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EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

Cialis Railman posted:

How the gently caress does Gallia's military even function considering everyone in it is horribly corrupt? :psyduck:

The General in the first game wasn't corrupt, he was just an idiot that thought the Militia was a bunch of scrubs and not an additional source of manpower to utilize against a numerically superior foe.

Lanseal's Academy Dean was only corrupt on a 'using our best students as guinea pigs for ANIME POWER is pretty dumb, especially since your research got stolen twice.' He was doing it for Gallia.

This General however might be the thoroughly corrupt one that's been sort of building up in the series.

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EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
The Army Officer's 180 there is pretty typical 'I'm a lowly officer who's only good at being a gopher and sucking up to higher ups/people more able than me so I can ride their coattails. Oh you're now lower station than me? Now I don't have to suck up to you anymore. By the way YOU SUCK HAHAHAHA!'

I would disagree that the Nameless are Squad G (the situation certainly is though.) Class G were in their position because they were misfits, while The Namless are capable people in a bad situation that are lucky to have a overseeing officer that's lazy/sloppy as all heck. Thus they emulate him to some degree.

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

Night10194 posted:

Caiaphas Cain, yes. He's simply a competent morale officer and liaison who understands winning is often his only chance to live. The books aren't great, but by Warhams standards they're at least funny.

And yes, I can buy Kurt so far. He's trying to make the best of a bad situation and keep his head, and I can appreciate that.
He's also a self-admitted unreliable narrator but really, Ciaphas Cain is a survivor who is competent and realizes that there's other ways to improve morale rather than fear and shooting deserters (by inspiring them not to desert in the first place and that strategic retreats are not desertion etc.) The books being funny I think make them great 40k books. They are a bit formulaic though.

Kurt is indeed a breath of fresh air after Avan at least. There does seem to be a competent/wholistic writing behind the game at least.

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

Ikasuhito posted:

Maybe its one of those circular sort of things were they get paid more but have to buy most of their own equipment.

Its not like it matters, I doubt they are ever meant to leave.
That's how I assume it is, since the Militia had to do so in VC1. It's likely the only entity that doesn't have to pay for equipment is the Army (which feeds into their sense of entitlement.)

EponymousMrYar fucked around with this message at 23:08 on May 22, 2015

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

Internet Kraken posted:

Well yeah but that's because of a stupid myth about them destroying the world once upon a time. Regardless, if it bothered her that much you'd think she would just get a haircut. Hair color is just such a weird thing to make the basis of discrimination.

You could say that about all reasons for discrimination really. 'You're different! Therefore I/we don't like you!'

It is a silly thing.

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
Not only a single map but two maps to cross check information? Kurt really is a genius (by anime standards at least.)

Night10194 posted:

Gusurg seems like a pretty level-headed and cool second in command.
That seems to be a trait of all Darcsen, developed from generations of 'turn the other cheek' for being blamed for a calamity.

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
Gloria is certainly building up to be 'the one person who actually killed someone' to get into the Nameless. She's a hardcore granny.

I like Amy though I suspect either everyone's right about her dad being a deadbeat dad or she doesn't know/isn't explaining the full situation. Her situation is reminding me quite a bit about Van and Gogh in Chrono Cross.

Deit meanwhile needs to elaborate more, though I suspect he'll boil over sometime during this fragment and it will be good.

News just in: there are Gallian Army jerks who have not been mellowed out by superior Darcsen Cooking, story at lunchtime.

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
That's not the lesson he has to learn, he already knows that via his 'it's alright if I'm reckless!' line. He's coming to terms with the fact that he's not the one who decides what to do and that no matter what he does he can't eliminate risk for anyone else... But he can help with it.

His real issue is that he's too overbearing in his concern for his comrades. Alas, that's not the issue that VC3 addresses here. (Although I do hope it gets addressed.)

Edit: Then again it is mainly about explaining his backstory and showing some form of improvement to Felix to tie into the Potential he gains.

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

quote:

Super Handsome if he Loses weight.
Alas his stomach is filled with dreams and intelligence.

Alfons is nicely balanced by being a hyper competent detective with getting whipped by Leila all the time. Plus while this scene is practically a page out of most Detective manga/TV/movie scenes in it's execution Alfons is putting the nails in a Gallian Noble so it's hard not to enjoy him getting his comeuppance.

I still think Miles Edgeworth is better though :colbert:

EponymousMrYar fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Jun 4, 2015

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
Well they're still hung up on food but at least this is more about the presentation and preparation of it than constantly wanting to consume it.
I like the competition and how it's framed (especially since Giulio's fragment has been done.)

Riela nodding off and that situation is rather trope-worthy though. Spice-chat was neat at least.

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
Remember, he's a Cardinal. Cardinal's are tricky bastards.

Looking at you Richelieu.

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

Mzbundifund posted:

I couldn't disagree more, and this is why.

Guy doesn't even believe his own religion, he thinks it's just a good way to make people happy, he doesn't care whether it's false hope or not.

That's... Not what he's saying. He's saying 'regardless if you believe it or not, it's important for people to believe that salvation is possible.' He didn't say anything about his own beliefs.
He's essentially attempting to persuade Kurt to buy into it's importance via a common link they share: they are leaders and they do things for others (Kurt for the Squad, Borgia for his followers) since Kurt has already made his own stance clear.

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
At least he gets a face. That's more you can say about 99.9% of the other Imperials! Including the vantage point character for Selvaria's DLC in VC1 :shepicide:

EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

Night10194 posted:

Well, also, 'Consistently survives absolute disasters.' might make her look like she's a deserter or regularly the first one out before a retreat is called. That was what I was assuming they'd done, assumed she was a coward instead of a psychotically brave norse magical girl.

They could also have tossed her on the principle of 'She makes us look bad and we're spiteful dicks.'
A deserter or worse: a spy that sabotaged those missions and has come back for more. That's what I'd be thinking looking over her record.

Drakenel posted:

Yep. Its the viewers with the obsession. Not the developers. Uh huh.
Hello fellow goons of Boobaholics Anonymous. I am here to say that I too am gay (for boobs.)

They're no match for an awesome pair of hips though :colbert:

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EponymousMrYar
Jan 4, 2015

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

Ikasuhito posted:

That's odd, Why is he not being dickish just to spite them? His smug apathy is the nicest anyone in the military has been to them.
Probably because he's middle-management at this point and thus has to do his job with the tools he has. There may even be recognition of Kurt's tactical prowess in there but if so it's quite hidden.

Now if their actually commander/overseer was there he'd probably be like:
'They're not accepting any Civilians? Then you go in as prisoners.'
'Or we could use civilian knowledge of the lay of the land to find an altern-'
'NOPE! Prisoners. Those are your absolute orders.'

Smug apathy actually allows them to do their job better (although they certainly won't get the reward they want unless they impress past that.)

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