Re: Duelmasters: Favored Tactic

From: ccmpoet@astro.ucdavis.edu

Date: Fri, 15 May 1992 23:55:36 +0000

Grisel "Novice Poster" Hlavaty writes:

>I'm aware that using a tactic gives a warrior a bonus to some skill(s) but
>at the cost of penalties to other skill areas.

Yes, but we got that info from RSI, who also claimed that tactics should
be used sparingly.  If tactics should be used so sparingly, why are they
a part of just about every warrior's favorite strategy?  It seems like
RSI is encouraging the use of tactics.

But that is another question.

>I have a basher in AD that favors the bash tactic. Does this mean that he
>will get the extra skills for the tactic but the penalties will be waived?
>Or does this mean that he gets the normal added skills for the tactic *plus*
>additional skills on top of that beacuse he favors it?

Hard to say.  Only three of my AD characters favor tactics, and they don't
seem hurt by them in the normal way when I use them in AD.  When the Mob
Boss did a rough sketch of how valuable each area is, he included a small
number of points to each tactic that was favored, so obviously they have
some positive value.

I guess there are two ways of looking at it:

1)  Always use the tactics that are favored, since you almost always want
	to play to your strength, this is the easiest way of doing it.
	Beware matchups against styles or warriors that may easily outdo
	you, i.e. Striker vs. Piker, Basher vs. Ripper, etc.
2)  Use tactics as sparingly as ever, but challenge styles that your
	particular tactic does well against (i.e. Slasher/Basher vs.
	TP) and use the tactic with full knowledge that it will have a`
	devastating effect on your opponent.  For most matches, run without
	the tactic.

I don't know which one of these is the best, but I tend to go with (1).  I
have enjoyed great success both with and without tactics, so I can't
definitely say which is the best.

>If the latter is true, are the penalties still in effect?

I would hope so!  Otherwise you're heaping treasure upon treasure, and
leaving those unlucky enough *not* to favor a tactic well behind.  I think
that it probably waives the penalties (which is quite a boon), but I
haven't really looked at it.

Trump

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References

Duelmasters: Favored Tactic
hlavaty@aerospace.aero.org (Grisel Gonzalez)
Wed, 13 May 1992 21:04:16 +0000
Re: Duelmasters: Favored Tactic
johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White)
Thu, 14 May 1992 19:32:23 +0000
Re: Duelmasters: Favored Tactic
hlavaty@aerospace.aero.org (Grisel Gonzalez)
Thu, 14 May 1992 21:57:12 +0000