Round 16Dr. Taurus Valeria attacked the Mountain Jaguar. With his increased strength, he chopped down on the beast's neck, nearly severing its head.
Martin Breakshield, thinking this wave of beasts would be ended this round, raised his shield in anticipation for the next wave.
Elbbsas the Reka, who had planned on targeting the now dead Jaguar, tossed her health potion to Taurus then prepared for the next round.
Wintermoot attacked the Wintrean Wolf, stabbing his sword in its side for 9 damage.
Hyrda quickly followed and attacked the Wolf, swinging his sword at its head and killing it.
Rosashia Byrnweave was going to target the Wolf but now prepared for the next wave of beasts.
With the wave over, the potion man ran onto the battlefield and handed both Martin and Hyrda a Health Potion. "Sorry!" he whispered to Elbbsas as he ran back off the field.
Just then, the big metal gate the beasts had been coming out of opened. Instead of beasts charging out, though, Arena Guards armed with spears and shields poured out in single-file. They separated the two teams of combatants, who confusedly faced the guards and prepared to fight them. The Guards, however, began to form a human wall through the middle of the battlefield, dividing the Arena in two.
"Calm down, everyone!" yelled out the Host. "The Guards aren't there to fight you. As you may have noticed, your two teams have been separated from one another by this wall of Guards. To liven up the game, you will now each battle your own beasts! And do make sure to be on the offensive; we will continue to send out more waves of beasts even if you have yet to kill off the current one. Good luck!"
Out of the gateway where the Arena Guards just came out, a Mino, Sabertooth Lion, and Great Wintrean Termite ran toward silver-clad members of Team Water Balloon Fight. The smaller gate on the opposite side of the Arena where the combatants themselves had first appeared then began to open, and another Great Wintrean Termite entered the battlefield towards the golden members of Team of the Everlasting Sun.
Current Stats
Cooldowns: The number listed is the round in which you may use the ability again.
Potions: H=Health, S=Strength, D=Defense, A=Agility, L=Luck
The Combat Order for Round 17 is:
18 -
@Elbbsas15 -
@Hydra 14 -
@Doc11 - Sabertooth Lion
8 -
@taulover 4 - Mino
2 - Great Wintrean Termite
19 -
@Aethelia 13 - Great Wintrean Termite
4 -
@Wintermoot So each team is now fighting their own waves of beasts. New waves will appear every 4 rounds -- this is subject to change if it's too frequent or not frequent enough. If you defeat your wave early before a new one would spawn, then you'll have a chance to get potions from the Potion Man just as before -- so that's an incentive to kill it asap. A new wave will spawn as soon as you kill the wave, though -- no waiting around doing nothing if you kill it early.
How beasts are determined, in case you're wondering
Which beasts are in each wave is determined randomly just as before with a roll of the die. The number of beasts is a little different, though: where before each new wave's beasts' health had to be at least half of the total players' health, now it's at least half plus 10 health for each living player. Because 2 players with 40 health each is worse off than 4 players with 20 health each since the former will deal less damage than the latter, the extra 10 health per living player is meant to account for the difference.
Here's how the last wave was determined:
Total player health=196. 196/2=98. Beasts' total health must be at least 98.
Roll Mino (health 20, 20<98). Roll Mountain Jaguar (health 45, 20+45=65<98). Roll Mino (health 20, 65+20=85<98). Roll Wintrean Wolf (health 35, 85+35=120>98). Beasts in wave determined.
Here's how this next round's waves were determined:
Team Water Balloon Fight total health=96. 96/2=48. 48+(4*10)=88. Beasts' total health must be at least 88.
Roll Mino (health 20, 20<88). Roll Great Wintrean Termite (health 55, 20+55=75<88). Roll Sabertooth Lion (health 40, 75+40=115>88). Beasts in wave determined.
Team of the Everlasting Sun total health=38. 38/2=19. 19+(2*10)=39. Beasts' total health must be at least 39.
Roll Great Wintrean Termite (health 55, 55>39). Beasts in wave determined.
Let me know if you can think of a better way to determine beasts in each wave.
Also, just to make clear for future reference, because Elbbsas and Aethelia's targets were dead before they could perform their abilities, they didn't use them. They will be able to use the same abilities again this next round.
The round will end around 1pm ET on Tuesday, November 28. 