a decent Lunger
>or Striker.  Furthermore, he doesn't have the endurance to go 10 min. or
the
>Decise to beat any one to the punch.  I would DA him, except his stats are
>far to promising to throw away.  I want to at least see his NEx in attack
>and defense (Already has one Ex: Init).  But if you think I should let him
>go, say so, and give reasons.

All those weaknesses sound like the weaknesses of every PL execept for the
top few ever made (Todd Thomson told me that at 4-5 fights, his PL, God, has
3 AdEx's and an Ex.  Bastard).

Things that I've tried:
4-9-4-x-D, then offensive.  This tends to do well agains PL's or PS's that
are going offensively, or offensives with low offense.  Very helpful, huh?

10-10-6-x-x or Lunge.  I've recently stopped using the lunge tactic, but
that's up to you.  This seems to be your best bet: jump or die.  It does
well against other PL's with low defense (I know, I know...), defensive
PS's, Wastes (Waste, lunge style attacking matchups are generally weighted
towards the lunging attacker), and even lungers (your PL will actually dodge
at 10-10...).

What I haven't tried:

Middle numbers like 5-5-5.

Scumming.

Something along the lines of 10-5.

>No luck on favorite weapon either, but he doesn't attack all that often,
>and he could be 1-5 skills from Expert (by my mediocre chart.)

I like the SC.  It's faster than the LO, and does more damage.  Tried the
epee?  One of my PL's got a kill with one.

Anything else?

References

DM ??
ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu
Mon, 28 Sep 1992 12:26:25 +0000