tell you what - Laurel can battle Thanak if you want, for the sake of some whining experiment (if Thanak agrees, of course - 2 dwarves) or Alorrana
let's say only Ranger/AA specials can be used, both use the same armours (Laurel will keep some helmet in case of fighting Alorrana tho) - can be full Bubba for the sake of this, weapons ... let's say Laurel will use a dull grey sabre? holy blade? a tad hard to balance for me, but I guess someone can say which 2 sword+club are similar in hit/pen stats
let's say Laurel will use healing up to her mana pool, but no herbs & disarm, but return the weapon if it's dropped
I can say with a lot confidence it will be a longer fight (due to healing and disarming), but the outcome will always be the same - smack vs no special is quite obvious
let's make it harder? in case of Thanak - merc + AA specials, in case of Alorrana - AA + cow specials, in case of Laurel - Ranger + stuntie specials
my wild guess is that even burning the whole mana pool on self-heals Laurel will NOT do enough dmg before mattack/smack or smack/gore (all 3 work unarmed after all) send her running
let's make it even harder? take a simple lame crap unbrawlable golden sceptre ...
shall we continue? I didn't even touch the topic of specific Ranger drawbacks that kick in during long fights ... or in specific environmental conditions ...
whine whine whine ... and I agree with Ilrahil - it wasn't quite the power that lured people into DA but the whole PR that Ilrahil spread around the DA
currently there is negative PR around AA (spread by yourself - the active baddies - as well) - you can't expect it to work in your favour ...
