Emily ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks

[Dr. Strangelove]

So terrible optimization aside is anyone else really disappointed with emily's powers? Doppleganger is kinda cool and the shadow form would be cool if you could ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ jump or climb up walls or something. I haven't tried mesmerize yet but by the sounds of it its nowhere near as cool as stop time. Far reach is the worst of them all. It's weird and doesn't even come close to being as useful as blink since you're visible the entire time and I don't know about you guys but I think teleporting in front of someone and stabbing their face is way cooler than pulling them to you with a giant tentacle thing only to have them break every glass object in the room on the way over effectively alerting everyone in the level.

[Kael]

Kinda Agree, Since the start I said that her powers are not made fully well and she has so limited options then what Corvo does.

[Steven Brattac]

They hyped it as the better Corvo why? because the looks? the ninja flair i want gameplay and cool skills that help and are fun instead flair. Or maybe you need to play here completely different instead straight on the hide below or above approach so they cannot reach ja if alerted. Dr Strangelove how far are you into the game yet?

[Dr. Strangelove]

Originally posted by -Silver the Dragon-:

They hyped it as the better Corvo why? because the looks? the ninja flair o want gameplay and cool skills that help and are fun instead flair.

Yeah exactly. Corvo's powers are useful for both combat and stealth. There's just so many ways to use his powers but with emily it feels all geared towards stealth but Corvo's powers are still better for stealth in every way.

[Steven Brattac]

Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove:

Originally posted by -Silver the Dragon-:

They hyped it as the better Corvo why? because the looks? the ninja flair o want gameplay and cool skills that help and are fun instead flair.

Yeah exactly. Corvo's powers are useful for both combat and stealth. There's just so many ways to use Corvo's powers but with emily it feels all geared towards stealth but Corvo's powers are still better for stealth in every way.

yeah i dunno why some people lets players hyped here guess i need to have a lookout for vids about here special gamestyle but im usually plunge into such games without study that to not spoil me the game .
Maybe we are missing something important.

[Dawwpuddin]

Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove:

Originally posted by -Silver the Dragon-:

They hyped it as the better Corvo why? because the looks? the ninja flair o want gameplay and cool skills that help and are fun instead flair.

Yeah exactly. Corvo's powers are useful for both combat and stealth. There's just so many ways to use his powers but with emily it feels all geared towards stealth but Corvo's powers are still better for stealth in every way.

Remember Far Reach? That thing you can use to hurl whale oil tanks at people, and hurl people towards you so you can stab them?

Remember Mesmerize? That thing where you can place a void entity down, and kill up to four people as they just stand there?

Remember Link? That thing where you can link up to four people, kill one, and they all die at once?

Remember Doppleganger? That thing where you can spawn up to two of yourself to fight for you?

Remember Shadow Walk? Where you can LITERALLY KILL ANYTHING WITH THE SINGULAR CLICK OF A MOUSE DURING BATTLE.

Actually think of the things you can do before you say "oooo, I can't do anything!" Link and Mesmerize put together are deadly. Link and Far Reach together are deadly. Shadow Walk period is deadly. Doppleganger and far reach together are deadly.

[Krono]

Kinda agree with this guy here ^ Sounds to me like you lot aren't using her properly

[Francis_Mallman]

Emily is Corvo with guns.

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

you clearly don't know how to use far reach at all. It DOESN'T work the same way as Blink! You use it to slingshot yourself, not teleport...
Also there is a bonecharm that makes you invisible when you use far reach. Even without it I've never been detected.
Seems that you're the one who sucks at using her. In that case don't blame her powers - it's a different playstyle - just stick with Corvo.

[GM Pax]

Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove:

[...] is anyone else really disappointed with emily's powers?

Dude, Domino is THE SHIZ. Seriously, it's just that awesome. Domino four guards together, drop-bear ONE of them, and bam .... they're all dealt with, all at once.

Far reach is the worst of them all. It's weird and doesn't even come close to being as useful as blink since you're visible the entire time [...]

You can use it to grab things.

Karnaca Docks, there's a couple of Overseers giving a lecture. There's a rune, and a bonecharm, on the table. Without creating a big scene ... Far Reach is perfect for snagging both items. Perch on a rooftop nearby, and YOINK, bonecharm is yours, YOINK, so is the rune. And no-one the wiser for it!

[them4pples]

Emily is more fun than Corvo. I feel like I can be a lot more creative with how I go about stuff with Emily. With Corvo you freeze time and kill someone, use rat swarm and kill someone, wind gust and kill someone. It's the same ♥♥♥♥ really. With Emily, you can do cool stuff like domino your doppleganger and use far reach on it, plant a mine and have guards chase the doppleganger into it, chill on rooftops and use far reach to take guards out silently. There's just way more things you can do with Emily. Plus far reach is fun af to use. You can do insane super jumps with it.

[Krono]

Originally posted by GM Pax:

Karnaca Docks, there's a couple of Overseers giving a lecture. There's a rune, and a bonecharm, on the table. Without creating a big scene ... Far Reach is perfect for snagging both items. Perch on a rooftop nearby, and YOINK, bonecharm is yours, YOINK, so is the rune. And no-one the wiser for it!

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I never even thought about that. I just did the same thing I did as Corvo, which was shooting a crossbow bolt into the ground a little ways away so the two Overseers went to investigate. Then I just jumped down, grabbed them, jumped back up

[Quickshooter]

honestly she's mostly based on utility
like mesmerize and domino
far reach is a grapple, not a blink
you grapple yourself towards locations or enemies towards your boot
shadow walk is basiclly a free pass from one area to another
unlike time stop, the level 1 keeps you hidden regardless

dopple is not really impressive to be honest but it is useful if you suck at stealth

as for her gadgets, she got better gadgets
her crossbow and gun are more accurate than corvo
aswell she naturally runs faster

she's better suited for flesh and steel playthrough to be honest, i did mine with her and with runes give you 200 each you can basiclly upgrade your gun to 11 by chapter 3

[GM Pax]

Originally posted by Krono | Sin:

Originally posted by GM Pax:

Karnaca Docks, there's a couple of Overseers giving a lecture. There's a rune, and a bonecharm, on the table. Without creating a big scene ... Far Reach is perfect for snagging both items. Perch on a rooftop nearby, and YOINK, bonecharm is yours, YOINK, so is the rune. And no-one the wiser for it!

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I never even thought about that. I just did the same thing I did as Corvo, which was shooting a crossbow bolt into the ground a little ways away so the two Overseers went to investigate. Then I just jumped down, grabbed them, jumped back up

No worries, man, I didn't think of it the first couple of times through there either.

[Plattsy]

"Karnaca Docks, there's a couple of Overseers giving a lecture. There's a rune, and a bonecharm, on the table. Without creating a big scene ... Far Reach is perfect for snagging both items. Perch on a rooftop nearby, and YOINK, bonecharm is yours, YOINK, so is the rune. And no-one the wiser for it!"

I never even thought of doing that! God I feel like an idiot

[Erebus]

I think the big issue is some of her utility is wasted on a fully nonlethal/ghost run. She's really godly for ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ around or improvising.