by IV_Mark_VI Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:32 pm
I use Lloyd talismans when I invade. Just add it to the list of must use items, like Green Grass and Blooming Moss. What's wrong with a 'must use' item? Everyone uses the DWGR. If you want to talk about banning something from PvP, should ban that.
Indeed, what happened to outsmarting someone? Why is flipping around shooting spells and arrows so viable? Why can't a towershield be a viable option?
"Better fighter."
I once saw a UFC fight with Frank Shamrock and Renzo Gracie. Strikes to the back of the head were disallowed, so Renzo 'used this' to put himself in a position where he would be really beaten without that rule. Frank said screw it and kneed him in the head anyways.
I secretly thought Kudos to Frank because, in my opinion, that isn't the spirit of the sport, and promoted techniques that actually wouldn't work. When I used to do Wing Tsun, we were in a tournament in toronto. Rule was no strikes to the back of the head/back. Another rule was no kicks/knees to the head at all. Punches allowed. A third rule was pushing someone out of bounds gained you points. So do you know what the winner of this contest did? He fought, half bowed over, exposing the back of his head and his back, and just tried to push people out of bounds. It was the stupidest thing I ever saw, and I just wished someone would say screw it and knee him in his face, or give him an elbow strike to the back of the head.
Thats how I currently feel about the no heal rule. I feel that with a slow moving tarkus, that they can just dance out of range and tag me with an occasional arrow and spell, and that they are the better fighter. I think... what the hell, how is exploiting the metagame making you a better fighter?
Anyways. Good points; I still disagree, and I think this metagame is the reason for Grasscrest/DWGR users all over the place. I *think* that no holds barred might give way to different builds, but I could be wrong.
Allowing healing might gimp magic more than it already is, as you can't slowly whittle people down, so there's that. But honestly, I hate farming, and if I heal constantly with humanities, that tactic won't last long. Eating away their resources I do think is viable. I do it with spells (especially WoG; try to get them to trigger it and dance away). And as an avid healer... honestly, you only have so many humanities. They run out. You'd have to glitch to keep it up (I don't glitch, not even BB). Only time I got stuff was I was required to get a covenant player up to speed in a certain time frame so I didn't have time to get all the stuff I needed.