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Cities in the Sky: A Mecha RP (Still Accepting)

Updates: Final thoughts on weight. Going to align things more towards Cayden's mech and double the existing values of everything else. I wouldn't alter your perception of how your machine is supposed to operate.

I also want to get things started on Monday so if anyone is lurking around and wants to get in it would be nice if you did it before then.

The floating city that the tournament will be massive. A radius of 43km, so over 500 sqaure miles with stadiums within stadiums and plenty of room for corporations to set up shop in temporarily, a sort of grand expo for new tech to be showcased and whatever else seems relevant to have.

The tournament will start off with one or two 1v1 single elimination rounds to cull the heard. These rounds will all be in a relatively small arena with few, if any, terrain elements. After that it will move on to teams (Teams of 4?). Competitors will need to choose their own teammates from among each other and will then be subject to matches with random objectives, rules and numbers of pilots. When the teams have been reduced enough in number a final 1v1 elimination bracket will be formed this time using any stadium with random terrain.

Feel free to criticize the above as much as you like. It probably still needs some more thought.

Cities in the Sky: A Mecha RP (Still Accepting)

I could do with two or three more players for this. Its kinda what I was hoping for.

EDIT: And by players I do mean accepted characters. We technically have those players floating around in the aether.

Cities in the Sky: A Mecha RP (Still Accepting)

I'd like not to go to a paper and pencil system. In a lot of those right now.

Cities in the Sky: A Mecha RP (Still Accepting)

Well, if you want to keep it that way I suppose I shouldn't stop you.

Anyway, thinking about how hard it should be to penetrate armor and I guess what I'm at in my head right now is 9-10 bullets from an assault rifle analog to one area of a mech with medium armor to break through and start doing damage. Of course any arbitrary number or even generalized range is basically nothing in the face of a gatling gun if said gun was using ammunition worth a damn and this doesn't account at all for explosives or eventual energy weapons... Anyone have any thoughts?

Cities in the Sky: A Mecha RP (Still Accepting)

@Cayden Black

Tanks of the modern age can stay on target while moving if I'm not mistaken.

That link doesn't work for me.

I just add rockets/missiles to like every mech. Just throw 'em on the shoulder and call it a day.

Mecha tournament thing interest check.

Still looking for players.

Cities in the Sky: A Mecha RP (Still Accepting)

@GreenGoat

There are even other ways to achieve the same sort of effect like a spinal or cranial jack. Regardless I hope someone does so that there can be at least one sword fight in the tournament arch. I mean a good one. Any mech that can hold one can attack with a sword, but that doesn't make them good at it.

Cities in the Sky: A Mecha RP (Still Accepting)

@GreenGoat

I do not see how both images cannot be true. I really like that picture though. Anyway, your mech may be on the lighter side of things, but the tempest will basically be done for if you get in close. It can maybe block a sword strike or two, but I cannot imagine it being able to keep up with a mech with the full range of human movement. As for how you fair against the other two... well, it'll get easier if ever beam swords become a thing, but for now I'm sure they have weaknesses. Bad turn rates almost certainly. Though they may speak to the contrary.

Cities in the Sky: A Mecha RP (Still Accepting)

@Cayden Black

You could only make that shot with sheer dumb luck or the force. Seriously, the idea shooting a torpedo the radius of the moon with less than 2 meters of deviation over the run is kinda crazy and considering the right angle the torpedoes took to even get into the exhaust port it suggests that it was all the force to me.

That said something needs to give on the lightning cannon. Maybe what needs to happen is simply to reduce its power. I'll sleep on it, but this is the reason I haven't added him to the characters yet. Though maybe I can just sau fuck balance I'm the dm, but that doesn't sound fair.

Cities in the Sky: A Mecha RP (Still Accepting)

That's a hawken mech.

@Cayden Black@Sophrus

There is a slight window for either of your characters to be involved in the backstory of Garret if you want since there were several security forces at the fight that ruined/uplifted his life.