Not for nothing, but whatever "studies" you've completed and theories you have produced, Marcus is obviously more effective in practice. He's a poster boy for winning a lot of fights with a high-aggression, low-self-preservation tactic. (I'd prefer if he made characters with a little more depth, which he's proven capable of, but that's another thread.)

I agree with him that defense tends to trump offense. It's relatively easy to avoid PK combat if you prioritize doing so. The reason for this is that if you tip the scales in the other direction too much (which I do think is the case at lower levels, exaggerated by some remaining class imbalances there), a few skilled players can make it nigh-impossible for other people to achieve any kind of success.

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