Board 8 > Mercenaries 5 Preseason Topic 1: Wartime Economy

(+) Yeah! (+)

grinch v. broly
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"Leave Jiren to me." - The Grinch
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Would take grinch over the humans in dbz tbh
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Dang
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make it a tag match playa
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holla holla
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there's some jeopardy player named colby that looks just like the grinch
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Was turbodead for a few days because no sleep

feeling a lot better now plus took care of a couple obligations

One of these days y'all need to patreonize me so I can dedicate to this dumb game 24/7!
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at the five dollar a month tier all your recharges are reduced by 1
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....
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Ten dollars gets you swimsuits for your team
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That's a good deal! Usually you have to burn an ability for that.
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ten dollars in game money or cash paid to the admins?
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KanzarisKelshen posted...

Vicious (3 wins): 3 GP
Dominant (4 wins): 4 GP
Unstoppable (5 wins): 5 GP
Shake (6 wins): 6 GP
Conqueror (7 straight wins or more): 6 GP + 1 Infra

This will cause a snowball if ever achieved.
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I feel like you kinda deserve a snowball if you can win 7 straight with all the incentive to not let that happen
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IfGodCouldDie posted...

ten dollars in game money or cash paid to the admins?

Hell yeah pay2win mercs
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IfGodCouldDie posted...

ten dollars in game money or cash paid to the admins?

I don't think patreon takes GP
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patrons get EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEKS at upcoming mercs!
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On that note

While I wrap up this rules stuff, can I ask something guys? If you can make a top 5 shortlist of dudes you'd love to see in a new mercs who've never had an outing in a previous iteration of the game I'd super appreciate it

We're a small admin team so extra perspectives on dudes who are wanted is quite helpful
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off the tippy top of my head

Mash Kyrielight
a Disgaea rep
Estelle Bright
Joker
Cirno

heck I can make some builds if/when we have rules firmed up enough to start on that
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Who would you pick for Disgaea? It kinda has that problem where the MCs are the most liked guys usually but they're very broken. I assume you didn't mean just PSes there right?
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I am just going to name characters because I don't know the history of all the Mercs champs.

1. Kog'Maw (LoL)
Actually, Kog'Maw and the cast of Battle Chasers would be pretty sweet. I don't know how well they would ever fair as I am unsure how popular they are and maybe they would be disqualified because I think the originated in comics.
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not sure who all was in Mercs prior to IV, but most of the characters I wanted to see I made my own builds for

I guess the 5 I'd most want to see make it in the official game:
http://mercsce.pbworks.com/w/page/113215489/Big%20Daddy and/or http://mercsce.pbworks.com/w/page/113358331/Subject%20Delta
http://mercsce.pbworks.com/w/page/113397460/Cole%20MacGrath
http://mercsce.pbworks.com/w/page/113435140/Jak%20and%20Daxter
http://mercsce.pbworks.com/w/page/113723101/Jin%20Kazama
http://mercsce.pbworks.com/w/page/113467864/Xehanort

but again, there's 1-2 dozen characters on there I'd love to have a chance to get in
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I'd also love to see more Overwatch characters, now that the game's been out a while and there's plenty of lore to back up a lot of the characters. The CE wiki has builds for Reinhardt, Roadhog, Zenyatta, Reaper, Hanzo and Orisa
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KanzarisKelshen posted...

Who would you pick for Disgaea? It kinda has that problem where the MCs are the most liked guys usually but they're very broken. I assume you didn't mean just PSes there right?

I would assume most of them would wind up as PS yeah but eh maybe Flonne or somebody could be viable
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For reference, here's a list of every character that's ever been in Mercs, sorted by game of origin:

https://pastebin.com/GqaH4S3U
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rip so many good characters taken out after M3
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Radd Spencer was great, his omission in M4 was always weird
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So was Gene for that matter
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KanzarisKelshen posted...

On that note

While I wrap up this rules stuff, can I ask something guys? If you can make a top 5 shortlist of dudes you'd love to see in a new mercs who've never had an outing in a previous iteration of the game I'd super appreciate it

We're a small admin team so extra perspectives on dudes who are wanted is quite helpful

The main character from Death's Gambit has some really good skills, I think he could be a good 3
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Tom Bombadil posted...

KanzarisKelshen posted...

Who would you pick for Disgaea? It kinda has that problem where the MCs are the most liked guys usually but they're very broken. I assume you didn't mean just PSes there right?

I would assume most of them would wind up as PS yeah but eh maybe Flonne or somebody could be viable

or a prinny!
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Tom Bombadil posted...

Tom Bombadil posted...

KanzarisKelshen posted...

Who would you pick for Disgaea? It kinda has that problem where the MCs are the most liked guys usually but they're very broken. I assume you didn't mean just PSes there right?

I would assume most of them would wind up as PS yeah but eh maybe Flonne or somebody could be viable

or a prinny!

I'd have to go with the Dark Adonis Vyers.

I would love that but I feel like he would be less likely to be balanceable <_>
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Bayek and Kassandra from the recent AC games would be good additions I think.
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Incineroar
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Tom Bombadil posted...

heck I can make some builds if/when we have rules firmed up enough to start on that

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So Point Man is a beast
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seemed like it
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poor joshua and estelle :(
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He should get a Fettel assist on upgrade
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Tom Bombadil posted...

Incineroar

Sure I got 15 minutes.

Incineroar (Pokemon Series)
Heel Male Beast
Minimum Bid: 34 GP
Upkeep: 1/week

Incineroar is as he appears in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon at Level 100. It has access to its entire level-up learnset, with the exception of Swagger, as well as the moves Flamethrower, Drain Punch, Snatch, Power Trip, and Revenge. It also has access to its Super Smash Bros. Ultimate moveset, with the exception of shielding, gameplay mechanics, or its Final Smash. It is holding Incinium Z and may use its Z-Move without a trainer present.

Abilities

Irish Whip (Start of Battle, AP 1) - Incineroar may select a target mercenary to hit with the most devastating of wrestling techniques: the Irish Whip. The mercenary will obey kayfabe, beginning the fight moving forward at a full sprint (or whatever the equivalent would be), unable to attack, defend themselves, or stop moving until they either are stopped from moving by the terrain or attacked by the enemy. Incineroar will start in front of the enemy team if this ability resolves.

Upgrades

(Ability Upgrade; 10 XP)

-Incineroar may Irish Whip a post-rosters random mercenary instead.

(Ability Upgrade; 15 XP)

-For every mercenary Incineroar Irish Whips, he will gain a 50% attack power increase for this week's battle.

(New Ability; 15 XP)

For The Kids (Passive) - Incineroar is oddly good with children, and that carries over to him wanting to defend the little guys in Mercs. If a 1/week allied mercenary, including Incineroar, is targeted by an enemy ability that either has resolved or would resolve if they were rostered, Incineroar may automatically utilize his Irish Whip ability (still with Start of Battle timing and requiring Incineroar to be rostered) on a random post-rosters enemy mercenary. This ability may trigger multiple times, including multiple times off of a single ability. Incineroar will never Irish Whip the same mercenary twice.

Terrain: Iki Town - A small four-hut town where the island Kahuna, Hala, resides. All NPC's and Pokemon have cleared, access to the rest of Melemele Island is denied. Attackers start at the south entrance, while defenders start at the kahuna's hut.
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Terrain should be the Battle Royal Dome rather than Iki Town, but the rest of that is great.
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nice
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I like
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it's nice
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nice bumps
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gimme a game or a series. if I have slight familiarity with it, I'll make a model. no promises anything will make it to M5, but to at least give some activity.
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Disgaea
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Prinnies fall everyone explodes.

Etna (Disgaea series)
Villainous Female Otherworldly
Minimum Bid: 34 GP
Upkeep: 2/week
Pure Support

Abilities

Red Moon (Passive) - Should Etna's attached mercenary be KO'd or injured before battle, they will turn into a Prinny. They will be considered a Neutral <Their Gender> Otherworldly for ability purposes with the same upkeep as normal. However, all abilities they have activated will still be considered negated (if they would normally be negated by KO), and they will only have access to the following ability:

I'm Finished, Dood! (Pre-Battle, AP 0, Fatigue 1) - Etna may hurl Prinny at a target enemy mercenary. The mercenary will begin battle at 50% of their maximum health points, unable to be recovered past that. Prinny will be considered KO'd, and unable to be affected by the ability "Red Moon" after this ability resolves. If this ability resolves multiple times on a single target, they will be considered to be KO'd.

Prinny is as it appears in Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!, equipped with the Hero Scarf. It has the personality of <attached mercenary>.

Upgrades

(Character Upgrade; 15 XP)

-Prinnies retain all equipment from their original forms.

(Ability Upgrade; 15 XP)

-Red Moon may be declared as a Peacetime ability at a Fatigue 2 cost. The effects of "Red Moon" will apply to all mercenaries across both teams, including the ability to utilize "I'm Finished, Dood" on a per-mercenary basis.

(New Ability; 20 XP)

Beauty Queen Etna (Passive) - Etna's best trait is taking what she wants from her subordinates, including direct power. Each time that an ability named "I'm Finished, Dood!" is used by a mercenary, Etna will remove 5 XP from that mercenary, if possible, during the following Results period. Out of which upgrade this 5 XP comes from may be chosen by Etna's merc leader, otherwise this ability will be considered ignored. If this would result in a mercenary losing access to an upgrade, they will be considered unable to access it. Etna will then allow her merc leader to redistribute this XP as they see fit. If XP is taken from an enemy mercenary, it may be redistributed to another enemy mercenary.

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Built around self-KO happy teams to build up junk, as well as allowing for a rare option of XP redistribution, light politic elements, Etna does nothing but make everything harder for everyone else and take advantage of them.
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:D
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