Pokemon Umbral Theatre 1: Where All the Lurkers...Ah...Lurk

[Dracorion]

Originally Posted by Geminex

And ok, so maybe it wasn't about plagiarism. But the argument as you meant it to be didn't make sense. This is (or, rather, will be, I hope) part of my upgrades. Means I don't get it for free. Which is the entire problem I have with your stuff. It's not excessively strong as it is. There's nothing wrong with it in those regards. But you're asking to get it without having to level-up, without having to sacrifice any particular skill for it. And because that's the case, those techniques are way to strong. Since there's no need for balancing either. There's no need to get a free upgrade. You just want one. And AB's giving it to you.

Technically, we're not getting them for free.

We're retroactively replacing the old Trainer Attack upgrade for them. We've already spent a level on them, see?

I like Trainer Actions, man. I want 'em. So I came up with my five and, instead of going over your heads and taking them to AB, I asked you, so we could come up with something reasonable together.

Hell, I'm not even against you getting your Tactical Actions either.

I'm just, y'know, asking for your help balancing my Trainer Actions. Or, if you think it can't be done, we take it to AB.

So hey AB, Geminex and Menarker have a problem with Trainer Actions, and I do kinda see their point. Maybe we could, I dunno, knock he number down to three or come up with something else entirely to replace Trainer Attack?

Originally Posted by Geminex

And no, the credit for the half-demoness thing is entirely yours. I don't even remember that.

Well then, what were you referring to?

Originally Posted by Geminex

Look, I was drunk and it was a mistake, ok? It happened one time, and it doesn't mean anything!

BUT I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME.

Originally Posted by Geminex

Ok, so maybe I give off the "I'm always right" vibe. But come on, I propose something 5 threads ago, and it gets rejected as "doesn't make any sense why would that even happen". Menarker proposes it now, justifies it a lot less well, and suddenly AB's like "I hadn't thought of that!". YES. YOU HAD. YOU READ A GREAT BIG LONG PARAGRAPH ABOUT IT BEFORE TELLING ME I WAS STUPID FOR SUGGESTING IT.

Yeah, I don't really know what's up with that. I think it's because your main point was giving Pokebrids Sig-techs instead of Synch-techs and we didn't like that.

I think it's cool that pokebrids get a Synchronization Technique for every new form.

Originally Posted by Geminex

And now the same thing with the Trainer actions vs. Tactical actions! He's perfectly open to you guys asking for a free upgrade, but when I propose a way to make my upgrades logical (because he already approved all the abilities, all I'm trying to do is regulate how Impact uses them. Because giving him a dozen rage-using techniques would be stupid, and so would just letting him use each technique once per turn for free) he instantly goes "no, next RP". And even if I propose more stuff than you guys do, proposals should be weighed on their own merits, not rejected because one of my things already got accepted last thread. It's not like I'm asking for favors, after all, I'm try to improve the RP.

Oh, AB probably misunderstood you. I mean, Tactical Actions does sound like a sequel thing, because even though you'll be coming out to play every now and then, most of the time Impact'll be sitting in his throne watching his minions fight the heroes.

Also, I'm not saying your proposals are getting rejected because you make too many of them.

I'm saying, all of us make suggestions. Some of those suggestions get rejected for perfectly valid reasons. You make the most suggestions, therefore your suggestions that get rejected for perfectly valid reasons will be more than ours.

I mean seriously dude, just because you proposed it doesn't make it an instant winner.

Originally Posted by Geminex

And come on. When have I ever sulked or played victim when one of my things got rejected?

Right now, whining about your Tactical Actions.

Originally Posted by Geminex

And like I said, the moves all seem interesting, but there's honestly no reason for you to get them for free...
If you put them into breeder, replace some other upgrade with them, great! I'd be behind that, because it's creative and pretty awesome. Or even if you really want them now, you could replace, I dunno, your leader pokemon with them? Or maybe go back to having just 4 pokemon in your team? I don't mind how you do it. But I'm heavily against you getting an upgrade of this magnitude for free without a shred of justification (because that paragraph at the end of your post doesn't actually make a point), unless, like I said, pokebrids and slayers get something similar, also for free.

I really don't wanna put them into Breeder. Why? Because there's other stuff that's more important to me to get and I'm probably only going to get one level of Breeder, unless you were to let me customize my own Slayer levels or something.

And hell, even I don't think I should get to customize my Slayer levels.

And seriously? Giving up a leader or going back to four pokemon? Jesus dude, they're not that strong.

I mean, the upgrade we spent (wasted) on Trainer Attack isn't even worth at least three not-so-powerful-but-still-better-than-trainer-attack Trainer Actions?

Originally Posted by Geminex

And I don't put it past you to power up pokebrid and then decide you'd prefer that class, citing my extensive objections to your choosing Slayer as a reason for your sudden switch, but very well. Benefit of the doubt and all that.

Originally Posted by Geminex

And if AB intended that, fine. He can do that. I'm just saying that it really doesn't make much sense for pokebrids to get their signature techniques with each new form, rather than with levels like all the other classes (except, admittedly, demon). I'm also saying that it would be more sense if sync-techs were treated like signature techniques, with all the applicable limitations and benefits. And if AB really wants them to have a lot of forms and a technique for each, we could give pokebrids the choice of foregoing their relationship techs in favor of more sync-techs. I think Matt might certainly benefit from that.

As everyone likes to mention, Pokebrid's strong suit is their diversity. Why shouldn't that also apply to their Techniques, too?

Originally Posted by Geminex

And like I mentioned above, Tactions will just be a way to manage all the stuff Impact will be doing. I asked for a variety of abilities, and you seemed to be ok with those. But how to manage them? Making them all rage-fuelled would be sorta stupid, cause he already has barely enough rage to use all his techniques with, let alone to use all the other stuff he's gonna get.
So, I thought it'd be good to introduce tactical actions with which he pays for the abilities he uses. He'd get, like, two tactical actions per turn to begin with, and three abilities to use them with, and as he levels up, he'd get more actions per turn, and a greater wealth of abilities. I'd still get a bit of stuff for combat, but by level 10, Impact's main role would be "strategic supporter", and by level 15 that would be even more the case. And I mean, he doesn't have to be the only one to use that system. You said you were thinking of coming up with a scout class (or, well, I complained that there wasn't one and you said ok), that could employ something similar.

... You do realize that with Trainer Actions we'd only be able to use one at a time, right?

And AB, whatever [I]did [/BI]happen to that Scout specialty that Gem proposed?