Board Thread:Theories/@comment-27823881-20180729145535/@comment-1327106-20180731070429

Freeman1378 wrote: - Oh yea I totally forgot about altitude in that case yea they would still be effective in the battle as long as they stayed out of range and I also completely forgot about Zeppelins being capable of housing smaller aircraft which if they pair that up with bombers that would be an incredibly effective strategy against Paradis, so I guess in this scenario Paradis might have to lean on Hizuru for air defense (if they have an adequate air force). Thanks for correcting my errors on Zeppelin warfare as it is a subject I am not educated on and it's always a pleasure to learn something new.

- I actually thought of the Pieck thing when I was reading this thread as I have been trying to think of what kind of role she could play in the upcoming battle due to her losing her Panzer Unit in Liberio (her strongest offensive attribute) as I have general theories that Reiner will face Eren in close combat (again) and Porco will face Mikasa in a true one on one fight as it seems like a natural rivalry due to there respective speediness (plus it was teased heavily in Liberio) but I couldn't think of what Pieck would do as she is at such a severe disadvantage in open combat. The first thing I thought was her being saddled with some kind of Anti-Titan Artillery platform but that's kinda dumb and not really beneficial as it would make her easy prey for the Survey Corps but the talk about Thermopylae clued me into a sneak attack as a battle where knowing the terrain was vital for all parties + Reiner has like 3 panels in the late 90's where he explains Paradis's terrain and how they wouldn't expect an attack from the north to Magath and Marley's old commanders (foreshadowing perhaps?).

Not a problem! WW1 is my favorite period of military history, so I was pretty happy when AoT decided to parallel it. They did a lot of crazy things in that war, because nobody knew what would work. Combat airplanes stuck around. Zeppelins not so much.

I suppose it's possible that Hizuru has some aircraft they can lend, which would certainly help, but I'm not sure if they have any military stationed on Paradis, or how Paradis would feel about that (they arrested the Anti-Marleyan volunteers after all).

With Pieck, yeah, going artillery again would be redundant. The Warriors already know how that turned out. They killed a few soldiers, but not enough to be a serious threat to the Survey Corps. So they should try a different approach.

I had forgotten about those panels where Reiner goes over the terrain. That's a good catch, and probably was included for a reaosn.