2008-01-25, 04:23 | Link #18921 | |
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Just one little thing: I think the thread's a little edgy about the feasibility of deploying a gravity drive on a small device. I remember someone getting gunned down for wanting to loading a gravity engine into one of his characters, and I got shot for wanting to use Tronium on things smaller than a starship. EDIT: ~~~Several hours later...~~~ It's... so... quiet... Well since I'm bored, I decided to try and make Sheesh player work for once, and after some browser fiddling... Needless to say, I have a job for Samurai Penguins. Interested in doing some Outer Cadia Soundstages?
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2008-01-25, 09:36 | Link #18922 | |
Love Hina?
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On to the OC review. 1) Why wasn't he kicked out after causing said damage in the first place? This was something that would have cost millions/ billions even.... Unless you're saying that the TSAB can afford to just throw away said money without batting an eyelid.. 2) SS+ magical explosions? Riight...... SS isn't something that you throw around lightly. Roughly speaking, it would be something like the SLB that Nanoha used in ep 25 of strikers and despite the claims of 'magic damage' it still left a damm big crater in the floor of the cradle. The way I see it, the only reason Vivio survied was because of the use of plot shields (yay fun.) Even then I can's see the explosions rocking the HQ unless of course they were so bloody idiotic that they decided to conduct the test right on top of the place.. 3) Lol Macguyver... 4) Reading through the device details, it seems like you're trying to build a gundam (or something similar..) How about no? You're putting far too much into your device. Look, Barrier jacket is fine, staff/weapon is fine. Say 5-10 kg. The things that you're talking about it going to be a lot more that this... Armour plating? Sensors equivalent to a battleship? Seriously WTF? 5) Attacks, they're too powerful. TONE THEM DOWN! 4 cartridges for SS? Yeah maybe for the cream of the crop (Nanoha, Hayate etc.) DEFINATELY NOT FOR THE FODDER. (C-Rank mages) Sorry, this is just waayyy out of the Nanoha standards that have been shown in canon to even think about this as it currently stands. What you're proposing is essentially a mini-GUNDAM or something equally equivalent. You asked what we want to do with him? I'm not even sure about the character. Sure it sounds fine but I just can't see someone who's just wrecked a frickin spacehip getting welcomed with open arms into the TSAB. I'm even more agaisn't the device. I'm not sure what show you've been watching...... It's obviously a lot different to the one that I sat through a few months ago.. Right... now that's done with, I'll post the prologue to my new fic(no OC's).. since none of you guys seemed to have saw it in the ff thread... Spoiler for Our Mistress:
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2008-01-25, 10:02 | Link #18923 | |
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S&W: *sneeze* I do hope my planned OC surge doesn't beget this gigantic assault... >_< Admiral, don't give up k? Just polish it up a little and we'll see again. @Fic: I didn't manage to comment on it, but it kinda took me a while to get what is going on... And to think we just had a nasty round of "Hayate no Naku Koro ni" , I hope the release of ur fic isn't gonna upset Aaron's stomach.
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2008-01-25, 10:12 | Link #18924 | |
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And Aaron will tough it out, pain and trials make growth for humans... and those two are also the easiest ways to get some emotion into a story Though i'm sensing a whole lot of and quite a bit of coming our way...
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2008-01-25, 10:31 | Link #18926 | |||
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Simply because I didn't get my USOOOOODAAAAA response, and ended having to eat my words.
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...as long as you don't read Rebuilt Kha's dossier first. Among his new nicknames is the Copycat Knight after all... And to preserve the twist in Rebuilt of StrikerS, I'll have to delay the release of Rebuilt Artei's dossier. Hope you guys don't mind. :3 Oh yeah slipped my mind. Na I was just pulling ye leg there.
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2008-01-25, 10:32 | Link #18927 |
RUN, YOU FOOLS!
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Formerly Iwakawa base and Chaldea. Now Teyvat, the Astral Express & the Outpost
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Not wanting to spark some flames, but don't I see mechs getting drilled in it, tho? I have been thinking about slapping in some characters as exercise for character design but that stuff is shying me into doing it. My influences are more Conan the Barbarian, Elric the Necromancer, Dune, Lodoss War and movies like Braveheart, Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven than mech anime.
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2008-01-25, 10:43 | Link #18928 | |
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It's just me and a few others who try every means to dodge, bribe, kill just can't resist the draw of it. Don't let our likings put you off, just shoot. We all want the OC thread to be as varied as ever, otherwise it would either be a sentai Metal Hero or a Mobilesuit creation thread. Lingo for one is the best example of a non-mecha OCer. See why he's policing things here? And there's Tk, our dear (gruff) Sergeant Major bent on instilling discipline in our cadres, and Aaron doing his part on holding the fort. All of them aren't that mechy, so feel free to post urs. We might not get the refs, but it'll still be fun to read. Besides, the less we get the refs, the more it'll look original and stand out, ne? As for me, I just ripoff so much its my sad trademark now... So bottomline: JUST SHOOT IT!
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2008-01-25, 11:03 | Link #18929 | |||||
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Just read what Kha said. Dont worry about mechs or even technology. The Nanohaverse has unlimited possibilities. Just as there are civilizations that make use of technomagic (Mid-Childa), there are others that make use of only technology (Earth), as well as others that make use of only magic. |
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2008-01-25, 11:15 | Link #18930 | ||
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At the moment I can only wonder why a sniper RH is a huge spoiler...
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Kha wears the new Vex suit as an additional layer over the base form of his summoned Knight Armor during the Battle of Cradle. The suit boosts all of his attributes evenly, but as such is just a "Jack of All Trades but Master of None" kinda setting. Hence, against Clotho, that is not enough, so we'll definitely have Cast Off into Jaegerform, the speed armor. Cheesy Announcer: But with Fate a little "tied up", even THAT is not enough. Can the Cleric rise above this dire challenge? Can he conquer his own demons and emerge victorious? All this and more, on the next, The Cleric Forever! *cues cheesy 1960s Batman theme*
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2008-01-25, 12:47 | Link #18931 | ||||||
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Like you guys are going to scare me... Drill sergeants are more frightening.
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Anywho, as for sensors, you're probably right, I can tone that down easily enough. Maybe toss in an extra clause that asside from range, resolution as well is inferior to a cruiser's suite. That should allow the armor to retain the ability to do all the detecting that a cruiser can do, but it can't do it as far away (IE, maybe the advanced sensors only work to the horizon) , or with as much clarity (by an order of magnitude) as a Cruiser. One would figure that after the number of times the TSAB has had Enforces and the like caught in sensor blocking barriers, someone by now should have built a mobile platform that can provide the same tracking suite to the mages. That leaves me with a question though... what kind of sensor system is a magical sensor... they seem to be passive scanning systems rather than active scans, as they seem to detect things only after it becomes a serious problem. Quote:
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Nah, just a power armor powered by magic really. And as for Nanoha standards, you've got a better more in depth perspective on it, so you're helping me to scale power levels and refine the mechanics. EDIT 2 Okay, so I did the modifications, plus another review on Grav. Drive... just so it doesn't 'break the bank'. For some clarity, Grav. Drive systems in device form cannot be functional on their own, as that alone will not allow flight performance... However, it can be used to assist existing flight magic when you're dealing with massive flight loading such as heavy armor. It is still experimental (Why do you think it's TEST PHASE Equipment?) and not available without special clearance. Now for the updated segment, issues addressed, powers nerfed accordingly, cautions put into place to better scale it back. Spoiler for OC Character Data Revised.:
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2008-01-25, 16:23 | Link #18932 | ||||
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Ph34r the "Blue Spiders"
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2008-01-25, 17:29 | Link #18933 |
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Never enough... And I'm feeling inspired like I haven't in a long time... when was the last time I was inspired to make one of my semi comical AMVs? Year and a half?
Because I'm tempted, oh I'm tempted here to make a Nanoha AMV to 'Taste The Blood from Devil May Cry 3." Spoiler for The following is Restricted:
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2008-01-25, 21:08 | Link #18934 | |||
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Like the others have said, feel free to post an OC. References are fine, as long as they're not so obvious that they're a complete ripoff of what ever it is that you're trying to pay homage to *coughkhacough* Quote:
Aaron's already read it.. he's not dead yet... Oh fun.. Tigerclaw I'll get to looking through it fully later, not much time at the moment, but although you've toned it down slightly, it looks like it's still way over canon, even the crazy canon that exists in here... |
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2008-01-25, 21:43 | Link #18935 | ||
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...oh, and we have Master Chief as well. And Pelicans. And Warthogs. And plasma grenades. ^^;; @Tigerclaw: Okay, looks quite good, and I think it would be quite handy if the bugs could be worked out. And a Jacket Purge option? *grins* Well, Nanoha IS chock-full of mecha refs - like the Jacket Purge option of Wildwurger....
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2008-01-26, 00:50 | Link #18936 | |
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The major issue was mainly the Overpower deal. And that's not really actual functional issue, but just me slapping 'numbers' onto paper. (Or rather whatever Rank sounds good.) What I like about devices, and machines of this manner, is that technically, there is no real limitation to it. You can build on whatever you want to a machine and get away with it. The nice thing is, that doesn't make the machine overpowered, it gives it overpower POTENTIAL. A machine still requires an operator. And if your operator doesn't have the epic skills to use the machine to its full potential, the the team of Machine and Operator just don't fill out to that overpower factor. As an example, you could have Keitaro Urashima from Love Hina and Master Chief from HALO, and a Spartan II's MJLNOR Armor. Now, if you stick Chief in that armor, you can see just how wicked it is. You stick Keitaro in that armor, and I doubt he'll last very long against even a single Grunt. (Assuming of course, we're handwaving away the fact that your practically NEED to be a supersoldier just to survive wearing the armor.) I like to think of the OC I'm working on as a character who, you've given a Leatherman Multitool to... but he only uses the knife and the screwdriver on it most of the time, and doesn't really deal with most of the other functions outside of necessity or familiarization. Of course, he's got, when he needs it, the ability to make the knife pick an electronic lock, but that's under crazy circumstances that would be tied directly to plot events. That's one thing I think about for equipment though. You should design it so it can bring full potential from the top tier, but still function for your overwhelming masses of the Lowest Common Denominator. The question is now: How much more nerfing can I do without sacrificing the potential... Reminds me of MOD balance for BF2 Dcon. How to give that helicopter the edge you want when it's got the right operator, but not make it easy enough to utilize that just any pilot can hop in and start killing tanks. |
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2008-01-26, 03:18 | Link #18937 | |
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tl;dr: References should be references. Crossovers should be crossovers. Neither are bad, but the two are not the same thing. As for the mecha-references thing, I'm not a mecha anime fan, and in fact I don't really like mecha anime. My favourite mecha anime would probably be Magic Knight Rayearth, and that's about it. |
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2008-01-26, 04:52 | Link #18938 | |
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If you want to rip, make sure you explain every detail, such that a purely Nanohaverse fan can understand you. For example: I notice SRW get referenced a lot here. The advantage of that is that their attacks have videos to back them up with, and quoting those videos in your character profiles helps people who think SRW stands for Something Really Weird will have a better grasp of the character. Another example is how LoweGear builds his OCs. They are really really descriptive, such that you have a mental picture forming in your head without having to be a big fan of Jigoku Shoujo and the Gainax works that feature in his efforts. Most of all, none of them require you to know the story of origin that the character was based from. People yell at me "COPYPASTAAAAA!!!" all the time , but I hope that every time that happened, be it during a short exchange between characters, the conflicts they face, or ever a wider premise as a whole, I stayed true to my above words. No matter how unoriginal, no matter how mind-blowing, I want to bring you in and share with you my vision, the scene I play in my twisted mind. And to do that, I must make sure I's as descriptive as I can. Something like that I believe. EDIT: ~~~Several hours later...~~~ Is it me, or did Kotomi's violin recital kill the thread as well? (Am watching CLANNAD...) EDIT2: ~~~Two hours later...~~~ *crickets* It's too quiet here... Silence means... Time for some crack! *sudden silence* So... it was me all along huh...?
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2008-01-26, 11:16 | Link #18939 |
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Well, while I’m working on stuff, here's THE MAN's profile.
I would like to credit TK for the original profile, which for the most part I've chosen to follow, save for a few things here and there which I've changed for story purposes and some other stuff to make his profile more relevant to the OFM. In the end, what has happened is that both TK and I have given our own twists and spin onto the charecter, refitting him into the Nanoverse, departing in a few places from Halo canon. Sort of. But he's still the Master Chief. And he will kick ass most righteously. Spoiler for John-117, Non Comissioned Officer of the Order:
The rest of the Armor, skills, etc will be posted later. Comments welcome.
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2008-01-26, 12:02 | Link #18940 | |
Love Hina?
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Anywho.. heading back to the new OC(Tigerclaws); -Comments on each of the numbers as follows. 1) So basically just one of those things that I have to accept huh... Can't say that I like it much... but I'll let it through. 2) You do realise that there's nothing to suggest that SS is of that order of magnitude... You said 12 cartridges? Tell me exactly when that many cartdiges are ever loaded in sucession? I'd really like to know. Nothing much to say on the accident issue.. 4) Umm, ok sure. But you're building a tank/mech of all things in a magical girl show.. Yes, it might be the best option in terms of brute power and a slew of other things. THIS ISN'T MAGICAL GUNDAM GIRL NANOHA!!! Is it so hard to take Nanoha or one of the other members in the powerful cast list and create a character(s) that uses magic/other flashy abilities with the said reference character as the yardstick as to how powerful they are. 5) SS attacks are still over board. The level of the attack that they're going to use is going to be limitted by the rank that the pilot holds. The cartridges will only provide the power necessary for the attack. there's no indication that just because cartridges are used that they're going to be able to harness that much energy in the first place/ shape the energy into something that can be used as an attack. Think of it this way, someone gives a civ(no training what so ever) a rifle and get's told to go shoot something (consistently). Even with a couple of magazines of ammo, it's going to be a long time before he get's anywhere near the target ( unless of course they get a lucky shot but that's another matter entirely). Of course, in the hands of someone who knows what they're doing, it's not going to be as much of a problem. Believe me, I'm as annoyed at all the crap that they've thrown in to the series as everyone else (limiters, stupid squad design, writers who don't have a clue what it it that they're writing about..) but you work with the limitations that you've been given. with what you're suggesting, even the mightest of bosses are going to get blown away before they're even capable of doing anything because it's going to have a bunch of redshirts pummel it with SS attacks as it appears on the horizon. Even if they somehow manage to get attacked, the armour that they're wearing is going to keep them safe long enough for them to return fire. Look, the profile itself is fine, I can't be bothered spotting things in it at the moment. You say though that it's supposed to augment C ranks up to A ranks. YET you then give them a weapon that outperforms every known cannon character wh o fights at range in terms of damage, range and projectile speed.. Dogfighting mode is just a spam mode, which again is outperforming the canon characters which are for all intents and purposes the best of the best. Spam fire on the levels that you're proposing has never been seen, and the range of the auto homing deivces is also out there. Next up if your artillery mode, which is just as ridiculous as the other modes. We;ve seen one character do this, ONE. She's an exception because of the plot. The other abilities aren't helping your case at all. We've seen the use of 'magical damage' Why would they suddenly switch over to physical damage? So what we're left with is some random is a suit that has stupid levels of protection while boasting attacks from Nanoha and Hayate while also having the ability to move at Fate's sonic form speeds in addition to Vita's handy flashbang technique. Yep, that's so not overpowered. It's not personal or anything, but as it stands, this has no place what so ever in the Nanoha verse, at least not for another 10-20 years.. (both canon and RL..) Start nerfing it. HEAVILY! Done with it for now. Bleh, where's TK when you need him.. Goose: Nice job on the chief. Looks good from what I saw of it during my skim through. I'll read the last sections properly once I'm more awake.. Last edited by Liingo; 2008-01-26 at 19:07. |
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