Posted by Swist on April 20, 2000 at 08:19:26:
In Reply to: Your argument is quite Swisted.(*) (text) posted by Proud Blade on April 19, 2000 at 23:36:15:
> > From what i've noticed, theres about a handful if that many who can almost assassinate barely 25% of the times they try.
> > Just cause you get assassinated doesn't automatically demand a lag on this or that.. Same could be said about power word kill, Double backstab, Rot, Wither, nearly if any lag on any of those..yet all are powerful.
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> Wrong. PWK, double bs, rot, and wither all lag the user, and make them fight a couple rounds. (Obviously excepting successful PWK's, though those still lag the caster a bit. Try PWKing 3 or 4 people in a row if you don't believe me.)
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> > Assassinate Takes TIME which many of you don't know or realize..
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> Wrong. Actually, anyone who has read the helpfiles is pretty clear on this. "Many" would imply that there is a big population of people who are in PK range of level 35 assassins, but don't know the most basic things about the skill.
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> > A Assassin who stalks on a consistant basis spends nearly 30mins minimum tracking someone.
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> Wrong. It's less, and works OK with less than 30 minutes. It's not like 30 minutes is a guarantee, either. It's better, but it might fail.
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> > It just doesn't happen at the snap of the finger..though it seems like it does ..when actually the assassin has been stalking the piss out of you.
> > This ain't no bitch an moan monday, so quit cring about it.
> > oh, an by the way, assassinate and flee doesn't Always work as well as you think. barely even 50% of the time.
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> If it worked 10% of the time, without consequences for failure, that would be 10% too much. It would be nice if the assassin was forced to hang around for two rounds when they screw up the assassination, that's all.
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> (*): Swisted: Talking about things you aren't too clear on.