Difference between revisions of "Partner characters"

Revision as of 19:17, 10 August 2009

This article describes partner characters known in Network Mode.
For information more specific to offline, see PSU offline:Partner characters or AOTI offline:Partner characters.

Description

Partner characters are non-player characters able to join special missions and engage in combat.
If certain requirements are met, some partner characters will give a Partner Card, allowing them to be invited to missions.

Abilities

During certain missions, partner characters will join a team automatically. Partner characters will leave a party if leadership is changed.
Only the leader can invite a partner character. A maximum of two partner characters can be invited. Partner machines count as partner characters. Combat is based on each partner character's combat behavior.

• When not engaged in combat, partner characters will follow the leader.

• Separation from the leader can cause partner characters to teleport to the leader's location.

• A partner character's level is based on the leader's character level. Level caps do not apply to partner characters.

• Partner characters do not appear in lobbies.

• Partner characters can travel through closed barriers but not solid objects.

• Partner characters can trigger traps. Partner characters cannot activate switches.

• Incapacitated partner characters fully revive after 20 seconds.

• Most partner characters are equipped with a TECHNIC weapon linked with Resta.

• Some partner characters change equipment at various character levels.

• Most partner character's items have store bought attribute rates. Equipment requirements do not apply to partner characters.

• CAST and Beast partner characters have racial abilities at level one which cannot be activated until level twenty.

• Photon arts level caps do not apply to partner characters. Photon Points do not apply to partner characters.

• Partner characters heal more often below level 25.

Partner characters otherwise have the same capabilities as player characters.

A partner character has gender, race, luck, type, weapons, photon arts, line shields, units, Partner Card, stats, voice, chat shortcuts, etc.

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Obtainable partner cards

Unobtainable partner cards

Reference notes

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} During these missions, these characters only used the party's chat system. These characters were not party members.