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KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#601: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:07:25 PM

@Flame Haze: ... Meh.

So, nobody minds if I add it?

edited 15th Dec '11 9:07:54 PM by KSPAM

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deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#602: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:10:25 PM

@Starly: Seriously! He/she/it/they is a cool person, though.

edited 15th Dec '11 9:10:43 PM by deathpigeon

SaitoIshina Since: Dec, 2011
#603: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:10:37 PM

I'd suggest waiting for the GM... But don't overdo your NP. We don't want any broken characters... >_>

Edit: Thing is... If you make it unavoidable or unblockable... You definitely need limits for sure...

edited 15th Dec '11 9:13:21 PM by SaitoIshina

Meh...
GreyStar Wild Horse from Chaos Since: Dec, 2010
Wild Horse
#604: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:12:58 PM

Lancer is supposed to be the second best class in canon right?

Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.
SaitoIshina Since: Dec, 2011
#605: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:13:44 PM

Canon? I don't think so... *shrugs*

Meh...
GreyStar Wild Horse from Chaos Since: Dec, 2010
Wild Horse
#606: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:14:40 PM

No wait... It's the class with the most requirements after Saber.

Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.
SaitoIshina Since: Dec, 2011
#607: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:21:23 PM

Lancer is supposed to be the fastest out of the classes if memory serves me correctly.

Meh...
SimplyDavid Loli Psychometer Level 7 from BABEL Since: Nov, 2011
Loli Psychometer Level 7
#608: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:22:55 PM

What? You're adding another NP? =o

Yeah I'd wait for Moerin before doing anything like that. I personally don't think he needs it... but meh.

Edit: [up] You have that right Saito.

edited 15th Dec '11 9:23:23 PM by SimplyDavid

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Moerin (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#609: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:23:11 PM

Most agile, actually. Probably fastest on foot, but easily outmatched by Rider for obvious reasons.

...Anyways gaaah too many rulings to make at such a godforsaken time. >.< Uh... I'll try and figure everything out when it's not 05:22, okay?

GreyStar Wild Horse from Chaos Since: Dec, 2010
Wild Horse
#610: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:23:27 PM

And apparently have the strongest Noble Phantasms? I dunno, the wiki is confusing.

Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.
SaitoIshina Since: Dec, 2011
#611: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:25:41 PM

Like I said... the wiki's crap.

Edit: They don't necessarily have the strongest NP's

edited 15th Dec '11 9:26:16 PM by SaitoIshina

Meh...
HazzyHaz Slice and Dice Since: Oct, 2011
Slice and Dice
#612: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:26:35 PM

I don't think that's how it works - that is to say, you're proscribing X class into Y archetype just because the wiki says so.

The way I see it is,

Sabers are considered the best servants, not because of some game rule, but because some of the best known heroes use swords (and it's a trope, too!}

Lancers HAVE to be agile of hand and feet because that's how spears work - if you're playing solo with them instead of cuddling behind a phalanx or a pike wall, you have to be fast and incredibly skilled with them to be useful, etc.

Riders have the flashiest N Ps because most rulers are attributed to riding awesome stuff (like Alexander and his firebreathing reindeer horse (I'm not talking Iskander here)), Julius Caesar and his Unicorn named Toes, and so on. And Rulers are by nature flashy.

edited 15th Dec '11 9:27:38 PM by HazzyHaz

GreyStar Wild Horse from Chaos Since: Dec, 2010
Wild Horse
#613: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:27:16 PM

Ah thanks. B rank NP is good enough then. tongue

Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.
SimplyDavid Loli Psychometer Level 7 from BABEL Since: Nov, 2011
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#614: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:28:01 PM

[up][up] Yeah that's pretty much how I see it too.

And I don't like the wiki that much because it's mislead me too many times.

Problem is, unless you feel like searching through the VN it's one of the only sources available.

edited 15th Dec '11 9:28:19 PM by SimplyDavid

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HazzyHaz Slice and Dice Since: Oct, 2011
Slice and Dice
#615: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:29:51 PM

So, to follow up what I was saying earlier, random Joe Bob with a sword isn't by nature better than Bob Joe with a lance. He just most likely has more exposure.

GreyStar Wild Horse from Chaos Since: Dec, 2010
Wild Horse
#616: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:31:33 PM

Is it weird I'm playing a Lancer with a weapon that's not made to pierce?

Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.
SaitoIshina Since: Dec, 2011
#617: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:32:29 PM

Well if it's like a staff at least... Then it should qualify as a Lancer...

Meh...
KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#618: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:33:00 PM

@Saito: There are definitely limits. Weren't you around for the last time we discussed it? There's a distance requirement, as it steals mana from the environment. I'd say about 50 m at least to strike a killing blow on a Servant of average Endurance with no additional protection (like Achilles). That and he has to be able to see the target, announce his intent, name the target, and channel it through a physical medium. It's powerful, but not without limits.

Brahmashira is also godawfully powerful, but using it at peak condition almost kills Ash, and renders the Master incapable of doing anything that isn't jack and shit for a few days.

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Thrombin excellent Since: Jun, 2010
excellent
#619: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:34:23 PM

Polearms such as halberds and warscythes aren't made for piercing either.

GreyStar Wild Horse from Chaos Since: Dec, 2010
Wild Horse
#620: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:34:37 PM

Cool, thanks. tongue

Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.
SaitoIshina Since: Dec, 2011
#621: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:35:32 PM

Meh... I'm sort of brain-frazzled at the moment... Like I said before... Kinda busy while multi-tasking. @_@

Meh...
GreyStar Wild Horse from Chaos Since: Dec, 2010
Wild Horse
#622: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:37:00 PM

No Lancer's used a cudgel before though... tongue

Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.
Thrombin excellent Since: Jun, 2010
excellent
#623: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:40:21 PM

The classes are very vague and it seems, named through an awkward -er suffix system. By definition, the Archer class should be strictly reserved for bow users (not even crossbows). Now count how many bow users there are out of all the known canon Archers so far.

HazzyHaz Slice and Dice Since: Oct, 2011
Slice and Dice
#624: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:42:55 PM

Absolutely none.

Not even Robin.

JustaUsername Weredragon | he/him from Melbourne, Australia Since: Jul, 2009
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#625: Dec 15th 2011 at 9:43:22 PM


This post was thumped by the Merciless Hammer of Doom

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