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I find all of the non-channeling related combat implausible and over-dramatic RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 03/06/2011 03:51:35 PM
This is probably why I ended up picking all of the channeling characters as my favorites versus the warriors. The battles never seemed that dangerous to me, and seemed way too cinematic. RJ tended to shy away from describing how soul-wrenchingly horrible combat was, down to being ankles deep in blood and gore, seeing friends hacked down right in front of you with pieces of their organs all over your face and getting into your mouth and the screams of the wounded as they are trampled by horses, countrymen and etc. As a result the outright stupidity of an Aes Sedai running onto a chaotic battlefield wearing a dress never really gets that much of a second look or the difficulty in fighting multiple opponents is never really handled so much as it is referenced by our uber Marty Stu combat Gods, so it's a non-issue.
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Combat in the World of the Wheel - 03/06/2011 04:34:02 AM 1589 Views
Well, Healing screws things up a bit. But Rand at the end of tGH comes to mind - 03/06/2011 05:20:57 AM 977 Views
You mean tGH *NM* - 03/06/2011 11:13:04 AM 519 Views
Of course I did! And that's what I typed - 05/06/2011 09:12:45 AM 760 Views
You mean "typed" *NM* - 11/06/2011 08:55:34 PM 371 Views
Clever girl... *NM* - 12/06/2011 01:56:37 AM 326 Views
Gawyn in the tower comes to mind. - 03/06/2011 01:12:55 PM 781 Views
I find all of the non-channeling related combat implausible and over-dramatic - 03/06/2011 03:51:35 PM 1091 Views
Gotta diagree - 03/06/2011 06:22:52 PM 834 Views
The aftermath - but I don't think he really showed the chaos on a battlefield that well - 03/06/2011 07:19:20 PM 735 Views
That doesn't make them unrealistic... - 03/06/2011 08:30:05 PM 735 Views
I think it does make them unrealistic. Stylistic choices determine how these scenes are conveyed. - 03/06/2011 09:24:21 PM 938 Views
Ummm... - 03/06/2011 09:55:46 PM 782 Views
Come to think of it... - 04/06/2011 05:16:55 AM 951 Views
I think... - 04/06/2011 06:31:17 AM 719 Views
Re: Come to think of it... - 06/06/2011 02:34:42 PM 664 Views
Hmmm... - 06/06/2011 06:43:23 AM 764 Views
WoT combat scenes are highly overrated. The non-OP fight scenes aresn't even scenes at all - 11/06/2011 12:59:50 AM 731 Views
agreed - 11/06/2011 10:47:17 AM 699 Views
Re: agreed - 12/06/2011 10:48:49 AM 711 Views
But they sure are fun to puzzle over . . . - 21/06/2011 03:08:08 AM 710 Views
Also, what's with the Military Costuming? - 12/06/2011 10:53:24 AM 689 Views

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