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This "small" post is dedicated to the answering of the following question: Why don't people like Jacob?
Applies to both chicks and dudes.
It has surely been discussed before but nonetheless this one contains my personal opinion and some facts about the 2 characters.
Assume we're talking Insanity difficulty here.
As such, if you took Grunt on a mission with you (or more missions), ask yourself:
-How many times you were disappointed because the great mighty purebred Krogan died in front of a fire bug, or in front of an Eclipse Merc..
-How many times did you fight Krogans and then thought: "Honestly, Grunt is worthless, I should hire these guys instead of his white armored arse!"
-How many times did he rush in the fight yelling "I AM KROOOOGAAAAN!!!!" and die in 2 seconds?
-How bloody stupid can that alien be?!
After answering these, ask them again but for Jacob.
Behavior:
For me, Jacob is pure elite soldier (use my power-through armor mod if you want and he'll be even stronger).
He's not a raging cretin like Grunt and actually knows when to use his biotics!
Won't run from cover in an enemy's face just to make a point, he'll blow a hole through that face instead without getting shot to bits.
Plus I like his war shouts. "YOUR GUN! MY GUN! SHOTGUN!"
Appearance:
I imagine most male players could find his suit way too damn tight so that can surely be a no-no. Better Miranda's tight suit rather than Jacob's right?
Ladies? You don't like what you're seeing? Not enough Teal'c (SG1) in there for you? Black not good? Well shaped abs and pecs not a good sight?
On the Grunt side. If you look carefully at the Unreal Matinee cutscene (CG if you prefer) when you wake the Krogan up, your first reaction should be: "Christ, he's gigantic!!!"
I mean look at those shoulder, 2 times your head, his legs are thick, his knees are also of Shep-head-size.
But then the cutscene is over and the reaction turns to: "What the f?!" The guy is as big as you, maybe a little bit smaller, all of that imposing and frightening appearance disappeard. Lame-o.
That was a very big put-off for me; why would I take a pure-bred Krogan with me if he doesn't even scare me?
Personality:
He seems to be very "earthly", very plain. The voice is bland but it fits the character without a hitch. He acts tough but he's exactly like Garrus, a fire inside (Garrus wants revenge, Jacob wants justice).
Granted, plain is bad, bland is bad and exotic tends to make one tilt the other side, but is there something more that I am missing? What makes him sooo unlikable? He's like any guy you would meet in life, can't be all THAT bad. Can it?
Grunt: kill them all. Simple, concise, precise, nice. Funny too. (He's on the Dark Side of the Force)
Skills:
Jacob doesn't have the Vanguard's charge skill, which is pretty sad. He does however have crowd control, inferno, and shield recharge like a Vanguard (you can use barrier for that). He deals a good deal of damage with that shotgun and his class skills is pretty good.
All in all, he's a Vanguard except that he doesn't teleport on the battlefield.
Grunt's skills look like he is meant to be invincible. Regeneration, Armor (shields), damage reduction. Stun shot for crowd control.
They are there to make him the perfect soldier...
if he weren't charging on the battlefield and lose all his life in 2 seconds that is. Even with group control he still acts like a bloody idiot for me.
Just in case you don't believe me, use Jacob with your Vanguard and then use Grunt with your Vanguard, you'll notice that Grunt tends to die a lot.
Discuss if you want.
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EDIT: Some spelling errors corrected.
Modifié par Ahalazar, 29 juillet 2010 - 03:58 .
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