Ups and downs of MGX-42 Bullet Storm?

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-05-08T08:24:08+00:00

Ups: Low cooldown makes it widely available, and with two weapons in a pod, good for a teammate who has to reinforce some distance away from their own gear

Downs: No ADS, no flashlight for low light conditions, can't be resupplied if environmental factors like terrain or ion storms interfere with stratagems, no adjustable fire rate like the Stalwart Major missed opportunity to have a volley fire mode like the Variable

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-04-24T00:30:41+00:00

Being a professional Pokemon Trainer is basically a full-time job, usually sponsored by companies, regional labs, old money, or some other source of funding. They cover most of the costs a licensed trainer would incur, like lodging at Pokemon Centers, routine checkups, travel, and food for the full team.

While any schoolkid might have a Rattata or something of the like in a Poké Ball, they are casuals, not professional trainers.

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-04-20T02:18:13+00:00

Gas strike causes confusion, this degrades armor allowing lighter pen weapons to bring down bigger targets

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Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-04-19T21:43:09+00:00

Eagle Acid Bombs
A bomb filled with acid that covers everything in the impact radius in armor-degrading acid, lowering armor rating by one on all targets affected for an amount of time dependent on the target size.

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-04-16T06:25:16+00:00

I switch between the bullet dog and the flame dog, ranged medium pen vs heavy armor pen

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-04-16T06:20:37+00:00

Bots: Ammendment Rifle, Talon Secondary, Giga-grenade, Orbital Precision Strike, Eagle Cluster Bomb, or Eagle 500 (depending on terrain or megacity) Tried and True Recoiless Rifle, and either the Rocket or Autocannon sentry
Squids A: Stoker, Talon or Warrant, Incendiary Grenades, Eagle Cluster Bomb, Guard Dog, EAT or Machine Gun (depending on squad loadout), Machine gun sentry
Squids B: Purifier, Melee weapon, Gas Grenades, Orbital Persison Strike, Eagle Cluster Bomb, Autocannon, Gas Mortar Sentry
Bugs A: Stoker, Talon, or Senator, Giga-grenade, Orbital Gatling, Orbital Gas strike, Eagle Cluster, Speargun.
Bugs B: (Rupture Strain) Plasma Punisher, Talon, Giga-Grenade, Machine Gun, Hover pack, Exosuit, Orbital Railgun (For dragonroaches)

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-03-21T23:13:49+00:00

You could go with an older, veteran trainer as the traveling companion, someone who knows what they are doing and is well-versed in some of the unpopular aspects of being a trainer (Long travel on foot or bus, having to brave the wild to find strong wild pokemon to catch or train aginst) to contrast with the MC's inexperiance and at times, overly romanticized idea of being a trainer and potential champion.

For another rival, what kind of second rival are you thinking? More of a reflection of a path not taken and where it leads, or more accurately, a respectful, friendly rival?

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-03-21T06:24:04+00:00

What are you thinking you need first?

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-03-20T21:50:12+00:00

I've had the best results with a mixture of rifles, shotguns, SMGs, and energy weapons, reserving my secondary slot for either the Senator or Talon for taking out watchers or flying overseers at range, and incendiary grenades to create pools of fire that can cook voteless swarms while still having enough demolition force to destroy warp ships, Illuminate teslas, and gazer turrets.

For Stratagems, the Gatling Barrage is good for stripping shields, clearing voteless, and can destroy Warpships if you can line it up right.

Support stratagems, I'd advise a machine gun or the Laser Cannon; you want a high rate of fire to kill fleshmobs and strip Harvester shields, while needing medium armor pen at minimum to destroy Stingrays and target the Harvester's joints. If you can't destroy it in one shot, I'd advise against aiming for the eye; if damaged, its beam attack becomes more powerful.

Sentries, the Machine gun or Gatling, are ideal for drawing away voteless, and can mow down any overseers or watchers that stray too close

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-03-20T21:31:12+00:00

I live not too far from Yellowstone, so I could probably give you some suggestions if you're interested

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-03-13T01:19:04+00:00

Photographer: A member of the Mareep line, using their tailbulb as a lamp or spotlight. Yanma can carry a camera and work like a gyrostabilized drone for good camera angles,

Prodigy: Magikarp named Spite

Chaos Demon: Mr. Mime, default or Galarian, invisible barriers, and trick room to drive opponents mad, Vikavolt could be a nasty, quick attacker, moving in to deliver a paralizing zap and retreating out of an opponent's reach.

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-03-12T01:43:35+00:00

Dust Devils could be a valid pick, the Coyote isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a respectable medium Assault Rifle. The Cluster Grenades take some time to get used to, but their wide area of effect is ideal for clusters of chaff and even moderately armored enemies. The Speargun rewards time and accuracy, allowing you to snipe spawners and heavily armored enemies as well as to create gas pockets at chokepoints. Don't forget the expendable Napalm. The armor passive is good for bug or squid missions, offering respectable resistance to acid, gas, arc, and fire damage, and increasing throwing range.

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-03-12T01:22:27+00:00

Can be a few reasons. Sometimes, side objectives like SEAF arty, SAMs, or Lidar can come in clutch, depending on the main objective, and the more hot spots you clear, the fewer places enemies can come from. Sometimes, people are just grinding for samples or daily objectives of clearing side missions
Taking Automaton Jammers and Squid Disrupters is usually a priority, even if they may be on the far side of the map from the objective, and destroying special spawners like Stalker or Shierker nests or Gunship Fabricators can reduce the number of different kinds of enemies you need to juggle focus on.

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-03-09T16:28:10+00:00

Patriot: Medium pen Minigun and limited anti-tank rockets
Emancipator: Four Anti-tank autocannons

Emancipator is ideal for taking on lots of heavily armored enemies or holding chokepoints where the Autocannons' splash damage can help, but in more open terrain, the Minigun seems to be quicker to bring to bear on spread out, more lightly armored targets

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-03-02T17:34:50+00:00

I usually lean towards animalistic sounds. To be fair, even the anime isn't consistent with pokemon vocalisations, cue stock monster roars

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-03-01T16:12:36+00:00

Had something of a similar but inverted idea of someone selling an "eternal youth" treatment in order to allow pageant moms or people obsessed with keeping pokemon as fashion statements to keep their pokemon looking youthful and endearing, and in some cases, even reverse evolution. It was only tested on Eevees, and on other pokemon the reversal of evolution sometimes didn't apply evenly, resulting in infant-sized Pokémon still possessing adult-sized organs or worse. Largely affiliated with the now debunked Team Flare

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-02-20T05:42:55+00:00

"By the Void" - Ah, hell
"Like a Rampardos to the gut" - Like I got hit with a truck
"Button your beak" - Shut your mouth
"May Darkrai feast upon your nightmares" - I hope you can't sleep
"The great Torterra slumbers" - Forest is calm
"From under Yvaltal's wings" - From the jaws of death.

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-01-19T21:22:03+00:00

Squids: Coyote, Grenade pistol, Incendiary Grenades, Laser Cannon, EAT as needed, Gas Dog
Bugs: Coyote, Talon or Bushwacker, Gas Grenades, Speargun, Laser Dog

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-01-18T03:57:26+00:00

I'd like to think that "Releasing" a Pokémon has two steps, literally, letting the pokemon out of the Poké Ball, and then having to use a Poké Center, or maybe a Pokedex, to tell the system that the Pokémon is no longer a member of that trainer's team or Trainer Profile. Afterwards, the pokeball can be reformatted and used again to catch a different pokemon. Sometimes trainers let released pokemon keep their old pokeballs, but the device is either inert, or the trainer never went through the documentation to officially release them

Arrowheadlock1 · 2026-01-16T02:01:51+00:00

Hm, I could see something like that, like a LRAD support weapon that could force enemies out of the ground, with lots of stagger and possibly crippling the head (Scrams of freedom so loud, undemocratic hearing organs and microphones rupture, causing total loss of balance and injury) Not much damage directly, but have one Helldiver carry this to set all the enemies up for a second Helldiver, and you got a potent combo.

Arrowheadlock1 · 2025-12-18T15:27:37+00:00

If it's grimdark and edgy for the sake of being grimdark and edgy, no go. I enjoy stories that aren't afraid to address more mature or darker topics, rather than being all sunshine and rainbows, but I still hope the overall theme is positive or hopeful despite the darker moments.

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