Magical Girl Escalation Taylor (Worm/Nanoha)

So why are people voting for a second 3d printer? I admit it could be useful, and having backups wouldn't hurt Tim, but Silently has said that having more standard microfoundries and printers won't give Tim any more build slots. Only advanced microfoundries and printers will, and I think he said we won't get those for a while.
 
However, if we could figure out one of the conditions to use Ragnarok without adversely affecting ourselves, then we could easily cast both the Recursion Field and Ragnarok.
Reaper, you're usually on top of things, so I'm surprised to hear you claim something that's frankly suicidal.
Ragnarok needs all conditions fulfilled to safely use, and even then takes a fuck-ton of mana. There'd be nothing 'easy' about what you're proposing, even in the best possible scenario.
 
So why are people voting for a second 3d printer? I admit it could be useful, and having backups wouldn't hurt Tim, but Silently has said that having more standard microfoundries and printers won't give Tim any more build slots. Only advanced microfoundries and printers will, and I think he said we won't get those for a while.
Get an advanced version looks like it consumes the previous version. So when upgrading one, we have a spare that can still be used?
 
Reaper, you're usually on top of things, so I'm surprised to hear you claim something that's frankly suicidal.
Ragnarok needs all conditions fulfilled to safely use, and even then takes a fuck-ton of mana. There'd be nothing 'easy' about what you're proposing, even in the best possible scenario.
Oh. I was under the impression that we needed to know and fulfill a single condition in order to use Ragnarok safely.

Get an advanced version looks like it consumes the previous version. So when upgrading one, we have a spare that can still be used?
Ok, that makes sense. However, wouldn't it be more efficient to get a second microfoundries at the same time as a second 3d printer? We were able to build both of them with a single timeslot when we had a scrap-tier printer and microfoundry, and I don't see why that would change now that we have the standard versions.
 
Oh. I was under the impression that we needed to know and fulfill a single condition in order to use Ragnarok safely.
... I think you might want to revisit the front page:
Have not cast any other spells since waking up. After casting Ragnarök, you will pass out until the next morning.
We've already got a 'single condition', and it's not a safe casting, nor permits Recursion Field's use.
 
So why are people voting for a second 3d printer? I admit it could be useful, and having backups wouldn't hurt Tim, but Silently has said that having more standard microfoundries and printers won't give Tim any more build slots. Only advanced microfoundries and printers will, and I think he said we won't get those for a while.
I originally suggested it during the discussion period, because I had 1 build slot left after the 2 prosthetic arms, and couldn't really think of anything else to build.

In the same post I asked why no one else was coming up with cool stuff for Tim to build... No one answered that or posted anything better to build, so it stuck on my vote... I thought it would give more build slots...

Maybe upgrade the mana collector instead, since it's still the scrap version?

Actually.... is the mana collector just a weaker mana generator, or does it serve a different purpose?
 
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Reaper, you're usually on top of things, so I'm surprised to hear you claim something that's frankly suicidal.
Ragnarok needs all conditions fulfilled to safely use, and even then takes a fuck-ton of mana. There'd be nothing 'easy' about what you're proposing, even in the best possible scenario.
Noooo…
  • Have not cast any other spells since waking up. After casting Ragnarök, you will pass out until the next morning.
  • ******** ***
  • ********* *******
  • ***** ** **********
  • If none of the above conditions have been fulfilled, the strain of casting this spell will cause your Linker Core to implode, and the shock will kill you.
None. Not all, none. You have to fulfill just one of the conditions to cast Ragnarök safely.
Actually.... is the mana collector just a weaker mana generator, or does it serve a different purpose?
A mana collector pulls mana out of the environment. Think of it like a windmill: it doesn't need any fuel (well, extremely little), but it doesn't have a great output, either. A generator consumes some kind of fuel, such as gasoline, to produce mana.
 
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'pass out until the next morning' ≠ safe use. Just because something doesn't have a 100% chance of directly killing you, that does not mean it is safe to do. Gonna have to stand firm on this one.
In other words, it will never be safe to use, since 'has not cast a single spell' and 'will pass out' are part of the same "safety conditions"
 
From my understanding, as long as we fulfil at least one of the conditions to use Ragnarok safely, then we can cast it. If we only fulfil the bottom-most condition, then as long as we haven't cast a spell that day, then we can cast Ragnarok, and then suffer the side-effects. If we fulfil the top-most condition, then we can cast Ragnarok, and we'll presumably suffer no side effects, or at least only those specific to the top-most condition.
 
From my understanding, as long as we fulfil at least one of the conditions to use Ragnarok safely, then we can cast it. If we only fulfil the bottom-most condition, then as long as we haven't cast a spell that day, then we can cast Ragnarok, and then suffer the side-effects. If we fulfil the top-most condition, then we can cast Ragnarok, and we'll presumably suffer no side effects, or at least only those specific to the top-most condition.
I think you may be misusing the term "no side effects", seeing as how passing out from using it is a side effect.
 
So its interesting to see that potentially Tim and a GB he aquire could give us the four mages with Recursion after this week. Even just being able to freely fire off solar flare , or have Militia or someone bring in nukes and other nonsense, and not worry about current-wounded or buildings or non-evacuated or anything seems valuable without talking about Ragnarok yet.

Buuut if we think we can spare the time, it is naturally better for Tim to get the two beasts at once, moreso if we are stalling on him revealing himself just yet before he's got personal power toys rigged up.

Really though, seems like just the uncertainty on how Ragnarok conditions work (whether its multiple cooperative conditions, or a tree from worst to best) and how much a single one improves it , is a good reason to try and grab at least one of the prereqs. We might decide to hold off after that because it doesn't look good enough fast enough (or at all), but we might also discover that getting the prereqs could make it a lot more feasible to use. And cartridges would also let us do things like fire off Solar Flare without needing (as much of?) the lengthy chargeup (we needed Temporal Sludge and Vistas help to drop one on Cadejo originally, and we landed one on the E88 mainly because we had a team of heroes to distract them and they were bunkered waiting anyways).

Can we convince anyone to take Cartridges this time, and just make a compact to stick to evade/distance-firing tactics to try and minimize the need for Blitz-dodging? Or (if SW doesn't mind trades) I'll toss my vote into your favored Tim plan in exchange for switching to Cartridge? :) We have this big shiny toy at our disposal, I want to at least try and make it useable.
 
So its interesting to see that potentially Tim and a GB he aquire could give us the four mages with Recursion after this week. Even just being able to freely fire off solar flare , or have Militia or someone bring in nukes and other nonsense, and not worry about current-wounded or buildings or non-evacuated or anything seems valuable without talking about Ragnarok yet.

Buuut if we think we can spare the time, it is naturally better for Tim to get the two beasts at once, moreso if we are stalling on him revealing himself just yet before he's got personal power toys rigged up.

Really though, seems like just the uncertainty on how Ragnarok conditions work (whether its multiple cooperative conditions, or a tree from worst to best) and how much a single one improves it , is a good reason to try and grab at least one of the prereqs. We might decide to hold off after that because it doesn't look good enough fast enough (or at all), but we might also discover that getting the prereqs could make it a lot more feasible to use. And cartridges would also let us do things like fire off Solar Flare without needing (as much of?) the lengthy chargeup (we needed Temporal Sludge and Vistas help to drop one on Cadejo originally, and we landed one on the E88 mainly because we had a team of heroes to distract them and they were bunkered waiting anyways).

Can we convince anyone to take Cartridges this time, and just make a compact to stick to evade/distance-firing tactics to try and minimize the need for Blitz-dodging? Or (if SW doesn't mind trades) I'll toss my vote into your favored Tim plan in exchange for switching to Cartridge? :) We have this big shiny toy at our disposal, I want to at least try and make it useable.
No need for you to engage in tactical voting, Cartridge has a solid lead over anything else atm when combining the threads.

@ReaperofInterest
Highly improbable that the other three conditions lack side effects.
 
I feel the need to point out that we see Nanoha and Hayate both cast city killers, in fact Hayate casts Ragnarök*, safely without passing out, or abstaining from casting any other spells for that matter.

*Citation:
I know you're just joking, but to let you know: Your Starlight Breaker–equivalent is the Belkan bombardment spell Ragnarök, which is canon from the second movie. You demanded a city-killer, I give you a city-killer. Aren't I nice? :D


I'd also like to point out that the three hidden options for using Ragnarök safely are less restrictive then the currently revealed one:
Hm. The conditions we can see for Ragnarök are pretty heavy, but I'm wondering. It's not the complexity that's the issue with Ragnarök, it's the power and the strain it'll put us under, right? Could we partly circumvent that through cartridges? Spend those casting Recursion Field, or to buffer us through Ragnarök so we don't immediately pass out at least? I suppose we'll have to see if/when we unlock cartridges.
I'm a little curious as to what the 3 so-far unrevealed conditions will be; I get the feeling they will be more restrictive the further down the list they are.

The issue is one of power, yes. The one visible condition is actually the most restrictive, but the others all require spells you don't have yet.
 
I feel the need to point out that we see Nanoha and Hayate both cast city killers, in fact Hayate casts Ragnarök*, safely without passing out, or abstaining from casting any other spells for that matter
Again, I've never watched any of the various series so I don't know that. And we're not either of those two, so assuming we're the same is not a good idea imo without further information.
 
Again, I've never watched any of the various series so I don't know that. And we're not either of those two, so assuming we're the same is not a good idea imo without further information.
Given we have an S-rank Linker Core:
Anyone who gets a template will eventually get to S-rank.
Synthetic Linker Core – Your Linker Core was modified to be larger than normal and has now reached its full size. It is strong enough to support twin familiars or to accept the partial installation of a second template.
Nanoha and Hayate are valid comparisons.



So the four ways of safely casting Ragnork are:
  • Have not cast any other spells since waking up. After casting Ragnarök, you will pass out until the next morning.
  • ******** ***
  • ********* *******
  • ***** ** **********
I'm going to assume those stars are accurate representations of the option because otherwise it doesn't make much sense for each one to be varied. I've spent a while trying to work out what the hidden words might be. While I have some ideas for the second and third options the only one I feel fairly certain on is the fourth:

Option 4:
Three words this time; 5 characters, 2 characters, and 10 characters long respectively. "Used XX Cartridges" where XX is a two digit number would fit the character count. Furthermore given Taylor can create a maximum of 8 cartridges per day a double digit requirement seems reasonable enough to compensate for not using up 100% of her mana.
 
Nanoha and Hayate are valid comparisons.
*shrugs*
I'm not nearly as sure as you regarding that, that's all.

Three words this time; 5 characters, 2 characters, and 10 characters long respectively. "Used XX Cartridges" where XX is a two digit number would fit the character count. Furthermore given Taylor can create a maximum of 8 cartridges per day a double digit requirement seems reasonable enough to compensate for not using up 100% of her mana.
Which of course then runs into the possibility of risking severe mana poisoning if your guessing is close, depending on what the hypothetical XX number is.
 
Five letters for the first, but Using would still fit. I think Nanoha used four or so to fire Starlight Breaker in the clip i've seen, but then she also had a space ship to channel it through and looked quite tired afterwards xD So you may be right. But really even 04 formatting isn't impossible.

"Familiar Aid" still fits the first line if its a skill after divide energy, their needing upkeep could be why its the least effective of the conditions past "do nothing else".

Wonder if SilentlyWatches would let us play Hangman? xD Even a single letter would massively drop the number of possible answers. Thats only if they feel like giving hints to focus where we spend skills.
 
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