So what is everyone's opinion on the ability for a gladiator to wear a wall of 10 foot thick steel around himself and stand in the middle of the arena until the other guy passes out?
My opinion is I hope they don't become popular. Their fights aren't exciting and if two of them get matched up it is almost like watching grass grow. Now, having said that I don't see a way around it based on the game mechanics and the specialties and I don't even think they are inherently bad, however it is my hope that offense will always have the edge over defense in order to keep things more exciting. I guess for some people though it is fun and exciting to see if they can win that way, so perhaps it is just personal preference...
I suppose like all strategy games there must be black and white to counter one another and even in real life fighting sports like MMA most people prefer to watch stand up strikers as opposed to the grapplers who go to the ground and bore the audience until a vicious elbow gets unleashed or a submission attempt is about to be performed.
Any other opinions out there?