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VinJade, on 04 June 2016 - 01:41 AM, said:
not to old to post in(I really should read these sections more often, lol) thankfully
I don't know if we can really count Victor or Phelan as legit.
Phelan should have died taking that Clan PPC(15 point damage to a location with 3 i.s and 9 points of armor) to the head while Victor should have also died due to the GR to the head(same deal as kell).
I find Phelan laughable and it was all plot armor that allowed ether of them to win and live as long as they had, same thing with Kai, also a joke, it was all due to plot armor/plot skill nothing more than that.
Unlike Pryde there was no plot armor that protected him from a head shot
Also Black Widow should be high on the list.
Morgan Kell should be ban from the list because of Stockpole's inability to tell BT and SW apart when he was writing for them, I mean Phantom Mech ability come on.. its almost like he was using MWO's ecm rules or something....
My list would be as the following:
Black Widow
Adian Pryde
Jonna
Vald
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As to the TT rules for Kai, iirc Herb once said that Kai in the end is just a normal pilot with 0/0 P/G skills and the bonuses for him can & should be ignored for game balance.
It was at a gen con some years ago, wish I could remember what year.
I don't know if we can really count Victor or Phelan as legit.
Phelan should have died taking that Clan PPC(15 point damage to a location with 3 i.s and 9 points of armor) to the head while Victor should have also died due to the GR to the head(same deal as kell).
I find Phelan laughable and it was all plot armor that allowed ether of them to win and live as long as they had, same thing with Kai, also a joke, it was all due to plot armor/plot skill nothing more than that.
Unlike Pryde there was no plot armor that protected him from a head shot
Also Black Widow should be high on the list.
Morgan Kell should be ban from the list because of Stockpole's inability to tell BT and SW apart when he was writing for them, I mean Phantom Mech ability come on.. its almost like he was using MWO's ecm rules or something....
My list would be as the following:
Black Widow
Adian Pryde
Jonna
Vald
"
"
"
"
"
As to the TT rules for Kai, iirc Herb once said that Kai in the end is just a normal pilot with 0/0 P/G skills and the bonuses for him can & should be ignored for game balance.
It was at a gen con some years ago, wish I could remember what year.
The thing about plot armor is EVERY main character has a considerable amount. The writer ultimately decides who will win every time. A writer may not do a good job of camouflaging plot armor but it's always there.
Also, as I've pointed out before, there are numerous examples of real life people that accomplished things that if you didn't know better, you'd say were fiction. (Audie Murphy holding a battalion off by himself, the 300 Spartans, etc)
Simply put, Kai on his best day was the absolute best pilot ever. He may not have been the best leader but for individual pilot skill, he's the best.
