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[PyroDesu]

Yeah, I was afraid this would be the situation for a lot of the players. But unless you'd prefer there be no coordination whatsoever, I'm not sure what I/Miya could do to help solve this. I already gave away some responsibilities to others so at least some players would get more stuff to do (like giving artillery to Simus (for all the good it did) or letting others order around the ships). Team leaders should also have some more wiggle room for playing, but for the average grunt there is indeed very little to do besides shooting, getting shot at, repeat ad nauseam.

I'd find it sad if we never had another big combat mission/military campaign again, but when it happens having just a few players (like regular missions) might be best, with AI allies (sods or robots) to give a sense of scale and believability to the whole thing. That way, every player would have at least some grunts to order around, instead of being a grunt himself that gets ordered around.

Yeah, the artillery we have is actually pretty bad, as we all saw (Note: I'm not using it against these drones. By the time the shells land, if they're even on-target, the drones would likely be spread too thin for it to do anything major. This is when Tesla Arcs and Flamethrowers and other such weapons will come in handy). You know what we probably should have done instead of railed mortars and Dora guns? LESHO Sod teams. Using non-nuclear shells, obviously.

And what you describe sounds suspiciously similar to the Battle of Hexbarax sim.

[Toaster]

I mean, piecewise's descriptions are really the reason I like ER, and it just seems to me like some of that soul has gotten lost in all the urgent business we have to get through. I'd really prefer fewer updates if it meant a greater fluff-to-crunch ratio. Am I only one who feels this way?

This is essentially what I meant with my comment about 5-man missions earlier.  I hate to say it could be burnout, but it may be.  I don't know if it's because there's a lot to do or just a lot to keep track of, which is why I asked about the quantity problem.

[Devastator]

Thanks for the PM, toaster, but I'm really not interested in ER anymore.  It's awesome, and piecewise is awesome, but there's far, far too much reading to keep up with what's going on, and I really don't have any interest in the current plotline or scenario.  I'd feel more fulfilled by defeat than by victory..

Besides, I seem to have missed a level up or something.

I won't say I'm not tempted, and I might change my mind, but being a slave without even the hope for death isn't that appealing of a character.  I could pull a Trent Hawkins and turn to booze, though..

[syvarris]

Hmm.  Idiots says you played Leo, a name which seems vaugely familiar.  Was Leo the guy who got cursed with ultra regeneration by the doctor, and got used as a training parter for Renen?  Fought by continually crippling himself?

Wait, no, I think that guy had his mind rewritten because he refused to cooperate...

In any case, I'm sure that whoever's enslaving you would be fine if you just made a new char.  I mean, Leo's gone if you quit anyways.

And as far as 'too much reading',it's pretty simple as long as you avoid the OOC thread.  Just only read the mission posts from PW, and from your teammates (Which is easy because everyone puts their team at the top of their post).  As far as plot, we should be getting back to the traditional mission format after this mission.  You wouldn't need to be any more concerned with the overall plot than when the HMRC was still the HMRC.

[Devastator]

No, not cursed.  I basically just ran around and was useless with Chin for some time.  Then I got hit by a manhole cover sized piece of hypersonic debris from the grate-splosion and died, but shook it off.  Then it was tunnel crawling in the huge bio-amp thingy, but couldn't figure out what was going on due to the combined efforts of lots of posters with lots of ooc comments.  The slave issue is with, well, Steve.

There is definately fun, like with the banjo stuff, but I decided to take a break when my life got busier and there were like 125 pages of on-ship stuff to read to get even the basic idea of what we were doing on defence.  Then I find out that I would have been able to make actual plans towards obtaining freedom from steve, along with stat points, and I'm kicking myself.

(For the record, the solution to the current drone issues would be radio-fused anti-aircraft cannons or some varient on modern CIWS systems.)

[Parisbre56]

I live... again.

Reminded me of this.

[Toaster]

I live... again.

Reminded me of this.

Close.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Then I got hit by a manhole cover sized piece of hypersonic debris from the grate-splosion and died

*whistles innocently*

[Xantalos]

Then I got hit by a manhole cover sized piece of hypersonic debris from the grate-splosion and died

*whistles innocently*

COME HERE GRATE YOU LITTLE WHISTLING FUCKER

[NAV]

I wonder how much strength it takes to shoulder fire one of those big artillery guns?

[kisame12794]

NO.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Then I got hit by a manhole cover sized piece of hypersonic debris from the grate-splosion and died

*whistles innocently*

COME HERE GRATE YOU LITTLE WHISTLING FUCKER

Cue Miyamoto strangling Xan.

[Yoink]

Pretty sure everyone could find common, bloody ground on the topic of Grate's whistling at this point.

[Devastator]

Grate-splosion was fun.  Getting right back up after getting cut in half wasn't..

[Parisbre56]

He was created by a scientist as the first sucesfull Gorrilla-Human hybrid. The scientist was later executed for crimes in creating genetic abominations and Maggilla was assigned to HMRC since he could prove useful.

This comes to mind.
Also, ask the doctor to make him larger and then abduct a female.