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WO blather- One thing that really annoys me about the game is some characters only have "joke" big stars, which is total BS. I'm sorry, when I'm playing a game that's about slaughtering people by the thousands, I do not find it amusing to be swinging around giant lollipops or ice cream cones. Some programmer thought it was prolly funny, but its just stupid and lame that you can't have "proper" ultimate weapons.

Its only really an issue for Taishi Ci, Pang De, and Deng Ai. Taishi Ci's only big star weapons are 2 giant corns on the cob, and 2 clubs with panda bears on them. The damage diff between his maxed out big star and 4 star is only 5. Same with Pang De, there's only a 5 point damage diff. He at least has one "non-goofy" weapon, but its the same as Xu Zhu, Huang Gai, and Shimazu's- a giant war hammer. Which is fine for them, but it looks nothing like his mace (or rather, Xiahou Dun's mace from DW6 since they gave him that moveset in this game since Zhang Liao stole the double axe moveset from him) There's enough guys with giant war hammers already, I would rather have something that looks like the DW6/7 mace that isn't a giant corn dog (actually, I guess its giant kiritanpo) or cactus.

Deng Ai shares his big stars with Nagamasa. So his choices are either the same lance Nagamasa uses, called Oichi's Guardian, or a giant totem pole looking thing. It seems inappropriate for him to use something called "Oichi's Guardian" since he's not the one with Oichi, plus the color scheme doesn't match him. And its a normal looking lance, which doesn't really match his move set, as his moves involve drilling, the animations of which only make sense when he's using his "drill lance". What's even more annoying though is that there's an 11 point damage diff between his four star and big star. I mean in the scheme of things, that's not a lot, but still, its annoying that you're not at your most powerful.

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Heh, so today's Penny Arcade was an amusing reference to Legend of Korra. Hmm, thinking about it though, I think I would actually go for Asami. She may not have fancy powers, but she sure does dress stylishly and has a knack for tech.

Hmm, so I guess in Japan they had a poll last year of the most popular SW chars as of SW3: Empires and DW chars as of DW7. At least I think that's what they are, I don't read Japanese.

Most popular Dynasty Warriors characters. Top ten:

1) Wang Yuanji
2) Xiahou Dun
3) Lu Xun
4) Zhao Yun
5) Cao Pi
6) Sima Yi
7) Zhang Liao
8) Ling Tong
9) Ma Chao
10) Zhong Hui

Unfortunately, I have no idea how anyone else ranks since everything is in Japanese. I guess those are all good choices, none of those are characters I dislike and are indeed some of my favorites. Interesting though, its 3 Wei, 3 Jin, 2 Shu and 2 Wu. So I guess the Wei and Jin are more popular? This is before DW7:XL though, so I wonder where Guo Jia, Pang De, and Wang Yi would rank in this? In any case, I'm a little surprised Yuanji is number one. I mean, she is hot, and the wallpaper they link is the background on my PS3. But she is a relatively new character, so for her to beat out characters who've been around way longer is a bit interesting.

Most popular Samurai Warriors characters. Top 10:

1) Mitsunari Ishida
2) Yukimura Sanada
3) Gracia
4) Sakon Shima
5) Masamune Date
6) Hanbei Tanaka
7) Motonari Mori
8) Kiyomasa Kato
9) Kanetsugu Naoe
10) Ina

I'm a little surprised at the number of folks from the latest game. Though I guess the DW list had 2 people introduced in 7, whereas this only has 3 folks from SW3, so its not that much more. Well, Kiyomasa is pretty bad-ass looking. Motonari I haven't played in WO yet, but he does seem intriguing. He seems to come off as kinda a fool, and talking in the camp, a lot of other chars dislike him and think he's an idiot, but I guess that's an act? There's a stage where he and Jia Xu team up, and Motonari comes off way smarter than he lets on, like he just acts like he doesn't know anything when really he's a brilliant strategist and technician.

I'm surprised Gracia came in 3rd, I didn't realize she was so popular, I would've though people would think she's a silly little girl. I still don't see what people see in Yukimura though. Maybe I don't know how to play him right, but he just never seemed as bad-ass as his DW counterpart, Zhao Yun. And he's kinda emo.

EDIT: Okay, I found a translated list for both. ( under the cut )

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Eureka- Hey, Holly's no longer a Hollygram and has a spanking new body. But interesting turn of events this episode. ( spoiler cut )