DISCUSSION #01

[rujubee]

when ready to take on the world this too will have an awesome graphic

Well gather around children with a hot cup of talk! It's time for discussions! You take the question or topic I give you, you give me back an answer, and you get two cards! Let's participate!

This round's question:

Who would you consider your main character? Who do you like to have as your controllable character?

This round ends on March 6th! Have a great two weeks!

Comments

[polizei]

jude nerdmaster mathis is my perfect husband and i will probably never love anyone as a main character as much as him. perfect cute, smarts, and sass - he's got that bit of naiveté to him, but then another time he'll crank up the sass and its the perfect balance. also he has his manly moments later on in the game and just UGH I LOVE JUDE GOODBYE............

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younger02, chosen11

[grandmaestro]

...I consider my main character to be Van Grants but primarily because of RP sjhsdf. He's just an incredibly versatile character who can be kind with reason but also turn it around and be very...himself. In that sense, he is my main controllable character and I would stubborn through his inability to jump if I had RM3.

However, if we're talking exclusively about the characters we prefer to control in the game, then Milla is the one I prefer most as my controllable character. I really enjoy her spirit shift ability and wide-range of elemental attacks, and I feel she's a great evolution of the magic swordsman class.

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hitman16, exsphere05

[clonesakas]

The most important thing for me is how fast they are; not necessarily their agility stat, but in terms of their attack animations. For example, I find Luke and Yuri hard to use because there's a bit of delay to their attacks. That being said, I still prefer playing as a close range fighter, so usually this ends up meaning I prefer the fist fighters if the game has one (Jude, Farah, Sophie, etc.). If it doesn't, I usually end up playing as the faster sword user (Guy as opposed to Luke).

Though occasionally I end up preferring the resident archer because some of them have fast attack animations, or maybe the delay is acceptable because they're ranged weapons. (Natalia, Raven kind of) I don't know.

I don't know if I have a main exactly, because I admit I mostly get through Tales games by button mashing orz;;

[vilya]

To an extent you are singing the song of my people - I just told someone else today that button mashing is in my soul and that I thought Luke and Yuri too slow with their swords!

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studious18, bonemask10

[griff]

I also prefer playing as characters who are fast... usually that means the lead character but occasionally not. I like playing as Guy more than as Luke for instance, because Guy's just a faster swordsman. I'm not very good at guarding and blocking so I prefer playing characters that I can just attack with quickly and then free run out of danger.

Out of all characters ever I'd say Jude is probably my favorite to play because he's super fast and also very powerful... plus once I figured out snap pivoting it was a lot of fun...

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sylvarant03, fodra20

[adurotum]

... My main character would be Asch because he was initially a character I really hated but became the character I really love in Abyss?! Also... RP things yes.

On the other hand though, for controllable characters I really enjoyed controlling Hubert from Tales of Graces. I like his speed and the range he can get and just the fact that it was a speardualswordtwinpistolsbow weapon. The best weapon.

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soma09, spiria17

[butterflysparkles]

My favorite character is Asbel, but I believe this is asking a different question than just that, ahaha.

My main character to use in the games? Senel for sure. I'm biased because Legendia was my first Tales game, but Good Old Fisticuffs are fast, blocking is easy, and no Tales game yet has been able to provide a move quite as satisfying as all of Senel's "pick up enemy (no matter how large) and throw them the fuck down" moves. I can pick up giant elemental godwhales with this move! WHALES MAN. I even prefer the 2D battle screen to the 3D ones that the rest of the Tales games have (ducks for cover oh god, unpopular opinions).

That said, in other games I rarely default from the initial protagonist (Luke/Asbel/Jude/etc.) to play as someone else. I just get comfortable with their fighting style and don't really want to bother with learning someone else's.

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heroes07, healing13

[kippi]

Like everyone else here, I prefer faster chars! Ange is probably my favorite so far, both for her fast delay and because I enjoy healing (I also love her as a char, at least so far, but that's not relevant to the topic). I usually end up just playing as the main char though, because I'm too lazy to switch to someone else.

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theunseen11, bananas17

[boywonder]

My main character is Asch and I don't even want to hear that he doesn't count bc yes he does he's playable. He's just the Tales character that I like the most idkkkkkk. I like his struggle and his tragedy and his shitty attitude and I always have.

Probably my favorite character to CONTROL is Jude. I found him to be the easiest/most comprehensive character to use.

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pikohan11, sigmund05

[meria]

Fast characters are my favourite to control. Sophie was my main for Graces, Jude was for Xillia, hell Senel was my main for Legendia. Really I'm a fan of fisticuffs because punching things is hella rad.

Not sure who I would consider my main, but Sophie was definitely the most fun to control.

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holy04, eating08

[springidol]

Fast characters are the best, so I'm going to say Guy too. I also love playing with Judith, performing infinite aerial combos with her is so much fun.

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craymel02, bloody21

[spectrier]

orz I feel like I'm misinterpreting the first part to this question, forgive me for I am so tiiiiiired ;_;

Out of all the games, my favourite character to control is Repede!! He's super fast (which seems to be a common factor in choosing a main in this comm, ha) and I will admit I did enjoy cheesing a bit on higher difficulties by abusing the fact he has abilities with invincibility frames!

Also, there aren't many other games that let you fight as a dog!

Unless I find a character really gels with me like Repede did (also Hermana and Hubert, love their skill sets), I tend not to really main any characters 'cause I like swapping around to give myself battle variety.

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pendant12, heroines07

[anesidorian]

Guy or Luke, from Abyss, I think! I prefer the quick hitters and melee fighters, and they both suit my own battle and play style well. Guy especially because he's faster than Luke.

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exsphere22, peachpie10

[lastalia]

It kind of depends for me. I think of all the games, Asbel is my favorite to control; he's got a good amount of speed without being a bit unwieldy, the balance between sheathed/unsheathed artes words for me, and I just have fun maining him. And my AI does way better with the other character in Graces I enjoy playing, so there's that. Asbel's also the one I've really mastered combat with, chaining combos and getting CC bonuses and whatnot. I've sunk more hours into Graces from the sheer enjoyment of just fighting things in the Zhonecage on chaos mode than any other Tales games I've played.

I think I generally tend to stick to the mid-range/balanced, sword wielding protagonists (Yuri, Shing, etc) otherwise, though I main Alvin in Xillia which I find surprisingly fun for being the big slow guy. Ludger's a lot of fun too. I pretty much just sit on the boat of "AS LONG AS I DON'T HAVE TO PLAY CASTERS."

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conductor03, spiria09

[vilya]

Most of the time, I play the main character when I'm working through the game - Lloyd Luke Yuri Asbel Jude (we'll get to Xillia though) - and I have a preference for fast+swords although I will choose speed over weaponry if there's a choice. Luke and Yuri move a little too slow for me but they make up for it with the ability to Demon Fang/Azure Edge things from afar and I am pretty sure I've won entire boss fights in this fashion once or twice.

Also, Xillia is the first time I've tried my hand at playing any of the non-Protag characters in battle just for fun without being forced (as all the others force you to take up another party member's battle style at one point or another - Xillia included). After all that! I prefer Jude still. He's probably my favorite so far, being a nice blend of up-close-button-mashing action (which is the thing I do best, I'm a terrible mage battler) and flashy artes/heal-recovery artes. I'm good at Leia, fair at Milla and Alvin, though.

However when on the map! I'll switch map characters around all the time if I can, but I usually like: Sheena, Jade, Yuri or Judith, Milla. (Haven't tried it in Graces oops.)

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unbelievable22, lordliness10

[cautiousardent]

A lot of the main characters are the ones I end up playing OTL mostly because I get so used to the combos, and I develop a "feel" for their fighting style, so it's much easier for me to fight with them. I prefer close-range combat, too, which is hard for me to use some of my favorite characters (ex: Estelle, Rita, Raven, Malik, etc). IDK It's just hard for me to play characters I'm not used to.

SO BASICALLY

Symphonia: Either Lloyd or Kratos so far.
Abyss: LUKE but also Jade so far.
Vesperia: Always Yuri. Sometimes Karol, though.
Graces: The most I have for all of them so far. Asbel and Hubert when I play alone, but when I'm playing with my friend, I tend to use Richard or Sophie, too (since we're not far enough for us to have Hubert in our party sdkfljasfksa).
Xillia: JUDE. JUDE ALWAYS AND FOREVER.

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icando06, icando04

[bats]

My main is Alvin because I'm a masochist or something. I cannot do battling on Graces at all LMFAO I let the AI do shit and occasionally use Cheria to throw... knives.. but Xillia is way different and I just

FIGHT ALL OF THE TIME

.

I really like characters with different weapons who use giant weapons, regardless of speed, so. Alvin it is.

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unbelievable15, glory25

[shadedwhite]

the answer for both of these is easy: Raine! I am used to navigating her abilities and I enjoy her character the most of all tales.

- though it is also fun to control Jade in abyss, even if that is just spamming his spear attacks. Abyss has an easy way to switch between four characters in battle so my team there is usually like Jade + Tear + Natalia + Anise (though I've been switching her out occasionally in an attempt to broaden my horizons). It also wins for favorite battle system due to free run not being some complicated thing.

- when I am playing with other people it's always tended to be support characters anyway, like Estelle (though I am still unused to that battle system), cheria (see battle system problems), and leia (ditto).

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timetravel01, bloody12

[danybel]

My answer for discussions is always gonna be Yuri, god, but yup, Yuri is my main character out of all the others. And I usually control the main character in each game, since I actually enjoy their fighting styles

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glory20, determined07