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2008-02-20, 07:14 | Link #20203 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Formerly Iwakawa base and Chaldea. Now Teyvat, the Astral Express & the Outpost
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2008-02-20, 07:16 | Link #20204 | |
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In fact, there is no firm canon evidence of his Limitation 1 and 3 in canon at all, and even 2 is merely an observation. If he renamed it a "High Velocity" Magic rifle to solve for 2 only, what would you do? In fact, the biggest problem here is not so much the shot as the fire control. A Scope is OK to 2000m, but 20000. This brings in complex considerations more typical of artillery fire control, but stricter because he wants to use it as a non-homing sniper rifle, not just get shells into the right grid square. He might not just need the local environmental conditions (which can be obtained with relative ease), but also the conditions throughout the flight path to the target to input into the computer to ensure precision. So before he does any shoot, presumably he has to send out a magic reconaissance round to scan out the whole route. Which will take minutes and may or may not alert the target. For that matter, at 20000m, the thing might as well be placed onto a tripod and be allowed to swing itself into position. Especially since the thing supposedly produces an injuring shockwave upon firing... Further, at max range, flight time is still 10 seconds, which is plenty of time for a target's movement to dodge the shot. And the whole system will still be defeated by spaced shielding (the round might overwhelm one shield, but ultimately it is limited in power and thus blocked) if the target is warned, which becomes a lot more likely thanks to his magic recce round requirement. If he just wants 20km class engagement capabilities, and the thread allows such a thing, may I suggest using homing weapons instead? |
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2008-02-20, 07:46 | Link #20205 | |||
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2008-02-20, 08:12 | Link #20207 |
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Hello, I'm finally back (again) after a triple disaster of three tests crammed into one week (two still pending), cleaning up assignments, and basically suffering from a severe load of university works.
Anyway, I'll do backlog where appropriate (God, it has grown so much in a week's time! ) in a simplified version. ------- @Lowe: The Belkarangers are finally assembled. Now, to wait patiently for Lord Zed to appear and embiggen some monsters ... Whoops. Anyway, the chemistry between the three can only be described as ... AWESOME! @Kha: Excluding all the cracks you've managed to inject generously into all the Rebuilts (though they tickled my funnybones very much ), I think they're all wonderfully done, especially for Fate (eep, Papa Testarossa!). I might be borrowing something here and there, if you don't mind. Though, Signum's Super Etna description is exactly like Storm Phoenix ... :3 @FieryAeon: Yeah, the food poisoning was bad (first time I got one, in any case). Now I'm staying far, far away from foods cooked in the morning and sold in the afternoon, especially if they're rich with coconut milk. Anyway, yeah, sure, I'll pass you the chapter when it's done. And unfortunately, cliffhangers are always present, I can't help it. And sometimes, I have to admire your ability to guess, it's around that figure. @Nighty: A smooth transition through StrikerS, and some interesting revelations, too. Something EPIC is cooking, as always. And the next thing on Al-Hazard sounds delicious (I'm going to read it later)! LOL at the page claim declaration, though. @Kagerou: Scene V is superb! Somehow, those creatures with scythe-ended legs seem familiar, but anyway, looks like Keroko is in some ouchies! Orbital Bombardment right away, too ... Valentine's special, however, is totally unexpected, and I to you! @Tormenk: You still remember the gender confusion thingy? And that was a cheap 20000th-page claim! The story's mighty interesting, though. @Anita: Hello, and I see that you're already acquainted with most of everyone here. Anyway, welcome, and Kha looks most uncomfortable with you around. You seem to be leading Kha by the neck, I just love it. *runs from Kha* @Fuyu no Sora: Hello. You can find GuardianS's link under my name in Erio's master link in the front page. Nothing biggie at the moment, so you can have a read if you want. Do heed Liingo's warning though, it's long (heck, I can't even remember where I get all those ideas from). @Aaron: Your summarization of Hayate will be looked upon as soon as possible. Processing chunks of text at rapid speed currently. :3 Oh, and on the same note in Hayate's improvement, I gave her two self-targeting offensive spells, which is supposed to be used to her defense. Okay, that sounds wrong, but offense at times is the best defense. @USB: I think I missed a few chapters from the backlog. I'll re-read from the part I missed first before I read the ending. It's linked at the main page, yes? @dkellis: I am pretty much in support of your opinion on idea presentation. If you want to present ideas, be prepared to get shot. If you want to rip ideas, be prepared to make it polite. After all, this is part of shaping your characters up as much as possible. Things might not always go your way (particularly if you don't play by the rules), but they are commonly constructive. If you cannot bend, then break. That's how I see it. ======== Some breaking news from me. Good news: Chapter Six is almost ready, only one more scene (Ginga x Subaru) to write before it enters publication. Respective portions have been sent to Aaron and Keroko for proofreading, after which will probably be posted by this week. Bad news: Plenty. First, word count exceeds Chapter Four (21K) by a healthy 4k, possible 5 - 6k by the end of the writing. Second, the massive length indicates lots of text, and by that, it will possibly be difficult to follow. A lot of information, but since they're walls of text, so ... And again, no mystery solved as of yet, though I introduced more mysteries, so it'll still keep you guessing. Third, I think there will be a lot of questions going on, a lot of repairs to be made here and there, since a lot of conversations are made. I don't even know if they're ridiculous or rational, and the sheer length of several scenes will be mind-boggling. Fourth, character characterization related, Signum will probably come under a lot of scrutiny in this chapter, since I don't know whether she fits the canonical representation or not (a lot of combinations made, which may go haywire). Even Chrono, the Aces, and some seem wrong to me ... somehow. Fifth, I apologize in advance if this chapter fails to meet expectations. That's about it. On a slightly cheerful note, I think a short synopsis of what GuardianS is about will be nice, similar to the previews we find at the back of DVDs. It'll give an overall gist of what is going to happen, though in the typical metaphorical sense, and also make it easier for newcomers to see if it suits their taste. What do you all think? |
2008-02-20, 08:13 | Link #20208 | |||
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2008-02-20, 08:31 | Link #20209 | |||
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2008-02-20, 08:41 | Link #20210 | |||||||||||
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2008-02-20, 08:59 | Link #20211 | |||||
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2008-02-20, 12:20 | Link #20213 | |
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The exact functions of the Lance are magic/science hybrid. This is what makes it so much more useful than conventional magic busters in its role. It is designed to be effectively useful and still marginably powerful at ranges most magic attack is considered insane, or simply the domain of the support mage. Spoiler for Long-ish:
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2008-02-20, 12:44 | Link #20215 | ||
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Lowe, I would still like to disagree that its a magical weapon at all. My gripe is that the weapon is too sci-fi to me. Of course this might be a matter of perception.To give you a comparison of how its like to me, its like you telling me a well drawn technical drawing is a work of art. I feel that the weapon has cross the line from magical to scientific. Only the power source and the shell around the projectile is magical in nature. And then he goes on to describe how the shot is form etc... Wouldn't it be much easier just to get the weapon to convert raw mana to lightning elemental mana like how Chrono's Durandal helps convert mana to ice elemental energy? Especially since the tech is already available. Also nothing we seen so far requires the shot to be created inside the weapon although that may be a technical requirement to launch the projectile that fast and that far...and btw the speed of the shot is 2000m/s? That's almost Mach 6 if I'm not mistaken. Not sure about you guys but that kind of speed is rather absurd to me. I don't really see how anything can stop this shot at all. arkhangelsk, from what I can deduce, the shots are propelled by exploding plasma (incidentally I wonder how the weapon can even take these kinds of stress, heck I can't even imagine how the firer can even survive unless you're telling me that the firer's barrier jackets can withstand several thousands degrees Celsius from the exploding plasma as well as the sonic boom/pressure wave or whatever the proper term is, caused by a near mach 6 shot being fired) and I don't see how "a magic reconnaissance round to scan out the whole route" is even in the equation as all shots will be near straight lines not including environmental effects. Also arkhangelsk, you mentioned that the shot still needs 10 secs at maximum range but here a problem, can you dodge something that is at most the size of your pinky(this was the size ATC mentioned as the maximum impact size so I'm assuming the shot will not be bigger than that) even if you know its coming? And if its less than max range, the amount of time for you to react is even shorter. Also how can shields even stop this shot? And if normal shields can stop this weapon, wouldn't it be pretty useless? If ATC "wants 20km class engagement capabilities" he might as well go for a magical laser which would probably have less problems, more speed, greater accuracy and more efficient then what he has right now. Not that such a thing will be allowed I think. |
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2008-02-20, 12:51 | Link #20216 | |||
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Lording above all of humanity >;3
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Y-you EAT that stuff? :madness: I dunno 'bout you but I don't think cheese that turns blue can be very healthy... And yes. Limited scale growth FTW. Well or decapitation. But I've gone and fixed it some. Now that I have backlog done (If I missed anyone its 'cause the words 'krisslanza' weren't in it so my Ctrl-F skills won't detect it ) its time to present No.47's profile! Well. Most of it. Her spells are hardly done but its good enough I think Spoiler for Arc-en-Ciel: Character:
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2008-02-20, 14:03 | Link #20219 |
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Location: Lording above all of humanity >;3
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I wonder if anyone will see this post...
But I finished typing up chapter 1 but I need a tiiiiny little check: Is the Enforcer's uniform a brown jacket, black shirt, and brown pants for men and the same for women but with a brown skirt and black leggings? >>
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2008-02-20, 14:13 | Link #20220 | |
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