ARKS Investigative Report: Part 2

[Altiea]

By that logic I would hate every character voiced by Dorothy Elias-Fahn just because she voiced Mimori Kiryu in S-CRY-ed and Kamiya Kaoru in Rurouni Kenshin both characters who drove me up the wall whenever a fight broke out involving their love interest and their first thought was 'no Ryuhou/Kenshin don't fight'.

As I've heard, seiyuus are a bit of a bigger deal in Japan than in the West.

How? I don't see what's special about it over some other mini boss?

Decol has a nasty streak of killing first-timer Striking classes because of his bullet attacks in tower form and his grab attack when you've broken all the tower parts, which both deal an enormous amount of damage if you happen to be standing in front of them.

[Meteor Weapon]

Every enemy(depending on difficulty) can still kill you if you get caught off guard. Even a god damn Dagan.

[Cadfael]

How? I don't see what's special about it over some other mini boss?

Machine gun attack + bad units?

[loafhero]

Really surprised Forest Exploration (THE 1st Free Field in the game) remains so consistently popular to this day (1st place). Maybe because its soundtrack, visuals and easy enemies are responsible for this?

Train Ghidoran Suppression ranking 3rd isn't a surprise for me as I imagine a lot of people are in love with how both Tokyo bosses (Type 15 Tank and Train Ghidoran) and all Tokyo enemies (albeit in small numbers) are guaranteed spawns. Vegas, meanwhile, can get nuked for all I care (shitty RNG boss spawns).

Gal Gryphon (with the proper health stats) can be a tough son-of-a-bitch to take down.

For EP4 raids, Mother deserves to be more popular than Deus. Deus's cutscene bonanza has gotten old. People will remember gameplay over flashy cinematics, I suppose. Also, pretty impressive PD and Loser remains (4th and 5th respectively) so popular to this day given their age.

Time Attack Harkotan is so simple. No need to remember any puzzles or paths. Just kill enemies as fast as possible. I imagine that to be the reason for why its the most popular Time Attack quest.

Once again, Klotho is the meseta king. Hans and Franka COs are the simplest COs to do and give the best EXP.

Afin and Echo are among the earliest partner cards you can receive, whether you're starting in EP1-3 or EP4. I think this is why their partner cards are the most used as not everyone plays the story. Matoi (EP4) and Hitsugi's partner cards are gated by the Story Board but Matoi's card can be received much earlier than Hitsugi's card so that's probably why Matoi's card usage is more than Hitsugi. I have no clue why Gene's card usage gets 3rd place considering how its entirely possible to miss out on her partner card from skipping out on Gene-related events.

[Kondibon]

Really surprised Forest Exploration (THE 1st Free Field in the game) remains so consistently popular to this day (1st place). Maybe because its soundtrack, visuals and easy enemies are responsible for this?

If this is how often people start a quest, not how often they finish it, then it's entirely possible forest free field is the most popular because it's one of the quests people use to get into the camp ship before an EQ starts.

[Zipzo]

If this is how often people start a quest, not how often they finish it, then it's entirely possible forest free field is the most popular because it's one of the quests people use to get into the camp ship before an EQ starts.

This, and also I'm fairly certain it's my 'go-to' when I want to just kick-around and try different PAs or class builds, test /compare damage and what have you.

[Calsetes]

I'm bummed more people don't like Lisa as a partner. I just did the Episode 1 EX mission with her last night and holy shit she's hilarious.

"They're all grouped up in one location. That makes it easier to blow their brains out!"

[Arada]

So Klotho's COs has more clears than any other COs in the game, yet Hans has had more CO clears total? That seems backwards.

It's not. Hans has many more CO than Klotho.

10 CO x 10000 clears (like Klotho) < 50 CO x 5000 clears (like Hans)

[IchijinKali]

I'm bummed more people don't like Lisa as a partner. I just did the Episode 1 EX mission with her last night and holy shit she's hilarious.

"They're all grouped up in one location. That makes it easier to blow their brains out!"

Just wait til you see her interactions with Ohga, Marlu, and Fourier. She brings out the CAST side of Fourier, a love of shooting for the sake of shooting. Creeps out Ohga, because she loves slaughtering ALL enemies. Admonishes Marlu for basically being too slow, saying she should pick up the pace so to not be useless.

She also brought that same loveable side for her brief appearances in episode 4. Giving Hitsugi her rite of initiation, Lisa saying she wants to see what it is like to shoot and Earthling. Downright scaring Enga, she deduced how he attacks opponents from just a handshake. Giving Kohri her initiation, acted like she was still an enemy.

[Alenoir]

Looks like PD kills the most players. No surprises there to me. I find it really hard to see what's going on in that quest thanks to all the flashy effects, not to mention the fact that since you're so close to him, a lot of his attacks come from above you, off screen. PD doesn't exactly project all that clearly.

Try playing on a ranged/tech/summoner class once. His tells aren't that hard to tell once you've see it from far out.

Afin's probably number 1 for partner characters because he's just so close to the top of the list I guess :P I understand the use of older characters over new though, if I'm going for non-player partner characters I'll probably use Zeno and Echo at least.

If anything, that list tells me people are doing matterboard/story stories. Those PCs are all characters that joins you (more than others) in story.

I really hate how almost every enemy has an attack that stuns you and there isn't much you can do other than not being there or being invincible; there's a skill ring for most status effects but not stun. Es Anges version of stun in particular is the absolute worst so far as getting hit once is enough to pin you down for a while; trying to shake out of the stun isn't enough as the next hit reapplies stun on you. You have to then hope you aren't too close to the Anges spikes.

Deus's stun attack does have a tell in the form of voice. Memorize the sound of the phase and run the fuck away whenever he says it.