[OOC] R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

[Genni]

Creative is all well and good, but if you have a skill that does decent damage against highly armoured targets, then you are going to spam that shit.

@KabenSaal

No problem with throwing things, but how about switching things up a little, like throwing Brick instead? I wanna see if rock beats metal.

Or speaking of rock beating metal, try throwing Rocksmith!

[KabenSaal]

But Ironside has the highest defence, so throwing anyone with less defense would not be sane.

[Genni]

@KabenSaal Since MT3's Defence is currently only 8 and its Health is 21, you'd only need to hit it with an attack of 30 to KO it, and with Deimos's Attack currently at 22 (basic 13 + Inspired 4 + Speeding 5) she's only need to find someone or something with Defence of 8 or more to do the job, which would make potential ammunition include Rocksmith (if you can climb that high), Bumblebee (if you can catch her), Brick, Heretic, Psy-Warp, Deimos, Void, Vex or someone else.
_{Someone with Defence of 20.
Who just arrived.
With its friends.
^{The shiny metal guy I mean.}}

[KabenSaal]

Ohh, right. The Inspired and Speeding buffs......I suck at this.

[Genni]

@KabenSaal While it's true that Ironside (32) and Ironside 2.1 (27) have the highest Defences at the moment, thanks to being Inspired while 2.2 and 3.1 (Defence 21) aren't, Brick (22) has the second highest thanks to his Armoured, Upgraded and Inspired effects and will be higher still next round when his Stoneskin buffs his Defence even further (27).

However, using Ironside would be risky since at the moment she's protected by Psy-Warp's Telekinetic Barrier but if she moves she'll lose that bonus, and if she's KO'd then all the clones will stop functioning. Using 2.1 would be preferable, but since she's already over in the guts of MT4 she's also much closer to the oncoming enemy reinforcements as well, which could place Deimos in danger should she decide to rush forwards to use her ability.

[KabenSaal]

Me Throw People. People Break Things. Yay Me.

[knighthawk]

do we need to be near ironside prime to retain upgraded status, or do all of her clones sound as signal boosters?

[Genni]

do we need to be near ironside prime to retain upgraded status, or do all of her clones sound as signal boosters?

@knighthawk

All the clones provide the bonus as well as Ironside herself, although the effect doesn't stack so you still only get the one boost (otherwise by this point you'd be getting +16 for the buff and that'd just be ridiculous.) As long as you're within range (about half a kilometer) of any of the Ironsides you'd still benefit from the effect.

The clones are all exact duplicates of Ironside, with the same skills, traits, abilities, personality, memories, sexual proclivities, strange fascination with Frank Sinatra and everything else which makes her an individual, apart from the fact they're fake copies who only 'live' for a few minutes at a time.

PS: You don't get scantily clad cheerleader robots until the boss fight, so Rocksmith has time to charge up his fireballs and roast them all.

[rush99999]

PS: You don't get scantily clad cheerleader robots until the boss fight, so Rocksmith has time to charge up his fireballs and roast them all.

@Genni

Are you ever gonna let me live that down?

[knighthawk]

<Snipped quote by Genni>

Are you ever gonna let me live that down?

@rush99999

Just wait for someone else to do something just as bad...Probably Brick next time around.
@Genni does upgrade effect our XP bonus from com-links?

[Genni]

Are you ever gonna let me live that down?

@rush99999

Probably not. :p

...does upgrade effect our XP bonus from com-links?

@knighthawk

No, it only affects stat boosts and status effect durations which are derived from carried equipment. So if you use the Stun Baton on someone while Ironside's around they'd be affected for five turns rather than the usual one.

[rush99999]

Can I get a woop woop?

[Eklispe]

WOOPITEDY WOOPING _WOOP!!!

[General Scales]

Whoop!

You asked for it.

[rush99999]

Yo @Genni! Where you be at?

[Eklispe]

Nothing's happened for more than four days. I can barely move. I can see the light slowly leaving. The darkness encroaches. The great one is longer here to hold it back. I fear we can't hold on much longer. Is this what... cold feels like...?

-Flare

[rush99999]

If nothing happens soon I'm going to flip a table.

-Rocksmith

[knighthawk]

...I'm bored.

-Brick

[KabenSaal]

*snort, burp, scratch ass*

"I don't see the problem...."

-Deimos

[GodOfWar]

"Where is my super suit?!"
-Heretic, Under The Influence