Favorite New Character

[skyflyerjen]

Do you have a new character (i.e. Sky King, Tricolor, Green Genie, etc.) who is your favorite?

[skyflyerjen]

I just played this again for the first time in probably 5 years. i missed it! I never used the new characters that much, but for my next playthrough I'm going to try to use the new characters more. I've never even used or recruited some of them.

Probably Tombstone for me... he's fast and his defense is good.

[Silence Falls]

Tombstone is probably the best of the new characters and my personal favorite. Green Genie is fun. The weakest new characters imo are The Bard and Quetzelcotal. Black Jack is super fun and has a diverse set of abilities and powers!

[skyflyerjen]

Wow, you weren't kidding about Quetzelcoatal. He has unique powers and can assist the other heroes but he ain't much offensively.

[Silence Falls]

I just finished a play through with Tombstone as one of my major focus characters and had a blast. I want to do one with Quetzel and maybe Green Genie. Blackbird is from the first game (not on the original PC release though) but really great in this game too.

[skyflyerjen]

Tombstone is definitely one of the better ones! He's a badass and I love how he stands there with his arms crossed across his chest.
I've got to remember when Blackbird becomes available. If I recall, she showed up pretty late in the first game. But I know she has a rare attack: cold, so that makes her unique.

[bentongrey]

Try out FFX: It vastly improves the game in a number of ways, but one of my favorite things about it is that it makes the new characters much better. Quetzy is a whole lot more useful with the simple change of giving him a regular melee attack.
http://ffx.freedomforceforever.com/

As for my own favorite, it's gotta' be Tombstone. He's just super cool AND super useful.

Also, I say this in almost every post here, but if you're interested in FF, come join the community at www.freedomreborn.net. You'll find a whole lot more folks to talk to and an UNBELIEVABLE amount of awesome content for the game.

[skyflyerjen]

Originally posted by bentongrey:

Try out FFX: It vastly improves the game in a number of ways, but one of my favorite things about it is that it makes the new characters much better. Quetzy is a whole lot more useful with the simple change of giving him a regular melee attack.
http://ffx.freedomforceforever.com/

As for my own favorite, it's gotta' be Tombstone. He's just super cool AND super useful.

Also, I say this in almost every post here, but if you're interested in FF, come join the community at www.freedomreborn.net. You'll find a whole lot more folks to talk to and an UNBELIEVABLE amount of awesome content for the game.

Hey, you're a celebrity, I recognized your name before you mentioned freedomreborn! :) I joined that a few years ago; I should check that out again, thanks! I never knew you were on Steam!

[bentongrey]

Haha, why thanks. Yeah, definitely come back. You'll have way more luck on FR than here.

[Neonivek]

Tombstone is flat out the most powerful to the extent that he is both broken but also you can find a lot of solutions with him.

Green Genie isn't all that great, but in concept and character wise she is excellent... Even if she never does anything.

Tricolor is probably IMO the weakest so long as your playing on hard. At the same time she probably is meant to be weaker than usual... But she is definately up there!

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But forget all those because this is my actual favorite!

-Red October: Russian Witch with a cool accent and awesome name? I've remade her (and gave her a decent attack >_>) just so I could use her in the actual game.

[HerrDave]

Blitzkrieg.

-maniacal mustache curling laughter-

[Khaos Khan]

1. Tombstone
2. Red Oktober (I even made a custom hero based on her lol)
3. Blackjack

[Khaos Khan]

Originally posted by Neonivek:

Tombstone is flat out the most powerful to the extent that he is both broken but also you can find a lot of solutions with him.

Green Genie isn't all that great, but in concept and character wise she is excellent... Even if she never does anything.

Tricolor is probably IMO the weakest so long as your playing on hard. At the same time she probably is meant to be weaker than usual... But she is definately up there!

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But forget all those because this is my actual favorite!

-Red October: Russian Witch with a cool accent and awesome name? I've remade her (and gave her a decent attack >_>) just so I could use her in the actual game.

I only use Tricolour when game forces me to, but it looks like we like some of the same characters!

[Wisakedjak]

Quetz is definitely one of the best 'new' characters, you just need to know how to play him: use his mercy till his health depletes, then heroic revive. Snatch all the health canisters and when all the health is done, use sacrifice to heal all your party.

Sky King can be quite destructive with his grenades and afterburner too.

[Casey]

I've beaten both games multiple times, using all characters at all difficulties. They're all pretty viable, and some are sneakily way better than people realize (Liberty Lad springs to mind). Agree with above -- Quetz is one of the top tier of the new chars for certain missions. He's an absolute tank with a lot of capabilities that are useful at harder difficulties. He would've been an easy S-tier hero if in the first game's mission set. IMO, Sky King is the most 'fun' of the new characters, though, and he also has a decent storyline in combination with Bullet from the first title.

Going by sheer power, Tombstone is the OP char of the new chars. He's already got a great toolkit and is an extremely durable character, but moreso his skills best match the missions -- basically, almost everything he does is a counter-punch to the enemies and scenarios the game throws at you. He makes a lot of the harder missions a walk in the park. My fun with the game actually went up when I stopped taking him along, as it forced me to be more mentally active in my strategies and tactics.

[Sooner535{UFIP}]

Tombstone is my personal favorite as well
Next would have to be tricolor, very nice in and out damage dealer. Though she gets stun locked super easily
Everyone else I didn't use much.