Ivander
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Of course I go to bed and I miss the Phantasy Star conversations.
To continue it, yeah, Matoi is likely to be considered because she's the most important character in PSO2 next to the protagonist. She's introduced in Episode 1 and hardly does anything because she's recovering, as you and your first partner Afin find her in the snow with a mysterious weapon(which later turns out to be hers and called Clarissa the White). She has a strange connection and trust to your character and she eventually joins you to fight against the main antagonist of Episode 2 and she becomes your full-fledged partner in Episode 3 and the other episodes. The end of Episode 2 is where you find out your connection to her past.
After the events of Episode 3, your character and her are the only one with the special titles known as "The Guardians" because of both yours and her fights against the Profound Darkness, and while she's not the 2nd protagonist in Episode 4 and 5, she still plays important roles in them and she becomes the 2nd protagonist again in Episode 6. Her secondary role and connection to your character is like that of many female sidekicks who are the secondary protagonist to the main character. The most comparable one would be Mash from Fate/Grand Order.
For her character's abilities, she is a Techter/Force, a "Spellcaster"-like class and a conjurer of many powerful "Techniques". And she becomes one of the best Technique users lore-wise, to the point where in one instance, she is literally stopping time to prevent a black hole from engulfing the universe. Gameplay-wise, all partners are not good as you are encouraged to play with people rather than AI, but Matoi, and other Force/Techters, are still the more useful ones as they give supports like heals and buffs.
Her appearance.......yes, it's not good.......but.....
You poor poor things. If you saw the other outfits that your frickin' character can wear, you'd frickin' appreciate that the only time Matoi ever comes close is when she gets "possessed" near the end of Episode 3 and that she keeps a relatively tame outfit for the rest of her appearances. Her outfit is nothing compared to the monstrosities that are the "functionally nude" outfits, the frickin' virgin killer sweater, a frickin' ribbon wrapped around the body like a present, outfits that are nothing more than black tape on the "parts", etc. May I also say that Phantasy Star Online 2 is one of the few MMORPGs that can be "modded"? And what do you think is one of those mods?
And just think, we have New Genesis coming out with the "better graphics" and the possibility of some of those outfits returning. I will point out that they do equalise on the men though. The Male characters do have access to thongs, speedos, the VK-Sweater, very small bathing towels, etc. The Males aren't safe from fanservice either.
Okay....that's one and all the frickin' monstrosity outfits out of the way.....the reasoning that she needs to show more skin to control her photons is actually a legitimate reason in-game. Yes, it's more an excuse to rationalise the revealing clothing but they do actually show this issue regarding Photons. For one example, another PSO2 character named Gene who used to have a more normal design, has a combat moment where she burns through many photons and because of her clothing keeping the "exhaust" in, she outright faints as a result. And they needed to make her clothing more revealing and they also needed to make her outfit out of breathable fabric.
Also, CASTs, one of the races of PSO2, were once Humans who needed a different body because their Photon Aptitude was very high and a potential risk to their human bodies that their new bodies were made to properly control them. If they don't change their bodies, they risk living with constant pain throughout their life.
Sadly, those two examples aside, they don't really give a "Male" example with the photon issues, especially when the main Hunter outfit is one of those outfits that covers the whole body. Only the females and the "Humans to Robots" are the examples.
All that out of the way...it really makes sense that Matoi would be considered since she's the 2nd most important and most recurring character in PSO2. She would also be a unique character in that she would be a Spellcaster character with a giant Staff/Rod(with some actual weight) as her weapon. She has access to many elemental Techniques consisting of Fire, Ice, Wind, Lightning, Light and Dark spells, although she's a constant user of the Light magic. There are also Techniques that can "pull in" enemies, can damage and lower enemies stats, can turn you into a speedy ball of lightning that can phase through enemies and a whole more variety.
Really, her only competition would be the Avatar characters of Phantasy Star Online and Alis Landale from the first Phantasy Star game. And both of them would be the typical sword wielders.....well, maybe not the Avatar character if they add in other weapons like the Wired Lance, the Double Saber, the Assault Rifle, etc. But Matoi would easily be the most unique out of all 3 of them with her being the only Spellcaster character and the amount of Techniques she can be given.
As for her reception.....I'm sure there will be people confused at who she is, but with the focus on PSO2 for the last year, and with New Genesis coming out, I wouldn't call her a completely unknown character. Heck, there are some notable Youtubers like Maximilian Dood who have played PSO2 who would likely recognise her(assuming they did any story mode). But regardless of whether it was her or the Avatar or Alis Landale, they would still get hate for being a JRPG character.
To continue it, yeah, Matoi is likely to be considered because she's the most important character in PSO2 next to the protagonist. She's introduced in Episode 1 and hardly does anything because she's recovering, as you and your first partner Afin find her in the snow with a mysterious weapon(which later turns out to be hers and called Clarissa the White). She has a strange connection and trust to your character and she eventually joins you to fight against the main antagonist of Episode 2 and she becomes your full-fledged partner in Episode 3 and the other episodes. The end of Episode 2 is where you find out your connection to her past.
After the events of Episode 3, your character and her are the only one with the special titles known as "The Guardians" because of both yours and her fights against the Profound Darkness, and while she's not the 2nd protagonist in Episode 4 and 5, she still plays important roles in them and she becomes the 2nd protagonist again in Episode 6. Her secondary role and connection to your character is like that of many female sidekicks who are the secondary protagonist to the main character. The most comparable one would be Mash from Fate/Grand Order.
For her character's abilities, she is a Techter/Force, a "Spellcaster"-like class and a conjurer of many powerful "Techniques". And she becomes one of the best Technique users lore-wise, to the point where in one instance, she is literally stopping time to prevent a black hole from engulfing the universe. Gameplay-wise, all partners are not good as you are encouraged to play with people rather than AI, but Matoi, and other Force/Techters, are still the more useful ones as they give supports like heals and buffs.
Her appearance.......yes, it's not good.......but.....
You poor poor things. If you saw the other outfits that your frickin' character can wear, you'd frickin' appreciate that the only time Matoi ever comes close is when she gets "possessed" near the end of Episode 3 and that she keeps a relatively tame outfit for the rest of her appearances. Her outfit is nothing compared to the monstrosities that are the "functionally nude" outfits, the frickin' virgin killer sweater, a frickin' ribbon wrapped around the body like a present, outfits that are nothing more than black tape on the "parts", etc. May I also say that Phantasy Star Online 2 is one of the few MMORPGs that can be "modded"? And what do you think is one of those mods?
And just think, we have New Genesis coming out with the "better graphics" and the possibility of some of those outfits returning. I will point out that they do equalise on the men though. The Male characters do have access to thongs, speedos, the VK-Sweater, very small bathing towels, etc. The Males aren't safe from fanservice either.Okay....that's one and all the frickin' monstrosity outfits out of the way.....the reasoning that she needs to show more skin to control her photons is actually a legitimate reason in-game. Yes, it's more an excuse to rationalise the revealing clothing but they do actually show this issue regarding Photons. For one example, another PSO2 character named Gene who used to have a more normal design, has a combat moment where she burns through many photons and because of her clothing keeping the "exhaust" in, she outright faints as a result. And they needed to make her clothing more revealing and they also needed to make her outfit out of breathable fabric.
Also, CASTs, one of the races of PSO2, were once Humans who needed a different body because their Photon Aptitude was very high and a potential risk to their human bodies that their new bodies were made to properly control them. If they don't change their bodies, they risk living with constant pain throughout their life.
Sadly, those two examples aside, they don't really give a "Male" example with the photon issues, especially when the main Hunter outfit is one of those outfits that covers the whole body. Only the females and the "Humans to Robots" are the examples.
All that out of the way...it really makes sense that Matoi would be considered since she's the 2nd most important and most recurring character in PSO2. She would also be a unique character in that she would be a Spellcaster character with a giant Staff/Rod(with some actual weight) as her weapon. She has access to many elemental Techniques consisting of Fire, Ice, Wind, Lightning, Light and Dark spells, although she's a constant user of the Light magic. There are also Techniques that can "pull in" enemies, can damage and lower enemies stats, can turn you into a speedy ball of lightning that can phase through enemies and a whole more variety.
Really, her only competition would be the Avatar characters of Phantasy Star Online and Alis Landale from the first Phantasy Star game. And both of them would be the typical sword wielders.....well, maybe not the Avatar character if they add in other weapons like the Wired Lance, the Double Saber, the Assault Rifle, etc. But Matoi would easily be the most unique out of all 3 of them with her being the only Spellcaster character and the amount of Techniques she can be given.
As for her reception.....I'm sure there will be people confused at who she is, but with the focus on PSO2 for the last year, and with New Genesis coming out, I wouldn't call her a completely unknown character. Heck, there are some notable Youtubers like Maximilian Dood who have played PSO2 who would likely recognise her(assuming they did any story mode). But regardless of whether it was her or the Avatar or Alis Landale, they would still get hate for being a JRPG character.
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