Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-933831-20160123205543/@comment-26130256-20160124090203

Kouryuu524 wrote: @Card, I guess that's up to you guys and others to find out and exploit. Being the creator I can't quite see as many flaws as others can, nor would I necessarily want to point them out. Thats sort of like telling your opponent you have a trick knee before going into a fight. And there's what I'm finding frustrating. Everyone else in this fight, your partner included, has been willing to admit somewhere where their fighter is not perfect. It's your turn.

Also, your argument with Disappearing Act is confusing. You say that anyone can dodge the attack or move out of the way, but the numbers you cite make that difficult if not impossible.

According to my Internet, you said that Darian's charge is faster than sound. The speed of sound in regular air is 343 m/s. So he moves from the start to the end of the dash in about 0.0292 seconds. The average reaction time of a human (and I'll assume a Faunus is about the same) is between .2 and .25 seconds, and that's just for the stimulus. Actually reacting takes a little longer. Even if he's straight charging at them, Darian is moving close to nine times too fast to even be noticed, much less countered. "Anyone can move out of the way," provided "anyone" is psychic and very quick on their feet.

And @Rain, so if I understand correctly, Queen Caster works more by a "Death of a Thousand Cuts" strategy than trying to down someone in one blow. If you check Azzie's page, his suit he wears all the time is modified for combat, and does offer some protection against light attacks. Probably won't do him much good against Darian's sword, but it might help a little against the card-razors.

Also, I feel like I should bring up illusions again. The way Azulius's Semblance works, even though you know he is using illusions, you can still see them, because they're made of light. Some possible uses I can think of include:


 * Shadow doubles of anyone in the fight.
 * Ghost sounds. (Since these two have worked together for some time, I'll bet that if one of them hears the other "scream" in pain, they're going to be distracted a little, which could prove catastrophic at the wrong time.)
 * Bright flashes and loud sounds for blinding/deafening/general disorientation.
 * Feinting attacks during melee, for himself and Leo. (Blocking one flail is one thing, but can you find the right flail to block out of a half-dozen?)
 * Fake cover or even fake parts of buildings (Darian jumps onto a wall, only to find out there is no wall, or someone takes cover behind nothing.)
 * Fake Dust attacks to mix in with the real ones.

And even when Darian and Penelope put two and two together, that also makes them susceptible to being double-bluffed. (Is that enemy charging at me real or an illusion?)