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40d Talk:Sea lamprey
Revision as of 12:01, 12 March 2010 by 85.12.64.150 (talk)
Just in case anyone was wondering, these things are harmless. This is useful information to people like me, who enjoy wrestling fish in adventure mode. --Smartmo 04:07, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
Harmless my ass. I just lost 12 dwarves including a legendary miner to one Sea Lamprey.--173.26.114.20 07:34, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
- Seconded. Lost my skilled fisherman to one. And it wasn't just a case of "Oops, the dwarf fell in and drowned." It ripped off his arm and left half a dozen dwarf chunks in its wake. RedKing 22:13, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
- Combat has a lot of randomizers in it. It's mathematically possible for a kitten to one-shot a dragon. With thousands of users each having dozens of games with hundreds of combats each with scores of attacks - weird things will happen, just expect them. If a non-swimmer ends up in the water, they can panic - meaning they aren't defending themselves at first. Add the [ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH] and [SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD:25:50] tags, and you have a recipe for potential disaster no matter what the odds.
- That said, one of the biggest constants in combat and damage is size vs. size. So, typically, a size 6 dwarf should be able to rule over most any size 3 creature, no problem. Also, "wrestling" must be matched by "wrestling" - and if the lamprey can't wrestle, it's game over. So it makes sense (in the game, if not by any RL standards) that a novice wrestler (and one in Adventure Mode!) might dominate while a legendary miner often loses, especially if the creature is low on internal organs for that piercing pick to target. --Albedo 23:38, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
- nods knowingly* Still, they don't lie when they call these 'predatory' - i've often had an adventurer dragged into the river chased by one or two of these. Not dangerous, unless there happens to be a carp group following you. --85.12.64.150 12:01, 12 March 2010 (UTC) (User:Libelnon)