What's it like to fight a Lightsider really?

[Jsc]

I discovered today that I've had dozens of duels with Darksiders over the years. But I've never actually had a fight against a real Lightsider and I wonder if there is a routine to it kinda?

Darksiders still manage to surprise me but mostly there are a few gimmies,

• 1. They will use a custom weapon. It will still probably be red and melee oriented. And they will expect it to blow your mind.
• 2. They will monologue if engaged in conversation. (Note: do not engage in conversation.)
• 3. They want your lightsaber. Especially if it's a custom weapon, is blue, melee oriented, and kinda blows your mind.

These sound a bit cliche', sure. But I've never found them boring. Even should they always happen during a duel? It almost always feels appropriate for them to do so. Iconic villains are iconic, ya know. Even if you've fought a dozen of them in different shades of "turtleneck black". Then you're just Batman. Which... Is pretty cool.

So Yeah,

Q: - What's it like to fight a Lightsider? Do they all have similarities? Is there a pattern to it? Do you make up rules like: "Don't let the Jedi give another Friendship speech. Gods! I hate friendship speeches. No more friendship speeches at Objective 1!"

 

[Jaxton Ravos]

• 2. They will monologue if engaged in conversation. (Note: do not engage in conversation.)

I personally try to make it a point that none of my characters speak at all during battle. If you have enough energy to speak then you should have enough energy to swing your sword or use the Force a little quicker/stronger.

 

[Darth Pyrrhus]

1. They will use a custom weapon. It will still probably be red and melee oriented. And they will expect it to blow your mind.

Seen those warriors from One Sith? They've got curved swords. Curved. Swords.

 

[Jsc]

They've got curved swords. Curved. Swords.

Or, why curved swords are so 2011.

 

[Grrwunhoooll Agaburry]

What do lightsaber fights look like? Realisticly? OK. Blink your eyes 3 times.... BOOM your arm is off.​

 

[Darth Ferus]

To actually answer the question.

There's no answer. Every light suder is unique. There is no cliche or stereotype. Same goes for darksiders.

I've yet to find a monologue from a dark side personally. Most of the time they try to cut out your tongue when you open your mouth.

 

[Six-O]

[member="Jay Scott Clark"]

But the monologues. . . they need to be longer! They need to be more depraved! They need to make the fingers of the typist at the other end of the spiraling wires and rocketing packets of data tremble, stumble and curl back in fear -- unable to continue, unable to fathom the letters and text before their teary orbs. You must feel dejected, you must feel the oppressive hate of a thousand generations of Sith coming to reap the very soul from your organic flesh. Go on mere mortal, strike wrong key with quivering fingers, misinterpret the well-laid plans of immortal lords and vile dark kings and know. . . know that we mock you!

But not just you, but the simple worms that writhed unspeakable acts to create you -- and those that created them! An endless cycle of unkind, sarcastic and derisive hate strummed upon every digital etching. . . buried in every stroke of saber and twist of leg.

You know not the power we wield, but do remember that we will not shy away from exerting it unto you to bring about the cold death and ruin of every character you have created, or will ever plan to create!

 

[Jsc]

[member="Six-O"]

Mm. I see your diabolical typewriting and counter with,

...It's super effective annoying.

 

[Six-O]

 

[Coren Starchaser]

Have you ever declared war on a bag of marshmallows? Its like that.

Coren is a light sider, albeit rough. He uses weapins, he uses an MMA variant thats all star-wars-y, but he mostly uses a starfighter.

When it comes down to the Force, he's a crowd-controller and an energy sink, and very fast on movement speed.

He also is A-Ok with killing without all the chit-chat.

 

[Six-O]

[member="Coren Starchaser"]

Can't say I've declared war on a bag of marshmallow's. . . however as night grocery clerk, after a few tokes in the old car, I did try to make 'smores by fastening a marshmallow on to a plastic fork and using a zippo lighter as the cooking source. It didn't work.

Just the yummy taste of burnt plastic and lighter fluid -- I was so bummed.

 

[Abigail]

3. They want your lightsaber. Especially if it's a custom weapon, is blue, melee oriented, and kinda blows your mind.

This I find strange

 

[Vorhi Alestrani]

Have you ever declared war on a bag of marshmallows? Its like that.

Funny you should mention that. I parried a Sith sword with a bag of marshmallows once. I lost that fight, but it was totally worth it. Now, I've fought Jedi (there are some other type of lightsiders, but they never wanna mess with me ^_^ ), and here are the things that usually happen to me with Jedi:


1. Lightsaber comes out, then a demand to comply/surrender. I have never heeded said demand in character, as my characters rarely surrender before some blows are exchanged.

2. Frankly, lightsiders are way more melee-focused than darksiders. Darksiders love using the force at middle range in combat, but most lightsiders just close the distance and charge.

3. Jedi wear less armor than Sith, but tend to use force enhancement (speed and agility boosts, precognitive combat, meditation) a lot more.

4. Very few force wielders aside from myself ever use thermal detonators or explosives. Hell, Vorhi even uses fake bombs sometimes. Amazingly enough, that didn't actually get handled in my favor.

5. In general, light-siders don't wear headgear. There are exceptions, though.

6. Mandalorians pretty much always have enough guns to film another Expendables movie. I know that's not fully relevant to the question, but screw it.

7. For the record, I'm not a light-sider or a dark-sider. It's....complicated.

 

[Coren Starchaser]

Yeah, but you're you, [member="Vorhi Alestrani"]

Panda one day, Ronda Rousey (Pre-last week's fight) the next.

 

[Julius Sedaire]

Yeah, but you're you, [member="Vorhi Alestrani"]

Panda one day, Ronda Rousey (Pre-last week's fight) the next.

PANDA!!!

That's all I really have to 'contribute'... Sorry... Good thread to read though! I avoid duels excepting with friends, and they're usually more story culminations/plot points than competitive duels, so I have little to go on.

 

[Darth Hauntruss]

Hauntruss is a strange Sith - and mostly so are my other dark characters - she enjoys the talking because she is a tormentor, deceiver and corrupter, i.e. an oldschool villain. She'd rather see you compromise your morales or be consumed by fear and destroy yourself than she do it.

Due to this style of combat I get a lot of "I won't give into your fear" speeches. Fear is Hauntruss' greatest weapon - all her spells and evil twisted words are purely designed to induce fear and through fear an infinite void of hopelessness.

Jedi are trained to overcome fear and anger in fear of powerlessness. So its interesting, that most of my duels and conflicts with lightsiders is less a battle of sabers but of willpower. I have crippled egos, and willpower of Jedi, but I have also seen Hauntruss burned by the light that some Jedi could muster to blind out her vile and offensive darkness.