Posted by Oblanaider on August 20, 2000 at 15:30:12:
In Reply to: Exactly. posted by Eugio on August 20, 2000 at 14:49:26:
> In a dual situation..an assassin will almost always win. The longer the fight the more screwed you are. I did very well in the rites I tought, lostr my first one,dont reeally know why. But won all the others.
I was a little annoyed at the rites.. I couldnt dual wield axes (throwing axes are too heavy), I wasnt allowed to do ranger type stuff (waylay ambush). I didnt have wildnerness familiarity so being in the forest I dont think would have matterd.
I should have stuck with the first tactic rather than trying to improvise (which I tried in the last fight).
I won the first fight by spamming bearcharge so you couldnt do the bone breaking. unfortunately though I had only just learnt that skill and missed a bit too often (tried it in the second fight, but missed and there went my weapons... from there it was all over)
I was very suprised to win that first fight as I didnt expect to -you fought text book ass whomping style :P
The veterans told me that "it wasnt a camping trip" so I wasnt allowed to camo.. and I think they (the imm) realised it at the end but it was far too late by that stage, and I noticed you had marked me (smart move).
shit happens... Was still great fun.. just needed to be thought out a little more to even the odds. You also had the advantage of being a berseker where I was a scout (critical hit seems to be related to hit/dam as well it seems, so your deathblows did similar damage automatically)... If I hadnt just got bearcharge I would have been totally screwed.
Same thing happened with Ikemasuka and Barsimmon fighting... I thought Ike did amazingly well but he had to either get much luckier than Barsimmon or had to be much more skilled. Not knocking Barsimmon though, he fights really well.
One tactic that neither used though could have won either the fight much quicker I think.....(and may have even turned the tables on Barsimmon)
Im not knocking yourself, the IMM or anyone else.... Battle is a great cabal, and Id loose another con to have another go any day of the week :P