Difference between revisions of "Partner characters (offline)"

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This article describes partner characters as known in Story and Extra Modes. For information more specific to Network Mode, see partner characters.

Description

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

Abilities

Each Episode 1 story mission requires certain partner characters. During Episode 2 Story missions, partner characters will join automatically. The player can invite a partner character for free missions. A maximum of three partner characters can be invited. Partner machines (offline) count as partner characters. Combat is based on each partner character's combat behavior.

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

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

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

• 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 level twenty five, level fifty and level one hundred.

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

Partner characters otherwise have the same capabilities as the player character.

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

Episode 1 Partner Cards

Episode 2 Partner Cards

Unobtainable Partner Cards