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The Elder Scrolls: Rising Storm

Indeed, I was shocked myself when I came on this morning. So much to read through... and I'd only gotten to sleep at like 3:30 last night so I was all zombified as I read it xD

Halo: WE ARE ODST, Part One: Spooks, Ghosts, and the Devil.

I disagree on custom loadouts. Any player with any skill to shoot straight wil take ofne of the precision weapons, pick up another player on his much larger motion tracker and will be able to take down an AR user with relative ease. As a result, given the larger maps, increased motion tracker and thus AR decreased efficency, most players will take a precision weapon. If you go into a game in Halo 4 now, you'll be hard pressed to find a match where someone isn't using a precision in their loadout. The precision weapons and the AR aren't on the same level, they aren't supposed to be, the precision weapons such as the DMR are better as long as you have a half decent aim (There's even disparity between the different precisions in terms of power :/ ).
Armour abilities, I get to choose which ability to bring along. Why? Why wouldn't you have them as something to hunt out and only have a set starting on? (Unless it was an invasion style game mode, then I could understand because that was meant to be an op fuck fest xD) Why are some of them level locked, if you were gonna go the way of allowing players to choose how they want to play, why would you slap a restriction on right off the bat for no reason other than to try and create an incentive to play, but in actuality just create inbalance?
Pistol wise? Play big team battle, there is a mass over use of the plamsa pistol, turning a previously vehicle heavy gametype into infantry warfare. In slayer, boltshot. Need I say more? Its secondary mode is pretty overpowered to start with. Perk? This one Is surprisingly have not too many issues with, it really didn't feel like my perks were a big boost and you couldn't really notice it with other players though there were a few which are just silly.
It doesn't let you play the way you want because there are weapons that are just better than others on there. Those are the ones people are going to use. Not only that, but why should I spawn with a weapon of my choice? Its mother fucking halo, the game built around map control, finding your weapons and skill, not built around tossing you a choice of weapons then letting you bring in power weapons to your feet after a few kills so you can get more kills and call yet another in.

Another problem with this ordinance system is not just that it wrecks map control... Its completely random. They made it do your points would carry over so the losing team can eventually get ordenance... But they could end up choosing between frags, a speed boost and a scattershot while the enemy teams gets to choice out of a rocket, binary rifle ir damage boost. Fair... Its silly that me and my opponent could be neck and neck, reach ordinance... And then he pulls several kills ahead, getting more ordinance because he got to spawn in a rocket launcher and I got some frags :/

Story

1 Apparently people don't agree with me on this point, but I agree with you. Chatter box chief isn't as good as quiet chief. Quiet chief seems more professional, like he's focussing and planning out his moves.

2 His screen time was laughable, I agree. He had potential as a villain that wasn't fully realised because our encounters with him were a few minutes if gloating

3 Seems more like they wanted you to have read and analyzed all of the newer halo books to fully understand what was going in. For anyone else, you got two minutes exposition from a dead woman and unexplained stuff all over the place. As I said above I thought it was alright, and even on the good side at some points..., but I admit it could have had better pacing... And better explanation, why do these covenant remnants get beaten up so often?! They clearly have their own mother fucking covenant war fleet, how does infinity go around kicking their arse 0.o

4 Interesting how these Elites, who are apparently the Elites from the covenant who decided "No, fuck you, we'll believe what we want" somehow lost all tactical skill and underwent badass decay because lets fuck up the Elites some more. I hope arbiter and his Elites still have a brain left between in their skull. These are supposed to be the alien race which won the war for the humans. Without them the humans wouldn't have won, and without them the covenant wouldn't have grown to be so strong. They're deadly, brutal, intelligent, cunning and loyal. Did Jul get landed with all the Elites who were dropped at birth xD

5 Their shields had an annoying habit of recharging to full the second they teleported... And they had an annoying habit of teleporting the second you came close to breaking their shields. That's just an example of why they aren't a challenge but just irratating xD

Colonial Powers NRP (Reboot/New Thread)

I'm not sure that we're still accepting, though I'd wait for Gowia rather than simply taking my word for it

On such a note, are we going to get on with the Prussian Civil War/ Lance war of Independence/ Numburg War of Independence/ Communist revolution? Seeing as how we have been halted on posting until such a thing begins in full, and I am itching to make a post and go all carpe die... >:D

Halo: WE ARE ODST, Part One: Spooks, Ghosts, and the Devil.

Marine Operations Staging Area

So this was their grand mission, stopping some dumbass AI from selling the UNSC's secrets. Archer grunted as he glanced to the newbies among the squad. Jameson needn't worry, he'd keep an eye on them. This one seemed like it would be a walk in the park compared to other missions they'd had, the covenant resistance didn't look too bad. As good a mission as they could hope for to introduce the newbies into all this, he supposed..
The trouble would be getting to the rally point, as had been pointed out they'd have to fight their way there, and due to their positions not being guaranteed... he dreaded to think of what would happen if one of them landed in the middle of the Covenant. The covenant force was remarkably small considered what Loki could give. Good, that's just what he wanted to see from this. He took one last look at the map, opening his tac pad and linking it up, downloading a copy of the city map. Once that had done he lowered his arm again, took a last glance at the red dots on the map, then turned away from it and headed out towards his drop pod.

Some people just didn't get it. Some people just thought the ODST's were just average marines in droppods. He liked to call those people 'idiots'. It took a special kind of marine to lock himself in a metal coffin and be shot out through the atmosphere into a planet. It took a marine who wasn't intimidated by such an action, who was going to sit through it like it was a park ride and come out at the bottom guns blazing. Only a mad man wouldn't be afraid of that... which was obviously why he was actually afraid of it, despite doing it regularly. That was bravery, facing one of the most obvious fears a man can have and overcoming it.
Of course, once you'd done it a few times it became less intimidating... until you watched one of your squad-mates pod get smashed into the ocean or burnt up in the atmosphere, or some other unfortunate disaster having destroyed them before they'd even had a chance to respond... after you'd seen one of those (or several) then your mind quickly jumped back to the 'Oh shit I'm going to die', every time you got put in one of these
He cleared his head. If there was anything he didn't want to think about while sitting in his pod just before making a jump, it was that.
Archers thoughts came back to why there was such a small covenant force present. Well, it wasn't small, small as in a single patrol, but compared to what it could have been? It was odd, to say the least. Maybe that spook knew more than she was telling, he wouldn't put it past ONI to hide information from them, particularly given how she'd acted. And after all, when had ONI ever given anyone the whole story...

Halo: WE ARE ODST, Part One: Spooks, Ghosts, and the Devil.

I'd point out that the type-52 wasn't encountered until 2552, but screw that lore shit, lets get on with the badassery!

Halo four multiplayer was pretty terrible. The single player story was all right, though it kind of pissed on the covenant which annoyed me xD The multiplayer included way too many elements that just detracted from the game rather than added to it as had been intended... I'm looking at you loadouts. Why the hell would you give me a choice between a precision weapon like the DMR and an assault rifle? Obviously the DMR has an advantage, especially since the motion tracker range was extended past the effective range of the assault rifle, rendering it pretty useless

Void of the Stars II: Return to the Stars [Sci-Fi] [Always Accepting]

MrFoxNews said
The now Tyranid Overseer remained still for a few moments not seeming to comprehend."You make the mistake of believing we can be dislodged from our purpose. We are offering you time to flee in exchange for something of equal value, the keys to a more biomass rich world perhaps. You must choose now, no more questions."The Zenomthrope seethed with energy as the horde outside writhed in anticipation of the coming feast. This planet would be consumed with or without the life forms inhabiting it.

"Your logic is questionable, but current worlds should be maintained for the time being. I make now an offer, you shall leave this location immediately and proceed to the following coordinates. They correspond with a known planet of a technologically and thus militarily inferior but large nation known as the Equestrian Empire. Proceed to this location, further planet locations will be given to your after you have forgone your siege of this pitiful world. I should warn you this pitiful world might explode and kill many of you and possibly sections of your fleet if you reject my offer." The Spectre said, leaning forwards "Awaiting response."

Clones hate cloning

The clones slipped through the hallways. Escaping had been relatively easy, once a certain Griffon had been suitably disposed of by being led astray by some sounds that they had made. They paused, as one of them dropped down their brother. They mumbled for a second, but his eyes were alight with orange, and he was muttering incoherently. Their attempts to silence him were fruitless. Finally, one of them simply placed their hand over his mouth as they moved him. They were lost... that much was obvious. Maybe it would have been wise to try and assimilate information of the layout from the minds of the Equestrians, but they had failed to do so and were now wandering around aimlessly, hoping to find the hanger bay. Oops...

The Elder Scrolls: Rising Storm

Haha, we'll see. A surgical removal may not be as effective as... oh, I don't know, it being torn out by another representative of the Empire who's quite pissed at the councillor spewing out crap, and happens to be standing near him

Halo: WE ARE ODST, Part One: Spooks, Ghosts, and the Devil.

343 took a dump on the franchise, unless they can turn it all around in Halo 5 (MC Collection doesn't count, since they're basically reskinning xD) then they have screwed themselves over because from what I know Halo 4 was not all that well received among fans. I know I didn't receive it all too well xD

Colonial Powers NRP (Reboot/New Thread)

See, since you are pounding out loyalty to the Kaiser into their ears it does. They have been told they are supposed to be loyal to the Kaiser... Now there is a congress they are supposed to be loyal to. A democratic congress has just popped out of no where, and I don't imagine an army which you have drilled loyalty to the Kaiser into would just be okay with something popping up which limits the Kaisers powers and has the cheek to put it on his level. It makes sense that this group that's called the royalists would also include militarists, who are often very patriotic... Not in the least because this group includes those.dissatisfied with the name change, which would likely be the mark of patriots and militarists
Being extremely loyal to the emperor but at the same time not having royalists among them is kind of mutually exclusively. The army is going to have its own political views and their officers are likely royalists. I should point out in this period of history, officers were mostly nobles, and that being "raised from the ranks" was taboo and any of these low born officers would be put under constant scrutiny and abuse, disproportionately punished for their failures to the point they might find themselves back in the ranks from a single battle or called traitors for any failures or just circumstances of the battle that weren't in their control. Like with all society, the nobles found themselves in a considerably better position and being an officer became like the old boys club, particularly in the higher ranks, IE: Generals, field marshals. And if anyone tried to take this away from them then they went absolutely nuts, and they had a huge amount of influence... Particularly in the army and government.

Because of these social divides at the time, and the general role of nobles, it does make sense that the royalists have considerable influence in the armies. The military its self has "trouble" written on its forehead, and will be strongly supportive of status quo, wishing the emperor to be an unopposed force and wishing the Lance Empire to retain its name... if that means conquering Numburg, they're probably fine with that

Colonial Powers NRP (Reboot/New Thread)

Considering they're headed by corporations, I cant say I wasn't expecting anyone to swoop in on an arms deal xD

Anyways, I see this as escalating quickly if the royalists decide to call upon the army. They are what I would consider the most powerful faction, as they have influence that could potentially remove the power Prussia's government has... Or rather doesn't have, as the government hasn't even been fully established yet. The nationalists are one of the other major players, especially since they're committed to terrorism. I wouldn't disregard the independents either, they won't remain peaceful forever if people are just going to ignore them, if they feel they are being completely ignored, their members may start to join more extreme elements or found their own.