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That would largely depend on the character. A knight wouldn't demean himself by using sneak tactics after all. This is the major problem I have with arena. No one is interested in RPing there characters, which makes it a rather pointless exercise. I mean what joy is there to be had in winning an imaginary contest online. I mean it's not any gratification for me but Perhaps I'm just strange. Winning has zero benefit, but an interesting drama is at least something people will remember and talk about.
I was giving my point of view on Bita. From what I've encountered in regards to LeeRoy's characters and lore (in the current rankings I'd say I'm probably the most engaged with his stories) Bita is supposed to be the cold, highly effective counter-part to Kanitah and his more theatrical approach. I was also making that assumption of many of the things LeeRoy had said in the earlier stages of the fight, in regards to his characters attitude etc. Ultimately, Tordor and Bita both know they're there to fight, it's like a UFC match starting and you calling it a cheap shot for one of the guys to hit the other if they put their hands down and start chatting shit.
I think suggesting that 'no one' is interested in Rping their characters is a little short sighted, frankly. You have a peruse through any of my fights and honestly tell me all my characters are the same and I'm only interested in winning, at the moment you're just being insulting and I think you're wrong.
Hell, this is ranked, where that sort of behaviour is to be expected. There's always unranked if you want story to take precedent. For me, sometimes playing my character realistically requires me to be an asshole, because they're more interested in surviving than being nice with someone who may very well kill them. Regardless of if a fight is ranked or unranked though, I will always play my character out how I honestly believe they would react, I'd hope everyone else would do the same.
