Post by *Sammə A Wamm* the Plush Goat on Dec 14, 2021 1:40:54 GMT
Albion if anything is an experiment in theoretically infinite variations in playstyle with many weird and forgotten ways of battle brought back into use to defy conventional gameplay.
For
ample the use of whips and canes are iconic within the series as strange and complex styles of melee combat as well as device bullets and water guns being iconic and unique projectiile styles.
Probably one of the most well-known and utilised forms of combat in history is the phalanx and Albion absolutely doesn't disappoint in representing it as a practical strategy in game.
Phalanx characters are incredibly advantageous where the enemy can only attack from one direction and that's not at all limited to fighting indoors.
Being able to place a wall of shields to protect teammates whilst also allowing them to project attacks from behind the barrier or plowing through an enemy at pace to break through a placement when utilised correctly can certainly change the tide of battle in an instant.
In this, Lance certainly does not disappoint with an almost inpenetrable block wall and a travelling speed worthy of going toe to toe with most parkour characters.
Despite these obvious agility and strength buffs, Lance's stats are generally unaffected either way in these stats owing to the fact that his lack of climbing ability and applied strength act as nerfs to the same stats respectively.
This frees up his precision stat for a whole well of stat dumping and Lance despite his high travel speed and endurance is absolutely a precision main.
Lance's... well, lance, allows him to utilise thrusts in a way that both allows him to strike weakpoints for critical damage and deny deflection skills between his attacks as well as apply them himself when he is under attack, something that's counter-intuitive to the average player who's used to flailing attacks in a random fashion.
Indeed Lance is the perfect ample of a character that waits for the perfect moment to strike 
as the enemy foolishly attempts to overwhelm him with a flurry of attacks.
On top of that Lance's support skills are some of the best except for the fact they rely on teammates huddling together around him making them vulnerable to area of effect attacks.
The obvious weakness to any phalanx character is being flanked whilst focussing on a particular direction and being slow to adapt in the moment.
Lance as well is no exception in this, though to be fair this situation should never occur in a team with
communication skills and teamwork, which is obviously what phalanx characters are for.
Precision also grants some odd bonusses such perception of the area around Lance and the battlefield and the flow of enemy tactics as well as obscuring enemy attacks upon his own team to which stealth is also an element even if somewhat limited.
so we've established that Lance's technical abilities suit a perfect phalanx character, though his sass, no nonsense approach, serious approach to battle and wisdom are also iconic.
Leonidas I, the main character of the 300 franchise is very similar in this regard and that's important to note as all of that characters beliefs, trains of thought and dialogue is almost directly inspired by the real historical figure he's based on and the background and cultural aspects of the people and place he grew up in.
This is no coincidence.
Lance himself was created in a lab as an attempt to reincarnate the real Leonidas I by force feeding him the same information and experiences the historical figure would have learned and lived through only to have it backfire on his creators because of course Leonidas I was no tool of war himself and was in fact a man with huge passions and dreams that shaped the world.
Lance died in a battle alongside failed clones though even so his last stand is anything if not perfectly iconic of his inspiration.
After the enemy destroyed all his allies and left him alive though crippled in an attempt to recapture him, Lance called out the man in charge as a coward for not carrying Lance's limp body away himself and being as arrogant as Lance's enemy was he went out of his way to prove a point and rise to Lance's challenge despite being told not to by his own men.
When lifting Lance's body, Lance who was not as badly injured as he appeared to be, took the opportunity to impale his enemy before killing himself to spite the people who wanted to utilise him.
This act however did not kill him though also erased him from existence, though as we know that did not stop Lance even the slightest.
Lance's will was so strong that even from the plain of non-existance his spirit was still able to manipulate events in the material world.
Finding a suitable lowly plastic laborer robot that shares a lot of his ideals, Lance slowly worked his way into consuming their mind and seizing control of it over time.
How this functioned actly is some level of debate, whether Lance did tuly exist as a spectre slowly warping the man's mind or whether Lance's own recounting of events is somewhat a poetic interpretation of the laborer robots own steady progression into absorbing the ideals of the persona himself on studying the events of the clone's former life.
Either way the current Lance embodies much of Leonidas I culture, background and personal experiences though it's been shown that it is incomplete next to the historical accounts of the historical figure somewhat as a product of the fact that at the time of the clone's creation certain information about the historical figure they were based on was at the time lacking due to the fact subsequent historical discoveries took place after their creation.
This brings to light the fact that Lance himself is not in fact a recreation of Leonidas himself though an interpretation of him.
This not only plains how Lance has a lot less filter than the real Leonidas I including his lack of being distracted by earthly needs though also why such an idilic character in the eyes of a lowly laborer could take hold as somewhat of a martyr figure of the people to the point where one might strive to embody such a character themselves.
Lance himself has somewhat become the ideal Spartan and a symbolic figure of perfection for the Spartan people and in fact their leader Leonidas I.
In a way Lance is a figure Leonidas I would aspire to be like to some degree and to say that he is a spiritual reincarnation of Leonidas I himself obviously wouldn't sit well with the real hisorical character though would be considered a very worthy attempt to aspire to be him.
in short, if you want to roleplay as a Spartan in Albion then Lance is your ideal choice.
his entire design and style might be counter intuitive to those with half-baked idealism, demanding true dedication to embodying the persona to fully utilise them, lest fail due to his obvious weaknesses as a character when played in a typical fashion.
Essentially it's one thing to admire the Spartans though to fully take on what it means to be them takes true dedication to reap any kind of reward and indeed shine among lowly wannabes.
Spartans don't take the easy route and true grit and determination is needed to become them as true in Albion as it is in real life.
Any Lance pro can boast they truly climbed their way to the top and they are all the better for it.
For
ample the use of whips and canes are iconic within the series as strange and complex styles of melee combat as well as device bullets and water guns being iconic and unique projectiile styles.Probably one of the most well-known and utilised forms of combat in history is the phalanx and Albion absolutely doesn't disappoint in representing it as a practical strategy in game.
Phalanx characters are incredibly advantageous where the enemy can only attack from one direction and that's not at all limited to fighting indoors.
Being able to place a wall of shields to protect teammates whilst also allowing them to project attacks from behind the barrier or plowing through an enemy at pace to break through a placement when utilised correctly can certainly change the tide of battle in an instant.
In this, Lance certainly does not disappoint with an almost inpenetrable block wall and a travelling speed worthy of going toe to toe with most parkour characters.
Despite these obvious agility and strength buffs, Lance's stats are generally unaffected either way in these stats owing to the fact that his lack of climbing ability and applied strength act as nerfs to the same stats respectively.
This frees up his precision stat for a whole well of stat dumping and Lance despite his high travel speed and endurance is absolutely a precision main.
Lance's... well, lance, allows him to utilise thrusts in a way that both allows him to strike weakpoints for critical damage and deny deflection skills between his attacks as well as apply them himself when he is under attack, something that's counter-intuitive to the average player who's used to flailing attacks in a random fashion.
Indeed Lance is the perfect
ample of a character that waits for the perfect moment to strike 
as the enemy foolishly attempts to overwhelm him with a flurry of attacks.On top of that Lance's support skills are some of the best except for the fact they rely on teammates huddling together around him making them vulnerable to area of effect attacks.
The obvious weakness to any phalanx character is being flanked whilst focussing on a particular direction and being slow to adapt in the moment.
Lance as well is no exception in this, though to be fair this situation should never occur in a team with
communication skills and teamwork, which is obviously what phalanx characters are for.Precision also grants some odd bonusses such perception of the area around Lance and the battlefield and the flow of enemy tactics as well as obscuring enemy attacks upon his own team to which stealth is also an element even if somewhat limited.
so we've established that Lance's technical abilities suit a perfect phalanx character, though his sass, no nonsense approach, serious approach to battle and wisdom are also iconic.
Leonidas I, the main character of the 300 franchise is very similar in this regard and that's important to note as all of that characters beliefs, trains of thought and dialogue is almost directly inspired by the real historical figure he's based on and the background and cultural aspects of the people and place he grew up in.
This is no coincidence.
Lance himself was created in a lab as an attempt to reincarnate the real Leonidas I by force feeding him the same information and experiences the historical figure would have learned and lived through only to have it backfire on his creators because of course Leonidas I was no tool of war himself and was in fact a man with huge passions and dreams that shaped the world.
Lance died in a battle alongside failed clones though even so his last stand is anything if not perfectly iconic of his inspiration.
After the enemy destroyed all his allies and left him alive though crippled in an attempt to recapture him, Lance called out the man in charge as a coward for not carrying Lance's limp body away himself and being as arrogant as Lance's enemy was he went out of his way to prove a point and rise to Lance's challenge despite being told not to by his own men.
When lifting Lance's body, Lance who was not as badly injured as he appeared to be, took the opportunity to impale his enemy before killing himself
to spite the people who wanted to utilise him.This act however did not
kill him though also erased him from existence, though as we know that did not stop Lance even the slightest.Lance's will was so strong that even from the plain of non-existance his spirit was still able to manipulate events in the material world.
Finding a suitable lowly plastic laborer robot that shares a lot of his ideals, Lance slowly worked his way into consuming their mind and seizing control of it over time.
How this functioned
actly is some level of debate, whether Lance did tuly exist as a spectre slowly warping the man's mind or whether Lance's own recounting of events is somewhat a poetic interpretation of the laborer robots own steady progression into absorbing the ideals of the persona himself on studying the events of the clone's former life.Either way the current Lance embodies much of Leonidas I culture, background and personal experiences though it's been shown that it is incomplete next to the historical accounts of the historical figure somewhat as a product of the fact that at the time of the clone's creation certain information about the historical figure they were based on was at the time lacking due to the fact subsequent historical discoveries took place after their creation.
This brings to light the fact that Lance himself is not in fact a recreation of Leonidas himself though an interpretation of him.
This not only
plains how Lance has a lot less filter than the real Leonidas I including his lack of being distracted by earthly needs though also why such an idilic character in the eyes of a lowly laborer could take hold as somewhat of a martyr figure of the people to the point where one might strive to embody such a character themselves.Lance himself has somewhat become the ideal Spartan and a symbolic figure of perfection for the Spartan people and in fact their leader Leonidas I.
In a way Lance is a figure Leonidas I would aspire to be like to some degree and to say that he is a spiritual reincarnation of Leonidas I himself obviously wouldn't sit well with the real hisorical character though would be considered a very worthy attempt to aspire to be him.
in short, if you want to roleplay as a Spartan in Albion then Lance is your ideal choice.
his entire design and style might be counter intuitive to those with half-baked idealism, demanding true dedication to embodying the persona to fully utilise them, lest fail due to his obvious weaknesses as a character when played in a typical fashion.
Essentially it's one thing to admire the Spartans though to fully take on what it means to be them takes true dedication to reap any kind of reward and indeed shine among lowly wannabes.
Spartans don't take the easy route and true grit and determination is needed to become them as true in Albion as it is in real life.
Any Lance pro can boast they truly climbed their way to the top and they are all the better for it.
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