[Poll] On Character Mains

[Uedo]

I couldn't find a category for why I enjoy the characters I play, i've probably just missed it though to be fair. 

I just like their gameplay loops I guess, I'm always ultimately going to do the same things in each world - but I guess I like my mains cause I find their day-to-day stuff kinda fun. 
Possibly with the exception of Maxwell, but if i'm playing him i'm probably more focused on megabasing and will just tackle bosses when I need something they have decoration-wise (statue/blueprint/post-rifts stuff/toadstool lighting etc)

[GetNerfedOn]

Throwing in my two cents here too i g! 

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Said it sometime before and it's bothering me again so ill get if off my chest again

I used to main Wendy and Wickerbottom and Wormwood because they were strong and i got gud using them, but never up to beating afw or reaching current content

Then (TW grief) 

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On August 12, 2023, 8:43 pm, my grandmother passed. First taste of loss I've experienced. 

And I mained Warly because i resonated with his backstory about him caring for his Maman, and as a means to move forward with my own grief. (Though I know better than to totally equate myself with Warly's purely fictional narrative and character. 

I used to feed my own grandmother like Warly did in the short. I sleep in her old room now. The anniversary of her passing is coming up, and I shall pay her a visit. Delayed grief hits hard, sometimes, when i least expect it. But i'm moving on well and I like to remember her smile and laugh whenever she used to be lucid when im troubled. She was a wonderful woman and my first teacher. 

I remember the first time I saw Warly's short back before covid hit. I didn't have audio at the time, faulty devices and whatnot. Still wept. 

In ingame terms, I beat AFW and BQ solo for the very first time using Warly, made my farming guide using Warly. So while sometimes i will play as my previous mains Warly is here to stay. And when i come back to play this September after what i need to do has come to pass, he's going to be the first character I'll ever experience moonstorms, Celestial Champion, and post rift content with. 

 

 

[GreenBowers]

Ive never tried warly before, but that post was so interesting that I might give him a try.

Usually I dont interact with character mechanics too much until later on in my worlds, I just play characters that allow me to do my playstyle unimpeded.

Wormwood was my first main, before that I just picked some random character and never really stuck with anyone world to world. He was the first character I grinded spools for. I basically unraveled all my cosmetics and did all the codes to get him pretty early on. He kinda made playing other characters feel weird because whenever I healed from food I would be surprised lol. 

When Woodie got his skill tree I decided to pick him up. Then I just killed bosses and grinded inspiration, and the rest is history. His downsides were unobtrusive to my enjoyment of making cute bases and farming crops.

The person I picked up after that has been Wickerbottom, but I never really make more than 2-3 books on my worlds as her. Most of the time I forget/don't really interact with books and just play as wilson that cant sleep. Idk I just have a weird attachment to her even though I don't use what makes her broken op