Quote (KungPeriodFu @ Feb 11 2015 01:16pm)
I agree that mana pooling tends to encourage spamming/l8z. But to require consent gives one party an advantage. I'll give you an example.. That 1-5 of me vs legen's mb nec. Even though I got rekt, spirit spam is part of his strategy and I could go 2 rounds without having to visit Akara for mana. So when he wanted to pool the moor I said hell no. I, or anyone for that matter, could have manipulated his spirit-spam strategy and deliberately run him out of mana.
even though I lost, that little bit about the mana gave me an edge and is unfair imo. I'm all for mana pooling, just don't cry when I don't dive into spirit waves/trains/spam.
You're missing the point.
you weren't running out of mana because you don't know how to chase on barb. does anyone else notice the hilarity of a barb deliberately running a nec out of mana instead of just attacking? how can you bitch about pools encouraging l8z when that's all you even try to do? (on a fucking barb nonetheless sigh)
pools should absolutely be allowed, it doesn't give anyone an advantage. if you're losing to someone who only runs and spams it's probably because you suck at playing offensively. pools let both parties continuously chase instead of one person just running away until the other person is out of mana. there's a reason why pools have been 100% gm on every realm except east, and it's not just because of bmanas. there's really no reason why they shouldn't always be allowed, but whatever