Gladiator III - Let the Battle Commence!

[Theben]

btw, re: adding 1/2 weapons and armor to attack/defense, what do you do for odd numbers? Round up, or consider as .5? Is power halved before subtracting armor, or afterwards?

Been curious for awhile now.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Drogue

Depends on styles. Not really, IMHO. I've seen a couple of stats that with their orders, the only counters are things that are open to just about anything else, and so really dangerous to actually use.

I don't get it. You just (correctly) answered another post to say the stats only affect style. I don't think there are any overpowered stats, and don't see how there can be.

There are counters to every strategy for every stat. The key is in designing orders that give you a chance of countering several possible strats, but ultimately it's just a game of outguessing your opponent with a touch of fortune in where the blows fall. Hat off to Jamski and SC, it's a very fun game, my favourite actually.

[Drogue]

Half hits will be rounded down if they happen, and armour is subtracted before, it is simply the power it would have hit with, divided by 2, rounding down if it is a decimal.

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Doc
I don't get it. You just (correctly) answered another post to say the stats only affect style. I don't think there are any overpowered stats, and don't see how there can be.

It does only affect style. However, when using certain weapons stats, and having certain orders, there are only a couple of possibly counters, which happen to be open to many other attacks. I can't really explain better without giving examples, which I cannot do until the end of the game.

Originally posted by Doc
There are counters to every strategy for every stat. The key is in designing orders that give you a chance of countering several possible strats

That is true, but there are some stats that are only counterable in ways that are open to other attacks. In other words, set of stats/orders A is only counterable by B. However B is counterable by almost any set of stats/orders other than A. So having stats/orders B is very dangerous, as you can be easily hit, however it is the only way to counter set of stats/orders A.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Drogue
Half hits will be rounded down if they happen, and armour is subtracted before, it is simply the power it would have hit with, divided by 2, rounding down if it is a decimal.

Actually I meant the initial attack. FE, would I add 4 to attack and 7 to defense, or 3/6 or 3.5/6.5?

[Drogue]

What do you mean?

If someone has armour 10, and you attack with a power of 10 (plus your weapon of 7) then you will do 7 damage with a full hit, and 3 with a half hit.

[Theben]

5. Each player has 20 points to distribute to weapons and armour... Half of these points are added to each of the 3 A/Ds.

so if i sent in 10-10-10

would it be 14-17-10
or 13-16-10
or 13.5-16.5-10 ?

[Drogue]

If you gave me 10 10 10 orders for one hit, it would go down as 13.5 16.5 17 modified by weapons and armour, with another 13 taken off your opponents power, should he hit.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Drogue
That is true, but there are some stats that are only counterable in ways that are open to other attacks. In other words, set of stats/orders A is only counterable by B. However B is counterable by almost any set of stats/orders other than A. So having stats/orders B is very dangerous, as you can be easily hit, however it is the only way to counter set of stats/orders A.

Well all counters are open to counter-counters. That's how RPS works. There is no golden order that only has a weak counter. There is always the option of outpowering, or blocking and striking, or imitating your opponent (which perhaps means doing the version applicable to your stats).

[Drogue]

Doc: There is a golden set of stats and orders that only has a weak counter. Either that or itself.

[DrSpike]

Well maybe we can fight it out later when we can use specific examples.

[Theben]

I see noone has sent in anything yet. Waiting for their opponents?

Let me be the 1st to say: sent, after much careful consideration.

[Drogue]

Received. Now bedtime

[Jamski]

Hmmm.... need to consider these orders for a moment...

-Jam

[Spaced Cowboy]

sended