Posts made by Blizzard8088

Styles? I'm an aggressive player, so I always went with Aqua Custom. After the Style Changes went away, I guess I stuck with Aqua Unisons and Crosses. It was habitual by then. And so was turning every enemy in sight into a Popsicle.

Voyager was busy running self diagnostics on all the damage he sustained, and wasn't paying as much attention to the net around him as he should have been. He was also running his right hand across his now repaired left arm in wonderment. Sure, it still hurt a bit, but it looked normal... save for a little discoloration here and there. His voice worked again, too. That was something Voyager was especially happy about. But that happiness didn't last long.

"Pay attention." Paul said suddenly.

Voyager looked up, and saw that he was about to roll right into the middle of a new group of viruses. "Whoa!" The Navi braked immediately, but it was far too late to avoid them. He twisted sideways and skidded to a stop upon a patch of glowing panels. Voyager found himself staring down the gun barrel of a viral tank from only a handful of meters away. "Is it wrong to hope that that is just a camera?"

"That's a tank." Paul said with strained patience at the Navi's abysmal ignorance. "Hope all you want while it blasts you to smithereens."

"Better idea." Voyager said as he pointed his right hand at one of the floaty-mask-thingies (an ElecOgre), and activated one of his Delta Drives. He commanded the drive to summon a gale with a wave of his extended hand from the floaty-mask-thingy to the... tank (Catack). Voyager was pretty sure the floating mask would catch the wind like a sail, and crash straight into the tank. This would hopefully disrupt them both, and keep them from attacking him. At the very least, it should ruin their aim. But, just to be on the safe side, he fired a Shotgun energy blast at the two viruses.

"You realize you are wide open for the rest of these viruses, right?" Paul chided as he slotted in another couple of battlechips.

"If the last battle has taught me anything, it is that there are just too many of them to dodge." Voyager responded while he summoned a Twisty to stand before him. "I do not even know what they are capable of. So this is the best chance I've got to avoid personal injury." He crouched down behind the Twisty, and raised his left arm towards the Eleball in that direction. The Navi spoke to the summoned Virus: "I've got the one on the left. You take the one on the right." The Twisty buzzed something back at him as a RemoteBit materialized above the second Eleball, and fired a bolt of lightning that punched a hole clean through the battlefield.

In that same moment, Voyager fired a Cannon energy blast at the first Eleball from his repaired Buster unit. If he couldn't kill it, he could at least jar it, or push it out of firing position to buy himself some time.

--Summary--
S: Gust blast floaty-mask-thingy ElecOgreB into Catack
1: Shotgun @ ElecOgreB & Catack [50 Null + Spread]
2: RemoteBit1 on Solar Terrain directly in front (100 HP Elec Element Object)
R: Zap EleBallB w/ RemoteBit (80 Elec + PanelBreak)
3: Cannon @ EleBallA [40 Null + Knockback]

Will do.

Also, will an Elec Element object regenerate HP on Solar Panels? I'll be placing one on them regardless this turn, but I was curious.

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1. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I gather, you are thinking of a homepage as a sort of "custom battlefield". It's really nothing more than a piece of RP fluff. And of course, RP fluff is customizable to very interesting lengths. Go wild.

Nothing of the sort. I don't plan for there to be any fighting there, but who knows what the future will hold? What I do plan to do with it is a secret for now. But I will take your advice and try something pretty wild.

Thanks for answering my questions. However, I do have to ask: why does mod response to player actions vary so much? Correct me if I'm wrong, but how is a player to learn what they can and cannot do if the answer changes every time? I've gotten this response before with regards to questions, and it worries me that my characters will learn something about the way this world works only to have that bite them in the butt later when it no longer works that way and nobody told them that. Perhaps this is unavoidable in a large RP run by multiple staff members, but you've got to at least understand where I'm coming from, right?

On a less plaintive note, will an Elec Element object also regenerate on Solar Panels?

Has it really been 16 days since this project at work began? Time goes by so fast when you are busy.

Thanks once again for your help. It will be so awesome to get to play with the Remote Bit. And; I have another question. Well, several of them.

First, and let's get the stupid question out of the way... can a homepage be a location Navigators can physically visit, and perhaps interact with each other? A place complete with gateway, panels, objects, and a lack of viruses, I would hope.
Stupid question answered.

All right then. If I have my character put together a homepage, can I have him dictate the terrain and objects to be found within? I'm thinking on a small scale: no buildings or other major constructs. The idea I have is not fully formed at this time, but I do want to know if I can create a small space that is much like the network, only I get to describe it and put things* in it.

*: Viruses not among them.

Next, I want to know what limitations there are on interacting with the net between battles. To be more specific, this time Voyager has run across some Solar Panels. It seems to me that hanging around after the battle to recharge vital HP is a very good idea for a fragile Navi like him; assuming he's still alive by then. Can I do this?

Also, do WindBox Viruses affect my enemies as well as myself? They only affected the player in the games, but here may be a different story. I'm only asking because my Navi is supposed to have a lot of experience with them already, but I, as a new player, do not. I would not be asking, except I already role played myself into a corner.

Lastly, I was thinking about trying to do a mission. It says the rewards are Zenny and Chips for standard missions.

Can I specify how much Zenny I want? I'm assuming the difficulty of the mission would change depending on the rewards requested.
Nevermind.

Can I specify what Battlechip(s) I'm looking for? I assume I'd have to be careful not to ask for something really rare, lest I get Voyager killed.
Nevermind.

Can I request NCPs, or should I opt for Zenny and buy one instead? The thread doesn't say. They're digital data, like Zenny and Battlechip data, so I think this could work. Again, this is based on the assumption that mission difficulty would change with the request.
(I'm surprised I didn't cross that one out.)

I thought about asking if upgrades could be mission rewards, but that looks to me like an ugly can of worms better left closed. I would rather just ask for Zenny than open it.

I think that was everything.

((3 day bump.))

Name: Twisty
HP: 80
Element: Elec
Attack Strength: 10~20
Location Found: SciLabs
Notes: Composed of two parts; a stationary control unit, and an invincible flying Remote Bit for attacking. Attacks by shooting lightning bolts from the Remote Bit. Be advised, the Remote Bits can teleport. The old strains destroyed panels when attacking, but this new strain did not.

-- Paul G. M.

That is disappointing.

Paul was appalled at the degree of damage Voyager had sustained from just two attacks, and not just in terms of HP, either. Where to begin? The Navi's verbal communication system was shorted out. The light wings the Navi had been using until now had overloaded, discharged uncontrollably, and then overheated and shut down. They were still glowing a dull red color this very second. There were numerous scorch marks where electricity had arced freely across the Navi's body, which left rainbow hued discolorations all across the formerly pristine silver surface. Such damage was worrisome on a modern Navigator, and Paul couldn't understand how it had happened.

The fact of the matter was, Voyager was not designed with combat in mind. He lacked even the most basic of protective shielding, such as a Body Suit and the Navi Armor worn over it that were both a standard feature on even Generic Navigators from previous decades. It goes without saying that such features were standard issue on today's Navigators, and yet Voyager had none of it. His 'skin', while metallic, was little better than a tin foil covering to keep random debris, like sand and water, from fouling his inner workings. In this respect, the Navi was more like the average Human than most, since he had no resistance to combat damage whatsoever. This would have to be corrected somehow if Voyager was to survive his eventual deep exploration of every Network.

For now, Paul slotted in a Mini-Energy subchip, and hoped that would do. It would also be nice if that idiot would un-mute me.

----

Voyager skated his way back towards the fallen Remote Bit. He rolled to a stop next to the inactive weapon, and stared at it for a few moments. This thing has caused me so much pain. And yet, it looks harmless like this. It was at this point that he remembered he had muted Paul, and undid that little setting. Voyager was about to tell his Operator, but a burst of static from his vocal apparatus killed that idea. I do not like these annoyances. At least make yourself useful. Was Voyager's thought as he picked the heavy Remote Bit up off the ground, and held it over his head with no trouble at all.

Paul laughed as the rain of Zenny fell upon the Remote Bit. "Pfft. Hahahaha!"

The Mini-Energy kicked in, and repaired all the critical damage to Voyager. "What's so funny?" Hey, I can talk again.

"Absurdity." Paul said after a minute or so. "Pure absurdity." He completely forgot to chew the Navi out for muting him.

"If you say so." Voyager mumbled while putting the Remote Bit down. He highlighted everything in the vicinity, cut, and pasted to the PET. It occurred to him, belatedly, that he could have tried to copy and paste the Remote Bit. He resolved to try that the next time he salvaged data from the Net. Maybe next time. Voyager thought as he turned away, and continued on.

((Ready for battle 4, also used a Mini-Energy.))

I just got my first object chip: a remote bit. If this works here like it does in the games, then the tower sits there while the remote bit moves about and zaps things. What I want to know is: do I get control over the remote bit (because that would be hella awesome)?

Damage dealing aside, just think of all the uses for a portable panel punch / tesla coil / platform.

Voyager would have cringed had he a face to cringe with. He was in a lot of pain at the moment, especially after having suffered another electrifying jolt from the tenacious Remote Bit. Further, he couldn't feel anything from his left arm. One look at the severely discolored metal around a blackened crater where his buster used to be would tell anyone that feeling nothing from it was a very good thing. Another silver lining to Voyager's current predicament was that his Delta Driver had been shut down at the time he was struck. If it had been online in its badly damaged state, that second electrical surge could have irreparably damaged it.

Still, there was one virus remaining. And this virus had more than proven its ability to attack Voyager anytime, anywhere. There was no running from it. This virus would have to be deleted before the Navi could even think about repairs. That is, assuming Voyager survived that long. And that little thought made the young Navi silently curse his Operator for forcing him into this situation.

Voyager, now deprived of his Delta Driver, began to push forward with his legs to gain speed on his roller blades. Anyone watching the Navi do this, such as Paul, would have found it to be a profoundly strange experience. Voyager's legs bent forwards just as easily as they bent backwards, and they swiveled and rotated in inhuman ways as well. As a result, the Navi was able to consistently apply more mechanical force upon his pair of over sized skating wheels and apply it at a faster pace than a Human ever could. And all of that translated into acceleration.

Once Voyager was managing a good turn of speed, he waited for an ominous, and by now, familiar shadow to appear. As soon as it did, the Navi would lean sharply to the left, and execute a razor sharp turn towards the only remaining Twisty virus. With the Remote Bit hopefully thrown off by the sudden vector change, Voyager would raise his right arm, and fire a lethal burst from his only remaining gun as he approached the target head-on.

--Summary--
1: Manually skate. [Movement]
2: Sharp Turn. [Dodge]
3*: Charged Photon Burst I @ TwistyC [(4 Elec + Slashing + Blast(1)) x 10 shots ; 1 TCD]

*: 2x Damage [Metal + Elec]

Voyager had been attentively watching the Remote Bits hovering around him, and yet that did absolutely nothing to explain why or how he found himself beneath one as if it had learned to teleport. "Wait, when did--" The Navi's bewildered observation was cut short as the Bit lit up his day with two million volts. Voyager would have stood there jerking in place like a poorly operated marionette whilst casting off quite a few sparks, but the Delta Drives he had kept powered up for his escape erred first. He found himself rocketing away like an electric comet on an erratic course across the battlefield for the next several minutes. Try as the teleporting Remote Bits might, they simply couldn't hit the Navi again.

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Paul was more surprised by the sudden display of enhanced mobility than Voyager was. After all, he knew all about the viruses, unlike his Navi counterpart. I suppose this means a new strain has appeared recently, and this just happens to be my first time seeing it for myself. This is somewhat annoying. Still, it was just a minor annoyance. Of more concern to Paul was the fact that the Navi he was partnered with was zigging and zagging across the battlefield like a fool. A fool who could not hear, apparently, since Paul had been trying to talk to him for the past several minutes before giving up and settling into his chair to wait it out. Looks like we're stuck.

Paul had already slotted in the remaining chips while trying to get Voyager to respond to him. Now that he had nothing else to do at the moment, if occurred to him to try accessing the Navi's menu system. However, his efforts proved fruitless. The man found Voyager's menu interface to be completely different from what he was used to. He quickly got himself four layers deep in drop down windows after a few random selections, and did not know what to make of what he was reading. It was a list of something, but everything was marked with Greek symbols. I am in way over my head. Looks like I will need to read the instruction manual. Paul frowned with an unpleasant thought. Is there a manual?

----

Eventually, Voyager regained control of himself, and managed to straighten out his course. However, as high as his momentum was from the burst release of his over-charged Delta Drives' output, slowing down again could take some time. Especially since said drives were now damaged.... "Rrrowarrrwheeepthzzzzt" And if the mess that sounded like someone trying to play a warped vinyl were any indication, so were Voyager's vocal chords. I am in trouble.

"Back with us, I see?" Paul half asked, half stated in a tone of voice that Voyager had begun to find irritating. "You need to--"

I don't have time for you. Voyager thought with agitation as he muted the communication channel, and ran a quick self diagnostic. He allowed the diagnostic cycle to run until it detected the presence of new battlechip data; then terminated it to eliminate the distraction. He looked at the viruses. I have to delete them before they delete me.

The Busters on both of Voyager's arms popped out while the Navi skated past the first virus at high speed, and a fair distance. The chip data was ready to fire a moment later.... Not good. I could not shoot that one. Voyager raised his right arm to the side, and waited. As soon as he coasted forward enough for the other two Twisty viruses to line up, the Navi fired a Shotgun energy blast from his Buster.

Voyager spread his Delta 'wings' out, and struggled to get the Delta Drive to activate. To the Navi's dismay, the Delta Driver was too toasted by the surge of electricity to apply large quantities of direct force, but it did have enough functionality left to affect local air currents. That's better than nothing. It took several seconds, but the Drive gradually did its job as Voyager felt a breeze begin to blow across his 'wings'. The Navi began to curve back the way he'd come with his 'wings' steering him.

As Voyager made his course change, the Twisty he had passed earlier came back into view. He lifted his left arm, pointed the Buster at the damaged virus, and fired a Cannon energy blast at it opportunistically. The Navi waited a few more seconds for his course to change a little more, but the Delta Driver went into emergency cool down before he had the vector he wanted. No, no, no. Just a little more. Come on.... Argh! This left Voyager with a course that crossed the line he needed it to cross, but not at the angle he would have preferred. Tough. It'll do. He thought to himself as he loaded the last Shotgun he had into his left Buster. He waited until just before the two targets lined up again to raise his arm towards them. As soon as they were lined up, he fired a second Shotgun energy blast at them, and continued to coast onward.

--Summary--
1: Shotgun @ TwistyC & TwistyD [50 Null + Spread]
S: Gust vector change [Movement]
2: Cannon @ TwistyB [40 Null + Knockback]
3: Shotgun @ TwistyC & TwistyD [50 Null + Spread]

((Did all the mods drop dead?))

((Bump?))

I hear that. Thanks for the help, and good luck 'patching the roof'.

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This majorly our fault. All the moderators know which chip has the wind effects and which doesn't, but we never really bothered to label all of them correctly. We'll try to sort things out with the other moderators.

As long as it is cleared up, I'm cool with it.

Also, is there any source of Wind besides chips? Can Signatures be Wind? Busters? Is there a secret NCP? And why isn't Wind Type a source of Wind Attribute? That last point seems really silly.

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FYI. Few chips, such as Wind and Fan, won't do much with the Sand's effect since it doesn't deal any damage.

Not by themselves, no. But blindness/a smoke screen is a huge help, and I am led to wonder what the addition of Fire would do with a WindBox present. The Blower chip is what gives me the idea that maybe Sand can be stirred up, and then heated to create a glass shard attack. What do you think about that? Is it possible?


One last question: Can I not use Gust to blow sand at people? Sure, it doesn't do damage, but still.

Post amended. Delete away, sir.

Wind... Gust... Gust is windy--ish? That'll work, right? That's what I thought at least.

So, then I ran into a little problem.

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[[b]Gust doesn't add any Wind Attribute to attacks, only Knockback or Pull. Maybe that should have been worded better.[/b] "Attacks" in the Terrain topic really only refers to battlechips. Whoops. Anyway, I'm posting this here because I can't do it on the chat. :'D Edit your post accordingly, and I'll delete this (or someone else) and moderate you.]

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--Summary--
P: SetSand [Sand Zone]
1: Cannon @ TwistyE [40 Null + Knockback]
S: Gust: AddWind: Shockwave
2*: Shockwave TwistyA to TwistyD [40 + Line Attack + Ground Attack + Knockback]
3: Dash in wake of Shockwave [Dodge]

*: 2x Damage [Sand + Wind] & Change Sand to Normal.

To be fair to both of us, it's called Gust, and the Terrain topic was unclear enough to be misunderstood. Well, obviously, or I wouldn't have tried this? I'll change my post shortly. But, moving on.

Then I thought to myself: What does add Wind Attribute? What is Wind Attribute?

Quote (Fera)

[Gust doesn't add any Wind Attribute to attacks, only Knockback or Pull. Maybe that should have been worded better. [b]"Attacks" in the Terrain topic really only refers to battlechips.[/b] Whoops. Anyway, I'm posting this here because I can't do it on the chat. :'D Edit your post accordingly, and I'll delete this (or someone else) and moderate you.]

Okay, so it's a chip. Next step for any good RP-er: R(ead) T(he) F(-ing) M(anual) Say it like a mantra!

So I looked, and this is what I found:

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Special: Wind Type: This chip counts as Wind Type for the purposes of Wind triggered effects, such as traps and terrain.

Cool, now I know what Wind Type or Attribute or whatever you want to call it is. Still, there are exactly three battlechips with Wind Attribute. They are:

Guns
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AirShot1
AirShot2
AirShot3

And that's it. But, to my surprise, there were chips like--

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Tornado
Damage: 20 x 12 Hits
Accuracy: (Special)
Description: Summons an especially violent funnel... Rare
Duration: Once
Element: Null
Special: The accuracy of this attack is entirely dependent upon RP quality and current battle conditions, and it cannot be affected by stats boosts and nerfs.

--that don't. Further, there are a lot of wind chips that are... not windy?

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Other
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AirStorm1
AirStorm2
AirStorm3
Typhoon
Hurricane
Cyclone
Tornado
Blower
Twister
AquaWhirl1
AquaWhirl2
AquaWhirl3
Static

Object
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Wind
Fan
PropellerBomb1
PropellerBomb2
PropellerBomb3
AirSpin1
AirSpin2
AirSpin3

Melee
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WindRacket

Sword
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SonicBlade1
SonicBlade2
SonicBlade3
AirSword

Can someone explain this or fix it or... something, because I am majorly confused.

Also, is there any source of Wind besides those 3 marked chips? Can Signatures be Wind? Busters? Is there a secret NCP?

Hello.

A redmage needs an avatar? How about this, then?

Voyager belatedly realized he was sort of safe where he was. What's more, he had just witnessed viruses communicating with one another. He had never stopped to think that viruses could possess not only intelligence, but also the capacity for social interaction. Voyager was already unhappy with the idea of fighting viruses that could blast holes in the net at will. He wasn't too proud to admit to himself that he was a tad afraid of that destructive capacity. Perhaps there was a chance he could talk his way out of this?

"Are you done wasting time yet?" Paul asked after having watched the Navi sit there in a thinker's pose atop the Twisty for the past two minutes.

"Say, do I really have to fight these viruses?" Voyager pondered aloud.

"You're asking me after getting yourself smack into the middle of them." Paul said deadpan.

"Well... yes."

Paul sat back in his chair as he laid the situation out for Voyager in no uncertain terms. "Let me put it this way, then: deleting viruses adds resources to our pool. We need them to complete this task. If we don't complete this task, then I don't get hired. If I don't get hired, then I'll bet you get locked away in your PET again collecting dust on a shelf." He leaned towards the screen. "So, if you don't hurry it up, this could be the last time you see the Net for a very long time. Is that what you want?"

"...." Voyager didn't have a response to that. At least, not a response that wasn't insulting to his current Operator.

"Now, back to the business at hand." Paul said as he slotted in a couple of chips. "Use these, and start deleting those viruses, or I'm jacking you out of the Net."

"Despot." Voyager muttered to himself as he stood up and turned towards the damaged Twisty in the distance. Once he was sure he was facing the correct direction, he looked up at the Remote Bits overhead. One or more of these will disappear shortly. That's when I make my break for it. Voyager stomped on the Twisty below him. A Shockwave erupted from the ground, and tore its way across the ground towards the damaged virus. The Navi then followed up by dropping his RageClaw equipped arm on the virus he was standing on.

Voyager watched and waited for the Remote Bits to disappear. His Delta Drives were powered and ready to speed him away on his rollerblades through whatever hole formed in the viral formation. Once he was away, he could focus on further reducing their numbers.

--Summary--
1: Shockwave @ TwistyA & TwistyE [40 Null + Line Attack + Ground Attack]
2: RageClaw1 @ TwistyA [40 Null + Slashing]
3: Make a break for it. [Movement/Dodge]
S: Gust accelerate [Movement/Dodge]