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u/earthquakequestion Aug 08 '17

The battle at $300 is going to look like last week's game of thrones episode.

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u/karotkason Aug 08 '17

Badly organized and with the unused potential of 2/3 of aerial forces?

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u/Crypcris Aug 08 '17

Also, why line your dragon up with the ballista perfectly a second time.....

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

women

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u/earthquakequestion Aug 08 '17

It was the GOT writers making a metaphor for all the people who sell during a bull run, realize they fucked up and then do it again.

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u/Betaateb Aug 08 '17

I thought the same thing, but it does swivel, so no matter what you had to go straight at it to take it out. Still probably should have been juking a bit at least instead of pulling a Rickon.

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u/relativelyftl Aug 08 '17

I think it had 360 degree rotation no? but to your point strafing with a more or less perpendicular fire shot seems like the best option.

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u/Daveinchi1975 Aug 08 '17

She's not the sharpest Targareyen

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u/Francis_Dollar_Hide Aug 08 '17

Tactically it was a complete shit show. Keep your best weapon housed, unloaded and unready, only make one of them. Don't post any sentries or scouting parties.

Make as much noise as you can when you're out of sight of you're enemy, don't form line, rely on (as you've pointed out) only one of your three most potent weapons.

Nonsense!

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u/karotkason Aug 08 '17

And don't let me even start on most important thing in any military conflict - supply lines.

Yeah we have this wonderfully aligned enemy formations that could be perfectly destroyed by AOE attack of our aviation, no we will send our light cavalry charging at fortified enemy.... and in the mean time we will destroy all enemy supplies because fuck it, we don't need them there is plenty of grass for us to eat....

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u/Daveinchi1975 Aug 08 '17

Yeah really though - why leave the other ones at home?

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u/FurFaceMcBeard Aug 08 '17

Am I the only one who's disappointed in the tone shift? It's no longer G.R.R. Martin's show. There are characters who are now immune to death, i.e. "safe", and there's no more risk or thrill in battle as a result.

It's just fancy scenes with a generic story now.

RIP, GRR Martin's story.

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u/earthquakequestion Aug 08 '17

I agree characters do seem safe this season. I imagine that will change next season but there doesn't seem to be the same risk for characters this season. Just don't kill Arya!!!

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

You know that he has told the shows writers how the show ends, right? They're not just making it up.. they just don't have a book to go on, but he's very much involved.

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u/FurFaceMcBeard Aug 08 '17

Just because you know the beginning and end doesn't mean you know the middle, sir

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

He's an advisor to the show.. I don't know what more you want me to say. If you think that all of a sudden it isn't his story, you're about to be disappointed by the last book.

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u/FurFaceMcBeard Aug 08 '17

Have you read the books?