Dagorhir, for all it's multifaceted fun, is primarily a fighting game. Everyone wants to be good at it, but what separates the merely good from the great? What sets those fighters who serve as inspirations, aside from the pack?
These are the reasons the cream rises to the top. No particular category outweighs any of the others, and the degrees factor in quite a bit. A fighter who lacks in one category can make up for it in another. Most top tier fighters are some combination of these attributes, but there is a vast range of "stat" variances.
Skill:
Skill encompasses most of the things that can be learned within the game: ability with weapons, knowledge of situational shot selection of both you and your opponent, knowledge of other fighters, field awareness, decision making and correct judgement of threat levels. Fighters who fight regularly and mindfully tend to advance in this category as they gain age and experience, while they may experience a decline in the next category....
Physical Talent:
This category encompasses many individual traits that can contribute to ability, but in simplest terms being a more capable human being makes you a more dangerous fighter. Speed allows more tactical options, both in foot-speed and hand-speed. Strength allows a fighter to break through guards, wield larger weapons more ably and muscle openings in defenses. Balance allows recovery from aggression and more attack options. Size creates angle openings and contributes to intimidation in field encounters.
This category can be improved to some extent. A weaker fighter can work out, and through his training may improve his combat abilities. But this category also imposes a ceiling, a fighter who is extraordinarily low in natural talent may find difficulty improving consistently in other categories. In the same regards anyone of even low middling natural talent can become a respected fighter by concentrating heavily on....
Learning Ability:
Possibly a better way to describe this would be learning willingness. To gain skill, a fighter must both fight consistently and mindfully. This doesn't mean swinging a sword in a field with your buddies. It means thinking about what you're doing every time you do it and why you made those decisions. Then whether or not you fail miserably, you think about why the result that came about did and how you could do it differently. Better. Watching video of your own fighting is a strong accelerator to the process, as it allows you to do your self-analyzing after the fact with a calm mindset. Also helpful is finding a good mentor in the style you want to learn, a good sign of...
Dedication or as I like to put it The HUNGER:
This is the most important factor in who makes it to the top. How badly do you want to be the best? Will you be the last fighter on the field sparring after the day's fighting? Will you drive to events twelve hours away to fight a brace of badass Numenorean knights? Will you travel to the deep south to tangle with the RVNS and test yourself against the skilled Sons of Tara? Go to the Aratari and match yourself against the cogs of No Quarter!? There's a ton of very skilled fighters spread across this nation, every region's got their local badass. The more you seek out to fight, learn and spar from, the better you get. Simple as that. You've gotta want it really bad. The Hunger is what drives fighters. Feed your Hunger.
-The Golden Lion
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