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[Kurt M.]

 

King Leonidas: [quietly] You wear the crimson of a Spartan.

Ephialtes: My mother's love led my parents to flee Sparta... lest I be discarded...

King Leonidas: Your shield and armor?

Ephialtes: My father's, sir!

[pause]

Ephialtes: I beg you, bold King, to permit me to redeem my father's name by serving you in combat!

[pause]

Ephialtes: My father trained me to feel no fear to make spear and shield and sword as much a part of me as my own beating heart!

[pause]

Ephialtes: I will earn my father's armor, noble King, by serving you in the battle!

King Leonidas: [Ephialtes shows King Leonidas his thrust; it's good and the King is surprisingly impressed] A fine thrust.

Ephialtes: [smiles] I will kill *many* Persians!

King Leonidas: Raise your shield.

Ephialtes: Sire?

King Leonidas: Raise your shield as high as you can.

[Ephialtes tries to raise his shield; he cannot as his physical disability prevents it]

King Leonidas: [calmly] Your father should have taught you how our phalanx works. We fight as a single, impenetrable unit. That is the source of our strength. Each Spartan protects the man to his left from thigh to neck with his shield.

[Leonidas takes his sword and shield to demonstrate]

King Leonidas: A single weak spot and the phalanx shatters. From thigh to neck, Ephialtes.

[pause]

King Leonidas: I am sorry, my friend; but not all of us were made to be soldiers.

Ephialtes: [shocked] But, I-!

King Leonidas: If you want to help in a Spartan victory, clear the battlefield of the dead, tend the wounded, bring them water. But as for the fight itself, I cannot use you.

 

I've always hated that whole scene, both Leonidas and Ephialtes are so shortsighted it's stupid.

 

The first one should have respected his warrior's will and allowed him some role in the battle. I'm not saying in the phalanx but either as a support for cleaning the enemy remains of a battle (by KILLING the scattered ones, not in a f*** maid sense), or for when the phalanx was dismantled anyway. And Ephialtes should have realized just that and acted accordingly, even against Leonidas' advice, instead of being a traitor.

 

Still, I find more justification in what Ephialtes did than anything else. It's what endless hubris usually brings you: bad karma

[Deerber]

Same reason I don't use a real umbrella. I just go indoors.

So... You're saying your behavior on that map is likely to be similar to your IRL behavior when it's raining? Interesting.. I never thought about that. It happens to be true for me... I just stay outside and don't give a ****... And then I feel the consequences of that

[Nitrocuban]

Same reason I don't use a real umbrella.  I just go indoors.

But what if you have to do objectives outside?

[Shampoohorn]

I've always hated that whole scene, both Leonidas and Ephialtes are so shortsighted it's stupid.

The first one should have respected his warrior's will and allowed him some role in the battle. I'm not saying in the phalanx but either as a support for cleaning the enemy remains of a battle (by KILLING the scattered ones, not in a f*** maid sense), or for when the phalanx was dismantled anyway. And Ephialtes should have realized just that and acted accordingly, even against Leonidas' advice, instead of being a traitor.

Still, I find more justification in what Ephialtes did than anything else. It's what endless hubris usually brings you: bad karma

Your mewling just proves you are neither Spartan nor Krogan. It's like arguing that the Reegar/Wraith/Schmeh is better than the Claymore.

The whole point is that it's

A CLAYMORE

with an omni blade

on a krogan (or a spartan)

Mwwrarw.

[Catastrophy]

But what if you have to do objectives outside?

Just another reason to stay inside.

[TheShadyEngineer]

Some threads are better left unbumped, this is definitely not one of them. If it looks stupid but works, it ain't stupid. 

[Jeremiah12LGeek]

Actually, does deploying the omni-shield in the rain reduce the amount of damage it does to your shields? It counts as being "in cover" and takes away the 1.4x damage bonus from enemies, but would that apply to environmental damage?

 

If so, the omni-umbrella has some serious space magic. 

[capn233]

Actually, does deploying the omni-shield in the rain reduce the amount of damage it does to your shields? It counts as being "in cover" and takes away the 1.4x damage bonus from enemies, but would that apply to environmental damage?

 

If so, the omni-umbrella has some serious space magic. 

 

Yeah if people had actually tried it they might not have needed to make or bump this thread, hence my earlier post.

[Black_Mage]

I've always hated that whole scene, both Leonidas and Ephialtes are so shortsighted it's stupid.

 

The first one should have respected his warrior's will and allowed him some role in the battle. I'm not saying in the phalanx but either as a support for cleaning the enemy remains of a battle (by KILLING the scattered ones, not in a f*** maid sense), or for when the phalanx was dismantled anyway. And Ephialtes should have realized just that and acted accordingly, even against Leonidas' advice, instead of being a traitor.

 

Still, I find more justification in what Ephialtes did than anything else. It's what endless hubris usually brings you: bad karma

 

If you think this scene is stupid, you should watch the same scene between Leonidas and Paris Hilton in Meet the Spartans.

 

btw I would have just put Ephialtes in the left-most position in the phalanx.

[Kurt M.]

If you think this scene is stupid, you should watch the same scene between Leonidas and Paris Hilton in Meet the Spartans.

 

btw I would have just put Ephialtes in the left-most position in the phalanx.

 

...err...they were in the bottom of a cliff. There's little point in wanting a solid phalanx if the enemy can just flank it.

 

I know how important military strategy is, and how the enemy is always looking for even your smallest weak point, but it's still no excuse for that hubris and disdain towards him. As I said...shortsighted. Foolish.

[Barrogh]

free bump ... 


hunters use drill rounds level-10. 

 

Wtb some drill rounds that work with projectiles

Well, at least I know now why I freaking die to hunters so much.

 

On a side note, I wonder why something like setting up protection is bound to a delayed input (aka HM: press and hold).

 

Also does it really confers "in cover" DR? Interesting...

[SirDieAL0t]

Wtb some drill rounds that work with projectiles

Well, at least I know now why I freaking die to hunters so much.

 

On a side note, I wonder why something like setting up protection is bound to a delayed input (aka HM: press and hold).

 

Also does it really confers "in cover" DR? Interesting...

 

 

i have seen geth-rocket-poopers rocket(sssssss) going through wall and hitting me multiple times. 

[Black_Mage]

...err...they were in the bottom of a cliff. There's little point in wanting a solid phalanx if the enemy can just flank it.

 

 

which is why they were fighting at the hot gates.  It is a narrow passage so they avoid getting flanked when using the phalanx

[Jeremiah12LGeek]

Also does it really confers "in cover" DR? Interesting...

 

It removes the "out of cover" damage bonus received by enemies, so it's a good way to deal with DoT from Swarmers or Banshee Balls if you have no other cover nearby.

[Quarian Master Race]

because he is too busy trying to overload my auditory receptors with awful snap cheese sound effects

[lonerenforcer9]

So...correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that this thread is about the n7 paladin, his shield, and why he can't get it up?

 

ALL THAT SCORE MEANS NOTHING IF YOU CAN"T GET IT UP PALADIN!!

[me0120]

So...correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that this thread is about the n7 paladin, his shield, and why he can't get it up?

 

ALL THAT SCORE MEANS NOTHING IF YOU CAN"T GET IT UP PALADIN!!

 

Is that better or worse than getting it up but not being able to score?

[lonerenforcer9]

Is that better or worse than getting it up but not being able to score?

 Ho ho ho! THAT is a good QUESTION. Alas, I am uneducated in such matters, WHO can SHED LIGHT on the situation?

 

 

Oh and well played sir, well played!

[Kurt M.]

which is why they were fighting at the hot gates.  It is a narrow passage so they avoid getting flanked when using the phalanx

 

A weak point is a weak point, no matter how small it is. No sense risking having one of them out of compassion. Not in war anyway.

 

Besides, the solution I provided is already compassionate enough. Much more than Leonidas' anyway.