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[Emral282]

It's not a special, TricMagic.
It's a Primary Weapon. Hence it being in the Primary Weapon section of our Armory.

Edit: Re: The Troop Revisions
I'd rather us get better equipment. We've already done a bunch of Troop designs and revisions

[TricMagic]

We don't have any other weapons. Might as well experiment. I want it to be a powerful special. Not the bulky heavy thing it currently is.


Alternatively- Emplacement, Defending & Taking Points: A Military Primer On The Ever Shifting Battlefield

Add a new class based around tactical thinking, knowing how to defend a point, and how to advance, either with covering fire, or other Tactics on the battlefield. Encourages Critical Thinking skills. Those who pass this rigorous class on Battlefield Strategy become Inkansirs, Squad Leaders.

And, Why not revision a Special out of it? Well, maybe in a design phase. Though Range is going to be a problem for us first combat, I can guarantee it.


What equipment can we improve? Don't we need new equipment rather than using revision on something that did well?

[TricMagic]

The Sky Blot: [1] TricMagic
Inkdisk-B Sprayer: [-] 
Emplacement, Defending & Taking Points: A Military Primer On The Ever Shifting Battlefield: [1] TricMagic
Inkantry Practice Grounds: [1] TricMagic

[Doubloon-Seven]

Tric, that description doesn't actually explain anything so I doubt it'd work. Also, why the three votes?

Critical ThINKing course seems good, but the Inkdisc B is interesting as well.

Inkantry Practice Grounds:
Quantum Strings:
Emplacement, Defending & Taking Points: A Military Primer On The Ever Shifting Battlefield (AKA Critical ThINKing):
Inkantry Practice Grounds:
Magnetink Propulsion:

If we're in business for an improvement on the Blotter:

The Blotter has problems as a ranged weapon. Namely, lacking range. What launches things? Magnets, of course! By rediricting some of the power used to rotate the Blotter's barrels, we can power rings of magnets placed over the barrels. Such a thing could normally only fire metal projectiles, but by adding iron filings into the ink mixtures, one can shoot ink farther and faster. The glittery, sparkling ink left behind looks very aesthetically pleasing, too.

[TricMagic]

Range and Speed, and Agreed.


Technically, anything that makes us better than them is something I might vote for. Inklings are not a limited resource after all.


Also, it's literally a better class on things they've already studied, only with a focus on Battlefield Awareness, various strategies that can be employed, and Critical Thinking with various tactics that can be used for defending or attacking.


The Inkansir is a play on Officer by the way.


What in the world is Quantum Strings doing there? That's just their explanation that you wondered about. It's part of the Sky Blot Revision.

The Sky Blot{With Quantom Strings explaination}: [1] TricMagic
Inkdisk-B Sprayer: [-] 
Emplacement, Defending & Taking Points: A Military Primer On The Ever Shifting Battlefield: [1] TricMagic
Inkantry Practice Grounds: [1] TricMagic
Magnetink Propulsion: [-]

[Emral282]

If we're talking Blotter revisions I'd prefer better Splash over more Range for it.
High Pressure Inkerial Blotter
The Blotter has the makings of a great weapon, but it needs improvements. By adding in an actual pressure chamber to the internal Ink storage tank of the Blotter in addition to the Super Sea Snail Powder's compressing effect, more Ink can be put into every shot the Blotter makes. This will hopefully increase the Splatting power and splash radius of those shots.

The Sky Blot{With Quantom Strings explaination}: [1] TricMagic
Inkdisk-B Sprayer: [1] Emral282
Emplacement, Defending & Taking Points: A Military Primer On The Ever Shifting Battlefield: [1] TricMagic
Inkantry Practice Grounds: [1] TricMagic
Magnetink Propulsion: [-]
High Pressure Inkerial Blotter: [1] Emral282

[Taricus]

The Sky Blot{With Quantom Strings explaination}: [1] TricMagic
Inkdisk-B Sprayer: [1] Emral282
Emplacement, Defending & Taking Points: A Military Primer On The Ever Shifting Battlefield: [1] TricMagic
Inkantry Practice Grounds: [1] TricMagic
Magnetink Propulsion: [-]
High Pressure Inkerial Blotter: [2] Emral282, Taricus

[TricMagic]

The Sky Blot actually does that.

Speaking of, Speed. It does us no good if enemies can just dodge the shots. And the same issues with being a sitting duck with all that weight, and not being able to deal with recoil either.

[testmen]

The Sky Blot{With Quantom Strings explaination}: [1] TricMagic
Inkdisk-B Sprayer: [1] Emral282
Emplacement, Defending & Taking Points: A Military Primer On The Ever Shifting Battlefield: [2] TricMagic, testmen
Inkantry Practice Grounds: [1] TricMagic
Magnetink Propulsion: [-]
High Pressure Inkerial Blotter: [3] Emral282, Taricus, testmen

[TricMagic]

Right.

The enemy has weapons with greater range than our basic Bamboozlers, and the Inkerial Blotter is a bit worse. And slow. And weighs the user down.

What's to prevent the user of the Blotter from being attacked from out of the Blotter's range? Any answers?

[Doubloon-Seven]

...going into friendly ink?

[Emral282]

The Sky Blot is attempting to invent usable quantum mechanics as a revision.
I would not be surprised if Happerry put the difficulty as impossible there.
Plus, where are you getting the idea that the Blotter makes the user a sitting duck?

[TricMagic]

Switch Sky Blot vote to Magneink Propulsion.

Perhaps Emeal.

As to this pressure nonsense, Freindly ink would splat the enemy's attempt, true. But the enemy will either be splatted by friendly Ink, or back off, hide, or escape the slower blotter. Hence rendering that answer pointless.

Any other answers to my question? Pro/con.


It's heavy, slowing our Infantry down. That removes their agility advantage. Not to mention the weapon's recoil.

[Emral282]

Explosions aren't things one casually dodges, even if they're made out of Ink. Plus, the Blotter isn't going to be the most useful weapon in large wide open battlefields anyways so it's better off focusing on its strengths for now. The increased splash damage will make it better at holding chokepoints.

[Draignean]

The Sky Blot{With Quantom Strings explaination}: [1] TricMagic
Inkdisk-B Sprayer: [1] Emral282
Emplacement, Defending & Taking Points: A Military Primer On The Ever Shifting Battlefield: [2] TricMagic, testmen
Inkantry Practice Grounds: [1] TricMagic
Magnetink Propulsion: [-]
High Pressure Inkerial Blotter: [4] Emral282, Taricus, testmen, Draignean