(no subject)
Mar. 24th, 2008 07:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geebsObligatory SW2 post of the day. Started playing Gracia. She starts out incredibly weak- you're liable to give up on her and proclaim her the suckiest character ever when you first play her. But I implore you to give her a chance. Once you level her up, she's one of the best characters out there. So, you'll have to hammer through some easy one star levels in the beginning. Her mounted attack is ridiculously powerful (she shoots frickin' fireballs, which are relatively strong), so that'll help you survive until you get her to about level 10, which is when she gets her self skill, letting her constantly be gaining musou. Which is important since she is a special-type character. But unlike the other special-type characters who just drop mines, she gets magical attacks.
Unlike "mage" type characters in the games before her, her magical attacks are actually useful and something you'll want to do often (not exclusively, as you don't regain musou that fast!). Her "weakest" magical attack, she fires three huge fireballs in an arc in front of her. They'll cause significant amounts of damage on officers when hit and most likely wipe out the peons with him. Her next magical attack, which I think is her most useful one, is an ice storm that hits all around her and sometimes freezes enemies. Her most powerful attack, which is good, but hard to hit with, is her "super magical Gracia beam", which will kill weaker officers and cause massive damage on stronger ones. She also has defensive spells, though I'm not exactly sure the bonuses they're providing. The second one is a shield, but the first and third are buffs, though I am unsure as to what kind of buffs. I'm worried what she'll be like in Warriors Orochi 2 or whatever the hell they're calling the new one that includes the SW2:XL characters plus Fu Xi, Nu Wa, and some others. Since "special-type" SW2 characters lose access to a lot of their moves (since they can't do R1+sq or tr) and particularly since there's no "self-skills", meaning Gracia doesn't have her "constantly regain musou" thing as always on, it seems like she'll work totally different. I mean, I think there's a skill that lets you constantly regain musou in WO, but that means she (and the rest of her group) have to give up a slot for that.
But I digress. I wanna say her fighting style is kinda mage-monk, as her normal attacks are all punches and kicks. Once you get her c5 though, then she really hits her groove. c5 is her meat and potatoes, as it ends with a 360 hit shockwave all around her. You basically just spam that along with her fireball and ice storm attacks and you'll be reaping through the enemy like a sickle through wheat. c2 and c4 are pretty good against single opponents as well.
Haven't played her story mode yet, but since Anegawa and Osaka Bay are on my normal level up routine and there's a lot of conversations that take place between her and Mago (as she calls him) as well as with her pops, Akechi, I assume that those are in her story mode. It seems like she's trying to be his sidekick, though people keep joking she's his girlfriend, even though she's like a teen and he's a grown man. Perverts! And it looks like she initially hides the fact that she's Akechi's daughter from Magoichi. Hmm, given the way the game has Honnoji go, with Akechi dueling Oda, but refusing to finish him off, but then Magoichi sniping Oda, I wonder how that all plays out. It seems like after that, Magoichi and Akechi were after each other, so that would put Gracia in the middle.
Oh, and had Big Bang Theory on while eating dinner. That show is just not funny! Though they did have a debate on why Skynet would build a hot teen chick terminator. ojv('Man, its obvious!') Who are people more likely to let their guard down in front of? The big hulking scary looking brute, or the sluttily dressed teen hottie-hot?!
Unlike "mage" type characters in the games before her, her magical attacks are actually useful and something you'll want to do often (not exclusively, as you don't regain musou that fast!). Her "weakest" magical attack, she fires three huge fireballs in an arc in front of her. They'll cause significant amounts of damage on officers when hit and most likely wipe out the peons with him. Her next magical attack, which I think is her most useful one, is an ice storm that hits all around her and sometimes freezes enemies. Her most powerful attack, which is good, but hard to hit with, is her "super magical Gracia beam", which will kill weaker officers and cause massive damage on stronger ones. She also has defensive spells, though I'm not exactly sure the bonuses they're providing. The second one is a shield, but the first and third are buffs, though I am unsure as to what kind of buffs. I'm worried what she'll be like in Warriors Orochi 2 or whatever the hell they're calling the new one that includes the SW2:XL characters plus Fu Xi, Nu Wa, and some others. Since "special-type" SW2 characters lose access to a lot of their moves (since they can't do R1+sq or tr) and particularly since there's no "self-skills", meaning Gracia doesn't have her "constantly regain musou" thing as always on, it seems like she'll work totally different. I mean, I think there's a skill that lets you constantly regain musou in WO, but that means she (and the rest of her group) have to give up a slot for that.
But I digress. I wanna say her fighting style is kinda mage-monk, as her normal attacks are all punches and kicks. Once you get her c5 though, then she really hits her groove. c5 is her meat and potatoes, as it ends with a 360 hit shockwave all around her. You basically just spam that along with her fireball and ice storm attacks and you'll be reaping through the enemy like a sickle through wheat. c2 and c4 are pretty good against single opponents as well.
Haven't played her story mode yet, but since Anegawa and Osaka Bay are on my normal level up routine and there's a lot of conversations that take place between her and Mago (as she calls him) as well as with her pops, Akechi, I assume that those are in her story mode. It seems like she's trying to be his sidekick, though people keep joking she's his girlfriend, even though she's like a teen and he's a grown man. Perverts! And it looks like she initially hides the fact that she's Akechi's daughter from Magoichi. Hmm, given the way the game has Honnoji go, with Akechi dueling Oda, but refusing to finish him off, but then Magoichi sniping Oda, I wonder how that all plays out. It seems like after that, Magoichi and Akechi were after each other, so that would put Gracia in the middle.
Oh, and had Big Bang Theory on while eating dinner. That show is just not funny! Though they did have a debate on why Skynet would build a hot teen chick terminator. ojv('Man, its obvious!') Who are people more likely to let their guard down in front of? The big hulking scary looking brute, or the sluttily dressed teen hottie-hot?!
