LogFAQs > #893651594

Aight, doing a few more today. Here goes...

Garen

mercs2015.pbworks.com/w/page/102176314/Garen

Garen shouldn't be in this game I don't think. He has exactly one interesting thing about him and it's his ult. Otherwise, he's an ultra-generic 'tanky dude in plate armor' and that's about it. Any interesting argument quirks come from his item build, which had no teeth thanks to a generic description instead of any specific stuff. Pass, IMO. Katarina is a better rep than him. Neat abilities but we can do better even if we're just fishing for League mercs.

Should He Stay?: No.

Garrus Vakarian

http://mercs2015.pbworks.com/w/page/104462227/Garrus%20Vakarian

Garrus is in a kinda weird position. Alany once argued with me about his place in the game, saying he was kind of the most generic Mass Effect guy, and I can't actually disagree with that very much. He's a very beloved character, but as a battleworth unit he's just there. Even if you look at Drak's journal, there's comments referring to 'and Garrus does something, kinda'. I'm not sure if he should stay - if you want a beloved character, Tali is almost as deserving on that front and her gimmick is much more unique, but maybe we can afford to keep him. Certainly nobody will go 'aww, why him of all people' at his inclusion. His abilities need work tho - Vagabond Justice was a very very clear throwaway and Archangel sort of didn't pan out very much at all.

Should He Stay?: Maybe? Kinda leaning no but I could see the argument for keeping him. Wrex and Shep get priority tho.

Geese Howard

http://mercs2015.pbworks.com/w/page/110118085/Geese%20Howard

FIGHTASS

I love KJH, who made this merc. He's my homie, he comes up with cool merc ideas, and his ability gimmicks aren't bad. That said, he definitely needs an editor. Issues of rule consistency are common with his builds (see: Bass.EXE), and nobody exemplifies this quite as well as Geese does. Fightass woulda been a great ability, had it not caused ssssooooo maaaaaany ability headaaaaaaches. I can't imagine how much Lopen must've started drinking when he realized he needed to do rulings for it. High Rise is kind of mediocre and I think we can do better, but honestly? I think we can keep Geese around if his Fightass is fixed up a bunch and he gets a new ability. People like him a lot, and the KoF battles gimmick is a strong one.

Should He Stay?: Probably.

Geralt

http://mercs2015.pbworks.com/w/page/109131577/Geralt

A total slam-dunk. I don't really have anything to say about Geralt. He was a sweet build top to bottom, The Witcher is a very hot property, and he has some very neat gimmicks between his traps, antimagic bombs and gish-y magic knight prowess. You could port this build over to a new game just about verbatim. I think the only thing I might tweak is his Game of Gwent EXP cost depending on when he's released.

Should He Stay?: Hard yes.
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