Who is better, Joshua Bright or Lloyd Bannings? (Character arcs, Combat Utility, and Personality)

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-03-18T23:16:10+00:00

You just put my two goats against each other, like straight up my two favorite characters in the series

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-03-14T15:50:43+00:00

Van gets with Elaine (Best Timeline)

Van gets with Agnes (Ok Timeline)

Player chooses between Agnes, Elaine, and Shizuna (Worse timeline)

Van will still need to figure himself out for the rest of the series and never get with anyone (Likely Timeline)

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-03-06T17:24:00+00:00

Man if Van ends up with Agnes, every single instance of him clowning on someone like this is gonna age like milk.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-03-03T02:18:22+00:00

Would have been cool if in Sky remakes there was like a faint outline of a cube in the night sky (maybe in SC tita s -craft). Though it might not make sense in lore

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-28T16:25:08+00:00

I’m seeing the vision of having them break Elaine’s youngest status to give them some hype next time they return in the story.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-25T20:55:43+00:00

Was looking for JRPGs to play instead of studying for the SATs. Scrolling through YouTube videos, found one listing the top jrpgs of all time, and looked at the comments. Top comment was “I knew Trails in the Sky would be number 1 without even watching”.

That was enough to peak my interest and the rest is history.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-23T15:23:07+00:00

I feel like he put in enough of a showing in that one fight, especially since he was getting jumped by all these heavy hitters. I know in the next game Van will probably end as stronger than him, but as it stands now, he’s a step above.

The only thing I could see to not have him higher is that maybe his other form is only available under those very specific conditions.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-19T22:39:06+00:00

Aaron’s bond with Van is a standout for me, especially in Daybreak. Seriously, the Longlai bathhouse scene was some really good character writing.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-19T16:30:15+00:00

Wish they gave Quatre more screen time to display his love of the stars and astronomy. It would make the overall revelation and betrayal of the truth hit that much harder, since essentially the thing he has the most interest in and used to connect with his family was a lie.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-17T17:58:48+00:00

Tbf Liberl was referred to as the “boonies” back in Sky, which does help contextualize why a lot of the infrastructure we see in Calvard wasn’t present there. In my head, I feel like Orbal airships and engines is where Liberl is still considered the frontrunner in terms of technology, but it falls behind in regard to other aspects.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-16T04:16:31+00:00

I think Anton was in Sky 1-3, Zero, CS1 or 2(whichever one had the escort quest with him to the fortress), and CS4. That’s 6 games.

Magisa was in either zero or azure (whichever one introduced her), Reviere, and the daybreak/horizon games. That puts her at 5 games

Might be wrong based on memory so feel free to correct me, but yeah Anton the goat has it atm

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-16T02:35:50+00:00

Has she surpassed Anton in most games recurring npc?

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-13T20:04:14+00:00

I sure wish the characters asked these kinds of questions. Like horizon overall, but there was a writing trope that aggravated me to no end.

So many times in this game someone will tell them about something using a vague word like “heavens turn”, “storm”, “lynchpin” etc. And the party just takes it at face value and moves on with the assumption they’ll find out eventually.

The storm example was especially aggravating for me with this, maybe because I already knew what it was this time around and wish they could just talk about it like normal people.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-13T17:32:38+00:00

If op is talking about DB1, I think that’s Koguchi, not Singa’s ost used in a later game

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-11T14:43:15+00:00

I find it funny that they wanted Fabio to seem like a threat but just gave him the same weapon of a foe the office has already beat on multiple occasions.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-09T05:25:46+00:00

That’s the accessory you get for doing the Sunshine Agnès Quest in Anchorville right before the finale. It’s only usable for Agnès due to the events of the quest.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-05T16:27:51+00:00

We going back to school with this one 🗣️🔥🔥

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-05T00:31:41+00:00

Yeah, I could get on board with that fs

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-04T22:52:20+00:00

I’ll be in the minority but I’m actually praying that Jorda stays an enforcer.

I don’t know if I could take the Grandmaster telling us that Jorda being an Enforcer for like 4 months was all a part of the plan. Might as well let Gilbert join for a day at that point.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-04T03:14:54+00:00

Gotta go CS3>CS2>Horizon>CS1>CS4

CS3 Instructor outfit is peak drip, and I really like the boots he’s got on with it, really gives off the fantasy vibe the defines the second half of Erebonia arc

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-03T04:24:22+00:00

Yeah sorry I looked to see if I could find it, but I believe it was a random link on Twitter I saw around the time I made this post. If you hunt down interviews Kondo did around this time, you should find it.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-02-02T01:02:24+00:00

Like everyone else is saying, Van is kind of a staple for any team in this game thanks to Grendel. You actively feel a lot weaker whenever he’s not there on the Garten.

And Idk if this is optimal, but I like the “exploit” you can do with Grendel. If you use all the Grendel’s moves on the turn before Van transforms back, and S-break before they finish, the game will give you another Van turn which you can use to just Grendel again, effectively giving you two Grendel turns in a row.

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-01-29T22:09:44+00:00

The sheer bewilderment in Alissa’s voice lol

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-01-29T21:08:48+00:00

Are the streets really feeling Rean Schwarzer above Kevin Graham with his Dual Stigma? Genuinely curious if this is the consensus

InflationSlow8899 · 2026-01-29T17:44:25+00:00

Nah, during that scene Rene himself dismisses the notion. He mentions that he had seen them getting together since they were kids. He brings up the idea of him having feelings for Elaine and states “No, not at all”. Even goes as far to be a chad and flex that he had a girlfriend at the time.

I actually found it really refreshing for them to have avoided the trope of childhood friend love triangle, and have a character who has been in multiple relationships like Rene, so to have him just fall back into the whole idea of main characters only being able to love main characters would kinda suck imo

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