What IS your point in posting this?

What IS your point in posting this?:
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Posted by Nepenthe on August 15, 1999 at 18:55:18:

In Reply to: So how is a warrior supposes to compete when posted by UG on August 15, 1999 at 14:44:38:

No, seriously, I'm asking. What's the point?

Are you genuinely looking for strategic advice? I'd guess not from your tone, but assuming you are, you're not going to get it. Even if someone who understands the relevant tactics were to choose to enlighten you, there's just not enough information here. This fight was virtually over by the time your log starts. How were you equipped? How were you prepared? What were the circumstances that led to you being blackjacked? Who, if anyone, were you grouped with? What were you carrying? These are some of the things that you should be looking at. By the time a thief has you blacked, bound, without an apparent escape route or help handy, and one hit from dead inside of a backstab, things are pretty much over.

The only thing you're leaving people able to comment and advise on is the impale which led to you giving the thief the free hit that killed you. Which, I know, you will say was in from before in lag. No, you can't win that fight as set up there with the one command you're going to get off being that impale from lag. There aren't too many tactics that make a lagged or linkdead invoker win fights, either. Same idea, though a less extreme case in your situation.

On the other hand, maybe you're not looking for advice at all, but sympathy--people to tell you that you can't beat thieves and that the game is unbalanced, maybe. You're not going to find that either. Having fought it from both sides many times and watched it fought countless times, I'd have to say that a smart warrior of virtually any specialization is one of the hardest things to deal with as a thief.

Or perhaps you're hoping to hear that your '100 hours in perfecting skills and whatnot' means you should have won the fight. Maybe the thief had the same hundred hours or more in. You really don't know. In any case, perfected skills, like that perfect set of gear, are a long, long way from a mystical shield that makes you immune to death. Both are a little edge, but not nearly an unsurmountable one.

So again, I ask you: What *was* the point?

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Yeah? Let me tell YOU something. Ug 01:07:52 8/16/99 (0)
Hey, Where do I get that shield? N/T Someone 20:33:34 8/15/99 (1)
- I'd tell you, but then it would be removed from the game. FIND OUT IC n/t *chuckle* Someone else 20:57:29 8/15/99 (0)

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Comments:	> No, seriously, I'm asking. What's the point? > Are you genuinely looking for strategic advice? I'd guess not from your tone, but assuming you are, you're not going to get it. Even if someone who understands the relevant tactics were to choose to enlighten you, there's just not enough information here. This fight was virtually over by the time your log starts. How were you equipped? How were you prepared? What were the circumstances that led to you being blackjacked? Who, if anyone, were you grouped with? What were you carrying? These are some of the things that you should be looking at. By the time a thief has you blacked, bound, without an apparent escape route or help handy, and one hit from dead inside of a backstab, things are pretty much over. > The only thing you're leaving people able to comment and advise on is the impale which led to you giving the thief the free hit that killed you. Which, I know, you will say was in from before in lag. No, you can't win that fight as set up there with the one command you're going to get off being that impale from lag. There aren't too many tactics that make a lagged or linkdead invoker win fights, either. Same idea, though a less extreme case in your situation. > On the other hand, maybe you're not looking for advice at all, but sympathy--people to tell you that you can't beat thieves and that the game is unbalanced, maybe. You're not going to find that either. Having fought it from both sides many times and watched it fought countless times, I'd have to say that a smart warrior of virtually any specialization is one of the hardest things to deal with as a thief. > Or perhaps you're hoping to hear that your '100 hours in perfecting skills and whatnot' means you should have won the fight. Maybe the thief had the same hundred hours or more in. You really don't know. In any case, perfected skills, like that perfect set of gear, are a long, long way from a mystical shield that makes you immune to death. Both are a little edge, but not nearly an unsurmountable one. > So again, I ask you: What was the point?

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