Different characters?

[Fetito Fazzito]

So what are the different characters for? Do they give me different skills?

[str8 up "ghoulin it"]

Buying character DLCs give new perk decks, which technically are different abilities, but can be used by any character.
Imo, most valuable is Jiro (for his guns, yakuza is literally only good for frenzy/melee builds), and the least valuable is Jacket.

[Aleupo]

No, there are just two gimmicky special moves, Jiro can slice cloakers with the Katana and Bodhi puts big holes in tazer heads with the Playtypus. Have no idea why just these two chars got that though.

[Mr.Evolution]

Originally posted by Mind Eraser Frog:

Imo, most valuable is Jiro (for his guns, yakuza is literally only good for frenzy/melee builds),

i thought it was also good for stealth becuae you got a speed boost.

[Aleupo]

If you are looking for a stealth deck buy Clover.

[Blue Screen of Death]

You can also use them to annoy other players, most notably Bonnie, Jiro and Sydney.

[BlackRibbon]

Characters are cosmetic only.

[Vali Riversong]

Originally posted by Blue Screen of Death:

You can also use them to annoy other players, most notably Bonnie, Jiro and Sydney.

Jimmy too. My friend spams as Jimmy and it's a true test of friendship for me to not kick him.

[docbee21]

Originally posted by Joninator:

Originally posted by Blue Screen of Death:

You can also use them to annoy other players, most notably Bonnie, Jiro and Sydney.

Jimmy too. My friend spams as Jimmy and it's a true test of friendship for me to not kick him.

^ lol

[Blue Screen of Death]

Originally posted by Joninator:

Originally posted by Blue Screen of Death:

You can also use them to annoy other players, most notably Bonnie, Jiro and Sydney.

Jimmy too. My friend spams as Jimmy and it's a true test of friendship for me to not kick him.

Yes, good reminder. I admit I use some of these just to annoy randoms (and friends), but Jiro and lately Sydney started to annoy me too.

[Pyro Fennec]

Originally posted by Blue Screen of Death:

You can also use them to annoy other players, most notably Bonnie, Jiro and Sydney.

Let's not forget Sokol...

[Gunsmith Noob]

Originally posted by Alex Lupo:

No, there are just two gimmicky special moves, Jiro can slice cloakers with the Katana and Bodhi puts big holes in tazer heads with the Playtypus. Have no idea why just these two chars got that though.

Because there was a lot of negative feedback on such features,with people saying that new characters werent anymore "cosmetic only"

[Pyro Fennec]

Originally posted by Gunsmith Noob:

Originally posted by Alex Lupo:

No, there are just two gimmicky special moves, Jiro can slice cloakers with the Katana and Bodhi puts big holes in tazer heads with the Playtypus. Have no idea why just these two chars got that though.

Because there was a lot of negative feedback on such features,with people saying that new characters werent anymore "cosmetic only"

So fancy death animations for one enemy under very specific conditions are not a cosmetic thing now?

Live and learn...

[lexilogo]

If you're talking entirely about the Character slot, then it's purely cosmetic. As others have mentioned Jiro can decapitate and slice Cloakers in half, and Bodhi can decapitate Tasers. These are cosmetic moves though, they can only be performed if you'd normally have killed the enemy via that attack, it just changes the ragdoll model.

If you're talking about their corresponding DLCs, each character DLC includes the character themselves, but also their corresponding Perk Deck, weapon and melee.

EDIT:

Originally posted by Pyro Fennec:

Originally posted by Gunsmith Noob:

Because there was a lot of negative feedback on such features,with people saying that new characters werent anymore "cosmetic only"

So fancy death animations for one enemy under very specific conditions are not a cosmetic thing now?

Live and learn...

It was far more confusing when Jiro first released. Because the website's wording was a little vague people assumed Jiro's decapitating might be a guarenteed instakill which would've been unreasonable.

It was cleared up later but there was a lot of negative feedback during Jiro's release due to that misinformation, not to mention the fact his character barely speaks a word of English even though his VA apparently speaks English fluently.

[Gunsmith Noob]

Originally posted by Pyro Fennec:

Originally posted by Gunsmith Noob:

Because there was a lot of negative feedback on such features,with people saying that new characters werent anymore "cosmetic only"

So fancy death animations for one enemy under very specific conditions are not a cosmetic thing now?

Live and learn...

*shrugs* That's the internet for ya