Character overview

[5pam!]

I just made an overview for the characters in the game. It lists if they have multiple skills, which group status effects they can apply and which gifts they like (if i have encountered them).

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VEE8X1kQh6T7WPcH-De6HEgNjYNDrrMNUP0qAyr9yNI/edit?usp=sharing


Feel free to post any additional info you have and I will add it to the table.

[Aurelia]

I actually find it interesting, because a lot of the heros only have 1 or two abilities, which are often looked as "useless" in comparison. But in theory, i wonder how useful you could make an ally that is somewhat customizable. They still accrue skillpoints, so in the end all you'd have to do is keep buying skillbooks and eventually craft them into a companion of your choosing, potentially making them even more useful.
That coupled with the fact that you can basically get infinite attribute points to give them over time, you could turn any of those characters into a true customized companion.
Just a thought.

[5pam!]

I wouldnt consider them worthless, they are just not as good. A few exceptions exist, especially for the mages and healers. But for instance ranged users seem to have some pretty useless skills (aside from the one hat seems to be a necromancer?). Also chosing a melee companion with only one skill is kind of a waste, considering most of them have multiple skills.

Im not sure if you can train any skill. If so, it would only be a matter of time, to get any companion "good".
In the end its all a matter of choice anyway. Pick the one you like. Im also using some that i wouldn't consider "great" by any means, but i like them. So i keep them in my party.

[persocom01]

unless you want them in your main party, how good they are isn't as important as their function as leaders of reinforcement troops. You mostly need them to bring along more cannon fodder for sieges.

[ChokeMeHarderDaddy]

Originally posted by 5pam!:

I just made an overview for the characters in the game. It lists if they have multiple skills, which group status effects they can apply and which gifts they like (if i have encountered them).

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VEE8X1kQh6T7WPcH-De6HEgNjYNDrrMNUP0qAyr9yNI/edit?usp=sharing


Feel free to post any additional info you have and I will add it to the table.

You should turn this into a guide since will be easily forgotten in discussions, it's pretty darn good

[Aurelia]

Originally posted by 5pam!:

Im not sure if you can train any skill. If so, it would only be a matter of time, to get any companion "good".
In the end its all a matter of choice anyway. Pick the one you like. Im also using some that i wouldn't consider "great" by any means, but i like them. So i keep them in my party.

I do wonder about it too -- what sorts of skills are actually available in those books.
The one thing they do have lacking though, is all the enforcing passive and skill upgrades that some of the heros have, though the skillbooks themselves are still quite potent. One thing i also noticed, is that atleast the skillbooks i've seen, are not available to select from legacy points. Do you happen to know if they are just simply abilities from classes, or if they are their own special list of skills?

Also, agreed with henry. If you could make it into a steam guide, it could get some excellent visibility and contribution :)

[jutetrea]

Good stuff. You seem to have a few marked with multiple skills, but still red. Yasmin Giddah

[5pam!]

Hi, thats because all of the effects are applied by one skill. Yasmin Giddah only has one skill "Arcane Lilac Smoke".

[persocom01]

Originally posted by Luminaire:

I do wonder about it too -- what sorts of skills are actually available in those books.
The one thing they do have lacking though, is all the enforcing passive and skill upgrades that some of the heros have, though the skillbooks themselves are still quite potent. One thing i also noticed, is that atleast the skillbooks i've seen, are not available to select from legacy points. Do you happen to know if they are just simply abilities from classes, or if they are their own special list of skills?

Also, agreed with henry. If you could make it into a steam guide, it could get some excellent visibility and contribution :)

from what I've seen, buyable skills tend to be weaker versions of similar skills. Poison bomb only doesl 1x damage, charge doesn't seem to do any damage at all, earthshock might as well do no damage etc.