Re: Duelmasters

From: ccs012@jane.ucdavis.edu (Dennis Cleary)

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1991 19:02:37 +0000

>>I remember my first AD warrior well.  Point Blank, who
>>was "quite successful" at 23-9-0, and had been Duelmaster for about 6
>>turns.  I thought 15-11-9-13++-15+-12+-13 was "it" when it came to lunger
>>design.  I've since learned that ADM is a whole different ballgame...
>
>Yeah, well, we've all been young and naive at some point in our careers.

Yes.  Unfortunately some of us have grown up to be 'old and naive.'  You just
happened to hit a pet peeve of mine: people who write articles based on
the success of one character.  I've even seen articles that predicted the
number of wit statements, and experts with 3 skills!

Please don't get the idea that I'm a mega-manager, or have a mega-ego.  I'm
really a nice guy! :)

>>On the regular DM level, such success is not unknown.  Heck, if you want
>>to take a small enough sample size, anything can be proven.  I've got
>>a 4-0 slasher who just beat a pretty good TP.  That's unheard of.  I've
>>got a basher design that's 18-4-6.  That's unheard of.
>
>Hey, now.  Just because I'm no mega-manager, that's no reason to get sarcy
>on me.

Actually, that's precisely a reason to sarcy with you! :)  I was just pointing
out that we each have our own little designs that work well for us, but not
for others.  For instance, despite the assistance of several AB luminaries,
I still can't run a decent one, and I don't even _think_ about making PS's
anymore.  Everybody's got their strengths. I've got my weaknesses.

>>Actually, slashers only need about a 7-9 SP.  Anything over 13 is wasted
>>points.
>
>Care to explain that a bit further?

Certainly.  Speed does not affect Attack.  At higher levels of AD (heck, even
in the Champs if your arena is competitive enough) Decis and Init just aren't
enough to cut it anymore.  Who cares who gets the first attack if even lungers
have Master ratings in Riposte?  It's attack ability that decides who win and
who loses, and too much Speed makes your attack ability a weakness.  SP 7-9 gets
rid of all the penalties associated with low Speed, and saves points for WT, WL
or DF, giving everything your slasher needs, and more!

>>Just trying to start an exchange of ideas,
>
>That's what I was looking for, too.  No flames intended in any of this.

what's this?  Two men dicussing things over the net and acting like adults?
I don't know if there's a precedent for this!

>Hey, you run Stragety, Dammit!  I love that name.  I've got a team of puds
>in Andor who will never fight, but I may bring in a decent team sometime.  I
>also know Milo and Ivy from Fratsfa, and Livewire and Lady Hawke (how good a
>manager is she, anyways?) from Rodeki.
>Take 'Er Easy.

Who do you run in Andor?  Who did you run in Andor?  Yep, Stragety, Dammit! is
mine, although I must admit that only half the name can be attributed to me.
I originally named the team "Stragety" but some do-gooder at RSI decided I
didn't know how to spell, and changed it for me.  For about 4 turns I kept
sending diplos to RSI to change it back, until eventually Barb changed it to
Stragety, Dammit! as a joke (and only for one turn).  I liked it so much, I
asked to keep it.

Donald Trump

References

Duelmasters
ccs012@mr-ranger.ucdavis.edu (Dennis Cleary)
Mon, 18 Nov 1991 23:20:01 +0000
Re: Duelmasters
900667c@ace.acadiau.ca (GERALD RICHARD CAMERON)
Wed, 20 Nov 1991 23:50:41 +0000