Iendlir's fall.

1. ceridwel Iendlir's fall. -
   Iendlir, two things I see right off the bat that you should have done differently.
   
   1) You ran one room away and then healed:
   
   <507hp 482m 206mv 14550tnl>
   Iendlir has fled!
   
   <507hp 482m 206mv 14550tnl>e
   murder Iend
   Along the Eastern Road
   
   [Exits: east south west]
   (White Aura) Iendlir is here.
   Iendlir closes his eyes momentarily.
   
   
   
   - You should be running a hell of a lot farther away before healing. If possible, lose your foe first and then heal...or at least try to.
   
   
   2) You were in weapon disadvantage. Against a warrior, a paladin will become swiss cheese if you don't stay superior/advantaged. I think I mentioned that to you in-game, too :)
2. Jluppy Iendlir's fall. -
   yeah I dont understand why he did that. usually he runs far off and heals.
   
   I think it had to do with mentally clamming up at the very end and wanting to get a heal off to try to outlast another possible murder attack. I used to do that with healing classes.
   
   Iendlir got hebleon once by leading him on and on through mountains and then getting a big health chunk back and turning the tables.
   
   paladins and dk both suck for reason num 2. they get no benefit from weapon or combat style advantage, other than overcoming parry, and hybrids are meant to focus on their spells.
3. ergorion Iendlir's fall. -
   Hybrids need some sort of dual wield skill, or at least some tweak to disarm/shield disarm.
4. Astemus Iendlir's fall. -
   the response before by dav was
   
   "... in a completely defensive situation you'd find a good one handed weapon and use a shield.."
   
   and
   
   ".. we very clearly didnt give hybrids any weapon or combat style skills.."
   
   not direct quotes, but close enough. I don't think I'd ever choose disarm or shield disarm against a warrior or ranger but I suppose it's something to try if you're in an advantageous position and just want to test it.
   
   For my part, I highly doubt weapon or combat style skills would be beneficial to hybrids. The hybrid power is in having weapon selection, third attack, shield block, and ability to cast 1 round lag spells.
   
   I believe another thing dav said was
   
   "..we removed dodge because we want hybrids to need to use their spells to win fights, they were clearly winning without actually relying on their spells.."
   
   the idea being that hybrids are half of two classes and not just warriors with wrath/fireball.
5. Frostburns Iendlir's fall. -
   Set parry is somewhat like double grip if you ask me, only it counts as a defense as well. A dark-knight or paladin also has (un)holy armor, which can be very nice.
   
   Otherwise, they both have strikes for unwarded casters, mobs, or each other, and their spells. Dual wield just allows them to fight casters, in addition to increasing the damage of strikes per attempt.
   
   And no, I don't think paladins or dark-knights need a dual wield skill. Properly played, they're both good at a number of things. Only real downside is that they don't do so well against neutral characters, and dark-knights don't have as easy a time against evils.
6. sifor Iendlir's fall. -
   Umm... He didn't run one room away to heal, he did it to sanc up. Still should've gone farther, but it was sanc down panic mode best that I can tell..