So uh, what happened to adding a majority of the ROR1 survivors?

[Jiffypop]

Looks like so far we might get Chef, but what about the rest? The new survivor looks like an incredibly specific niche. Healing is underpowered and overrated, and coop is hardly functional. Anything Monsoon or above sounds like this character is just going to suck.

[Kilo Wyatt]

I would rather new characters then old, we have 8 returning characters or basically a translation of them (Sniper to rail gunner) and entirely unique 5 new ones

[C. Fatz]

Originally posted by Kilo Wyatt:

I would rather new characters then old, we have 8 returning characters or basically a translation of them (Sniper to rail gunner) and entirely unique 5 new ones

Exactly, the newer characters are more likely to be gender fluid which is a big plus.

[Bug Guy]

I mean if they keep making DLCs they can keep adding more. But the formula was 1 returning, 1 new with the last DLC. And this DLC likely has a second new character as well. So who knows

[nul]

why does this character have magic

[Kilo Wyatt]

Originally posted by nul:

why does this character have magic

We have magical knives that shoot out more knives and masks that create ghosts and three god like beings magic isn't something new

[midori]

Originally posted by Crump Fatz:

Originally posted by Kilo Wyatt:

I would rather new characters then old, we have 8 returning characters or basically a translation of them (Sniper to rail gunner) and entirely unique 5 new ones

Exactly, the newer characters are more likely to be gender fluid which is a big plus.

would you kindly sod off with these clown-award bait gender politics posts? What a plague.

Anyways, I'd rather have both. I'd love to see how they'd recreate the original Risk of Rain cast to play on Risk of Rain 2, like the Miner, the Chef, and the Enforcer (i mean, come on, don't tell me the enforcer wouldn't be a blast to play here).
I'm all up for new characters but some of these are feeling quite uninspired to me.

Originally posted by nul:

why does this character have magic

the real question is why not. magic has been a thing since the original Risk of Rain.

[Fish]

If you consider the mods we already have we're only missing Returns characters in Drifter and Robomando. I don't really mind the 50:50 split focus on adding new characters when the playerbase has already stepped up and added the missing classic roster.

Seeker seems like a bit of a mishmash but maybe their passive adds a lot of fun to them in weird alternate skills or something. Otherwise I'll probably mainly play them in group matches to help my friends who tend to fall behind. ROR1 Chef's kit was kind of bogus and the character itself is a little bit 'epic bacon' so I hope they put an interesting twist on things. Like maybe they've fallen apart from being left behind on the planet to the point where they're some ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up meat-harvesting boogeyman lemurians tell each other ghost stories about. Otherwise I would've kinda preferred anyone else from ROR1/Returns get an official release. Just my opinion though.

[Raziel]

I still want Enforcer in ROR2 he would work well in the 3D environment, i really don't think anyone cares about Miner tho

[nul]

Originally posted by Kilo Wyatt:

Originally posted by nul:

why does this character have magic

We have magical knives that shoot out more knives and masks that create ghosts and three god like beings magic isn't something new

items and enemies yes
the survivors themselves are all technology or biology based
though i guess gearbox's other lovechild 「V??oid Fiend』 also has magical powers.

[Fish]

Originally posted by nul:

items and enemies yes
the survivors themselves are all technology or biology based

Given this character's lore involves directly interacting with the magical elements on the planet it works fine enough I suppose. It's not like she arrived flinging crazy wizard spells. Also with the 50:50 approach they've taken so far for the DLCs it kinda works out where you get one character more intricately tied to the DLC's concept (which is often 'magical' in nature) and one character that actually belongs to the main ship crew, so at least one char in both DLCs is going to be closer to what you expect.

[45]

Originally posted by Fish:

Originally posted by nul:

items and enemies yes
the survivors themselves are all technology or biology based

Given this character's lore involves directly interacting with the magical elements on the planet it works fine enough I suppose. It's not like she arrived flinging crazy wizard spells. Also with the 50:50 approach they've taken so far for the DLCs it kinda works out where you get one character more intricately tied to the DLC's concept (which is often 'magical' in nature) and one character that actually belongs to the main ship crew, so at least one char in both DLCs is going to be closer to what you expect.

>lore
lol.

[Mizu]

Do people actually complain about old characters or something?

>I'd rather see new characters over old ones
I know what to expect with an old character, I don't know what to expect with a new character when queerbox is the one designing them.

[Fish]

Originally posted by Ichigo:

Do people actually complain about old characters or something?

I don't think anyone's complaining really, no

Originally posted by 45:

lol

heehoo

[LazyBard]

What's wrong with coop? Played RoR2 since 2018 with my brother and we've never had an issue with connection or some lags

[chickenbutt]

What is this, coop is hardly functional, do you just play online lobbies with randoms?