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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: dying_inside on March 11, 2006, 09:33:54 am

Title: gimme headex, I was swinging a claymore..
Post by: dying_inside on March 11, 2006, 09:33:54 am

Ok, I\'m confused, so  it would help if someone cleared this up for me.
Why, would physical fighting affect your mental stamina?
I could understand physical stamina, but surely mental stamina would be coupled with mana and magic, rather than swinging a claymore and a battle axe around?
Dunno, maybe I\'m missing something, and there is some reason for this, buuuut... as of yet I have yet to figure it out, so if this could be explained to me, I would be gratefull.
As for the simple sulution of getting some lighter weaponry, yeah I would but it doesnt fit my character. For now I\'ll just train. But I\'m genuinly curiouse about this mental weariness after decapitateing something.
At least then I have a reason to need some headache pills after killing a rogue....

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Post by: LigH on March 11, 2006, 09:38:35 am

\"Headex\"? You probably mean \"headache\"...

I\'m not completely sure about the semantic meaning of \"mental stamina\" either, and agree \"physical stamina\" to be more logical. I could only imagine that you \"get bored and tired about so much slaying\"...

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Post by: dying_inside on March 11, 2006, 09:41:11 am

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Originally posted by LigH
\"Headex\"? You probably mean \"headache\"...

I\'m not completely sure about the semantic meaning of \"mental stamina\" either, and agree \"physical stamina\" to be more logical. I could only imagine that you \"get bored and tired about so much slaying\"...

Nope I mean Head-ex. Its drugs for headaches. Medication dontcha know. :P

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Post by: ou8i8uo on March 11, 2006, 04:49:31 pm

dying_inside asks: Why, would physical fighting affect your mental stamina?

I have been wondering that as well and the only answer I could think of would be the emotional stress of combat.
Other than that it makes no sense to me.

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Post by: Sarrow on March 11, 2006, 06:17:32 pm

It relates to stress at Satayne said. You could also see mental stamina as the morale meter, it explains how much will or fight is left in you

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Post by: Zaxim on March 11, 2006, 07:41:59 pm

Wouldn\'t some people increase their moral as they killed more things?

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Post by: Xordan on March 11, 2006, 09:39:08 pm

I assume nobody here has been in a proper sword fight. A lot of fighting is quite tiring mentally. You have to concentrate very hard. Not much mental stamina should be drained compared to physical though.

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Post by: yayoo on March 11, 2006, 09:41:56 pm

And if your in a war like nam then you proply wont come home acting like pee wee

Title: will affects mental stamina
Post by: Gripen on March 13, 2006, 04:35:07 am

The stat of will is directly tied to mental stamina--being attacked and getting injured greatly affects will.  In the manual it is explained that weak willed characters do not endure prolonged fights.

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Post by: Kixie on March 13, 2006, 04:48:34 am

Have you ever ran a mile or more, then tried to take a test 3 minutes later? It\'s seriously tough. They have tests like that at NASA and the Nike corp does it too. Physical activity drains mental thought like... raw hamburger through a grinder.