Hey guys, I just finished watching the livestream on Taimi and didn’t notice any topics up about it, so I thought I’d start one.
I just wanted to mention that I think Taimi’s had a really great introduction into the story, and is shaping up to be a great character. I really enjoyed the writing for her, and her voicework is great. The only thing that threw me off a bit about her introduction was that you have to do the marionette fight before the LA story instance, but there’s no guarantee you’ll actually encounter her in the fight depending on which lane you’re defending. If you do see her, her sudden presence in the marionette encounter is a little jarring in a sense that it kind of makes you feel like you missed something. I think it would have been ideal to have met her, at least in passing, in one of the earlier releases. If you don’t encounter her in the fight, the story instance seems a bit strange when Logan’s questioning her about being there, while the player could just be left thinking “She was?”
For the latest release, I think you guys did a great job with her and Braham in EotM. It was a lot of fun hanging out by them to hear their interactions, and I think she’s going to go a long way to make Braham (who’s been a little bit on the dull side, in my opinion) a lot more likeable and fun to be around. Despite the short time she’s been around, I think I’m enjoying her the most of all the B-iconics, and I’d say she’s probably one of the best characters you’ve introduced in the living story in general. I think adding an important child character is a big risk as far as likability goes, but you really hit a good balance of giving her enough asura snark to be fun while taking advantage of the fact that she is a child and using the strengths of that aspect of her as a character. The main character I play is a human, which would tend to be looked down upon by an asura; but the fact that she is a child makes it believable that she’s got the softer edge to her that lets her have a more genuine and equal friendship with my character and the other B-iconics.
Thanks for taking the time to do the livestream, I’m always interested in hearing more about the lore and storytelling aspects of the game.
We promote the livestreams in four languages– English, French, German, and Spanish–on our Facebook and Twitter channels whenever we have one. As Tanek mentioned, you can also subscribe to our Twitch channel to receive an email whenever we go live. As a rule, our regular developer livestreams are on Fridays at 12:00 PM PST. Hope that helps.