For someone who brags about having logged "1,000 hours in battle!" I just simply cannot believe that you seem to be condoning the 'next batter up' village mentality.

I know that you know there are times when parity is cast aside (raid/raid defense/group fight vs group fight). I also know damn well that IMM's have given the clear to gang down powerful chars - during my rager's lifespans these were: Nuloh, Ahtieli, Dulameh(sp), Mekantos, Khargurln(sp), and a few others that I am forgetting.

I also don't believe (given your vast experience playing the game) that you can honestly argue that Fessara stacks up to any of the above in terms of actual threat.

Assassins have always been a bad matchup for village warriors without detect hidden, assassinate is indeed the bane of certain village builds - just like an Orc is going to absolutely PWN some village builds. This does not put the Orc, nor the Assassin on par with a lich/AP that can literally wade into a group of 3-4 villagers and KILL THEM ALL at pretty much the same time. Nor do I believe any IMM is going to give villagers the 'clear' to gang Fessara.

I'm sorry if I'm causing you grief, I simply just do not agree with you in even the slightest that 'next batter up' is a valid village tactic, I know you are above the level of Jerry with your village RP and standards.

I mean, I'm pretty sure when I was playing Panir that you were a fire giant villager that I tuned up quite well back in 03, and you adhered to parity just fine - why the flip?