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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phoenix8008" data-source="post: 3454597" data-attributes="member: 211">Well, that would introduce some interesting changes. You could build an entirely defensive fighter that wins by wearing down his opponent by denying that foe as many flags gained during the fight! But imagine taking it a step further, could you possibly learn a style both offensively AND defensively??!! So when you used such a style if you win you get an extra flag but if you lose you lose one less flag. This begs the question in my mind of whether or not you could learn the same style twice either offensively or defensively. (Maybe only after a certain tier?)I would argue that it's more realistic to keep it open to any move you used during the fight, not just ones used succesfully (especially if we open up defensive sig styles as above. If you won the round but gained no flags due to your opponents defensive sig style, then was the move used succesfully?) Using only moves that they already used well just doesn't seem right to me. Some people strive to do better when they didn't do well before. Sometimes you work harder to get something right after you've failed at it. So I think even if you didn't win the round with a move doesn't mean it couldn't be something a character would be interested in studying.Naming the tiers like that at all makes it hard to open up higher tiers later if we want to extend things out further. After all, what is higher than a Grandmaster? I would argue that they could just stay numbered and the players will make up their own titles for each character (not necessarily each tier) as they wish. Unless you do a mortals and immortals thing of some sort. Maybe at the point when there are a minimum number of grandmasters (3?? 5?? I don't know, but something fairly low with a minimum of 2) then they transcend the mortal realm and start the tiers again as unskilled immortals. At this point they can only battle other immortals. Could there be other levels beyond the Immortals? Ancients, Old Ones? Who knows. Do they keep their gained styles or lose them and start over? I don't know. I'm making this up as I type it!!</blockquote>

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