Posted by WALSH on March 21, 2000 at 22:34:10:
In Reply to: What the help files don't tell you: posted by Khiravn on March 21, 2000 at 17:17:49:
> What the help files don't tell you is that, in a PK situation, you generally follow three guidelines (among others, and these are just mine, well, were mine):
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> 1. Try not to lag yourself with your own attacks.
> 2. Try to lag the other person with your own attacks.
> 3. Your attacks that lag them as well as you (ie. trip,bash, et al.) are cool.
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> For example. Pretend you're a shaman. Wither is a cool supp. But when you commune it, it lags you for two rounds. So pretend you're fighting my shaman. You wither me, but in the following two rounds, where you can do absolutely nothing, I may very well have dispelled your sanctuary and landed a devastating demonfire on you. On the plus side, I have no weapon and can't parry, and am hitting you with my bare hands. On the minus side, I only have two attacks per round, and you only have two attacks per round, and unless one of us has a great weapon, those two attacks aren't likely to kill either of us. Is it still worth it to commune wither? Maybe, maybe not, but it is something you have to consider before attacking another person.
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> In your scenario: Turn Undead against a Lich with at least four minion zombies. You commune turn undead, and you are stuck there for two rounds unable to do a single thing. Plus side: Decent damage, maybe the lich will flee, very slight possibility of crumbling his minions.
> Minus side: Decent damage, the lich will probably not flee, the possibility of crumbling his minions is very slim, and you're stuck there unable to flee or commune or anything for two rounds sucking up the damage his zombies are dealing to you in addition to his two free rounds of spellcasting against you.
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> Worth it? Up to you. But I'd take a long look at Hvitlok's logs before considering it. And I'd also consider that the ghoul he has might paralyze me, too, so that it's possible I won't be able to do a damn thing for a good four rounds after turning him.
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> Anyway, I wasn't the greatest, or the most elite, and I might be wrong (for example, when I had a sword spec, I'd never suck up the four rounds to flurry, but people like Dhaevor are killers with it), but for what it's worth, there is my constructive answer.
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> Khiravn