Tip of the Week!

Greetings Pit Master!

Below you'll find some hints and tips on how to become a better Pit Master and mold your gladiators into champions and legends! Every week I'll try and add a new tip to help aid you in your quest to dominate the Pit of War!

Tip #1: Training your weapon is important, especially in the early stages. Not only will this help you do more damage to your opponent, it will also help prevent you from passing out because chances are you'll reduce your opponent's health to zero before your endurance reaches zero.

Good luck in the Pit!

-Nate-

Tip #2: Some weapons get attack bonuses from a higher strength while other weapons get a bonus from a higher agility. When trying to determine which is which, ask yourself how the weapon is typically used in combat and that will most likely give you your answer. Here are a couple of freebies - A Rapier is going to get more benefit out of a higher agility, and a Mace is going to get more benefit from a higher strength.

Tip #3: The higher your activity level the more attacks your gladiator will make, however it will reduce the accuracy and power of all his hits and he'll burn more endurance in the process.

Tip #4: When viewing your fights, don't forget to click on the little green squares with the orange '+' and '-' marks inside of them. This will expand additional information about your gladiators and their opponents.

Tip #5: If you find that the Enforcer and crowd are unhappy with you and begin to show their displeasure in the form of inflicting physical pain on your gladiator it means you have been inactive for too long, so examine your fights carefully and see if you can use your triggers to remedy the situation by trying a different fighting style and/or increasing your activity level for example when that happens. Offensively minded gladiators don't normally have a problem with this, but defensive gladiators always run the risk of boring the crowd if they don't sprinkle a little excitement into the mix!

Tip #6: Many things factor into how many attacks a gladiator can make per round. It is not based solely on weapon speed or agility. The gladiator's fighting style is a big factor as is his activity level.

Tip #7: Be mindful of the order in which you set your triggers. It is sometimes possible that multiple triggers are true at the same time, so make sure you order them in the priority that you want them to be. The top strategy row is the highest priority and the bottom row is the lowest. For example, you could be fighting a rage gladiator and be "very tired" at the same time. If you have the "My opponent is rage" trigger in the #2 strategy row, none of the triggers below it will ever get activated because the #2 trigger is always going to be true throughout the fight. To fix this you would want to put the "I'm tired" trigger above the "opponent is rage" trigger and then if you are fighting a rage gladiator and your gladiator becomes tired, he will switch to the "I'm tired" strategy row.

Tip #8: The chance of activated skills going off is influenced by your fighting style. If you are using a defensive fighting style, offensive skills won't happen as often and vice versa.

Tip #9: Ever see that four leaf clover in the achievements that says Luck? Often a confused Master has wondered what this fortunate symbol means. Wonder no more! All gladiators have a secret 8th attribute called LUCK. You don't know what your gladiator's luck score is and you never will directly but like most things in life some people are luckier than others. Luck factors into all aspects of the game. That attack you made might have missed had it not been for that higher luck score. Find it strange that you always seem to pick up your weapon after getting disarmed? Maybe you're gladiator is just lucky to always be in the right place at the right time. Luck by itself won't dominate a fight, but in a close battle, fortune just might favor the lucky!

Tip #10: Having trouble keeping your gladiators from passing out? New gladiators don't have very many skills to help them win battles, so the best thing you can do is focus on getting them those skills, like increasing their weapon skill. In the meantime, lower your activity level and blood lust and try using a less demanding fighting style. Be careful though, if you swing the pendulum too far in the other direction you'll still end up passing out because you are telling your gladiator to stand around and not do very much and eventally they'll run out of energy anyways! The trick is to find the right balance for your particular gladiator for their current build and circumstances.

Tip 11: Competing in Jimmy the Squid's underground Pit Fights at the Black Market are a great way to win powerful items like purple and blue gear for free! It is also a great place to test out your strategies before going to the Arena Gates to see how successful they might be. Make sure you fight every day in the Pit Fights to help aid you on your quest to become a champion!

Tip #12: What's with those Black Market Pit Fight Formats? I get this question a lot. Jimmy likes to mix things up as it keeps it interesting and gives different builds an advantage over others based on the format. It also teaches you how to play the game better by having you modify your strategies to win (or sometimes lose) in the Pit Fights you are learning how your strategies make a big difference in the outcome of the battle and learning what happens when you do X and Y happens.

A common cry is: "But Nate, I don't have a choice if my gladiator kills my opponent!"

Actually, you have a lot of influence over that, play with your strategies and you'll find it to be true!

Tip #13: Smart gladiators will use their skills more often than gladiators will a low intellect. Dumb gladiators will still use skills though, they aren't THAT dumb! Not even Trugs!

Tip #14: With the Accountant stable upgrade all of your gladiators will immediately start earning double the amount of gold.