2011-03-10, 00:38 | Link #301 | |
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For example, in the kagerou starter deck the grade zeros are 3-5K, the grade 1s are 6-8K, the grade 2s are 8-10K, and grade 3s 9-11K. Lizard Runner Undeaux is the only grade 0 at 6K, Bahr is the only grade 1 at 8K, Nehalem is the only grade 2 at 10K, and Dragonic Overlord is the only grade 3 at 11K. Since you can only have 4 of each card at a time in your deck, but the consequences for choosing NOT to ride to a higher grade if you could nearly disastrous, it would definitely be an advantage to have a deck full of cards which have the highest power for their grade. To do that you'll probably need to mix up clans because 1 particular clan is only going to have 1 or 2 of these types per grade (or they might be extremely rare).
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2011-03-10, 03:22 | Link #302 |
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^ Mixing clans halves the use of triggers, as told in the latest episode. Which means that from 30% of getting a trigger at each draw, you now have 15% of getting a trigger that may work with your monster. Plus, half the triggers end up being useless when you get them so the chances become 7.5%
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2011-03-10, 03:37 | Link #303 | |
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So far the clan's abilities seem only to work right among themselves. Like, I would think you could combine the Nubatama's abilities to shrink your opponent's hand with one that has a lot of draw abilities for your own hand, but because of the rules for the Nubatama's abilities that wouldn't work (i.e. you have to shrink your own hand enough). So far we haven't seen that many different styles, and without any real experience it's hard to judge, but it strikes me that in effect each clan will probably have a few clans they will dominate over, and a few that they will be weak against.
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2011-03-19, 14:07 | Link #307 |
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degozaru is the same as "desu" but the version that was spoken by samurai in the edo period.
It's the sentence ending copula and has no meaning by itself. Please note that I simplified it slightly: Sometimes has says "gozarou" or some other slightly different grammatical conjugation, but in the english translation I just put "-degozaru" after everything to make it less confusing. Originally I had a version which had him speaking in old fashioned english but it quickly became unworkable.
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2011-03-19, 14:36 | Link #308 | |
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2011-03-19, 15:14 | Link #309 |
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Ι always translated -desu as "I say". Like kawai-desu means "it's cute, I say".
Gozaru is an extended "If I may say" and Degozaru an even more exteded "if may I say so". There is also the -des variation which I just leave as "say". In English, it would be something to make the dialogue more likable and even polite, like "It is indeed a nice day, if may I say so myself". |
2011-03-19, 19:11 | Link #310 | |
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I think, however, you are confusing gozaru with gozaimasu in the above. -degozaimasu is still proper modern Japanese and is used for keigo, respectful speach, as a humbliser to one's own sentence. It's the "masu" conjugated form of gozaru, but gozaru by itself in its plain form is no longer used in modern Japanese aside from making one sound like they're "talking like a samurai". Back in the Edo period, each of the different society classes would have different speech levels and "gozaru" was the one for the samurai caste.
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2011-03-26, 15:15 | Link #313 |
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I didn't notice anything. What I noticed more was the subtitles that weren't properly displayed at all times. (Or the subtitles could have been expressing curse words with typewriter symbols, but I kind of doubt it. )
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2011-04-07, 21:38 | Link #315 |
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Card scanning and recognition technology already exists, with the in-production Duel Transer and the already existing Duel Terminals. 3D modeling is advanced enough that the card's visuals can be replicated believably, and the 3DS has proven that digital imaging and real-world feed can be interwoven in a practical fashion. The technology exists, but it simply hasn't come together yet. So yes, augmented reality is practical, and actually a much more viable option than volumetric displays.
I've been thinking about how the shop tournament would conclude, and while it seems impossible that they won't match Aichi against Kai, I'm still wondering how he's going to deal with Dragonic Overlord. The episode preview flashed Gancelot on screen, which surprised me considering how much they've been downplaying Gancelot in favor of Alfred. According to his effect text, Gancelot can be shuffled into the deck in order to bring Blaster Blade to the owner's hand from their deck, and as I recall, Aichi actually has two Gancelots in his deck. So he can shuffle Gancelot in to get Blaster Blade on the second turn, grade up into Gancelot on the third, attack to get back his other Gancelot through drive checks, place the second Gancelot in the rearguard, and put Alfred there with him. Aichi should take damage by this time, so he could then attack with his rearguard Gancelot and Blaster Blade before counterblasting for +5000 power and +1 critical, call two Marrons to boost his vanguard Gancelot, and there would be no way for Kai to wear down a 30,000 power attack that early without having three Lizard Runner Undeux in his hand. With Gancelot's twin drive, Aichi could potentially get double criticals and deal 4 damage on turn 4. Kai could wipe out Aichi's whole rearguard with Dragonic Overlord and(against all odds) get his own double critical, but Aichi can call Isolde from his hand to completely nullify Overlord's first attack and prevent Kai from chaining in the first place. This all relies on a lot of lucky draws though, and this show on the whole doesn't like topdecking. Taking into account Blaster Blade's ability to instantly remove a rearguard, and Isolde's instant-block, Aichi is running a control deck against someone who's main strategy is attacking more times per turn than the rules allow for. The problem with this is that Vanguard is a game primarily about jousting with the biggest lance, and when you only ever have 4 mana to work from it's kind of difficult to use that ability a lot. He would really need to start running more copies of BB and Gancelot to bring that strategy together. With regards to Alfred, the first manga volume comes with an 'Early' version of him. This one doesn't have his crazy ability, but it also removes his handicap of not being allowed to be boosted, and keeps his 10,000 base power. Early Alfred can also call Blaster Blade from the deck to the rearguard when he's played as a vanguard, (disregard this, he calls Blaster Blade from the soul to the rearguard) and get a +6,000 boost from Lionmane Stallion. So logically, Early Alfred is actually better, as you can ride him as a vanguard and add Blaster Blade to the rear, call Lionmane Stallion and something like Marron from your hand, and immediately go up to 24,000 power from boosting. This is just from two cards, and there are still three spaces left in the rearguard to bring that up--even a Wingal could raise that very quickly to 30,000. The other Alfred is capped at 20,000 power, so really Aichi should be running the Early version instead. (Actually, I'm not sure if Lionmane's effect boost stacks with its regular boost? Because if so, then that's +10,000 from a single unit!) Last edited by Matsura; 2011-04-08 at 22:11. Reason: Incorrect information regarding Alfred -Early-'s effects |
2011-04-08, 16:33 | Link #316 |
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There was this one time when Aichi was drawing cards, he drew this card, and by god it looked like it was drawn by a 5 year old. I LOL’ed.
@Matsura — a interesting card strategy I would like to hear is how Aichi could have say won or faired better in some of the battles he lost; knowing his hand and which cards he drew.
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2011-04-08, 23:22 | Link #319 | |
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The one that was in the anime for Wingal earlier was just temporary. Seriously.
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