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ShEsHy
ShEsHyLv56yr
2019-02-09 00:49

I started reading this novel because I thought the concept of tech meets magic would be great. I don't anymore. Magic in the classical sense in antithetical to science (the whole 4 elements shtick. At least go for the aggregate states). Also, the author uses magic as an excuse to nerf technology. -Animal fur that stops objects in motion but not the force, magic. -Infrared cameras can't see lifeforms, magic. We're talking about FTL travel level technology, and they need blackpowder weaponry? They have lasers and railguns, and no one's thought to shrink them to handheld size in the centuries since their invention? If there's one thing you can't overestimate about humans, it's our creativity when it comes to weaponry. And the cliches. Elves, beautiful Queen falls for human leader, betrayal by arrogant member,...

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ShEsHy
ShEsHyLv5

Also, I just figured out what was bugging me about this novel throughout my reading. It feels like the author is working against the crew. Every time something happens, it's bad for the crew: -They're on a training mission, but get attacked by enemies who shouldn't have been able to be there. -They escape, but then get lost in space. -They find food, then get attacked. -They find ruins, but they're home to goblins. -They meet the natives, then get dragged into a war against an enemy with half a million troops. -They find caves for resources, but they were home to dragons and goblins. Reading it just felt like waiting for the next bad thing to happen.

DaoistLingMing
DaoistLingMingLv5

i kind of agree with you. if modern technology with high power to obliterate planets could not do any damage to some ancient civilizations magic then what would happen if human got invaded by the natives of this planet instead of those bugs they would get annihilated in matter of seconds cause the cant see shiiit with there infrared and cant kill becz of magic . atleast those bug can be killed.

Jun_Toogan
Jun_TooganLv1

An ongoing novel for almost 3 years already, with only 550+ chapters.... This has got to be one of the slowest authors there is... Doesn't say much, doesn't it?

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N0xiety
N0xietyLv7

Feels like a cheap hollywood flick. Things happen the way they do because plot needs it, not because it makes sense. Marines can't use 'armor piercing bullets' inside the ship because 'they don't want marines to blow half the ship into oblivion', yet marines get pushed back because the sorry excuse of a bullet they are allowed to use can't even penetrate the bugs carapace. They have to shoot at the bugs open mouth or the joints to even do damage! Yeah right... With such redundant weapons ofc the things don't go well. Marines are killed in droves and they are being pushed back so bad, they start using grenades that throw around tungsten balls that turn into plasma and can pierce the bugs and leave the hull of the ship riddled with holes. The Captain is informed that the situation is getting desperate and %80 of the defenders in one of the engineering section is dead, so they ask to use the armor piercing bullets, but NOOOO. It is not allowed, keep using grenades good chaps and leave the ship riddled with holes haha! Oh also, keep being meat shields haha! Enjoy getting eaten alive by bugs hahaha! What a great idea! They don't even trust their own marines to use armor piercing bullets because 'it might pierce into the reactor core and blow the ship'. Seriously? So they use grenades which can do much worse instead? The notion of armor piercing bullets going through the walls and reaching the reactor is already ridiculous enough, a reactor room shouldn't be so unprotected, but even if such a worry is real, why would they use such powerful grenades then? Their 'ceramic bullets' that don't pierce the hull of the ship also can't pierce the bugs carapace. So by logic, this grenade that sends tungsten plasma projectiles which can pierce the bugs carapace, can also pierce the hull of the ship! If not, why would they make the ceramic bullets so useless? If the grenade doesn't pierce the hull, but can pierce the bugs, then why would they not make a bullet that can actually work just as well as the grenade!? See, this is the logic hole i'm talking about! Anyways, because they are not allowed to use armor piercing bullets and because they are slow at clearing out the bugs that breached into the ship, the bugs reach a conduit and everything goos BOOM. Ship is done for. All because they were afraid their own marines can't shoot straight and the somehow 'so overpowered armor piercing bullets could pierce the reactor'. Sigh... The best way to describe what i'm feeling right now would be 'feels like a cheap hollywood flick'. Disappointing. Very disappointing...

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