Posted by same someone on October 11, 2000 at 22:37:47:
In Reply to: If you follow, he was fighting a merc, not me... so for someone who has played alot of assassins, you didnt seem to grasp the basic fact, you can't Kot someone not directly fighting you. n/t posted by Hrm on October 11, 2000 at 22:17:01:
Alright.
1) blindness dust is 1 round lag. Dirt kick is 2. Even if the first blindness dust does not work, you can try again and lose nothing from dirt kick. Dirt kick lasts a tick, Dust for multiple hours. Unless you are lawefull and in town, or there is a big ass mob next to you, blindness dust is usually the better answer.
2) I am guessing you knew what rank he was before the fight started. He has Pincher, so he is at least rank 29. I am guessing you are below that, maybe rank 24-26 from how you were getting hit.
At rank 29, just how long is a little tiny giant merc going to last? I do not know if the guy manually attacked the merc, or is a rager and thirsted into it. In the later case, if you knew he was a rager at least rank 29, I would NEVER count on any merc to last more than 3 rounds. Period. Even minotaurs fall really fast to RBW's. (on a side note, you are lucky that the rager did not use your merc as a reason to gang you with another rager, to "even the odds" as they like to call it).
3) a merc is only good for 3 things.
a) Looting.
b) rescuing you when you have autoassist off so you can either flee or get a wither/sleep/manacle off.
or
c) keeping the pk buisy JUST long enough for you to blind them OR take their weapon.
NEVER count on being able to do two things while a merc tanks for you.