DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 03/29/2019 Duedate: 04/11/2019
NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA
DM 93 TURN 527
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SLOW
BASH BROS DRIVING (1753)
(93-10251) [6-0-0,73]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
POSITION IS EMPTY SLOW
BASH BROS DRIVING (1753)
(93-10251) [6-0-0,73]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
FORD GRENADA FORD GRENADA
C CARS (1752) C CARS (1752)
(93-10244) [2-4-0,20] (93-10244) [2-4-0,20]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
BASH BROS DRIVING (1753)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BASH BROS DRIVING (1753) 34
2. C CARS (1752) -11 DRAGON'S FIRE (711)
Unchartered Team
BASH BROS DRIVING (1753)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*BASH BROS DRIVING (1753) 20 8 0 71.4 1/ 1*BASH BROS DRIVING (1753) 11 4 0
2- 3*SHADOWBORN (1751) 9 11 1 45.0 2/ 2*C CARS (1752) 5 10 0
3/ 2*C CARS (1752) 13 17 0 43.3 3- 3*SHADOWBORN (1751) 3 2 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
Assur's Guide to Tank Hybrids
Today's subject is one of Assur's favorite type of hybrids. They may not be the best
warriors to grace the sands, but they are a lot of fun. The idea is that you can't
take them down and at some point they will attack back and when they hit, they will
hit hard!
1) Design
Tank Hybrids (hereafter referred to as simply tanks) are hybrids that wear lots of
armor and have lots of hit points. There are lots of variations of this type of
hybrid, but typically they are not depending on anything other than their physical
prowess to win.
Encumbrance and Hit Points are amongst their most important attributes. Skills are
nice, but in some cases almost a forethought. Attack is probably the most useful
skill to have, followed by Parry and Defense.
Endurance, Wit, and Will are all nice to have, but you can create a tank without any
of these. Typically they will have minimum 14 in strength and constitution, often
much more. Historically Assur has made high will versions of tanks, but has seen
others succeed with very low will tanks as well. Usually at least one of speed or
deftness is quite low. Most of Assur's tanks have also been stat trainers, so some of
them have started lower than 14 in strength or constitution.
2) Style Choice
Any style can tank it up, but the higher attack styles work better, simply because
when you do attack, you want to hit. But any style can work. Lungers have the highest
attack base. Aimed Blows with 21 deftness are just below Lungers. Next is a four way
tie between Parry Lungers, Wall of Steels, Bashers, and Slashers. Parry Strikes,
Parry Ripostes, and Strikers are all considered lower attack styles, but the lowest
starting attack style is, of course, the Total Parry (a full 8 attack skills lower
than the same Lunger). Advantages/disadvantages of tanking styles:
Lunger: Highest total skills, but learns are not the best and high endurance
burn.
Aimed Blows: High deftness requirements means designs are very limited.
Wall of Steels: High total skills, learns (att/par/ini) are awesome for
tanks. High Endurance burn.
Basher: Learn attack and decise, reasonable endurance burn. A more
offensive of tank.
Parry Lungers: Similar to Wall of Steels, with slightly worse learning and
skills.
Slashers: Similar to Bashers, but don't learn decise as fast and slightly
higher endurance burn.
Parry Strikes: One of the few warrior types where their learns work together
(decise and parry). Conserve endurance very well. The best tanking style
of the lower attack styles.
Strikers: Again similar to bashers, but with fewer attack skills, but better
endurance conservation.
Parry Ripostes: Only 2 attack more than total parries, worse learning, and
worse weapon selection suggests that Total Parries would be a better choice.
Total Parries: Horrible attack, but can use most of the big weapons and the
best defenses in the game makes them a good choice for a more defensive
tank.
3) Weapon Selection
Typically you will choose the highest damage weapon you can use for your Tank. Some
nice choices (with relatively low stat requirements) are:
Maul (15 Str, 5 Wit, 7 Dft), Broadsword (11 Str, 9 Wit, 7 Dft),
Battle Axe (15 Str, 7 Wit, 9 Dft), and Long Spear (11 Str, 5 Wit, 9 Dft)
Feel free to choose other weapons, even if you lack the requirements to use them.
4) Strategy and tactics
Tanks are fun to run, because you can really play with their strategies and see
different results. Typically you will run in the upper range of offensive effort
(5+), but in certain minutes, you very well might go more defensive depending on your
tank. As mentioned last turn, some warriors will actually attack more with lower
offensive effort (usually if it is their favorite rhythm). To start, though, play
with 5-10 offensive effort. Activity level can be anything. I have literally run
tanks with 10 activity level in one fight and 1 activity level in the next.
I have used almost every tactic with Tanks. I can't remember using the Riposte
tactic, but no reason you can't try it. And some styles are not well suited to some
tactics.
5) Armor
APA/F is the norm.
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Look at that! I somehow beat that Veteran Mercenary. I won't beat one of the tougher
champ level NPC's, but denying those old beat up cars the throne for even a single
turn was very satisfying.
And with the win, it is possible I can lose and keep the throne!
MUHAHAHAHA. Good luck to me. Bad luck to Jalopy man!
-- Slow
SPY REPORT
Greetings, warriors of NOBLISH ISLAND! Once again I've been called out of
retirement for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting. What's with SUNDAY
DRIVER? He actually beat C CARS' DODGE CHARGER, and walked away with 18 more points
from the fight. Laughs were big at BASH BROS DRIVING while they watched SUNDAY
DRIVER clobber DODGE CHARGER. It lost 13 points and got bruised from objects thrown
from the stands. Try as he might, CONVICTED ASSASSIN wasn't good enough at
persuading SLOW to step down from the Duelmaster's throne... Advice to fighters with
a 1 will--give up fighting!
No matter the time or place, men will always duel. How well I know the feeling
of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, C CARS! In my day,
no team with a 12-13-0 would scare me off! What's the problem, BASH BROS DRIVING?
How well I know the feeling of being the most challenged warrior, SPEEDING TICKET!
Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you.
Warriors of NOBLISH ISLAND unite. You have only your games to lose! Is it my
imagination, or are fighters getting younger every day? To die so young, so
gloriously!
Who knows what the future holds for a warrior. More fights, there's no doubt.
Are you as tired of reading this as I am of writing it? Actually, I guess I'm
writing it before you read it. Oh, well. Remember--a good fighter needs both good
skills and good luck. Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SLOW 10251 6 0 0 73 BASH BROS DRIVING (1753)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JEEP CHEROKEE 10248 4 2 0 33 C CARS (1752)
SPEEDING TICKET 10254 5 0 0 30 BASH BROS DRIVING (1753)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SUNDAY DRIVER 10253 3 2 0 30 BASH BROS DRIVING (1753)
CAR TROUBLES 10255 3 0 0 25 BASH BROS DRIVING (1753)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FORD GRENADA 10244 2 4 0 20 C CARS (1752)
-GRIM SHADOW 10240 3 1 0 16 SHADOWBORN (1751)
-GWEN NIGHTROSE 10236 2 2 0 15 SHADOWBORN (1751)
-DUNKEN BLACKROSE 10239 2 2 0 15 SHADOWBORN (1751)
RAV 4 TOYOTA 10247 2 4 0 14 C CARS (1752)
DODGE CHARGER 10246 3 3 0 12 C CARS (1752)
KIA SOUL 10245 2 4 0 10 C CARS (1752)
ALMOST HIT 10252 2 4 0 10 BASH BROS DRIVING (1753)
-ERIC VAN QUNN 10238 2 2 1 9 SHADOWBORN (1751)
-ASHER BLACK 10256 0 1 0 1 SHADOWBORN (1751)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
TRAFFIC 10250 1 2 0 BASH BROS DRIVI 1753 ERIC VAN QUNN 10238 524
PERSONAL ADS
Shadowborn and Assur, I feel squeezed. I am trying to compete in an arena with a 30
year vet and a newcomer that seems to already know what he is doing; yet, The
Commission has given me, by far, the worst set of recruits I, or any other Consortium
Managers, have had to train. (Whew! That was a long sentence.) I think I am just going
to go eat a dozen donuts and feel happy for a moment. -- Joe Jalopy
Hey, Assur, that was quite a fine summary of styles. Well done. -- Joe Jalopy
P.S. What's a tank basher? (Joking; joking.)
P.P.S. If I wanted a basher to both plate up and use a greatsword, it would have 11
DF. If I didn't really want the GS, and I cannot remember the last time I used one, a
lot of 7DF might occur.
P.P.S. My friend, Crip, another 30+ year manager like us, uses the GS a LOT.
Mr. Van Queen, all I can say is vroom, vroom!
Sunday Driver, get outta my way! -- Jeep Cherokee
I will not allow the Soul, Rav4, and Granada to post a comment, since they all lost.
-- Joe Jalopy
All, sometimes we old-timers, use different abbreviations and nicknames for things, so
I thought I would list those I use for styles. (Noting they are slightly different
than Assur's.) AB (aimer), BA (basher), LU (lunger), PL (plunger), PR (ripper), PS
(piker), SL (slasher), ST (striker), TP (tp or scum), WS (waste). -- Joe Jalopy
Joe Jalopy -- Wow, you must be a probationary Consortium manager. Excuses for
losing?!? Very sad. Real Consortium managers figure out how to win 60% regardless of
what the RUGs bless or curse them with. Enjoy your last 5 turns in the Consortium (if
you even get that long). -- Assur
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
FORD GRENADA was unbelievably bested by SPEEDING TICKET in a 3 minute Challenge fight.
SLOW savagely defeated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 2 minute brutal Title melee.
JEEP CHEROKEE was overpowered by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute mismatched duel.
DODGE CHARGER was devastated by SUNDAY DRIVER in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
KIA SOUL was viciously subdued by CAR TROUBLES in a 3 minute gruesome brawl.
ALMOST HIT was savagely defeated by RAV 4 TOYOTA in a 2 minute brutal struggle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 2 AIMED BLOW 10 - 4 - 0 71 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 6 - 0 63 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 6 - 0 60 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 LUNGING ATTACK 10 - 7 - 0 59 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 10 - 11 - 1 48 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 13 - 1 46 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 5 - 0 29 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 527 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are:
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 AIMED BLOW
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK SLOW 10251 6 0 0 73 BASH BROS DRIVING (1753)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is FORD GRENADA 10244. The most popular warrior this
turn was FORD GRENADA 10244. The ten other most popular fighters were CAR TROUBLES
10255, SLOW 10251, KIA SOUL 10245, DODGE CHARGER 10246, RAV 4 TOYOTA 10247, SUNDAY
DRIVER 10253, SPEEDING TICKET 10254, JEEP CHEROKEE 10248, ALMOST HIT 10252, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was ALMOST HIT 10252. The other ten least
popular fighters were JEEP CHEROKEE 10248, SPEEDING TICKET 10254, SUNDAY DRIVER
10253, RAV 4 TOYOTA 10247, DODGE CHARGER 10246, KIA SOUL 10245, SLOW 10251, CAR
TROUBLES 10255, FORD GRENADA 10244, and 0.