[OOC] Howling Sands

[LHG100]

Time's up in RP, and everyone has to launch anyway. Hopefully Echos can fix up his post really quick and tell me to git gud at context and explaining soon enough. In any case, Nine also might reply to Jeanne's little comment.

[ClocktowerEchos]

I just noticed something that worries me a little. All of us are using light/superlight NCMs but Chiyome and the Himiko. Wouldn't we get completely fucked if we met a force of heavy or even just normal assault NCMs?

[LHG100]

Weight ups isn't just 'everything ups', you basically trade mobility and possible stealthiness for more guns and armor, so as long as you don't like, hug them or something and try to make sure they can't lock on for too long (so they can't fire too many missiles), (Which with Jeanne's training you'd definitely know already IC) you should be fine.

[orangebox]

Nine is actually using a Medium - I wanted her to go with a heavy, but I fear it might've been too OP.

[Eklispe]

@ClocktowerEchos Sniper to the head doesn't matter what amour class you are :D

[orangebox]

Hopefully Echos can fix up his post really quick and tell me to git gud at context and explaining soon enough. In any case, Nine also might reply to Jeanne's little comment.

@LHG100

lol actually I knew what was happening, mostly because I read Raymond's profile in the characters tab XD

Anyway @ClocktowerEchos, might wanna fix your post. That post you replied to IC was actually a 'third party NC pilot' - and if you've read the Characters tab, you'll know that S-N Corp very often hires him to do their dirty work :D

Edit: brb brunch

[ClocktowerEchos]

Weight ups isn't just 'everything ups', you basically trade mobility and possible stealthiness for more guns and armor, so as long as you don't like, hug them or something and try to make sure they can't lock on for too long (so they can't fire too many missiles), (Which with Jeanne's training you'd definitely know already IC) you should be fine.

@LHG100

You know there's a reason why modern militaries favor heavy and main battle tanks right? It doesn't matter how fast you are, once you get into a prolonged fight, there's only two things the NCM can do to not get you killed: not fucking itself up by overloading and having enough armor to protect it you can't do it for the NCM.

I'm in the process of redoing my post atm and @Eklispe you might want to do the same seeing as we both messed up the context

[LHG100]

Look, in my mind, NCM's usefulness aren't graded by their armor and durability in a fight, not necessarily. NCM fights are less like head on tank-to-tank fights and like a battle in armored core. Allow me to show you.

Like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba1EHiBYL7I

Man though I've been fucking up >.>, sorry! I'll be much more clear from now on.

And, of course, many fighting techniques and styles exist, so who knows? Maybe AA&T hasn't won their war with the SAU yet because they're being too tanky when they should fight and operate more like an airforce.

[ClocktowerEchos]

>Shrugs

TO be honest I don't worry that much. I just suspect we will have a good deal of trouble trying to take down something like the Shogun Executioner or the London Monitor that I suggested a few posts back and you said might show up.

I guess that why we'll be upgrading our NCMs for that occasion though.

[LHG100]

Nah, you won't have to fight those any time soon. You'll DEFINITELY have to fight Raymond at least a little, but Wesson might just watch, depends on some secret factors.

[ClocktowerEchos]

Alright, fixed my post and @Krazzydragon stop lurking, you have been noticed by sempai, come join us once more into the breech.

[LHG100]

Damn I really wanna do another fluffly/foreshadowing-y post but it might be sooo spoilery >.>

[ClocktowerEchos]

Being a good GM means being a good story teller and being a good story teller means you know your timing and how to react to anything mate

[LHG100]

I know. I already know when I SHOULD do it, it's just that that's a bit ways away, y'know?

[ClocktowerEchos]

lol

Don't worry, I have those moments too when I have an awesome things I want to do and I want to talk about it but I don't want to spoil anything.

[LHG100]

Yeah, that's the worst part of GM-ing to me. "B-but AWESOME... B-but actual story!... B-BUT AWSOME!"

Edit: In any case, from now on feel free to 100% freeform how you guise get there and maybe do some just-before tactical plotting. Remember, just be reasonable.

[ClocktowerEchos]

YOu also might want to flesh out the base some more, we really have no idea what it looks like in terms of layout, size, facilites and outside terrain

[LHG100]

Sure, I'll edit how i think it is in the characters page and describe it more in detail when you guys come back iC.

[ClocktowerEchos]

want me to help make it? I can try to describe it in words if you want

[LHG100]

Just posted V0.5 of the description, read it and tell me what I should elaborate more on. I presume specific rooms and their basic layout?