Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-17970636-20140516170814/@comment-26388029-20140518010207

My God, this is going to be a slow fight...

Review:

Both characters have an impressive amount of character development, with Kara's mother's death and Liam's harrassment and trauma over his childhood years. In terms of combat experience, both of them seem on par with each other, with a Signal education and all. The difference here is the personality, which, even then, is not much different. Both are amiable to a certain extent. Kara seems a bit more comedic than Liam, with her pranks and traps. Liam, however, I feel is more noble and a more interesting person to interact with if given time. Although I like Kara's prankster personality, I'll have to give it to Liam on this simply because of preference.

Fight:

Now here comes my logical side. The Boomstick, which is a Derringer (The separate weapons page was a little over the rules, I would think, but no matter) is actaully quite small in size, ideal for assassinations, like the one used in Lincoln's assassination (Yes, the president). However, if not in a sneaky fight, which Kara is not, then the Derringer is a far from ideal weapon to use. Semblances do almost nothing here, aside from the fact that Kara's semblance just keeps the opponent's attention on her. Now, my understanding of Kara's weapon is that she uses the revolver drum of the pistol to replace her clips. Therefore, she has different drums, or clips, she uses to react to different situations. The weapons page suggests that the weapon is good for versatility. I would like to point out attention to the Derringer's reload time, though:

"Capable of firing six rounds in rapid succession, before requiring the lengthy process of switching the now empty clip for a new one, via break-action reloading."

Six rounds is an unusually short time before the user has to reload. Also, the lengthy reload time itself would make it so that Liam has time to approach Kara at close range.

However, Liam has his own weaknesses. Kara has rounds that can take down armored targets, which is ideal to use on Liam, since he's a bit of a tank. In addition, it's very doubtful that Liam can block all six rounds from one clip. The deadly HP, HV, and AP rounds can all easily damage Liam a lot, and they pack a punch.

I must say that both OC's weapons are really not ideal for other situations, but in this case, I'd say Kara takes the cake.

And I find myself at an impasse.

My tiebreaker might be a controversial one, but it's seeing how detailed each OC's article is. It shows me how much time each author put into their own OCs. And, given the Boomstick page, I'd say that Kara also wins here.

I like Liam as a character, but I like Kara more as a fighter (mostly). Liam does have his good sides, but I'm gonna vote Kara.