Posted by pintose on September 17, 2000 at 19:01:58:
In Reply to: Last look posted by Cothurak on September 15, 2000 at 17:14:19:
> > > 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.
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> > 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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> Fair enough, saw the dismember now, but saw the DEVASTATE
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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,
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> They all get dispelled with heavenly light. Even protection, shield, stone skin, etc. Trust me, I know
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> >
> > "Hmm, what can I commune that will equalize this battle?"
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> > (Personally, I dont think the answer to that question is "look leika" and "blindness".)
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> I was trying to blind and then run and deal as she cured it. Didn't realize I was in the arena til it was too late (damn lag)
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> > > She threatened to kill Annabelle, but didn't, true enough.
> > >
> > > And I'm pretty good on my skills.
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> > Sorry, but your first three actions wouldn't have been "Look Leika," "com blind," "com blind" while you sucked up three wraths without sanc.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > > From my encounter with her, getting out of the Arena,
> > > or avoiding it was near possible. All it takes is her
> > > calling it.
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> > 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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> Fair enough, but I didn't know that, AND it was so laggy she could have spammed wrath and I'd have died walking into the room
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> > > Cothurak is calmer, yet still pissed
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> > 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."
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> Exactly, but if you think of it more deeply, even prepared, it's more than a little powerful.