Progressive Shielding and Attacks - Training Log

Log from #Training-Grounds on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 8PM EDT: "Progressive Shielding and Attacks", hosted by Forge:

[21:02:28] <Forge> welcome to thursday night training

[21:03:05] <Forge> we are going to work on progressive shielding and attacks tonight

[21:03:11] <Little_Dragon> yay

[21:04:35] <Forge> the training will consist of sparring against a bot

[21:04:41] <Forge> the bot will get better and better over time

[21:05:29] <Forge> the bot will only do minimal damage to your energetic system, but will go full out on your shield

[21:05:39] <Forge> this will be full combat training, including healing training as well

[21:05:53] <Forge> if you are not okay with this, then do not participate

[21:07:02] <Little_Dragon> i am ok with this, but if I have to leave the laptop to quickly fix somebody's computer idiot error, would pauses be allowed?

[21:07:45] <Forge> this is going to be full combat training, threat this training as you would combat

[21:08:00] <Little_Dragon> ok

[21:08:10] <Momo> in other words, this could be a good time to work on auto pilot.

[21:08:34] <Little_Dragon> just checking, because I may have to.

[21:09:33] <Forge> who will be participating

[21:09:55] <Momo> I will.

[21:09:56] <Little_Dragon> i will

[21:11:04] <DragonAtma> I'll have to pass

[21:11:17] * DragonAtma is too distracted by worrying about ana

[21:11:44] <Momo> The bot, it works the same as usual? After destroying one totally a new one spawns in a few seconds? The objective is destroying it, yes?

[21:12:00] <Forge> no

[21:12:17] <Little_Dragon> Can you make mine look and sound like a Dalek pretty pweeeeeaze?

[21:12:20] <Forge> these bots will be pretty tough, they wont be getting destroyed

[21:12:28] <Forge> you will be fighting the same bot for the entire session

[21:12:38] <Momo> Dragon, you can do that on your own end you know.

[21:12:52] <Little_Dragon> I was half joking.

[21:13:08] <Momo> Okay. I will do my best to destroy it.

[21:13:15] <Little_Dragon> same

[21:13:25] <Forge> the longer you fight, the more powerful the bot will get

[21:13:30] <Forge> when you cannot go further, say something

[21:14:32] <Little_Dragon> brb

[21:15:59] <Forge> starting the training now

[21:16:24] <Momo> I think I see it.

[21:16:25] <simica> Have fun all

[21:16:33] <Momo> attacking me.

[21:16:52] <Momo> I probably will.

[21:17:39] <Little_Dragon> back

[21:17:54] <Momo> It started, go.

[21:18:03] <Little_Dragon> Woohoo!  Robot goes break!

[21:21:47] <Forge> neither robot was broken

[21:22:29] <Momo> I'm having trouble charging.

[21:22:45] <Momo> Is it shifting a lot or is that me?

[21:23:42] <Little_Dragon> it is shifting

[21:23:50] <Little_Dragon> and i know, that was a joke.

[21:29:22] <Little_Dragon> so, what are the conditions we should look for in determining when to stop?

[21:29:36] <Momo> when you can't continue I believe.

[21:29:39] <Forge> when you feel tired or defeated

[21:29:54] <Little_Dragon> ok

[21:30:00] <Momo> Either I'm too forgone already, or I haven't hit this thing hard enough, because it isn't hitting me too much yet.

[21:30:25] <Little_Dragon> same here.  its attacks seem to have long intervals.

[21:30:47] <Little_Dragon> which makes zsense for training since it gives us a breather to fix ourselves and attack again.

[21:32:58] <Little_Dragon> now would be a good time to ask, do you have any advice for us at this point based on your observations on how to put up a better fight?

[21:34:05] <Little_Dragon> oh, and something's funny about this.

[21:35:47] <Little_Dragon> If I am not mistaken, these "bots" seem to be mimicing us a bit more.

[21:36:07] <Forge> i can turn them up a few settings if you guys want

[21:36:10] <Forge> they are designed to go up slowly

[21:36:22] <Forge> so even the newest of newbies can last a few minutes

[21:36:28] <Momo> I'm fine with this pace for now, I need to get warmed up still.

[21:37:02] <Little_Dragon> ok, I guess I can go for a harder bot, but I suppose that would be rushing into things right now...

[21:37:09] <Little_Dragon> so better to go as i am

[21:37:28] <Little_Dragon> seems like it is doing far more dodging than attacking right now.

[21:39:13] <Forge> ill turn them up two notches

[21:40:41] <Little_Dragon> ah...this seems to now launch attacks at a faster rate but its power is increasing almost at the same rate.

[21:45:18] <Little_Dragon> is it me or is it creating more constructs around it now?

[21:46:31] <Little_Dragon> how are you feeling, momo?

[21:46:58] <Momo> slightly less tired, a little more warmed up.

[21:47:06] <Little_Dragon> ah  :3

[21:47:36] <Little_Dragon> I need to boost my energy reserves a bit but am hanging in there  :P

[21:47:56] <Little_Dragon> I actually feel decent, it is not hitting that hard.

[21:53:26] <Momo> It's kind of weird fighting like this. I'm still not totally warmed up. But I almost have that in the zone type of feeling I got when I was sparring for a long while last week.

[21:53:47] <Little_Dragon> ah

[21:54:01] <Little_Dragon> i don't have that yet.

[21:55:21] <Little_Dragon> is it me or is it trying to divert us with decoys now?

[21:55:31] <Momo> I always expect those.

[21:55:45] <Momo> So it has been since shortly after it started, or at least, that is what I saw.

[21:57:07] <Little_Dragon> so, forge, any areas either of us should focus on now?

[22:02:42] <Momo> the point is endurance, so that.

[22:02:44] <Momo> pacing.

[22:03:37] <Forge> turning them up two notches again

[22:05:29] <Little_Dragon> do so, i almost think it is attacking, but its aim suckes so far.

[22:05:34] <Little_Dragon> sucked*

[22:06:12] <Momo> would it be doing something like putting seals on me by now?

[22:06:57] <Little_Dragon> i did not sense any seals yet

[22:07:15] * Little_Dragon drops a baby seal on Momo, returns to the fight

[22:07:38] <Momo> I still  can't really sense them all that well, so I renew everything whenever in doubt.

[22:11:56] <Momo> Heh. I'm better at fighting when I'm not paying attention.

[22:13:48] <Forge> two more notches

[22:14:38] <Little_Dragon> how high does it go?

[22:14:43] * Raziel makes a joke about notch being shit at java programming

[22:14:46] <Raziel> also fedoras

[22:14:56] <Raziel> ...I think I should sleep

[22:15:57] <Forge> it goes up quite a bit more

[22:16:05] <Forge> Momo, Little_Dragon

[22:16:09] <Forge> how are you to faring

[22:16:33] <Raziel> Forge, I assume it would not be okay for me to eat those drones?

[22:17:56] <Little_Dragon> Well, I did get a bit of indigestion from the steak I just ate but...oh you mean the drone.  *puts a collar on it*

[22:17:59] <Momo> I'm faring okay, but I need to remember to not sit in weird positions when fighting, because then I get sore and think, did I just take massive damage?

[22:18:09] <Little_Dragon> I'm alright, starting to actually feel attacked.

[22:18:22] <Raziel> Indigestion from steak? damn

[22:18:33] <Little_Dragon> well, steak, corn and some sugary stuff

[22:18:36] <Little_Dragon> :P

[22:18:42] <Little_Dragon> no, it's just gas.

[22:18:50] <Little_Dragon> now where was I?...

[22:19:13] * Little_Dragon tries to teach the drone to sit, fails at iot, attacks it some more

[22:19:38] <Little_Dragon> is it at a human level yet?

[22:19:48] <Little_Dragon> it seems to move faster now at any rate

[22:22:43] <Little_Dragon> hmmm...seems like music seems to stimulate my energy centers a bit so I can use that.

[22:23:08] <Forge> they are at human levels now

[22:23:16] <Forge> im going to kick them up two more notches

[22:23:26] <Momo> I use music to help me fight harder. It usually works.

[22:27:30] <Little_Dragon> I am trying different songs.

[22:28:40] <Little_Dragon> Muze is my favourite

[22:30:26] <Little_Dragon> your bnots can take damage, that means they can be sedtroyed, just an observation from awhile back.

[22:32:00] <Momo> I think they have a programming that makes it so they instantly regenerate if you break them.

[22:32:07] <Momo> Something about their code just works.

[22:32:52] <Little_Dragon> yep, but it is not instant, if damage is done it stays briefly

[22:33:02] <zacherys> Ld pm?

[22:38:15] <Little_Dragon> did you turn them up a bit without telling us?

[22:38:31] <Forge> no

[22:38:42] <Forge> they are getting to the point where they will advance quickly

[22:38:51] <Little_Dragon> ok

[22:39:31] <Little_Dragon> one thing I noticed, your shield is adapted currenmtly to block stray energy from them.

[22:39:49] <Forge> my shield?

[22:39:53] <Little_Dragon> but you feel confident that momo and I could not do much damage to you so you diod not bother to block us out as well.

[22:40:06] <Little_Dragon> energy and whatever you use to block attacks

[22:40:13] <Forge> i dont use shields

[22:40:30] <Little_Dragon> As such I could have cheated by using energy from your field or whatever as a defense.

[22:40:35] <Little_Dragon> oh.

[22:40:41] <Little_Dragon> then i may have guessed wrong.

[22:45:27] <Little_Dragon> how are you feeling Momo?

[22:45:57] <Momo> eh, fine as  I can be.

[22:46:07] <Little_Dragon> same here.

[22:46:11] <Little_Dragon> XD

[22:47:11] <Momo> I think both this bot and I need to stop messing around and punch each other in the face instead of doing all this dodging shenanigans.

[22:48:10] <Little_Dragon> I am not dodging that much, trying to get my resistance up.

[22:48:41] <Little_Dragon> right now the bot is playing hide and seek.

[22:49:32] <Momo> I keep trying to tell it I want a straight fight, and after I break it, it was just a double and then  what might be the real one flies out of nowhere.

[22:49:35] <Forge> hm

[22:49:38] <Forge> turning them up 5 notches

[22:50:22] <Little_Dragon> so what level is it at now?

[22:51:20] <Forge> there are no numbers to the levels

[22:51:36] <Little_Dragon> I meant, still close to normal human level?

[22:51:41] <Forge> no

[22:51:44] <Little_Dragon> guess it does not matter.

[22:51:48] <Forge> when they attack this time you will feel it

[22:51:57] <Little_Dragon> I will outlast Momo.

[22:52:11] <Momo> Compete with yourself Sir.

[22:52:18] <Momo> I am not competing with you.

[22:52:22] <Little_Dragon> ok

[22:52:28] <zacherys> Lol

[22:52:36] <Little_Dragon> Then I will outlast my normal 3endurance.

[22:52:59] <Little_Dragon> Hell, I will not stop until I end up in a state where I am ready to learn better healing  :3

[22:53:03] <Momo> Have you ever fought a bot like this before? If no, you are already there.

[22:53:46] <Little_Dragon> ehhh...I am fighting my limits more than the bot.  And doing my best to surpass them.

[22:54:24] <Little_Dragon> ok, now it is actually doing a real attack.  good.

[22:54:29] <Forge> that is the point of this training

[22:54:32] <Forge> fighting your own limits

[22:54:49] <Little_Dragon> Good.

[22:57:05] <Little_Dragon> wait, these attacks still do no real damage

[22:57:49] <Forge> not to the system, no

[22:57:57] <Forge> they will destroy your shield pretty much in a single hit

[22:59:33] <Little_Dragon> but they still aim to do minor damage to the system thereby stimulating you to shield again  :P

[22:59:58] <Forge> if you want me to lighten up that restraint on them for damaging the system i can

[23:00:48] <Little_Dragon> I also noticed, they always target the weakest part of the shield.  As such strengthening one area moves them to another.

[23:07:39] <Little_Dragon> or maybe my senses are glitching, either way i am going to start serious shielding and dodging  XD

[23:09:38] <Forge> turning them up two more times and dropping the restraint on their damage to energetic systems down to 30% of total system damage

[23:10:00] <Little_Dragon> where was it before?

[23:11:49] <Forge> 20%

[23:12:23] <Little_Dragon> oh.

[23:15:25] <Little_Dragon> ah yes, feel the burn!  :P

[23:16:00] <Little_Dragon> so, this is getting boring, can you hit me harder?

[23:16:05] <Little_Dragon> can it*

[23:17:13] <Momo> I'm kind of used to walking around with a lot of damage.

[23:17:24] <Momo> maybe that's why I'm not really feeling this too much.

[23:18:04] <Little_Dragon> neither am i, really

[23:18:06] <Little_Dragon> hmm

[23:18:29] <Momo> when I get hit out, I'll sometimes feel it and sometimes not, so far, I've hardly felt stuff.

[23:18:43] <Little_Dragon> same

[23:18:48] <Little_Dragon> but i usually do not feel it

[23:18:56] <Forge> okay

[23:18:58] <Momo> Forge, I hate to ask, but how does my body look?

[23:19:15] <Forge> ill release the restraints completely and turn it up one notch

[23:20:32] <Little_Dragon> ok

[23:21:47] <Forge> are you guys satisfied here or should i turn it up one more

[23:21:50] <Forge> cuz i got to go to bed soon

[23:22:09] <Little_Dragon> bring it on

[23:22:43] <Forge> ill turn them to half power then

[23:25:24] <Momo> Hmm. I've had this dull throb in my head since shortly before we fought, but that's about it.

[23:26:00] <Forge> well you guys

[23:26:05] <Forge> practice is over from this point