Silly wrote:Lol sorry Bradimus.
Yeah, I'm just going to go ahead and quote my post and hopefully that will turn off my cloak.
So this is what I posted way back when:
I remember reading on tfwiki about the different abilities each combiner gets with different configurations but I'm too lazy to look it up right now.
I have CW Superion and when I do combine him I either go with the standard mode or what I like to call brute force mode.
Standard is RA Firefly, LA Alpha Bravo (I might get Quickslinger), RL Skydive, LL Air Raid.
Skydive and Air Raid are bulkier as legs so I think of standard mode as Superion being strong on his feet with powerful leg boosters and good with the rifle. Also, a kick in this mode will put his opponent down, followed by the stomp of doom.
Brute force mode swaps the arms with the legs, so Superion sort of "Hulks up" and becomes a bruiser with Skydive and Air Raid as the right and left arms respectively and Firefly and Alpha Bravo as the right and left legs respectively. I like to store the rifle on Superion's back as this mode is for boxing. The thinner legs provide increased agility but don't have the same thrust for flight. And while his kicks are quicker, they don't have the same force behind them to put an opponent down for good. But his one-two punch is good night and good luck.
I have no idea if that is inline with the actual cannon, I'm just basing this on how Superion looks to me.
Nemesis Primal wrote:Silly wrote:Nemesis Primal wrote:fenrir72 wrote:gothsaurus wrote:I'm totally okay with fenrir72 jumping in with some comparisons as a way to take part. Makes me re-think stuff with CW. Very interesting seeing the two together, always.
Cheers, everyone. Fun conversation we have here today.
And another thing. A bit of imagination working here, but iirc, in Japan, their "Scramble City" schtick, when you mix and match the limbs, you are supposed to get different outputs for the teams. Like, putting Dragstrip and the like who have top speed abilities on the feet makes menasor move faster or vice versa on the arms gives him a multi hit fast punching ability.
Maybe that can meld in with the current fiction?
I like that!
Wonder who'd do what. I'd think Offroad would provide sue footing on treacherous terrain as a leg, and a powerful grip (useful both for climbing and for crushing Autobot armor) as ana rm.
Perhaps the chest plates could have a effect too, beyond just being extra armor, like Blackjack 's cool head and strategic mind ease the mental integration of the Stunticons and give Menasor some small measure of mental clarity.
Interesting way do look at the CW line! I think this is a great idea!
Thanks!
...Obviously, Powerglide and Viper would be fairly standard Targetmasters.
Hmm...
Is it possible that certain members might bring
drawbacks as well a strengths? For example, Rook likely is heavily armored, and Defensor might thus be slowed down by the abnormal weight of that leg.
I would think every formation is a double edged sword. Again using Superion and my preferred configurations, Standard form with the lightweights as arms and the heavies as legs means he would not fair well in a fist fight with Defensor, who looks like a bruiser no matter how he's configured. On the other hand, in Brute force mode with the heavies up top and the lightweights as legs, Superion has a knockout punch. But if Defensor goes for the legs enough Superion could go down and find himself getting torn limb from limb.
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