Posted by TotW(VIP) on September 15, 2000 at 16:57:24:
In Reply to: Comments to your comments posted by Cothurak on September 15, 2000 at 16:32:12:
> Sanc just fell that hour she walked in, and she does DEVAS or OBLIT through sanc anyways, and heavenly light
> dispels, so no real point trying.
Wrong. She DISMEMBERED you with wrath through sanc. (Yes, she got a DEVASTATE, also, but that extra damage comes at a penalty to her.) She certainly never got an OBLIT. Maybe you should consider having more going on than just sanctuary.
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> And yes, try beating someone spamming wrath, when I've
> got no way of preventing it, or doing more damage.
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Sanctuary. Protection. Supplementary protections. And now that you died, stop a moment and think,
"Hmm, what can I commune that will equalize this battle?"
(Personally, I dont think the answer to that question is "look leika" and "blindness".)
> She threatened to kill Annabelle, but didn't, true enough.
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> And I'm pretty good on my skills.
Sorry, but your first three actions wouldn't have been "Look Leika," "com blind," "com blind" while you sucked up three wraths without sanc.
First of all, the people that can take the time to LOOK at their opponent in the middle of a PK have skills I don't have (I've seen once it in an Arcane log and again here) that's a waste of time because you'll know what they have when they're dead.
When you saw sanc drop, and knew she was in the area, that might have been a good idea for your first move. If she took you *the moment* sanc dropped, then fleeing and sanc'ing might have been a good first move.
> From my encounter with her, getting out of the Arena,
> or avoiding it was near possible. All it takes is her
> calling it.
From your log, it looks as though she has to physically be standing in the room with you and not already fighting.. Hmmm... How do we avoid those conditions.. Hmm.. Don't you think, on reflection, the chance of avoidance is slightly better than "nearly impossible"?
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> Cothurak is calmer, yet still pissed
Good, the Arena is powerful, but you didn't prove that with this log. What you showed is "What happens when you let someone else get the jump on you and you are *completely* unprepared."