Posted by Original Poster of the Comment below.. on October 12, 1999 at 12:51:41:
In Reply to: Yet another thief who thinks combat is just damage reduction and spamming 'trip' n/t posted by A comment on October 12, 1999 at 12:33:12:
There are a few things to consider here.
Now, as far as the Master log below, there
My point in all of it was that spamming a lone
Just my two cents.
One, there really *isn't* anything else
Kakren could do in this situation. When
tanking, a thief's choices are mainly to
go for dirt/disarm, trip and cheapshot, or
kick. Going with trip is quite valid, as
it prevents the warrior from doing anything,
from fleeing (despite the presence of Cents
who would stop him anyway), and also does
a fair amount of damage.
are far too many masters who turn to scourge
as a be-all and end-all spell to kill
anything and everything, irregardless of
any of the other powers they may have from
their class. While scourge can be very
powerful, it's not the super "kill everything"
spell a lot of Masters treat it as. I also
wouldn't have posted what I did if the master
who posted the log hadn't been mindlessly
spamming scourge.. it's one thing to go in,
cast something and then reassess how the fight
is going and think about what you need to do
next.. maybe another scourge, maybe not.
spell is generally dumb. As that log showed,
it nearly got the guy killed, and he (or she)
is damned lucky to have escaped alive. From
what it looked like that was solely due to
Azaera getting attacked while he/she ran.