#045 - Power Struggle
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And nothing of value was added. I like this arc, i really do, but this is taking forever. We already established last comic gunny was stabbed.
I was about to say so too.Lufia Erim said:
Finish the dang arc already and move on!
They couldn't do that in either the last page, or this page, because?Bentusi16 said:
And if the next page is only a one liner, then it's Another wasted page!Bentusi16 said:
I think I'm going to stop reading this comic. It's just too slow, and it just doesn't feel like it did at the start.
people complain that it's too slow
Ya know, if more people supported their Patreon, they'd be able to output more panels per week (as explained in their funding goal section). Surely that's a better solution than just ragequitting.
Ya know, if more people supported their Patreon, they'd be able to output more panels per week (as explained in their funding goal section). Surely that's a better solution than just ragequitting.
Pffft, but this is TEH INTERWEBZ!!!! WE DEMAND INSTANT GRATIFICATION OR RAGEQUIT/UNSUBSCRIBE/#BIGHTME!!!!!lacktheknack said:
But yeah, I do find it a bit humorous that they specifically said this would have a slower pace and yet people can't believe that this comic has a slower pace...as advertised.
Slower Pace =/= "Hey, let's spend an entire comic page on a guy having a knife in him!" That's ridiculous!lacktheknack said:
Slower pace doesn't mean you can just stop on one thing for an entire page. Or spend multiple pages discussing something that could be finished in one page. This isn't a slower pace, this is a complete stop in the story. The beginning were Erin was interacting with Rad, that's slower paced. The start of the Gunlord Arc, where Erin was refusing to fight while Gunny and Rad were fighting, that's slower paced. When you've spent 10 pages in one spot (We've been in this building since #35, and we met Chinese Dragon Arbiter in #37), you've officially stopped in your tracks. It wouldn't be this bad if more were happening, but all that's happened is they refused to sell Gunny to the enemy and are now in a fight sequence that's dragging out for no reason.
So what? I like it. I like it slow, ponderous, and occasionally static. There's more to appreciate in a webcomic than just the plot.Mr.Mattress said:Slower Pace =/= "Hey, let's spend an entire comic page on a guy having a knife in him!" That's ridiculous!lacktheknack said:
Slower pace doesn't mean you can just stop on one thing for an entire page. Or spend multiple pages discussing something that could be finished in one page.
Yes, you can.
That's the cool thing about art: You can do whatever the heck you want.
This isn't a slower pace, this is a complete stop in the story. The beginning were Erin was interacting with Rad, that's slower paced. The start of the Gunlord Arc, where Erin was refusing to fight while Gunny and Rad were fighting, that's slower paced. When you've spent 10 pages in one spot (We've been in this building since #35, and we met Chinese Dragon Arbiter in #37), you've officially stopped in your tracks. It wouldn't be this bad if more were happening, but all that's happened is they refused to sell Gunny to the enemy and are now in a fight sequence that's dragging out for no reason.
Your ranting is the equivalent of someone getting angry that <link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AWIqXzvX-U>this is too slow and repetitive beyond reason. Guess what? I like it this way.
That's a more eloquent version of what I was going to say: there IS such a thing as too slow if you drag out the story needlessly.Mr.Mattress said:
Or reading an Avengers comic by Brian Michael Bendis. Hey-yo! (now lets see how many people know what I'm talking about).CaitSeith said:
The thing is though this style typically ends up being much better on a second read. Those webcomics that are pretty slow (And there are a few of them) may be really terrible to keep up with on a update basis but they beat the instant gag ones any day of the week once the story is finished / you reread a chapter. Meanwhile those that are pretty fast tend to be rather weak when you reflect / look back on them.Mr.Mattress said:
Personally if they are telling a story (which they are) its better they update like this. If you don't want to keep up with it just check back in a month or so and read in bulk.
Reading the complaints about the pacing reminds me of the reaction to Erin's night at the bar and Children of Steam - which were two of my favorite runs in Critical Miss, so keep up the good work.
If you want to see a truly horribly paced webcomic try Looking For Group, which almost constantly follows up a couple of pages of actual story with twenty pages of (allegedly) zany antics that go nowhere until they finally wander back to the plot for a few pages. At least EDA is sticking to the main story.
If you want to see a truly horribly paced webcomic try Looking For Group, which almost constantly follows up a couple of pages of actual story with twenty pages of (allegedly) zany antics that go nowhere until they finally wander back to the plot for a few pages. At least EDA is sticking to the main story.