The Ki List - 1/10/09

[Vad]

DA is what makes me happy for having Inner Power and MAS.

What if that bad luck hit us MAS users? A random lapse in judgment and we mistake something and we get our asses handed to us in a fight.

We may specialize in Martial Arts but we're not perfect. ^-^

[Sullivan]

Or more likely, we get in a fight with someone who doesn't have it...and we snap their fucking necks.

>.>

[Vad]

Or more likely, we get in a fight with someone who doesn't have it...and we snap their fucking necks.

>.>

I agree, but I'm just saying.

[Jack]

I don't think it'll be a huge deal yet. But when someone with MAS makes a Giga Stealth Sleeper Death Chokehold custom tech, tweaks will need to be introduced.

[Ashe]

I don't picture Inner Strength nor MAS as being some form of "god mode" for DA at all. Why would someone think that?

[Jesper]

It's not.

You can "specialize" in MA all you want, but if I have a ki shotgun and you have shit, I have the upper-hand.

[Vad]

It's not.

You can "specialize" in MA all you want, but if I have a ki shotgun and you have shit, I have the upper-hand.

That gives me an idea.

[Alura]

And my combat ability should be higher. I've had 19.1 xp total. 12.5 before today.

Incorrect. CA is your spent XP, not your total XP.

[Belle Hibiki]

MAS does not allow you to "snap the neck" of anyone who doesn't have it, even in a fight where you're engaging in a purely physical contest.

It gives you an advantage. It doesn't make you Jack-fucking-Bauer.

[Ashe]

Exactly. You don't become Chuck Norris fighting a 12 year old kid just for having MAS and them not. You just become Chuck Norris fighting a guy with a gun. If they are good with that gun, then they might be able to take you out from afar. If you get right on top of them and they aren't so good with that gun, you might just snatch it away from them and shove it up their ass. Note: If you didn't have MAS, we would have to draw the line before shoving it up their ass. Its one of the perks of having it.

[Juno]

Your DA career is probably over, we all know how you like to get down.

Over?! Psh. Getting eleventh last year only emblazened my fire!

It will be interesting when we meet up and our characters hate each other for no particular reason other than a random (re)match hahaha. I'd be staying away from your canteen this year, Jack. =]

EDIT: And to all you Martial Arts Specs out there, just wait till you see a nineteen year old Saiyan invading your thoughts and making you suck and then jumping out right before you get shot by a ki shotgun =P

[Kaden]

Incorrect. CA is your spent XP, not your total XP.

That's temporary, though.

[Alura]

Well, yea. But I meant for the purposes of this Ki List.

[Juno]

I enjoy being on the top ki list. =] Just one more RP and I'm going to shoot up 250 points. I'm excited. =]

[Celena]

lol. Rankings don't mean a thing to me.

[Alura]

I'm only updating it every Saturday. So you might not be ahead by then

[Sage]

To what extent? Either way, healing and regen would make a great deal of difference in DA, like turning insane injuries into major injuries, or major into minor injuries. I don't think healing and regen should be incorporated at all, but I could see people being allowed to teleport to a certain extent. Being allowed to teleport a couple of meters for example. For those who have healing or regen, you could just compensate them, for example, giving them a free med-kit instead. Or you could just have participants only be allowed to enter with one ability, as long as its not healing, regen or teleportation.

That doesn't seem just slightly unfair to you? O.o

All or nothing, imo. Ultimately, though, it ain't my saga.

[Alura]

Every ability is always dumbed down. Even the ones I currently allow are significantly reduced.

[Super Buu]

In my mind, the 'combat' abilities are all on equal ground. It's been stated before that each ability is equal, so MAS is only good situationally. It's the best ability for up-close fighting but the worst for ranged fighting. Things like Ki Specialisation are the opposite, and things like Combat Teleportation, Inner Strength and Elasticity all come in handy whatever the situation - though they wouldn't be as useful as things like Ki Spec. and MAS in their 'advantage' situations. In other words, I can't see how any one combat ability would be overall the best in DA.

The exceptions are non-combat abilities like healing and regen. Since they mostly come into effect after scuffles, it would be like saying for the duration of fights, they have a disadvantage to everyone else - like taking 1 less ability slot - but afterwards, they get to come back to full strength unless they took really serious injuries. And using those abilities might drain them. Dark Ki's another exception, but it comes into effect before fights instead of after.

That's the way I sees it, at least.

[Jack]

Is Ki allowed in DA? I'm not going to lie, I'm not well-versed on the rules.