Posted by Imbrogno(VIP) on September 26, 2000 at 08:56:14:
In Reply to: This is why I disagree with the imm decision to keep barrier and other dam reduction hidden/hard to get. posted by Graatch(VIP) on September 26, 2000 at 08:37:29:
> A hero level mage of any class but conjurer without dam reduction is just fodder. The point of being a mage, they often say, is that while you are weak when young, you are strong when older. But the way the game is now, it's not like assassins, warriors and the rest are much weaker at hero, they can hit very hard, and since mages dont get big hps, if they dont have dam reduction, they are toast. Imagine, if you will, a hero antipaladin or tranny or necromancer. Say 450-500 natural hps. Then say another 300 hps (about average, but remember the mage has no dam reduction to go do much on his own). So total of about 800 hps. Even 850, lets be generous. Without dam reduction that's gone in two rounds to a warrior, maybe one round to a deathblowing berserker rager. > Dam reduction makes mages the equal of the fighting classes and allows them to stand up and fight with them. But there is limited access to dam reduction, and so mages who persevere don't get the payoff later, without it. > Seeing as how only one class -- warriors -- has no magical item ability (everyone else has at least scrolls or wands or staves), and warriors are still able to use potions, it's not like they can't get some dam reduction also. Which, of course, only serves to make it harder for the mage that doesn't know where to get barrier or other reduction. > The system should not be made to make it hard for mages to get that dam reduction. Without it, every time they try to attack someone, they will likely die. > Think of some tranny or ap or whatever coming up and casting hold or sleep or some other first attack spell. Without any dam reduction, they are toast, especially if the spell doesn't work right off the bat.