Posted by Khiravn on June 13, 2000 at 12:15:20:
In Reply to: Considering... posted by Forum Reader on June 13, 2000 at 11:29:18:
there's a reason why Imbrogno's well-logged "flee/rot/flee/rot/flee/rot until it lands" tactic has allowed him "to kill his fair share of ragers".
I dunno, but I have a healthy respect for ragers. I can't imagine playing one successfully, you basically give up every advantage that knowing CF gives you, and take on a whole host of disadvantages for the cabal powers.
1. You consign yourself to con death and constantly being gangbanged.
2. You consign yourself to constant whining of how powerful your powers are the times you win (and have to bite your tongue when you look around and see everyone with 10-12 con left).
3. You consign yourself to constant whining over every one of your gangbangs when they engage merrily in it themselves and gloat about it.
4. You consign yourself to having to defend when you know there is no way you're going to survive a 7 vs 1 raid.
In fact, playing a rager seems akin to playing a Knight of Thera. And there's a reason why people started hating playing the Knights of Thera. I guess if I played another character, I'd think hard about trying a rager just because they have it so hard and it would be a real challenge, but even then, I can't think of a combination where I wouldn't end up con dead or just quitting in frustration with the baseless egotism of enemies.