Pokémon Umbral ~ Ruinous Origins Discussion 2

[Arcanum]

Sweet zombie Jesus on a pogo-stick. I'm away from the forums for a couple of days and this thing is still moving along at a fast pace. I'll try to catch up, but with midterms looming I'm not too sure how likely that'll happen. So I'm gonna go ahead and slink away into the shadows, and if you're lucky then the lone snagger will return in the most epic of fashions. Or it'll be something lazy like Mike claiming he had the "flu" or something like that.

[Astral Harmony]

The flu? That's all Mike had? Hell, I've toughed flus out before, no medicine or nothing. It's definitely not a fun experience, but it's doable.

And feel free to return whenever you like. In fact, the signups didn't close when the game started, so to all you new people lookin' in, feel free to ask questions 'n' shit about how to join in the Pokémon-stomping misadventures.

As for me, the ship I'm on is one of the bigger ones, but it just doesn't feel big. Mainly because I see other ships pull into the port, some military, some civilian cruiseliners that are far larger.

[Geminex]

I think I know where you are. ^^

But anyway... Tactical discussions in the middle of battle do seem somewhat out of place, don't they?

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I'll probably have Impact talk to Rayleen about getting an officer onto the team, who'll then make the tactical calls.

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No prizes for guessing whom he'll nominate...

[DanteFalcon]

Not like we have a large number of options. The way I see it our officer options are...

Impact: Pro: He has tactical knowledge and can make intelligent calls mid-combat.
Con: Racist against Pokemon/Pokebrids (don't be a hater)

Rayleen: Pro: Intelligent!
Con: Controlled by AB! (No offense AB but that's like asking to be led into a trap)

Pierce: Pro: Doesn't really have a vendetta against anyone else on the team and still has good ideas
Con: Perhaps a bit too cautious

Matt: Pro: He's not a complete idiot and is willing to take the front lines if worst comes to worst.
Con: The man uses poison and prefers to manipulate. How many people like that are trustworthy?

[Geminex]

Well, I don't really think Rayleen's an option, since, yeah, AB-controlled. Posts once per day. Long posts, with lots of effort, that're really fun to read, but still, once per day. I think the officer would be a good idea because we'd avoid having the kinds of discussion we're having at the moment. He could just give orders mid-battle to adapt to changing circumstances. We'd still vote on the initial strategy during the briefing, but anything mid-battle would be decided on by the officer.

Also, Impact hasn't actually said anything against pokemon yet. He will if someone else gets picked (Something along the lines of "You expect me to take orders from this *Explicitive*!?). Also, he's not entirely racist. It shall be explained.

[Arcanum]

Epic return! And I decided to go with a more reasonable spontaneous explanation as to why Mike mysteriously stopped fighting. Hooray for character development! Also I don't plan for the chronic migraines to be as severe of a problem in future missions. Mike just forgot to take his usual meds before the mission, and he got too worked up during the battle which triggered the migraine (blame it on the Heatran!).

But yeah, I'm back much sooner than I anticipated. I ended up finding myself with a nice chunk of free time, and decided to catch up with the RP instead of playing Borderlands, or AvP, or Peggle(screw PopCap and their digital cocaine!).

[Astral Harmony]

Originally Posted by Geminex

I think I know where you are. ^^

Signature Technique...Restraining Order Field! Can't get me now, ya stalkin' bastard!

Now, if I did have to nominate an officer, it'd probably be Renny (Menarker) or Impact (Gimenix) since you two seem the most available to post. Pierce and Isaac also have a good chance, Isaac for being a kickass Rhyperior Pokébrid and Pierce because I banged his mom...

...Laugh, somebody.

As for Mike's return, I'll let you keep that Heatran for the next mission. Consider it part of the Snagger's upgrade package, given out early.

[Menarker]

I certainly wasn't expecting to be nominated as an officer. ^^

Hehe, I just imagined the Sharpedo "officer promotion test" as a mock X-Men Danger Room with nominated officers being told to lead a computer generated team that has roughly the same abilities (pokemons and such) as the rest of the team through a mission.

Additional drama to be had for anyone who passes the simulated test, but struggles to actually be a good officer in the "real world" due to lack of charisma or social know-how or whatnot. Doubly true if such a person would actually be a good leader or commander if his/her team-mates actually followed him/her faithfully.

Ah well. :3 I kinda doubt it would be implemented/practical in any manner other than character development or plot point, but it would still be nifty in that regards.

[Astral Harmony]

Post is ready. Eat that, biznatches.

If you want some tactics, note that the Omnisroth's ability is Filter, which minimizes the damage received from super-effective moves. Y'all may wanna deal with the Narchams and Pulverots first despite the punishment you'll suffer from Omnisroth in the meantime.

[Menarker]

... Son of a bitch... (Directed to no one in particular)

This is going to require some really clever tactics... I imagine you guys got some ideas of your own, but here is two of mine.

My best idea is to get my Togekiss weaken so that it is at low health (probably best to do so outside the room by having a team-mate weaken it a tiny bit and using Substitute), use Endevour to set a foe of my choice to that amount of health and have someone else do the finishing blow. Revive if it gets knocked out. Repeat. Say that my Togekiss only has about 5% of health left. After using Endevor on a foe, that foe will have 5% health left regardless of whether it had 6% health or 100%.

Next best situation in my mind is Matthias uses Confuse Ray, Pierce's Starmie uses Thunder Wave, and my Togekiss attacks with Air Slash (It's ability Serene Grace gives it a 60% chance of flinching a foe instead of the normal 30%). 50% to get confused, 25% of paralysis and 60% chance of being flinched. Togekiss repeats every turn, (It has Metronome so it'll get more powerful every turn... if it lasts that long) Matthias uses Toxic perhaps, and everyone else can beat down on Pulverot and Narchams.

But yeah, a god damn tough situation.