[OOC] Pilots Wanted! A Titanfall RP

[Shadow Daedalus]

@OfWindAndRain Pilots are typically almost always Officer rank, and they're about the same age, so they're both captains. I don't think it'll be that easy to get dirt on him

[superservo27]

@Drakey Minor point, but your character sheet has the text color as white, not green.

[Drakey]

@superservo27

Thanks for pointing that out. It was originally green, but when I copied it over the green did not translate.

How's my opening post?

[superservo27]

@Drakey It's good, though what gun does your Titan use? If it's the sniper rifle (Plasma Railgun) then why not have your Titan be a Northstar?

[Drakey]

@superservo27

Well, because Madrys has been modified so many god-damned times, that I don't think she counts as anything other than herself. As such, I didn't give her a type and named her Madrys.

However, she can be a descendent of a Northstar, giving her all of their abilities exempt for the tether trap...

And yes, the gun is a Plasma Railgun. However, it will later be modified to the point of it no longer being that....

Is this alright?

[OfWindAndRain]

@Shadow Daedalus
There's actually no such rank as "Officer." There's quite a few ranks among commissioned officers, and there's a hierarchy among them just like among lower ranked grunts and the like. You didn't list your rank, so I assume it's lower.

You can take examples straight from the air force- colonels, captains, majors and the like all fly, even though they're all technically officers, there's still one wing leaders and commanders and such.

[superservo27]

@Drakey That's fine, I just wanted to clear that up. Thanks. What would be in place of tether trap?

[Drakey]

@superservo27

I'm thinking nothing except better armor. Madrys is larger than the regular Northstar and has more armor. THus she is more durable and quite a bit heavier. As such, she isn't as mobile in their air, but due to being connected to Alms on a mental level, Madrys has better reaction time than most titans.

[OfWindAndRain]

@Drakey
All Titans are connected to their pilots on a mental level.

Rewatch the moment when Jack first got into BT

And putting heavier armor on a Northstar just counteracts the entire point of its agility: the Northstar has a lighter frame than medium and heavy titans, and for good reason- its carrying less, so it needs less. When you put more armor onto a frame designed for speed, you seriously compromise that speed. Your Northstar would be able to get run down other medium titans, and definitely by other lighter titans. And the extra armor wouldn't really save you from that.

[Drakey]

@OfWindAndRain@superservo27

Wait, so I've never played Titanfall (Complete noob alert) and am currently trying to piece a shit ton of info together. Pleas forgive my ignorant ass.

[OfWindAndRain]

@Drakey
youtube.com/watch?v=SCenq-HHDMc
Watch this video. About 35:00 onwards for some basic titanfall stuff, with Jack Cooper (Titanfall 2 Campaign main character) powering up BT7274 for the first time.

[Drakey]

@OfWindAndRain

Thankyou!!!!!!!

[OfWindAndRain]

@Drakey
Also, when it comes to machines: there is torque and there is speed. Speed wont have much torque, and its effectiveness is VERY reliant on weight. Pile on just a bit more weight, and effectiveness decreases notably. Torque, though, like a Legion? Take all the weight off, and itll move just about as fast as before. Double the weight, and itll move slightly slower. lots of torque = big engines, big joints.

thats why small and fast stays small and fast, and big and slow will stay big and slow

[superservo27]

If that takes too much time, just read on the wiki and don't be afraid to ask questions.

[Drakey]

@Drakey
Also, when it comes to machines: there is torque and there is speed. Speed wont have much torque, and its effectiveness is VERY reliant on weight. Pile on just a bit more weight, and effectiveness decreases notably. Torque, though, like a Legion? Take all the weight off, and itll move just about as fast as before. Double the weight, and itll move slightly slower. lots of torque = big engines, big joints.

thats why small and fast stays small and fast, and big and slow will stay big and slow

@OfWindAndRain

hmmmmmmm, shit, I work on cars, why did I not realize this!!!!!!

ok

computing. computing. computing...

Madrys is tall and durable. A descendent of a Northstar that over the years has been modified extensively by Alms. As such, it has loss a lot of mobility while in the air. While it can hover for short distances, Madrys can no longer fly like her more classical Northstar relatives. She is faster than her brethren on the ground though, her longer stride allowing her to cover more ground. Alms has been making her more humanoid in form and has updated her flexibility. As such, Madrys has lost both her ability to truly fly and the tether trap. In exchange, she has more armour, is faster, and has greater flexibility.

How does this sound?

[superservo27]

@Drakey Sounds good, pretty balanced. Most Northstars don't actually fly, the upgrades required are crazy expensive. Only rich people can afford them, like Viper (oh god, Viper fight was the hardest one by far, gave me 'Nam flashbacks).

[OfWindAndRain]

@superservo27
Honestly, Viper was super easy for me to take care of. I really started using Scorch my first time through, and so I just kept up real consistent hits on him, stayed in cover. Excellent burst damage, with minimal time exposed to his more steady/consistent damage. No, my hardest Titan to kill was the Ion at the very end- I forget what her name was, but she kept appearing right behind me with her Core and nearly brrting me to death with it.

[superservo27]

@OfWindAndRain Slone was easiest for me. Legion smart core just wastes her so hard. I had more trouble with the help she summoned.

[OfWindAndRain]

@superservo27
Destroyed the help with Scorch, but I couldn't ever use Legion on her, dunno how you did. Slone would kill me before I took half her health down with smart core, since smart core doesn't actually do any more damage, just gives you unlimited ammunition and landing every hit.

[superservo27]

@OfWindAndRain I played on regular. That may be why