Random MPQ Thoughts

TPF Alexis

The current PvE loaner node got me thinking. I can't help but wonder if there are some clashes between Kurt and Blade. I mean, could Nightcrawler and The Daywalker ever really get along?

What kind of evidence is JJ turning up bonus round: What about the Symbiotes, Ultron Sentries, and Mindless Ones?

Speaking of which, how do Daken's pheromones work on Mindless Ones or Sentries?

How, exactly, does a Fastball Special provide an advantage to someone who can already fly?

Anyone else got stuff that pops into their head like this?

Kahmon

TPF Alexis said:

How, exactly, does a Fastball Special provide an advantage to someone who can already fly?

Haven't tried it myself, but shouldn't this trigger Vulture's AP production?
And if you cast one Fell Swoop before Fastball Special would it hit the whole team when he "lands"?

Mujo5

Kahmon said:

TPF Alexis said:

How, exactly, does a Fastball Special provide an advantage to someone who can already fly?

Haven't tried it myself, but shouldn't this trigger Vulture's AP production?
And if you cast one Fell Swoop before Fastball Special would it hit the whole team when he "lands"?

So spend 13ap to send vulture airborne using Colossus rather than 6ap to send vulture airborne under his own power?

DeNappa

The description says:

At the start of the turn, if Vulture was Airborne, gain[..]

So I guess that would work. What I'd be more interested in though is the order of operations -- suppose Vulture fired his green power when coming down, would his green passive trigger also and remove the tile again for team damage because he's coming back from airborne?  

FartyJoe

Mujo5 said:

Kahmon said:

TPF Alexis said:

How, exactly, does a Fastball Special provide an advantage to someone who can already fly?

Haven't tried it myself, but shouldn't this trigger Vulture's AP production?
And if you cast one Fell Swoop before Fastball Special would it hit the whole team when he "lands"?

So spend 13ap to send vulture airborne using Colossus rather than 6ap to send vulture airborne under his own power?

Well actually if you use Colossus black with 3 covers, he'll stay airborne for 3 turns instead of 2 thus generating more AP as well as activating either his costly green or blue OR going airborne again for free. I'm pretty sure the AP gain from using Colossus black is net positive 

AXP_isme

FartyJoe said:

Mujo5 said:

Kahmon said:

TPF Alexis said:

How, exactly, does a Fastball Special provide an advantage to someone who can already fly?

Haven't tried it myself, but shouldn't this trigger Vulture's AP production?
And if you cast one Fell Swoop before Fastball Special would it hit the whole team when he "lands"?

So spend 13ap to send vulture airborne using Colossus rather than 6ap to send vulture airborne under his own power?

Well actually if you use Colossus black with 3 covers, he'll stay airborne for 3 turns instead of 2 thus generating more AP as well as activating either his costly green or blue OR going airborne again for free. I'm pretty sure the AP gain from using Colossus black is net positive 

That doesn’t seem unnecessarily convoluted at all

DAZ0273

TPF Alexis said:

The current PvE loaner node got me thinking. I can't help but wonder if there are some clashes between Kurt and Blade. I mean, could Nightcrawler and The Daywalker ever really get along?

What kind of evidence is JJ turning up bonus round: What about the Symbiotes, Ultron Sentries, and Mindless Ones?

Speaking of which, how do Daken's pheromones work on Mindless Ones or Sentries?

How, exactly, does a Fastball Special provide an advantage to someone who can already fly?

Anyone else got stuff that pops into their head like this?

1.) They could hang out at sunset and sunrise

2.) Ultron Sentries - what happens at the Christmas Party with the photocopier stays at the Christmas Party. Mindless Ones - Jessica has discovered that they are not really Mindless Ones, they are ex-PE Teachers. Symbiotes - uhm...

3.) Daken e-mail's his pheromones to the Sentries and the Mindless Ones just take his word for it that they are affected.

4.) Well now they can fly even higher!

FartyJoe

DAZ0273 said:

3.) Daken e-mail's his pheromones to the Sentries and the Mindless Ones just take his word for it that they are affected

Look at me, you're affected now

bbigler

Gwen Pool could send Vulture airborne too

Rockwell75

I've always found it funny that Blade's bloodlust triggers for robots and sentries.

bbigler

Here's a random thought I had last night: why do they make the game so hard?....meaning you have to grind to the point of physical or mental exhaustion for the best rewards?  So everyone has to decide what level of "dedication" they will put into the game, which directly affects their rewards.  Well, they have to do it that way in order to separate players into different levels.....meaning your level of dedication/time will directly impact your progress/power in the game. 

If they didn't make the game this hard, meaning that everyone could get top rewards with reasonable effort, then everyone would get the same rewards and be at the same level.  So, even though I don't like it, I understand the purpose of the difficulty.

Jaedenkaal

TPF Alexis said:

How, exactly, does a Fastball Special provide an advantage to someone who can already fly?

Think of it as a takeoff assist, like the slingshots on the shorter aircraft carrier decks

Dormammu

These are some interesting questions.

...could Nightcrawler and The Daywalker ever really get along?

I don't see why not? They both like swords. A solid friendship is built on common interests.

What kind of evidence is JJ turning up bonus round: What about the Symbiotes, Ultron Sentries, and Mindless Ones?

My Jessica is too busy throwing them through a door to take their picture. But I imagine the symbiotes, at least, have some skeletons in their closet. Those guys are creepy.

Speaking of which, how do Daken's pheromones work on Mindless Ones or Sentries?

The same way they work on everyone else.

How, exactly, does a Fastball Special provide an advantage to someone who can already fly?

Well, it's a matter of complicated physics but I'll try to simplify it. Colossus can bench press approximately 75 tons, which means he's really, really strong. Therefore, the amount of force he can use to propel a human body is greater than the force that same body can generate under it's own power of flight.

The mathematics look like this: A > B / A - B = C / Fastball Special = B + C

I hope that clears it up for you. 

Anyone else got stuff that pops into their head like this?

Sometimes I wonder what happens when Galactus goes number two?

Waddles_Pines

That Mindless ones can give the Nina Turtles a run for their money in the halfpipe?

TPF Alexis

Kahmon said:

TPF Alexis said:

How, exactly, does a Fastball Special provide an advantage to someone who can already fly?

Haven't tried it myself, but shouldn't this trigger Vulture's AP production?
And if you cast one Fell Swoop before Fastball Special would it hit the whole team when he "lands"?

I don't know about One Fell Swoop, but he does produce AP while Airborne regardless of how he got there. I like running him against Riri or Nova, and trying to put him in front when they get enough AP for their "send Airborne" attack.

FartyJoe said:

Mujo5 said:

Kahmon said:

TPF Alexis said:

How, exactly, does a Fastball Special provide an advantage to someone who can already fly?

Haven't tried it myself, but shouldn't this trigger Vulture's AP production?
And if you cast one Fell Swoop before Fastball Special would it hit the whole team when he "lands"?

So spend 13ap to send vulture airborne using Colossus rather than 6ap to send vulture airborne under his own power?

Well actually if you use Colossus black with 3 covers, he'll stay airborne for 3 turns instead of 2 thus generating more AP as well as activating either his costly green or blue OR going airborne again for free. I'm pretty sure the AP gain from using Colossus black is net positive 

Even at 3 Turns Airborne, he only generates 6 black AP total. That means a net loss of 7 black over 3 Turns using Colossus to send him up, over twice the per-Turn loss when sending him Airborne with his own ability.

Dormammu said:

These are some interesting questions.

...could Nightcrawler and The Daywalker ever really get along?

I don't see why not? They both like swords. A solid friendship is built on common interests.

A good point. Swords can make for an excellent common ground!

maguirenumber6

Anyone else got stuff that pops into their head like this?

Sometimes I wonder what happens when Galactus goes number two?

I believe this was how the Mindless Ones came in being.

ramoramo86

Random Mpq thought : Gambit's nerf will revive the game

McThunderpants

Would Vulture then gain AP if sent airborne by the other team then by way of an attack (say Nova sends him airborne by way of Rocketman)?

Waddles_Pines

OJSP said:

Waddles_Pines said:

That Mindless ones can give the Nina Turtles a run for their money in the halfpipe?

Aw.. who are they? They are already Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in some countries because of the negative connotations of the word ninja.. now we can’t even use Hero?

It's like the Powerpuff Girls, Nina is retconned into the newest iteration to make it all inclusive 


And no, we don't need another hero... 

TPF Alexis

McThunderpants said:

Would Vulture then gain AP if sent airborne by the other team then by way of an attack (say Nova sends him airborne by way of Rocketman)?

Yep. I've pulled it off multiple times by having him get hit by an opposing Riri's green.

babinro

Just how soon IS CL10 from release?

It's certainly not soon in the sense that most people would use the term. 

Even in movie or video game terms this use of 'soon' has dragged on.

Perhaps it means soon relative to the next Game of Thrones book release?