Trust "Avatar" Mode -- Are the name changes necessary?

[Olinara]

I love Trust mode. I use it to learn the new fights and to level DPS jobs.

In 6.0, if you decide to run with NPCs that weren't available for the story-mode run, you have to use "Avatar Mode." So instead of running with Y'shtola, Thancred, and Urianger, I'm running with "Y'shtola's Avatar," "Thancred's Avatar," and "Urianger's Avatar."

I just tried to run the 81 dungeon with my preferred party. There were two sets of duplicates in the cutscenes.

This is TOTALLY immersion-breaking for me.

I get that for story purposes, each 71-90 dungeon can't include every available character, but seeing " 's Avatar" next to the names feels terrible.

Please change this.

[Krotoan]

You decide to use the composition that cannot possibly run the story.. then are getting mad that it's breaking the story?

is that what I'm reading ?

[MsQi]

You decide to use the composition that cannot possibly run the story.. then are getting mad that it's breaking the story?

is that what I'm reading ?

She said immersion, the implication is that in avatar mode you are creating your own scenario. A "What If" situation.

[Chie_M]

You decide to use the composition that cannot possibly run the story.. then are getting mad that it's breaking the story?

is that what I'm reading ?

This is a ridiculous argument to make when the same situation applies to Holminster Switch and we don't have "Avatars" there.

[Shironeko_Narunyan]

Not only would I prefer they'd remove the "Avatar of" part, I'd also like them to adapt Zot. It's weird to run with a copy of Urianger, while the real Urianger runs with the other team, just a step away.

And no, this isn't witchcraft, it's pretty simple to implement, just like you can switch out members of your party in the menu.

[Krotoan]

She said immersion, the implication is that in avatar mode you are creating your own scenario. A "What If" situation.

Immersion usually being involvement in the narrative and world.. or story. If you're making up your own story and have already broken the "rules" of the encounter, then maybe it's not to big an ask to work doubles of magical fantasy characters into your private narrative.

To be completely fair I don't think the naming has any functional purpose other than not allowing someone to fake a run with the wrong characters and claiming it's how the story goes (which you could probably do with editing anyway)... but asking for them to also re-write the cutscenes to accommodate willfully broken party comps is work done for nothing.

[MilkieTea]

This is a ridiculous argument to make when the same situation applies to Holminster Switch and we don't have "Avatars" there.

Wh... what? Unless I'm misunderstanding you... Holminster switch does have Avatars.

[Olinara]

The " 's Avatar" is recent, at or around 6.0. It was not like that throughout ShB. I ran Holminster Switch dozens of times leveling DPS.

Maybe it's just me, but the change is JARRING. I've run Holminster Switch with Thancred, Urianger, and Y'shtola for two years leveling all the DPS jobs. I went in there with reaper, and I'm in there with Thancred's Avatar, Urianger's Avatar, and Y'shtola's Avatar.

This change just feels bad to me.

[Chie_M]

The " 's Avatar" is recent, at or around 6.0. It was not like that throughout ShB. I ran Holminster Switch dozens of times leveling DPS.

Maybe it's just me, but the change is JARRING. I've run Holminster Switch with Thancred, Urianger, and Y'shtola for two years leveling all the DPS jobs. I went in there with reaper, and I'm in there with Thancred's Avatar, Urianger's Avatar, and Y'shtola's Avatar.

This change just feels bad to me.

Yeah, I didn't realise they had retroactively changed it for ShB dungeons as well. It did not function like this is Holminster Switch during ShB - I got Trusted Friend before it was nerfed.

[StriderShinryu]

It definitely does feel a little weird and I'm not really sure why they did it.