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#41 YaKillinMeSmalls

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 04:27 AM

View PostAnjian, on 23 February 2015 - 03:13 AM, said:

I like to give factions their own personification.

You have a plush high school called Inner Sphere Gakuen.

The power pyramid of the school seems dominated by four girls.

Davion-chan
Type: Hime type, Rich witch class
Appearance: Blond with curly locks with a busty figure. Always has an underling that holds an umbrella over her head --- even indoors. Tends to wear frilly clothes and carries a fan.
Other characteristics: Runs the school's Tea Club and frequently holds tea gatherings in the school grounds. Popular in school, everyone looks up to her. She is very smart, a mistress in machinations, charming. She has a naive cadre of "knights" that do her bidding.

Steiner-Chan
Type: No Delicacy, Strict Disciplinarian type
Appearance: Blue hair, wears a monocle. Tall and busty, she frequently wears baggy pants with black boots and is constantly surrounded by tall, muscular bodyguards.
Character: Everything seems to be done with a greatly exaggerated overhanded manner. Lacks delicacy and other feminine attributes, which puts her in odds with Davion-chan. Has a very straightforward if not a naive outlook in life. She tends to speak in a low voice. Steiner Chan runs the school's Disciplinary Council and she often patrols the school grounds to make sure people abide by her puritanical rules.

You're mixing up Davion and Steiner there (probably because of the usual characterization of 'French/British' and 'German' characters). Steiner has the most robust economy, and is more likely to have 'social generals' (generals who climbed the ranks by attending parties). Steiner is much more likely to simply throw money at a problem and then walk off.

Davion on the other hand is largely the way you describe Steiner-chan, but replace the 'disciplinary committee' sub-type with the 'farmgirl' subtype', as Davion is usually considered to be far less industrialized than other Successor States (i.e. more 'rural'). Give her a piece of wheat sticking out of the corner of her mouth and a pair of overalls, and she'd be perfect.

#42 CDLord HHGD

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 04:27 AM

I can appreciate a good anime flick, sure.... But not in Mechwarrior/Battletech. That is one of this genre's lures for me, it's dirty, gritty, and realistic (ish, when compared to anime).

The only Gundam I liked was 8th MS Team. Why? Because it was jungle fighting and stuff (and no, I'm not talking about the nude scene in the unedited version either).

#43 Soy

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 04:30 AM

View PostGrimm Peaper, on 22 February 2015 - 09:06 PM, said:

Make a manga and an anime to cross market. Get the kids watching the show and they'll grow into the game. Just think of the marketing possibilities!


Fall into a vat of acid please, thanks.

#44 Lynx7725

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 04:33 AM

Huh. I take it few of you have seen this before, then?

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Edited by Lynx7725, 23 February 2015 - 04:42 AM.


#45 Raggedyman

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 04:41 AM

View PostGrimm Peaper, on 22 February 2015 - 09:06 PM, said:

If you listen to PGI talk about their player base, they'll talk about Americas, Euro and Australian. I never hear them talk about Asia and yet Asia has a quarter of the world's population and some of the most hardcore gamers. I wondered why that is. Then I saw KanColle and mecha-musume and it donned on me why. Simply put, not enough sex-appeal/mech-pr0n in their mech designs. I mean, compare their mechs/tanks to ours. J


Whilst I'm not going to say one form of stompy robot is better than another (if it stomps then it's cool, THE END) but Mechwarrior has a very established aesthetic, if you change that aesthetic you radically change the game and lose a lot of people who dig the original look and feel of everything.

Which isn't to say a manga version wouldn't be fun or sell well, just that you might as well make a whole new game that specifically focuses on that aesthetic/setting.

#46 TWIAFU

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 04:51 AM

There is no gold to farm in MWO and sell it back to us.

#47 athlonduke

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 05:25 AM

I like big guns
I like big boobs
I like big mechs

all 3 combined can only be a good thing.

#48 FupDup

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 05:28 AM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 22 February 2015 - 09:45 PM, said:

I want stompy robot combat not pedobear, kthx?

Well, the Gargles Prime(I) does look somewhat like a Pedobear when given brown camo...

#49 Rossario x Vampire

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 05:37 AM

Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan All You Heretics!!! :angry:

#50 Rossario x Vampire

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 05:57 AM

View Postathlonduke, on 23 February 2015 - 05:25 AM, said:

I like big guns
I like big boobs
I like big mechs

all 3 combined can only be a good thing.

It will lead us to this:

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#51 mogs01gt

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 06:25 AM

Why you ask? No competitive scene.

If we had a rank system, they would play.

Edited by mogs01gt, 23 February 2015 - 06:25 AM.


#52 Brody319

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 10:11 AM

I think PGI's market will vastly increase once they do some ads. Steam will do it for them, so I see an increase in the market.

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 01:23 PM

View PostRossario x Vampire, on 23 February 2015 - 05:57 AM, said:

It will lead us to this:

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THE KILL LA KILL HAS BEEN MENTIONED

AND THUS THE THEME SONG OF CLAN JADE FALCON MUST BE POSTED.

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SEYLA, *************



#54 Brody319

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 01:28 PM

what the hell is wrong with Jade falcon?

#55 Wingbreaker

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 01:30 PM

View PostBrody319, on 23 February 2015 - 01:28 PM, said:

what the hell is wrong with Jade falcon?



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Enjoy the crazy.


Ride the crazy.


Falcon harder.


I SAID HARDER.



#56 Brody319

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Posted 23 February 2015 - 01:31 PM

I'm going back to Clan Wolf space, Jade falcon's warhorns must have messed up their brains.

#57 Grimm Peaper

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Posted 01 March 2015 - 07:55 PM

View PostLynx7725, on 23 February 2015 - 04:33 AM, said:

Huh. I take it few of you have seen this before, then?

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Yeah, these all came from Japan, including the much loved Warhammer.

https://chan.sankaku...st/show/1154411
https://chan.sankaku...st/show/3608409
https://cs.sankakuco...158.jpg?4425796

Edited by Grimm Peaper, 01 March 2015 - 08:12 PM.






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