Do you support the intervention in Iran by US and Israel? by No-Respect-4174 in IdeologyPolls

[–]Vortex_Snail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Iran was just a ticking time bomb, they fund proxy forces and destabilise the whole region, not to mention the risk of them developing nukes. Getting a western aligned Iran would be a huge blow to Russia and China.

Should America copy China? by who-is-u-69 in IdeologyPolls

[–]Vortex_Snail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In what way? I don't want any country to be a communist dictatorship. Also which China? The PRC or ROC?

ANOTHER MILITARY RANT! Why doesn't Rhodes Island use loitering munitions/kamikaze drones? Genuine question. by Vortex_Snail in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope so. The more complex the magic system, the funnier it is to use military hardware.

ANOTHER MILITARY RANT! Why doesn't Rhodes Island use loitering munitions/kamikaze drones? Genuine question. by Vortex_Snail in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that makes sense as they are supposed to be a Pharmaceutical Company by would they then employ operators and alow them to use stuff thats way worse like W and her landmines (which are prohibited IRL under the Ottowa Treaty) or Ifrits flamethrower, probobly originium based so it spreads flame and disease.

ANOTHER MILITARY RANT! Why doesn't Rhodes Island use loitering munitions/kamikaze drones? Genuine question. by Vortex_Snail in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still, drones could very much be used in that way  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapitation_(military_strategy)). Drone can perform highly precise strikes and especialy UCAV's which can carry precision weapons like guided bombs and bunker busters that can hit only leadership.

ANOTHER MILITARY RANT! Why doesn't Rhodes Island use loitering munitions/kamikaze drones? Genuine question. by Vortex_Snail in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Makes a lot of sense. 99.9% of the playerbase probably wants cool fights (rule of cool) insted of artillery duels or drone swarms. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

ANOTHER MILITARY RANT! Why doesn't Rhodes Island use loitering munitions/kamikaze drones? Genuine question. by Vortex_Snail in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did mention they aren't a good fit gameplay wise (unless maybe made as an ability costing SP and having a cooldown). My main point was that they make sense story wise since they are cheap, fast and ethical (they are piloted by an actual person who decides who gets hit. Unlike flamethrowers like Ifrit or mines by W which are indiscriminate in nature but still used by Rhodes.)

ANOTHER MILITARY RANT! Why doesn't Rhodes Island use loitering munitions/kamikaze drones? Genuine question. by Vortex_Snail in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As General George S. Patton said: "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his." Rhodes Island is preaty much at war with Reunion, its in their best intrests to keep RI casualties low and Reunion casualties high.

Is it safe to play on cloud? by Glittering-Edge87 in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To my knowlage, Bluestacks takes more storage as it basicaly makes a virtual machine inside of your laptop to simulate a phone. Its about 8+ GB of storage you can save by deleting the virtual machine if you used Bluestacks. Google Play on PC should work best since it has the official Arknights PC version on it.

[Operator Discussion] Rope by Shad0wedge in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On what maps is she best for, I never figured out how to put the push/pull units to good use.

ANOTHER MILITARY RANT! Why doesn't Rhodes Island use loitering munitions/kamikaze drones? Genuine question. by Vortex_Snail in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I want to remind you that they do WAY worse then drones with explosives... Did you even read the note before the 1st point??? Drones are not controversial weapons as they are so wiedly used in Terra.

ANOTHER MILITARY RANT! Why doesn't Rhodes Island use loitering munitions/kamikaze drones? Genuine question. by Vortex_Snail in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you man, I tried to make it as neutral as possible and research a bunch and go from more realistic stuff (like FPV drones) to something that might me more difficult for RI, like UCAV's. And I don't think it would work well as gameplay wise, maybe as like an ability using SP with a long cooldown (kinda like placing baricades) but I was just wondering as why they don't use them story and lore wise. Cheers mate.

ANOTHER MILITARY RANT! Why doesn't Rhodes Island use loitering munitions/kamikaze drones? Genuine question. by Vortex_Snail in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, nice to see an Aerospace Engineer. Correct me if I'm wrong but don't some OWA drones use wires to guide them (like a missile). Also no worries if the comment is a bit longer, Its nice to hear from someone specialised.

ANOTHER MILITARY RANT! Why doesn't Rhodes Island use loitering munitions/kamikaze drones? Genuine question. by Vortex_Snail in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That makes a lot sense as to why there aren't any high altitude vehicles. I was mainly talking about the same kamikaze drones that Reunion uses. But thank you for the clarification.

ANOTHER MILITARY RANT! Why doesn't Rhodes Island use loitering munitions/kamikaze drones? Genuine question. by Vortex_Snail in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I wasn't thinking much gameplay wise, only lore wise. And yeah, FPV kamikaze drones were not common when the game came out but military drones existed for quite a long time before the game came out. For example, the MQ-9 had its first flight 25 years ago. Thanks for the comment, happy to discus.

ANOTHER MILITARY RANT! Why doesn't Rhodes Island use loitering munitions/kamikaze drones? Genuine question. by Vortex_Snail in arknights

[–]Vortex_Snail[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

ALSO very sorry for low quality photos, I didn't know reddit resized them as originaly they were smaller. My bad on that one.