1- Superior Helm
2- Focus IV
3- Armor IV
4- Quickness IV
5- Magic Resistance IV
6- Coordination IV
7- Strength III
8- Spear Mastery IV
9- Excellent Healing Kit

Yes J, I DO open up a backpack and find the right shirt. But, when your
pack ONLY has 12 items in it (5 rings and 7 protect pants) you don't have
much trouble. In my case, my only green pants are my Acid Protection IV
ones. While autorunning, or even while running in circles I drag and drop
them on my body.

If I have to switch pants during a fight I remove my Amuli Leggings, drop
them in the Helper pack, remove the pants, drop them in the Helper pack,
drag and drop the new pants onto me, and then drag and drop my Amuli
Leggings back on to me. The process takes about 5 seconds, during which I
am running in circles or strafing to avoid war. It sounds hard, but with
practice, it is not.

As far as Impenetrability on everything, yes, it is normal. You should
always do it if you're looking for a fight. Like I said in a previous
article, it is the difference between dropping your shield to portal out and
taking 10 a hit instead of 20, being at half life when you escape instead of
NO life. You're going to have a lot of fun with Item Magic, Druss, because
it opens up so many possibilities, lets you be as strong as you want as long
as you have the patience and the Life Wand to get more mana.

In any case, Impen on your armor is vital if you're going to fight multiple
people at once, because it ups what I like to call your Logical Opponent
Count. (LOC)

If I'm fighting a LV 45 Melee and a LV 28 Melee, I have two physical
opponents, but only one logical one. This is because whether my armor is
Impen'd or not, the LV 28 Melee can't hurt me, he'll hit once in 10 tries
for 1 damage a shot no matter what he's doing, 4 if I don't have my armor
Impen'd. This means I can just fight the LV 45 guy and ignore his buddy.
With Impen on your armor, a LV 28 Archer goes from being an actual threat to
not being one. This lowers your LOC.

The ability to fight multiple characters at once is a reflection of my level
and the level and CLASS of my opposition. I have worked long and hard to be
able to do it, and I'm starting to see results. By pure force of XP, I have
the skills to fight off three LV35 characters in a long, drawn-out battle.

Against mages, just bide your time. They can't kill you worth shit if they
are lower level than you, but they won't give up because they are stubborn
bastards. I do test shots every so often to see if their buffs are failing,
and I also assess every so often to check mana levels and to see if their
Focus/Self are shown in green (meaning they still have active Creature
buffs). Eventually their buffs will fall and if they don't portal out, they
are dead, because they will start fizzling, getting resisted, and running
low on mana, not to mention they have NO MELEE DEFENSE and will die in
seconds without buffs.

Melees are just flat-out hard to kill unless you have someone to vuln for
you. Still, it can be done, esp. if the fight is long and drawn out. You
need to have your armor Impen'd here, and Brittlemail their shields when you
can. You will take about 90 damage with your shield down, but so what, you
have 190 HP :) Then beat the guy's ass whose shield you took down.

Archers are pathetically easy for a Melee to kill (no, not mages with a bow,
archers)...just run up and slaughter them while you take 8 damage a shot
from their bow. I can fight 3 archers at once no problem.

If I were to remake Silent I wouldn't change a thing :) I love all of my
stats. I'm serious. Life Magic isn't that good when you only have 160 base
skill in it at LV 45!!!! (Which is where my Item skill is)....Imperil
IV...fizzle!

You'll see some interesting group and anti-group tactics at fight night.
Should be interesting, esp. my fight against you four guys.

TSS

-----Original Message-----
From: Jamie C. Wakefield <[removed]>
To: [removed] <[removed]>
Date: July 25, 2000 11:29 AM
Subject: [dtthesource] Silent, how do you do it?

>
>Silent, we need some tips buddy.
>
>What do you have for hot keys? How are they organized?
>
>I have lightning pro and fire pro on hot slots.
>
>How do you switch to acid pro? Open up a backpack and find which friggin
>shirt or pievce of jewelry is acid pro?
>
>I noticed you imped, um, everything while hunting PK's. Is this normal for
>you?
>
>How are you such a beating? Seriously. How can you take on 4 guys at once,
>kill three and make Lava flee? Esp when lava is your level.
>
>I noticed a lot of resists, do you think spec Magic DF is usefull for TL
>template?
>
>\How would you remake Silent, assuming you were going to spec spear again?
>
>thanks
>
>jamie