Let us swap consciousness with a possessed Backup Chassis!

[KINOTAKO]

Please allow us to swap consciousness with a possessed chassis.

Currently, the base Backup Chassis functions amazingly as a warp point, spare body, or touchstone. However, the current Lunar Affinity forces us to sacrifice one of our precious three chassis slots just to create a follower/Chester that has hunger and deals half damage. This completely ruins its potential as a spare body or warp point.

It’s a huge missed opportunity that these awesome mechanics don't synergize with the Lunar Affinity.

Imagine taking a spare body on an adventure and swapping consciousness with the Gestalt on the fly to adapt to different situations—that would be incredibly fun. It feels like a natural progression of what the skill tree introduced. I truly believe this would be a proper enhancement to the circuit system, making WX's gameplay much more dynamic and enjoyable.

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It's a very good idea, and this indirectly solves the problem of being unable to replace their equipment and circuits

[KINOTAKO]

I also feel that not being able to remove circuits from a possessed chassis is purely an inconvenience. That restriction doesn't add any fun or meaningful gameplay. It should be a simple change, so please make it happen.

The current Lunar Affinity pushes WX into being just another follower character, but the game already has plenty of those. How many times are they going to recycle the 'minion' trope?

However, if that follower was actually a spare body, it wouldn't just be a generic pet. It would be you and a follower at the same time—a perfect, unique mechanic that truly differentiates a machine like WX.

'Who's the guy behind me? Ah, he is me, and I am him... WX-78.'

Honestly, it should have been like this from the start. Wasting WX's unique backup chassis system just to create a generic follower is such a missed opportunity. The follower and spare body concepts can absolutely coexist, and it would be so much more fun!

Edited May 10 by KINOTAKO
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[KINOTAKO]

A shadow version of this idea wouldn't be half bad either.

Let's call it the 'Base Shadow Circuit'. It shares a similar concept with the Lunar Affinity but differentiates itself through pure convenience.

When you plug the Base Shadow Circuit into a Gamma slot, it opens up a universal 2-slot shadow space. Just like Maxwell's Magician's Top Hat, these slots are shared across any chassis equipped with the Base Shadow Circuit. Moreover, with the Tinkering skill, it memorizes the exact circuit loadout (Alpha, Beta, Gamma combinations) of the chassis equipped with the Shadow Heart. Then, if you're using a different chassis, consuming Nightmare Fuel would temporarily sync your circuit configuration with the Shadow Heart chassis.

Well, realistically speaking, I know there's no extra dev time to create brand new circuits right now. The ghost of my Gamma circuit obsession just slipped out w

Honestly, all I'm really asking for is the ability to sync circuit slots with the heart chassis using Nightmare Fuel.