Qi

[DeadSilent]

I don't think I've ever hated an NPC as much as this guy. I pretty much dislike everything about him. If it were possible, I'd tell him to piss off anytime he needed my expertise or help, because that's exactly what he does AFTER you help him. Screw his commissions. I don't care how many three stars job he puts on the board.

Seriously though, Qi irritates to crap out of me. I challenge him to a fight at every opportunity, because it's the closest I'll get to slapping the arrogance out of him.

[Edgar Allan Hoe]

I hated him so much as well for like the first 70 hours of play. It didn't help that he's the character other than Mi'an that you have to deal with the most.
I don't really usually get as far as hating characters, but he's just such an obnoxious, petulant, pompous, arrogant, entitled, inconsiderate, rude little brat. >:T
The things that were supposed to be endearing made me hate him more.
But once you get his friendship up high enough... well... he gets a little better... they did a super fantastic job making him obnoxious and hateable, though.

[nolagirl504]

I hate Pen more, from the moment I met him to his 'over the top cringe - trigger warning' killing move 10 seconds after he calls me skinny arms.

[annelora]

Oh, it brings memories! For about year and a half, Mason's been conditioning me to dislike Cooper. The demo came out, I met the guy and hated his guts so much that I named my demo workshop "Cooper's an a**".
Flashforward to now: the dude's my favorite character. So you know, everything can change. And even if it won't for you, as long as disliking Qi does not cause you real-life stress, everything's fine!

[Kainos]

Oddly enough I got no issues with any npcs, I like all of em except how Pen reminds me we are forced to look like a little kid instead of a actual young adult...but anyway Qi is just your typical eccentric introvert or whatever who lives for science and not to be someone's "bud" lol.

[Poptart]

I didn't initially like Qi. I'm now mostly indifferent to him. I found myself quite disappointed by the portrayal of the male cast this time around.

I will say that he does have a connection to an old friend that is somewhat endearing.

[dom]

I actually like Qi. He's just socially awkward, but he tries and gets better over time. I can't stand Pen though, he's an obnoxious puffed up peacock know-it-all.

[DeadSilent]

I'm not bothered much by Pen and Cooper. Sure they're both obnoxious, but the way Qi talks down to you as if you're just barely above base level IQ, then coldly dismisses the useful 'idiot' while he goes to do something far more intelligent is why I dislike him with great intensity.

"Oh, you managed not to screw up what I asked you to do. You can go away, I have adult things to tend to. What's that? You want access to the thing you just built with the parts you meticulously fabricated, after risking your life gathering the materials?! This is a serious piece of equipment, I won't risk some of your ignorance rubbing off on its greatness. I suppose you could 'look' at it from time to time with your primitive and uneducated eyes since you built it, but that's it."

Not a verbatim statement, but this is how Qi talks to you. It was funny at first, but after being forced to deal with him in several main story missions and watching his interactions with others, it became a full blown hatred. If I could skip all of the story involving him, I definitely would.

This is all in light-hearted fun. I agree with others on Cooper and Pen, but I can tolerate them for the most part. In every game, there's at least one character that rubs people the wrong way. For me, that character is the NPC known as Qi.

[taylormarian9]

I'm okay with Qi, and his dialogue has improved since the game first launched. Pen, on the other hand, is irritating. I would think he was modeled on the cartoon character Mighty Mouse, except that the devs are probably all too young to know who that is.

[Poptart]

Originally posted by taylormarian9:

I'm okay with Qi, and his dialogue has improved since the game first launched. Pen, on the other hand, is irritating. I would think he was modeled on the cartoon character Mighty Mouse, except that the devs are probably all too young to know who that is.

Pen reminds me of Captain Hammer from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.

[Ihateeverybody]

I hate that one Yakamal that just stands there near the stables all day in the same place, no matter the weather. Never eats. Never responds to pets. Ignores any attempt at making friends.

[Frozenfrost]

ummmm you all are forgetting they picked Captain over you when you crafted the promotion hat........
I would kick that cat like a football if i could ... lazy ass

[Edgar Allan Hoe]

Originally posted by DeadSilent:

"Oh, you managed not to screw up what I asked you to do. You can go away, I have adult things to tend to. What's that? You want access to the thing you just built with the parts you meticulously fabricated, after risking your life gathering the materials?! This is a serious piece of equipment, I won't risk some of your ignorance rubbing off on its greatness. I suppose you could 'look' at it from time to time with your primitive and uneducated eyes since you built it, but that's it."

100% he is this. The tipping point for me was when I got him to 4 hearts and he started saying that one line where he's saying "I've noticed you're always frittering away the hours scurrying about chattering away with the natives while I'm in here making progress. How quaint." basically. It's like, you know. He's supposed to be your friend at that point and he goes from being dismissive to being insulting. Very good character development.

People are excusing him by saying he's the awkward nerd type. No. He's a jerk. Dr. Xu is the awkward nerd type. Fang is the awkward nerd type. Qi is the pompous academic who thinks he's better than everyone else. I know a couple guys like this in real life. You meet 'em all the time in my profession. They aren't cute, they're just rude and have refused to acknowledge that they have no social skills as they see communicating with those of inferior intellect to be below their station.

I mean, yeah, he's just a video game character and in the grand scheme of things I don't care, but come on lol. He's literally the worst romance candidate.

[Edgar Allan Hoe]

Originally posted by Poptart:

Pen reminds me of Captain Hammer from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.

This was exactly the vibe I got from him at first too.
Once you get to know him better, though, he's alright. At least his complex comes from this desire to help and protect the people of Sandrock, unlike Qi whose complex comes from being entitled. He's a little arrogant, but he also is the highest level NPC I've fought, so... I guess he's earned it a bit.

[dom]

Originally posted by Edgar Allan Hoe:

Originally posted by DeadSilent:

"Oh, you managed not to screw up what I asked you to do. You can go away, I have adult things to tend to. What's that? You want access to the thing you just built with the parts you meticulously fabricated, after risking your life gathering the materials?! This is a serious piece of equipment, I won't risk some of your ignorance rubbing off on its greatness. I suppose you could 'look' at it from time to time with your primitive and uneducated eyes since you built it, but that's it."

100% he is this. The tipping point for me was when I got him to 4 hearts and he started saying that one line where he's saying "I've noticed you're always frittering away the hours scurrying about chattering away with the natives while I'm in here making progress. How quaint." basically. It's like, you know. He's supposed to be your friend at that point and he goes from being dismissive to being insulting. Very good character development.

People are excusing him by saying he's the awkward nerd type. No. He's a jerk. Dr. Xu is the awkward nerd type. Fang is the awkward nerd type. Qi is the pompous academic who thinks he's better than everyone else. I know a couple guys like this in real life. You meet 'em all the time in my profession. They aren't cute, they're just rude and have refused to acknowledge that they have no social skills as they see communicating with those of inferior intellect to be below their station.

I mean, yeah, he's just a video game character and in the grand scheme of things I don't care, but come on lol. He's literally the worst romance candidate.

Qi is one of my BFFs and he turns out to be quite nice. He acknowledges that he is a social dud, and he tries hard to pay compliments and to be entertaining. I haven't dated anyone yet but will see what he's like when I get around to dating people.

Fang is interesting, he is the only character who never moves his lips, even when he does speak. I love his voice. It will be interesting how he develops. Maybe he can't talk and uses something to make a voice? Who knows.

Cooper doesn't bother me, he's just a farmer and doesn't much engage in niceties.

[Edgar Allan Hoe]

Originally posted by dom:

Qi is one of my BFFs and he turns out to be quite nice. He acknowledges that he is a social dud, and he tries hard to pay compliments and to be entertaining. I haven't dated anyone yet but will see what he's like when I get around to dating people.

Fang is interesting, he is the only character who never moves his lips, even when he does speak. I love his voice. It will be interesting how he develops. Maybe he can't talk and uses something to make a voice? Who knows.

Qi has the highest friendship with me, followed by X. I went out of my way to improve my friendship with him because I was tired of him being a jerk and I knew he'd warm up if I got his hearts up. :)
I like his attempts at compliments, honestly.
Still, I can't forget how much I hated him in all of his quests lol.

I hope Fang's voice sounds the same in the final. I really like it and think it suits his shy nerd personality. I think they said they were going to re-record everything, though. The lips not moving I think is probably just because they haven't finished the rig/animation.