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Post by
morginar
More of the part where a alien walks on a alien planet and becouse the planet is not it's homeworld gains a bunch of powers like flight, lazor eyes, and a power level of 6700.
All becouse of the atmosphere. Or something like that.
Post by
Persen
Maybe the gravity is weaker on planet azeroth compared to planet earth? Thus making us stronger or something like that?
Some of the earlier Makorrs had the characters as copies of the people on Earth. As in, the green gas scans you and drops a copy into Azeroth rather than transporting you. The premise of the Contingency can be explained as the scanner running two times, one of them getting one pair of chromosomes wrong.
And the copies are, from a certain point of view, run through a filter that makes them adaptable to Azeroth conditions - including an ability to learn magic.
So there won't be like the superman movie?
Oh, it will be very much like the superman movie - if you are referring to the part where two aliens are having a fight with ungodly amounts of collateral damage.
Be sure to give me the heads up. I need to read this.
Post by
Atik
Maybe the gravity is weaker on planet azeroth compared to planet earth? Thus making us stronger or something like that?
Some of the earlier Makorrs had the characters as copies of the people on Earth. As in, the green gas scans you and drops a copy into Azeroth rather than transporting you. The premise of the Contingency can be explained as the scanner running two times, one of them getting one pair of chromosomes wrong.
And the copies are, from a certain point of view, run through a filter that makes them adaptable to Azeroth conditions - including an ability to learn magic.
So there won't be like the superman movie?
Oh, it will be very much like the superman movie - if you are referring to the part where two aliens are having a fight with ungodly amounts of collateral damage.
Be sure to give me the heads up. I need to read this.
The climax of Intersection featured an all-out brawl between the Terrans and the Nobodies.
With the Hollows doing something-or-another.
Post by
R1TeR
Why is nobody posting in great war :(
Post by
Skreeran
Remind me to never go back and read the earlier Makorrs.
Post by
Aimsyr
I'd have to mention that just a few notes on common WWI facts
Mortars and howitzers usually aren't accurate enough to take down machine gun nests.
Trenches and foxholes have smaller hole to kick grenades in, which works some of the time.
Tanks with actual armor are all but immune to most weapons, only AT guns, mines, and gas weapons are the main solutions.
The best ways to clear trenches is still to simply chuck grenades in despite the above places, since they were accurate enough to get in, and can fill the whole place A close second is flamethrowers.
While we're in a verse where we have magic, most of these still hold true, as fireballs aren't that accurate.
The biggest difference would have to be logistics and healers making infections less dangerous.
Aye, but with tanks that's assuming they've developed tactics and the tanks themselves to that stage, and then there's still the issue of them getting bogged down in mud, not to mention trapped if the enemy digs trenches specifically designed to prevent them crossing (which is what the Germans did in World War 1).
Also carrying a flamethrower was kinda like holding a sign up to tell enemy infantry and snipers in particular to shoot at you, once the initial terror had worn off on the part of the Allies, so they weren't simply able to be used effectively whenever and wherever.
Likewise with grenades, you had to actually be within throwing distance to be effective, and in that time you could easily get mowed down by machine guns.
What I'm basically saying is, it's entirely feasible for trench warfare to occur in Azeroth, trench warfare would only become entirely obsolete with great advances in mobility, particularly where tanks and infantry tactics are concerned. In the mean time machine guns could easily be the main weapon dictating the nature of the battlefield.
Magic would have to be taken into account too though I guess, since this is Azeroth, but then again one bullet can just as easily take down a mage as a rifleman, and the former of the two would require a lot more training in order to use their 'weapon' effectively, so it's doubtful they'd be used commonly on the frontline for anything other than specialized assaults.
Otherwise I'd say those are some good points though.
Edit: Also, on an unrelated note, if anybody suggests I take into account the fact I have hayfever, in regard to my Makorr characters, for the sake of accuracy, I will personally set fire to them :P
Post by
355559
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Post by
Aimsyr
I would imagine mages have
some
kind of barrier up to keep them from getting sniped.
True, but that requires sufficient training, and even a momentary lapse of concentration may be enough for them to get hit by a stray projectile or picked off by a sniper. Again, I'd imagine they'd be used primarily in specialized assaults, unless there is a sufficient number of them that can serve as regular frontline troops.
Assuming we're talking about proper mages here and not sorcerers or people who have had only basic magical training.
Post by
Lordplatypus
And of course, would that barrier stand to a higher caliber round? Or one with anti-magical functions? Or an explosive one?
The reason I'd say flamethrowers would work, is because they aren't as short-ranged as you assume, and advancing under smoke or supressing fire is likely standard.
As for grenades, I think a launcher or a rifle grenade would exist at this point.
Post by
Persen
Remind me to never go back and read the earlier Makorrs.
Rule #1 of L&RP: Never look back.
Post by
Stabhorn
Remind me to never go back and read the earlier Makorrs.
Remind me to go back and read the earlier Makorrs. I'm very curious now.
Post by
470415
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Post by
morginar
Remind me to never go back and read the earlier Makorrs.
Rule #1 of L&RP: Never look back.
I thought the first rule of L&RP was not to talk about L&RP/Makorr.
Don't do it. Save your sanity. Not going back to previous Makorrs is so much a thing its pretty much its own thing.
We don't talk about those. Unless it's to complain about how bad they were.
I tried to read those once.
Then I did this.
Post by
Stabhorn
Don't do it. Save your sanity. Not going back to previous Makorrs is so much a thing its pretty much its own thing.
We don't talk about those. Unless it's to complain about how bad they were.
I'm going right now!
Post by
470415
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Monday
"Stop bothering me. I'm reading."
Post by
jebby
Such sophistication.
Post by
Persen
Very pictures.
Post by
oneforthemoney
Wow.
Post by
Aimsyr
And of course, would that barrier stand to a higher caliber round? Or one with anti-magical functions? Or an explosive one?
The reason I'd say flamethrowers would work, is because they aren't as short-ranged as you assume, and advancing under smoke or supressing fire is likely standard.
As for grenades, I think a launcher or a rifle grenade would exist at this point.
I'm not saying flamethrowers are super short-ranged, but unless they're mounted on a vehicle the fuel is still explosive, and they're certainly not capable of going up against machine guns/rifles outside of their effective range without support.
And that's true, didn't think of launchers, but the point still stands, it's entirely feasible for trench warfare to become the standard, even in Azeroth, given the right circumstances.
Also, sorry again about posting so little and so sporadically lately, barely been able to get on the internet.
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