People will say, 'What of e-style?" To be quite blunt, e-style is a misnomer,
and in fact should not even exist, nor should anyone refer to themselves as an
e-styler. If you are a k-styler and are reading this, what were you before you
started to k-style? You did not butterfly, you did not use slashshot. You most
probably used automatics and tumbled. You might have been advanced enough that
you switched to melee to run. You were what some people refer to as an
e-styler. Did you think you had a style back then? Most likely no, you were
just shooting to survive and using whatever came to mind to get your kill. You
did not learn anything, because there was nothing to learn; no moves, no
complicated sequence of keys to tap, no timing. Would it not be fair to say,
since you had nothing to learn, that there simply was no style?
Calling e-style a style would be very much like calling 'bald' a haircolor.
A more appropriate comparison would be like martial art styles. If you did not
do Tae Kwon Do, or had never practiced in a dojo in any particular style, what
would you call yourself? The lack of style does not make it another style.
So what is a 'style' in terms of Gunz? The most general definition of style in
this context, is that you have a model of fighting with a general moveset of
techniques based around your melee weapon, since it affects how you move.
Notice, I do not mention tactics or firearms. You can k-style with a rifle,
rockets, or even SMGs if you want, though their effectiveness varies depending
upon the situationn. Likewise, tactics also change depending on the situation,
and will tend to change very quickly.
The thing about k-style that most critics do not see is k-style's adaptability.
They see it as just people jumping around while slashing, blocking, or firing.
People who say such things don't seem to realize that k-style is versatile and
can be used in any environment in the game. It's much easier to see the power
of k-style when the practicioner knows full well the inherent weaknesses of
k-style. Knowing your weaknesses makes you stronger than being ignorant of
them.
Tactics, of course, are entirely situational, and therefore saying that, "If
so-and-so does X, I will do Y," will more likely than not fail in the long-run.
Remember, you are playing against other people, who may or may not be as
clever as you. This is not an AI. "If X, then Y" is too rigid a thought-process
in the fast-paced, action that is Gunz the Duel. The best "tactic" is total
adaptability, not holding strictly to any particular method of combat. Do not
misunderstand me, learning many tactics are a good thing, but do not expect to
utilize them in every situation. Your "hide behind the wall and take potshots"
tactic works great until you get a pointblank shot with an Avenger. Be organic!
Knowing the traps of your own methods of combat, as well as your enemy's, is as
important as knowing the drawbacks of their weapons. Every weapon in the game
has a weakness that is inherent to them, and you should learn to use this to
your advantage. Shotguns of course, are not particularly effective at long
range. The same can be said of SMGs. Rifles do not do large portions of damage
per shot, so their power relies solely on being able to connect many weak
bullets to you in a short amount of time. Since how a person fights is mostly
based around what weapons they use, overcoming their weapons is a good first
step to defeating your opponent.
Your combat effectiveness relies on realizing your opponent's weaknesses,
whether inherent to weapons or tactics, and then exploiting them aggressively.
Be like water.
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XI. Contact Information
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If there's any information that needs to be corrected, you have
any questions, or would like to add to the FAQ, feel free to e-mail me. Be
sure to put Gunz in the subject line! Do not e-mail me questions that have
already been asked in the FAQ, because I won't reply.
E-mail: Kistrael at gmail dot com
AIM: Kistrael
Gunz: Kistrael
Server: Match West
Clan: [GameFAQs]
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XII. Disclaimer
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Gunz the Duel is trademark and copyright their respective owners, ijji,
NHN, and MAIET entertainment inc. Feel free to save or print this for your
own personal use. This FAQ is not to be reposted or rehosted without my
permission.
Places hosting this FAQ as of 3/1/07
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* GameFAQs
* CheatCC
* DHL.net
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XIII. Credit
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I'd like to thank Dino for letting me use his Advanced Techniques Guide to
supplement mine. I'd like to thank Heocon for helping with the glitches. I'd
like to thank my friends on Gunz, the Gunz Forums, and GameFAQs Gunz forum.
I'd also like to thank my cats for keeping my lap warm while I typed this up,
and Digitally Imported (www.di.fm) for entertaining my ears.
Gunz Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunz
StrategyWiki
http://strategywiki.org/wiki/GunZ_The_Duel
GameFAQs Gunz board
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=928753
UltraEdit
http://www.ultraedit.com
Dallas Scott and AstroBlue's FAQ-writing Guide for the layout.
http://members.optusnet.com.au/astroblue/writing_guide.txt
Players: Heocon, Cowfix, Czechy, CheezeWhiz, and all my friends on the
GameFAQs Gunz board.
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XIV. The Ishlist
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* The assholes at http://www.pcigre.com/content/view/8578/42/ for stealing my
guide. At least the guy left my name in it. I can't even contact them, because
I don't speak Slavic.
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