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Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes

by "Will in New Haven" <bill.reich@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mar 9, 2007 at 07:00 AM

On Mar 8, 9:12 pm, Erol K. Bayburt <Ero...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 8 Mar 2007 06:39:57 -0800, "Will in New Haven"
>
> <bill.re...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >I like real-world tactics or tactics that can at least allow my WSoD
> >to survive. Saving your best attack for last, much like using your own
> >frail body to find out if the fight is too tough, would make me feel
> >like I was playing a person with a death-wish.
>
> Mileage varies widely on what sup****ts or attacks a WSoD.

When you ask for people to give their opinions, you get their
opinions. Since I have been playing, running and designing "gets
harder to hit," as opposed to "gets more Hit Points" for twenty years,
I figured I'd give mine. Of COURSE, mileage varies but one of the
reasons people I play with seem to like ghth better than gmhp is that
it is easier to visualize what the character is doing.

Given your stated preferences, I think you should stick with "gets
more hit points." It's not like this is a wrong approach. There are no
wrong approaches. However, your desire for disconnect with real-world
tactics and seeming (because it isn't really) simulationist approaches
would seem to fit it better.

Will in New Haven

--



Simply
> playing an adventurer makes me feel like I'm playing a person with a
> death-wish, and being in a strange romanticized world where saving my
> best attack for last or using my own body to find out if the fight is
> too tough are *not* crazy-stupid ideas actually help against this
> feeling.
>
> It's like being a famous wizard in a game set in the real-world
> northern suburbs of Chicago vs being a famous wizard in the fantasy
> city-state of Robono. I find that the second is easier on my WSoD
> precisely *because* Robono is a fantasy city where spells and magic
> items are available for purchase. Now I know that it's a hard hit
> against some people's WSoD for spells and magic to be available for
> purchase with mere silver, but... mileage varies.  
>
> --
> Erol K. Bayburt
> Ero...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 




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Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
Erol K. Bayburt <ErolB  2007-03-06 20:08:13 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"gleichman" <  2007-03-06 21:42:13 
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cgoodin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2007-03-07 18:10:01 
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mkkuhner@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2007-03-07 07:38:52 
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Simon Smith <simon_smi  2007-03-07 15:25:29 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
Simon Smith <simon_smi  2007-03-07 22:58:28 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"psychohist" &l  2007-03-07 16:04:08 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
Eric P. <ericpNOSPAM06  2007-03-08 02:15:42 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"Will in New Haven&q  2007-03-08 06:39:57 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
Erol K. Bayburt <ErolB  2007-03-08 20:12:44 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"Will in New Haven&q  2007-03-09 07:00:13 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
Erol K. Bayburt <ErolB  2007-03-09 17:20:53 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"psychohist" &l  2007-03-09 09:53:09 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
mkkuhner@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2007-03-09 17:59:55 
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"gleichman" <  2007-03-09 10:38:56 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"Will in New Haven&q  2007-03-09 10:48:15 
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dalamb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2007-03-10 00:29:13 
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"psychohist" &l  2007-03-09 13:05:38 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"Will in New Haven&q  2007-03-09 16:29:19 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
mkkuhner@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2007-03-10 00:39:42 
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"Will in New Haven&q  2007-03-09 16:44:00 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"Will in New Haven&q  2007-03-09 16:57:03 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
Erol K. Bayburt <ErolB  2007-03-09 20:00:17 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"gleichman" <  2007-03-09 20:25:32 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
Erol K. Bayburt <ErolB  2007-03-10 11:42:54 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"gleichman" <  2007-03-10 17:20:04 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
Erol K. Bayburt <ErolB  2007-03-10 18:22:48 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
mkkuhner@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2007-03-10 16:21:29 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"psychohist" &l  2007-03-10 11:00:04 
Reifying Genre Conventions (was: Re: Studying an opponent and Om
John Morrow <morrow@[E  2007-03-10 15:28:10 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
Russell Wallace <russe  2007-03-11 03:04:27 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
John Morrow <morrow@[E  2007-03-10 23:48:52 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"gleichman" <  2007-03-11 00:46:07 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"Will in New Haven&q  2007-03-11 07:21:02 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"Will in New Haven&q  2007-03-11 07:28:17 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"psychohist" &l  2007-03-11 10:45:58 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"gleichman" <  2007-03-11 19:14:52 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"psychohist" &l  2007-03-11 11:09:34 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"gleichman" <  2007-03-11 13:21:04 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
"Will in New Haven&q  2007-03-12 06:00:15 
Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes
Ben Finney <bignose+ha  2007-04-06 13:24:09 

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