(12-04-2014, 08:47 AM)Kellach Woods Wrote:(12-04-2014, 08:41 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: The fins on the AF and the relic weapon are stated to help a dragoon control and aim their descent. That's not terribly unrealistic, especially since we see exactly how flexible the armor is in the Heavensward trailer (look again when Midlander is putting the gauntlet on at how many fins/spikes/moving pieces there are! It looks more like techarmor than not). The real question comes down to "how much control." The ability to home in on a moving target that's mansized is... Pretty powerful in the scheme of things.That's assuming they're wearing it though - Granted, any dragoon RPer would chomp at wearing the AF but still.
Also, just saying, they get hit by a Jump, they're skewered regardless of how tough their armor is. So anyone not dodging that shit and just no selling it is about as bad as the DRG using Jump against a human, unrestrained opponent.
Unless they're gonna start pretending their armor (and their inner organs from the blow) are tougher than dragon scales.
If someone takes the full-bore attack from a lance with fifty~ fulms of downward momentum, sure, but when does anyone ever take a full hit in RP? Just because the attack is centered on someone doesn't mean it lands. It's not unreasonable to see a greataxe or a shield playing baseball with a dragoon, using the flat side of the weapon to divert the attack. It would turn the jump into a flying shoulder tackle and have the side benefit of asking the question "what happens to a lance when it gets driven into the ground with the full weight of the user behind it?" that would have to be answered.
Whether or not that constitutes no-selling is another thing, but it's as-reasonable a defense as you're going to get against physics-defying flying pinpoint-precise rocket jumps fueled by inner-dragons-and-or-aether.
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