FETO Tournament Guidelines Discussion

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Quote:Doesn't mean is broken either fred, if F34R was an insta 2 kill first strike you clearly playing the game wrong (not buying your restores, not having your own status staff as counter measure or punishing that kind of play) being victim to the staff is the victim fault.

Explain how being victim of the staff is the victim's fault. You can't defend against status staves. Sure, you have remedy staves, but that doesn't save you from being ORKO'd in the same turn as you get fear'd, or being rendered useless entirely by silence, or being crippled by seal, and getting sleeped in a 1KFS might as well be a 2KFS.

Another thing that makes Fear broken is its range. you have 13 range with that staff, 15 if mounted and 17 if mounted+hasted. You aren't safe anywhere. If status was 1-range, that'd be a different story, but as it is, you literally cannot be punished from using status staves. 1-range would still be broken, but at least you're not going to be pushed all the way to the wall faster than you can say "FETO" just because you see a shiny purple staff at the back of a staffer's inventory.

Quote:Why the cost shouldn't be an argument? Costs-benefit relation, sure you can lower all stats 5 times wow, yes it might win you a battle here and there but won't last you the entire tourney and you won't be able to keep buying f34r without harming your units equipment.

Lol... Look at the past 2 tournaments. Almost every single player who's gotten into at least semi-finals has used a fear staff. The proof is there. The results are there. Right. Here. Cost means nothing, especially if you're in the winner's bracket. As it stands, almost every tournament match in the later rounds is a race to who uses Fear first. This is not fun. This is not balanced. This is not how a tournament is supposed to be run.

At this point, I can't even call this an argument. You're basically justifying the use of a broken item. I mean, if that's the case, I might as well allow Lunar Weapons, HP Draining Weapons, Magic Weapons, and Elsleep staves into tournaments. Why not?