Posted by Imbrogno Miller(VIP) on August 18, 2000 at 10:23:33:
In Reply to: So In your opinion what will make the Ragers stocks to fall?nt posted by PINI on August 18, 2000 at 10:03:52:
Resistance. You see, it's my belief that the lazy bullies play battleragers. Sure, some of them are actually good players(pk'ers), but the vast majority are people who are not harmed by the lack of magic because they don't know where to get said magic or how to use it. So, instead of putting forth the effort to find and effectively use all of the potions, scrolls, staves, wands, and pills they opt for deathblow, spellbane, and of course bloodthirst. All it takes is one or two really good players to resist and thus kill them in order to swing the tide. Let's say Havilahd was slightly better than he is and was to lich. Ragers would all but disappear and the Empire would flourish as the the players once again leave their profession and trade it in for the temp job(Empire). I'm not that good at pk'ing, and I'm fully aware of that, I graciously accept Nepenthe's categorization of me(better than average) and I run with it. But mark my words. 3 or 4 good hero level masters, one good Imperial shaman or lich, or even 3 hero level arbiters that can work well together as a team and you'll once again see a post-Minalcar village marked by a mass exodus and the subsequent increase in Empire numbers. Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.