Damn, I'll keep that in mind.

Just finished playing Tales of Xillia with a friend, man that game was awesome. Gotta say Leia was my favorite character because of her air combos.

I am laughing so hard right now at ToD PSX's VA for Stahn, seriously- FIIIIIRRRRRRSTTTT AYIDE-O, BURACK WHORE, TIIIIIIIIDAALLLL WAAAIIIIIVVE-UH.

Okay I have had this idea for quite some time and it's been bugging the living hell out of me.
A small half-second clip in the Tales of VS. opening where Illia loads her gun and Patty gave me this idea;
What if there was a Tales character who used a gun with six chambers, and each bullet had a different element or effect like no element or poison or something? They had a small meter at the bottom showing which bullet would be fired next. So that, for example, if they shot 3 times, the attacks would be fire, ice, and earth in that order. Then there are 3 more bullets for the next combo? Every time you reload, either it goes back to a set order or a completely random order.
Each of their artes would be based around this too; a small magic arte that is effected by their first bullet. So if their first bullet is fire, they would cast fireball, but if it's wind, they'd cast wind blade or turbulence. Such like that. Then would be a larger spell arte that would cast eruption or cyclone. Any other artes would be based on this, like a more powerful shot that's focused on fire or something. Maybe even a status spell that raises attack for fire, heals for water, cures poison for wind, etc.
Seeing as Patty's fun to play as due to her randomness, I was thinking it would be kinda nice. Although it's quite the longshot.

That's a sick idea.

Would be better if the shot property was always random, but the game telling you which one will come next. Though the idea of it affecting your regular attacks seems too weird. This kinda thing should be restricted to artes i think.

Come to think of it, i just thought of a similar idea, what if there was a shot type that inflicts status ailments at random? Kinda like a russian roulette.

That makes me think of Patty, like, loads.

Wow, how did I miss that...?

I have no idea. I think it'd be as fun as hell though.
Speaking of Iria, I've been playing Tales of Innocence. Luca is so <3.
/prefers to call him Luca over Ruca

Luca sounds better, and yeah. he is my favourite out of innocence, for a few reasons
-Although he is wimpiness incarnate, he is also at the same time strength and willpower incarnate as [spoiler]Asura[\spoiler]. Making his character development noticeable and very easy to relate to.
-REKKUZAN!
-His character development, is amazing, from wimpy kid to adorkable kid with the strength of a thousand people is something I wish I could do, hell I'm probably wimpier than he is.

Nice miss with the spoiler, although it's not really a spoiler.
His tempest is so broken, like, holy s***, ever since I got it, I never really used Havoc Blade again. I also like his small blips of magic.
I always loved Emil and Luca for their wimpy personalities. <3 It's cute.

Yeah, Shing has taken my spot for favourite Tales protagonist.
I guess Asura was too awesome for a spoiler tag to hold, but I should fix that. But yeah, I love his tempest, He should have got Omega Tempest. But my combos are rreally s***, mine are like Hit x 3, Havoc Blade, Fierce Demon Fang.

I always had pretty much one "set" combo for each character I played as.
Zelos: Fierce Demon Fang/Super Lightning Blade or Light Spear Cannon
Luke: Havoc Strike/Light Spear Cannon
Yuri: Shining Fang/Shining Eagle or Dragon Swarm
Luca: JUST f*** IT TEMPEST THAT s*** UP
Emil: oh god

For me it was:
Zelos: Demon Fang/Lightning Blade/Super lightning Blade
Yuri: Azure storm/Cerberus Blast/Brutal Fang
Luca: Stated already
Emil: Savage Reaper/Heavenly Tempest

While we're on the subject of Luke, is Abyss and good? I haven't played it yet.