Re: DM - Would you DA?

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

Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1992 20:35:11 +0000

In article <12467@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> ccm043@underdog.ucdavis.edu (Donald
Trump) writes:
>In article <1992Apr22.084615.24381@cco.caltech.edu>
johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White) writes:
>>I have the following PR:
>>
>>7(1)-10-14-17-17-3-17
>>
>>Today, I would've gone with the 15 will, 5 speed AB, but anyway...
>
>If possible, I would've gone for the 8 ST 13 WL 5 SP AB, but anyway... :)
>
>>This warrior has done really well in the arena: 11-3-0.  However, she
>>doesn't learn well, and what she does learn isn't hugely useful.  I mean,
>>she has 12 riposte skills and about 2 of everything else.  Her only rating
>>is AdEx riposte +3.
>
>So, we're looking at about 22 skills in 14 fights?  With a 17 WT I'd say
>that was a little low, but it's still above the 1.5 skills/learn ratio that
>you more or less need to keep up in order to maintain your winning ways.

Right, but about 70-80% of those skills are riposte.  Whoopee.

>His approximate NEX Riposte = 5 is fairly high for a PR, but it's not death
>in and of itself.  You don't really know what his other ratings are.  He
may
>be a god in hiding, and I'd bet that most of his other rating will come in
>the 6-8 range, which is pretty good for a PR.

But, even if she has "pretty good" NEX's, she's still pretty bad, due to the
fact that she isn't learning those skills, but the Riposte skills.  In other
words.  She needs AdEx Parry/Defense/Init, but she doesn't have it.  We're
talking 20 skills away from being effective in the Champions.

>>I don't think that she's going to do very well now that
>>she's in CAdepts/Champions.  Should I write her off as an expensive
mistake,
>>and DA her for something better?  I mean, I would just retire her once she
>>got to AD anyway...
>
>It depends.  Just because her favorite learn is (painfully) obviously
riposte
>doesn't mean that she sucks.  Her SP is fairly low, but that's not death.
Her
>parry should be good, and I bet her attack is excellent too.  I'd keep her,
and
>run her until AD.  I don't know what arena she's in, but you'd be amazed at
>how well a character like this can do when even you don't expect it!

She's in Talcama (That's Mega Spritz! for all of you who are there).  She
really need's those skills to survive, as its an _extremely_ competitive
arena, (one of the ones which new managers should _not_ start out in).

>>Or am I missing something?  Is she worth keeping?
>
>17 WT/WL/DF and you want to off her?   That would be a crime in face of
>nature! :)

Oh, I understand the spectacular nature of those numbers, but if the warrior
sucks, she sucks.  She might just suck and have great numbers at the same
time...

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Re: DM - Would you DA?
ccm043@underdog.ucdavis.edu (Donald Trump)
Wed, 22 Apr 1992 17:21:24 +0000