Seems pretty fun and plausible - although I think it would work far better scattered throughout the border-zones, as opposed to the entire world; makes the risk-reward and/or safety factor a bit more viable, in my opinion. Also, that might clean up the need for hideouts, provided each vault was semi-unique in art-design and/or location (similarly to what Cliche and Mamita have already said).

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     The ultimate problem here is that "Anyone can be _Example_ if they want to avoid getting killed." If it was at night, everyone would just stay in the villages at night. If it was everywhere, most people wouldn't like the game anymore. If it's everywhere but inside the villages, again, everyone would stay inside the villages all the time.

     With that in mind, why not keep it to the borders between villages, so as to encourage conflict between neighbors instead of internally - while also allowing people to walk freely without fear of dropping dead to the nearest griefer? And if you want to get rid of someone...yeah, you're going to have to find a way to get them there...forcefully, most likely. Alternatively, you could always lock them away for a long, long time.

You should've seen what they posted for a trailer outline some time ago, then O_O)...

A. I only found this game last night and I am now in love...

B. ...sorry if it's too much...

C. ...or if it has been discussed already.

A. That's lust, not love, Jones >_). Cool down for a week, then come back; and if SLO still looks pretty, feel free to compliment, but don't force yourself on her. If you want to see an example of ze TRUE passion of ze 'eart, observe the fans of Camelot Unchained: They had to wait for the entire thing to be built from the ground up, and it's only several years later that the progress is even close to Beta.

B. Nah, you were kind enough to space things out into paragraphs. A lot of people (myself included) have made the mistake of vomiting a slurry of text onto the screen...some don't even have the stomach to handle punctuation marks. And as I've said previously to people who can't stand reading a mere page of text: "I pity you."

C. That is not a viable excuse to ignore the "Search" tab.

Welcome to SLO all the same!

Hey guys, i just wanted to tell you that i discovered a faster moving technique.
Basically how it works :
Run at 60 shinobi speed , hold a or d (which side you want to run/slide) and keep pressing c.

     Well...I suppose so, yeah, but it also leaves you extremely exposed to a counter as you're only going in one of two directions, as opposed to the fluid and varied movement of the "lancers" currently playing this pre-alpha. It'd basically be like a chicken attempting to out-maneuver a snake.

     An example of what I mean:
   P1 (chicken) pulls this off when trying to evade or just plain escape P2 (snake).
   P2 lines directly up in P1's path, blocking his ability to reverse directions.
   P2 might not be able to catch up to that speed with regular mach 60, so they either: Choose to jump towards the target (easier for P1 to dodge) or release a Wind Breath at P1.
   P2's Wind Breath doesn't need to specifically hit P1, it just needs to intimidate P1 enough to veer off of the path - at which time, P2 catches up to P1 and finishes them off with several arcing lunges.

     Alternatively, P2 could take another risky move and stop, line up an Earth-Wall or Earth-Dome (preferably the Dome) in front of P1, and then roast or stab them to death once the target has been interrupted.

     For the sake of counter-argument, you might be able to use this effectively if (and this is a big IF), the game currently allows you to keep your Chidori active while dodging. If so, you might be able to stop or reverse direction (stopping leaves you more exposed to the arcing lunge) and hit the opponent dead on in a game of chicken. Of course, you're timing and your connection speed would need to be spot on, but the speed at which you'd be moving might make it harder for the lancer to line up their first few strikes. Make no mistake though, it wouldn't be able to fool them forever...

It's a nice idea, otherwise - excellent for a drag-race!

Quote from: The Cliche Cat on October 06, 2017, 23:22:50

How would it be 'completely impractical'?

He means as a second strike weapon!! As an ambush weapon it's fine but it would take too much time to wind up if your already in a fight. Unless your able to create some distance with a Genjutsu or some trap.

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Edit: Additionally, having those extra effects would increase its attractiveness overall -- if it's already going to take a good amount of strength (and the right opportunity to throw it), being able to pin the target down for another blow or two helps balance it out for a wider variety of situations.

          Well, that seems to change the whole nature of the original argument -- but if that's the case you were trying to present (that being, you shouldn't be allowed to remain perfect and thus master everything without ever having to continue practicing past a certain point...aka, the opposite of Hanzo The Salamander), then I've got nothing against that type of a system.