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<blockquote data-quote="Brimshack" data-source="post: 3263873" data-attributes="member: 34694">What a difference an adjective makes. I guess by &quot;orderly&quot; I mean effectively, as in getting a reasonable number of the party to safety. The stories you guys are posting echo mine for the most part. I am especially familiar with the tendancy to make the decision a little late.One of my biggest frustrations is the hesitation move, which is especially common among new players. They aren't sure what to do so they hold (usually after I remind them that &quot;nothing&quot; is best translated to Hold or Total Defence, and their decision is sometimes followed with &quot;are you sure?&quot;). I'm not talkign a strategic hold where they have a reason for waiting a bit, I mean just outright hesitation from not knowing what to do. And then I sit there and bite my lip, because I know that one more hit on the ogre and he might go down, but he's 2 down in the line up and if the scared player holds long enough, he'll give that guy a chance to finish his own character off. In moments like that the player needs to either run or fight, just standing there isn't good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brimshack, post: 3263873, member: 34694"] What a difference an adjective makes. I guess by "orderly" I mean effectively, as in getting a reasonable number of the party to safety. The stories you guys are posting echo mine for the most part. I am especially familiar with the tendancy to make the decision a little late. One of my biggest frustrations is the hesitation move, which is especially common among new players. They aren't sure what to do so they hold (usually after I remind them that "nothing" is best translated to Hold or Total Defence, and their decision is sometimes followed with "are you sure?"). I'm not talkign a strategic hold where they have a reason for waiting a bit, I mean just outright hesitation from not knowing what to do. And then I sit there and bite my lip, because I know that one more hit on the ogre and he might go down, but he's 2 down in the line up and if the scared player holds long enough, he'll give that guy a chance to finish his own character off. In moments like that the player needs to either run or fight, just standing there isn't good. [/QUOTE]

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