Posted by Newsboy on June 26, 2000 at 13:29:23:
In Reply to: Something to consider concerning ragers being "overpowered" posted by Thinker on June 26, 2000 at 07:45:08:
> Magtograme wrote recently:
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> > I havent seen any bitching about how overpowered ragers are for a long time.
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> I agree, as bitching and wining are not constructive. However, think of what it took to FINALLY bring Battle to it's knees.
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> Simultanious war with 4 other cabals (Master, Empire, Arbiter, and *gasp* Dawn)
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> A war with arbiters, of which there has been only one before. Arbiter wars are NEVER fun, especially for newbies on the opposite side as those XP holes can pile up.
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> A sort of "screw the young ones" attitude that many of the Battle heroes had for a long time, in which they destroyed their future.
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> And finally, the betrayal of Minalcar.
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> So basically, it took war with 4 cabals (one of which was arbiter) and the self-destructive attitude of the Battle heroes plus what minalcar did to, according to him, intentionally and FINALLY bring Battle down.
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> Yeah, a lot of the rise and fall of cabals depends on their leaders, but I still wonder a little about Battle powers from time-to-time, especially berserkers who make better defenders than defenders and have their X5 deathblow back.
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> Battle seemes to have destroyed itself more than being brought down by the other cabals. Imagine what Thera would be like if Dhaevor had been followed by 2 decent, if not even good leaders.
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> People may still be bitching about how over-powered ragers are.
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> Just a thought, not a flame.