Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.
No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer
Slop posts go in c/slop. Don't post low-hanging fruit here.
Eh, if someone is unaware of the scale of the Combine in lore it's not hard to think the two forces are roughly equal. Earth is a crappy backwater to the Combine and you never really run into anything but the dregs of their forces during the games. Even the slug dudes you meet in the later games are the ones too inept to get a better posting on a planet that doesn't have a poisonous atmosphere.
Even the slug dudes you meet in the later games are the ones too inept to get a better posting on a planet that doesn't have a poisonous atmosphere.
According to Laidlaw, the Overseers aren't even the top ranks, they're just enslaved to be middle managers.
Though whether the "top ranks" even exist, or the whole thing is some sort of self-perpetuating rogue process is left ambiguous.
the scale of the Combine in lore it's not hard to think the two forces are roughly equal.
Idk I could see them being relatively equivalent in terms of territorial scale, like sure the combine is trans dimensional and could be theoretically infinite, but who knows how many worlds they actually control in each dimension they're present in? Probably not a number approaching infinity, especially since Earth is such a "backwater" but still important enough for them to want to invade (which i feel like they wouldn't do if there are an abundance of other worlds, especially ones their ruling class can breathe on unaided).
Like idk i could see them having a # of planets roughly equal to the hundreds or thousands of habitable worlds controlled by earth on hell divers
I still think the combine would win though just because imo they're clearly more technologically advanced, they can make portals, they can control reality warping entities like the GMan, etc. Like I'm sure if they wanted to they could just teleport a star into the center of the earth or some shit
Their interest in Earth seems to stem from how Earth's sciensts created teleportation within the same universe, which is something the combine was never able to nail despite their resources. That meant humans were a bit of a liability, but they didn't seem to think it would take much to control and manage the population. Or who even knows, the combine might even have a hard time making plans since they're so widespread and may not see time the same way as humans.
In the open letter the HL story writer published after it was clear HL3 was never happening, he made it clear the Combine have at least one Dyson sphere which puts them technology-wise well above super Earth. Though it's completely unknown iirc if they have FTL. Intra-dimensional teleportation seemed to be an unknown tech to them
Powerscaling nerds are funny to me
I readily admit that there are countless fictional entities that could beat my favorites in a fight because I do not believe there is an inherent correlation between the quality of a story and how good the characters are at killing things
Yeah but the combine would win though
I there are those that just want to rep their favs (AINT NO ONE BEATING GOKU) but a lot of the fun is debating how nonsense hax would interact with each other.
I admit I have enjoyed some battleboard calc bullshit - explosive power of a turbolaser, raw power necessary to overcome gravitational binding from the death star or some shit. People getting Big Mad™️ about powerscaling though is always funny
i know the combine, but what is super earth? it's difficult to google.
It's from Helldivers.
Basically Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers with even less subtle satire.
The human fascist empire from the Helldivers games, I believe
One Culture GSV solos both zero diff
What about the Ekumen tho? This is important.
Haven't read much LeGuin, haven't touched my copy of Left Hand of Darkness yet either 