.hack character classes
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This article is about the character classes from .hack, a franchise that encompasses several video games, anime and manga. The franchise focuses on the mysterious events surrounding the mega-popular MMORPG The World. Most characters in the .hack franchise are known only by their virtual avatars within The World.
The character class chosen determines the base appearance to other players and the role that they can play during combat. Because skills and abilities are given by the items equipped, each character class can only use a specific type of weapon, though some armors can be used by multiple classes. However some character classes are chosen only as a matter of aesthetic value, reflecting the user's self image whether real or ideal.
In the beginning there are only six types of classes: Twin Blade, Heavy Blade, Blademaster, Wavemaster, Heavy Axeman, and Long Arm. In .hack//Legend of the Twilight, an expansion to The World was released, introducing the Kickboxer and Werewolf class. After a fire heavily damaged the game servers, The World was shut down for good. Code from The World was spliced together with another game in development, "King Crimson," to create The World R:2, complete with a new style, new graphics, and new character classes. However CC Corporation attests that player characters from the older version were not compatible and could not be transferred, effectively discarding over 20 million player characters. Despite this, several people from The World created new characters in R2. Confirmed examples include Piros the Third, formerly Piros, Yata, formerly Wiseman, Endrance, formerly Elk, Natsume and Haseo, formerly Sora.
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[edit] The World
[edit] Primary 6 Classes
- Blademaster: A playable character class that uses swords. This class is probably more accurate than others and has average stats. This class is used by Orca of the Azure Sea, Balmung of the Azure Sky, Bear, Mia, Rachel, Nova, Chimney and Marlo.
- Heavy Axe: A playable character class that uses gigantic axes to deal heavy damage and has the greatest defense but the poorest magic defense. This class is used by Subaru, Piros, and Ryoko Terajima.
- Heavy Blade: A playable character class that uses broadswords and katanas to attack enemies. This class has the highest attack power of all the classes in the The World. This class is used by Mimiru, Rena, Sanjuro, and BlackRose.
- Long Arm: A playable character class that uses spears and lances, utilizing the long range of their weapons in battle. This class is used by Crim, Nuke Usagimaru, Kamui, Albireo, Gardenia, and Sempai.
- Twin Blade: A playable character class that uses identical dual blades. This class has average attack power, and is known for their superior attack speed and traveling speed. This class is used by A-20, Shugo, Sora, Moonstone, Natsume, and Kite.
- Wavemaster: A playable character class that uses staves and long-range magic rather than melee attacks. This class has the lowest attack power and defense. Players using this class should avoid close combat. This class is used by B.T., Mireille, Tsukasa, Elk, Helba, Wiseman, Kazu, Hotaru, Hokuto, and Mistral. They are the only classes that can use Level 4 Summoning Magic.
[edit] Affiliated Terms
- Game Masters: Game Master (GM) is a title used by CC Corp employees, giving them the ability to maintain events and perform administrative duties. GMs include Reki & Magi from .hack//Legend of the Twilight as well as many unnamed other references as seen in episode 2 during the Cherry Blossom Event.
- Crimson Knights: Characters that fight to protect the World from illegal users. However none of them had any real administrative power. All of them work for Subaru. One of their objectives was to capture Tsukasa. They were all disbanded. (Scarlet Knights in the Japanese Version)
- Cobalt Knights: A team of system administrators who hunt down Vagrant A.I. and delete them. The first known leader was Albireo. Later the group was led by Kamui. Formed from the remnants of the Crimson Knights, and possessed much more power.
- Cerulean Knights: The Cerulean Knights are a non-canon group of knights that replaced the Cobalt Knights in the Legend of the Twilight anime. Rather than hunting down Vagrant AI, they were created to prevent internet terrorism within The World.
- Illegal Character: A character that has been illegally edited via hacking. Helba and Keyaki fall into this category.
- NPC: Stands for non-playable characters. These are just programs that are used in shops. Most or all of their dialogue is scripted and they perform very limited functions.
- Player Killer: A PK is like a serial killer who for whatever reason purposefully kills other player characters. Sora and Ovan are examples.
- Rare Hunters: Characters that like collecting rare items. Some may be obsessed with collecting rare items. Some own a special rare room for storing their items because it holds more than the storage in the NPCs. It is dishonorable for them to knowingly accept cheat items. Mistral and her daughter, Mireille both follow this ideal.
- System Administrator: Players that are in charge of protecting the world. They delete any hackers, cheaters and wandering A.I. Some are also in charge of setting up events for players to play. The first known Admins were Albireo and some unnamed references in .hack//AI Buster, Lios of the game series, and Balmung and Kamui from .hack//Legend of the Twilight.
- Vagrant / Wandering AI: Corrupted or illegal programs that have achieved a state of pseudo-existence within The World. They are hunted by system administrators who delete them in their debugging duties. Aura, Zefie, Morganna, Mia, The phases, and Lycoris are Vagrant AI. A parallel may be drawn between them and Rampant AI. Most of the known Vagrant AI are, unbeknownst to game staff, part of the system itself.
[edit] The World Expansion Pack
In .hack//Legend of the Twilight, an expansion to The World was released, introducing two new character classes.
- Knuckle Master: A playable character class that uses punches and kicks to fight opponents. This class is only mentioned once. However, Ouka was once a Knuckle Master before gaining the Werewolf upgrade that came with the expansion pack for The World.
- Werewolves: An upgrade of the Knuckle Master class that comes with the expansion pack for The World, this class also uses fists to fight opponents. Werewolves can transform into wolves at will and have fur so they don't get cold in icy areas. There are many requirements to become a Werewolf. It is also possible that any Knuckle Master who can obtain a certain ultra-rare item can become a Werewolf. Ouka is of this character class.
[edit] The World R:2
It seems that animal-type avatars are common in The World R:2. In the original The World there seem to be no animal-type characters except Mia, her counterpart Maha, and Ouka, and everyone appeared to be interested in Mia. The Crimson Knights even tried to hunt Maha down. But in The World R:2 there are more commonly occurring character avatars that take on the appearance of various humanoid mammals such as dogs, jaguars, racoons and lions.
[edit] Primary 10 Classes
- Twin Blade: A Character Class similar to the original Twin Blade in The World, though this Class may utilise two longer edged blades. This is the first of the three classes Haseo chose when picking classes as an Adept Rogue. Negimaru, Alkaid, Azure Kite, and Natsume are all Twin Blades. Twin Blades are speed-oriented and are able to deal quick, successive blows. They have more attack styles than any other class.
[When using Azure Kite in GU, his job is never actually listed]
- Edge Punisher: A character class that uses two-handed heavy weapons to fight, usually broadswords, similar to a Heavy Blade in The World. Some swords have mechanized "secondary weapons" on them, such as the chainsaw on Haseo's Centipede broadsword ( Broad Legged ). Haseo chose Edge Punisher as the second class for his Adept Rogue. This class is also used by Sakaki, Grein, Asta, Gabi, and Saburo. Their attacks, while powerful, are slow.
- Lord Partizan: A Character Class that utilizes various pole-arm weapons, similar to a Long Arm in The World. This class is now used by Piros the 3rd, whose weapon looks like a long golden drill, and Nala. They fight like Heavy Axemen, using attacks that are slower than other classes, but can deal the most immediate damage. Lord Partizans have lots of monster-oriented skills including Armor-Piercing and Aerial skills.
- Blade Brandier: A character class that uses a one-handed sword or a dagger to fight. They are swift, agile, accurate, and similar to a Blademaster in The World. Endrance, Silabus, Bordeaux, Kaede, Antares, Ender, Wool, Azure Balmung, Azure Orca, and Cashmere are known Blade Brandiers.
[Azure Balmung, Azure Orca also don't have their jobs officially given]
- Macabre Dancer: This unique character class uses a pair of sharp fans as weapons and fights with a fluid dancing motion, they are known in The World R:2 as 'Flowers of the Battlefield'. Macabre Dancers primarily use status magic in battle. Yata, Naobi, and Hiiragi are all Macabre Dancers.
- Flick Reaper: A rare Character Class that wields scythes or large axes. The stats of this class are very much like the Long Arms, for the class itself excels in speed and strength, but lessens in defense. This class is used by Zelkova, and is Haseo's third Adept Rogue class. They are designed for sweeping attacks, meant to literally "flick" enemies away before they can get within attacking range. Of course, a Steam Gunner or Lord Partizan could get at them easily.
- Tribal Grappler: A Character Class that utilizes their fists, claws, feet and various wrestling-type maneuvers to fight. It's similar to the Knuckle Master class in .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet. This class is used by Pi, Sirius, Tabby, and Gord. They are easiest to achieve solo Rengeki Finish attacks with.
- Harvest Cleric: A Character Class that use staffs and specializes in defensive and healing magic instead of direct fighting. Similar to a Wavemaster in The World. This class focuses on support magic. Atoli, Shino, Phyllo, and Seisaku fall under this particular class type.
- Shadow Warlock: Also similar to a Wavemaster, the Shadow Warlock is a Character Class in which the character uses offensive magic, powered by a large spellbook, instead of physical attacks to defeat the opponent. Sakubo, Gaspard, Tawaraya, and Tohta are all Shadow Warlocks.
- Steam Gunner: A Character Class that uses a rifle with a sword-like bayonet running the length of it. This class specialises in both long-range and close-quarter fighting. Kuhn, Ovan, Taihaku, Sakisaka, and B Set utilize this class.
[edit] Adept Rogue
A rarely used Character Class which utilizes multiple weapons, and various skills. Adept Rogues have the unique ability to use up to three varieties of weapons which they select while creating their character using a point allocation system. The player is given 4 points and must distribute them between the desired Classes, which vary in terms of point value:
- Twin Blade: 1 Point
- Edge Punisher: 1 Point
- Blade Brandier: 1 Point
- Tribal Grappler: 2 Points
- Flick Reaper: 2 Points
- Lord Partizan: 2 Points
- Steam Gunner: 3 Points
- Macabre Dancer: 3 Points
- Harvest Cleric: 3 Points
- Shadow Warlock: 3 Points
However, they can't use them all from the beginning. At first, they can only use the first weapon type; the others are sealed. By completing exclusive quests, these abilities are released, and the character's appearance changes (an example of this is how heavily Haseo's appearance has changed by the //G.U. game). This is the Adept Rogue's "Job Extend" ability. However, the downside to being an Adept Rogue is the slower job levelling and the slightly different stats. For example, a Level 10 Twin Blade is a better fighter than a Level 10 Adept Rogue with Twin Blade weapons.(This is because an Adept Rogue generally uses different types of weapons more than another, and so, their skill isn't as high as a player with just one class.) At most an Adept Rogue can only have access to three classes; certain players (such as Haseo) have hacked their PCs to break this rule and gain access to a fourth form.
Haseo, Matsu, and Sophora are all Adept Rogues.
[edit] Xth Form
Xth Form is the term given to a form of Class outside of The World R:2 and its system. In .hack//G.U. Volume 3, Haseo gains the ability to use a Character Class known as an Xth Form. So far it is unknown whether or not other Xth Form Classes exist. Haseo later gets B-st form.
- Dual Gunner: A Character Class that utilises a pair of pistols with bladed extensions, they can fire at enemies using ammo and must reload after a certain number of shots. There are blades connected to them that are used in a surprise attack and in the Skill Trigger, Justice. Also, in addition, Haseo gains a dash ability by pressing the Guard button twice and a double trigger called Judgment that can be used directly after you perform a skill trigger. Haseo uses this Class.
[edit] Affiliated Terms
- AIDA: AIDA stands for Artificially Intelligent Data Anomaly
- Player Killer: Characters that prefer to kill players for fun. Also, some like to kill them to steal their items to add to their collection. Many like PKing newbies because they're pushovers and easy targets. TaN is a guild composed of PKs. Tri-Edge is an infamous and legendary PKer fearfully rumored on message boards abroad: that when this mysterious phantom player kills a target, the unfortunate players that "die" from his attack don't ever come back.
- Player Killer Killer: Players that kill PKs. They sometimes kill PKs for revenge or to protect others. Haseo became a PKK in means of revenge for Shino after she fell into a comatosed state by the hand of the deadly Tri-Edge. Many state that PKKers are no different from PKers, and are looked down upon just as much as PKs, sometimes even more, as they do little but cause further instability among the player community.
- Guildmaster: The leader and usually creator of a particular Guild. Guildmasters control Guild shops and have their own Grunty which takes on their master's characteristics and assists in the running of the Guild. Gabi, Zelkova, Silabus, Haseo, Yata, Taihaku, Kuhn, Tabby, Piros the 3rd, Ovan, and Naobi either are or have been Guildmasters at some point.
- The Lost Ones: Refers to players in a coma, they are in this state because Tri-Edge used Data Drain on them. Shino is one example of a Lost One. Also referred to as Unreturner in some preliminary English episode listings.
- AIDA-PC: AIDA-PCs are PCs that have been infected by an AIDA in one form or another. The AIDA affects the Player mentally as a result of its infection, and can also have a number of side-effects within the game. Endrance, Sakaki, Sakubo, and Ovan were all AIDA-PCs at one time or other.
- Epitaph-PC: A PC that carries an Avatar, such as the eight PCs that make up the Infinity Eight, and can fight with it after awakening. Avatars can't be seen by regular players and can only be controlled by people in a specific mental state, as it would cause anyone else to go insane.
[edit] Three Azure Knights
- Azure Kite (different from "Kite of the .hackers")- Azure Kite carries triple-edged Twin Blades. He is surrounded by Azure Flames when he appears. He always makes his appearance in the form of an orb of azure flame, and holds the power to Data Drain.
Azure Kite can regenerate after being destroyed and, during Volume 2 of GU, is seen regenerating inside a casket before appearing, once again, in full health.
- Azure Balmung (Different from "Balmung of the Azure Sky") - Balmung is first seen alongside Orca in Volume 2 of GU when he destroys an AIDA and saves Haseo. Both he and Orca appear to, at first, be guarding a casket that contains Tri-Edge. Later they are seen again fighting in the Arena alongside Sirius. He is referred to as 'The Winged Guy' by Alkaid. (It is later revealed, that the Balmung fighting together with Sirius was just a copy made by AIDA, with the power of Innis, the epitaph that was taken by AIDA.)
- Azure Orca (Different from "Orca of the Azure Sea") - Orca is first seen alongside Balmung in Volume 2 of GU when he destroys an AIDA and saves Haseo. Both he and Balmung appear to, at first, be guarding a casket that contains Tri-Edge. Later they are seen again fighting in the Arena alongside Sirius. He is referred to as 'The Naked Guy' by Alkaid. (It is later revealed, that the Orca fighting together with Sirius was just a copy made by AIDA, with the power of Innis, the epitaph that was taken by AIDA.)
[edit] Avatar of 8 Phases
- Skeith - The Terror of Death: The Avatar controlled by Haseo, he uses it to destroy AIDA, as well as fight other Avatars. Aside from these basic functions, Haseo also uses Skeith to defeat other PCs, though it has been known to go out of control.
In Volume 2, Skeith is upgraded to a more powerful form. This is due to Haseo's job extension. Skeith powers up further in Volume 3 when Haseo gains his Xth form.
- Innis - The Mirage of Deceit: Innis is controlled by Atoli and first appears in Volume 2 of GU. After Sakaki infects Atoli with AIDA, he uses AIDA to awaken Innis within Atoli. Innis possesses the Mirage ability, which can create "ghosts" of characters (as it does with Azure Orca and Azure Balmung during the battle with Sirius) or even create entire areas to display memories (creating three hallways and a classroom in part of Moon Tree's @HOME).
- Magus - The Propagation: This Avatar is controlled by Kuhn, who uses it to destroy AIDA as part of Project G.U. It was the only Avatar to be salvaged after the fire at CC Corp and was eventually given to Kuhn, a CC Corp employee, as part of Project G.U. Magus is capable of creating multiple copies of itself. Creating copies of itself can leave an enemy frustrated in the heat of battle. Additionally, it has the ability to 'propagate' huge amounts of random data, allowing Kuhn to survive a Data Drain attack with minimal ill effects.
- Fidchell - The Prophet: Fidchell is the Avatar used by Yata, revealed in Volume 3. Fidchell, much like Macha, is a humanoid upper body attached to a great hovering contraption. As it did when it was a Phase, Fidchell makes a prophecy upon its defeat.
- Gorre - The Machinator: Gorre is controlled by Sakubo; it is seen in Volume 2 of G.U. under Saku's control while she is infected by an AIDA. It is designed in such a way that it can transform (involving inversion of the Avatar and rearrangement of several plates) between a red "active" form (which it primarily uses during the battle) and a blue "passive" form (which is used for the Paradise Invite attack). The red form is controlled by Saku, the blue by Bo. During parts of the Paradise Invite and Data Drain attacks, both personalities manifest simultaneously (and bicker constantly during the latter).
- Macha - The Temptress: Macha is the Avatar under Endrance's control and the only active Avatar in Volume 1 of G.U. not working under Project G.U. Endrance himself was influenced by an AIDA and used the Avatar to win battles in the Arena. Contrary to popular belief, Mia, the cat on Endrance's shoulder, is not part of Endrance.
Macha is later used to increase Skeith's power so Haseo can continue fighting when injured.
- Tarvos - The Avenger: Tarvos is controlled by Pi, who works under Yata and Project G.U. Tarvos was given to Pi through her brother, Jun Banshoya, who stole the Avatar from CC Corp before the fire. Unlike Kuhn, she doesn't use her Avatar and it is not seen until she is infected by AIDA when protecting Zelkova later in Volume 1.
- Corbenik - The Rebirth: Corbenik is an Avatar controlled by Ovan, as revealed in volume 2 of the G.U. game series. It appears in G.U. after the fight with Ovan. Contrary to popular belief, it is not directly associated with Ovan's sealed left arm. In Volume 3, Corbenik's left arm transforms into a cannon easily twice the size of the Avatar itself - it mostly attacks using the cannon in this form, and requires multiple Data Drains to defeat. Corbenik's special ability, Rebirth, is a safeguard programmed by Harald Hoerwick into The World, capable of resetting the entirety of the Internet.
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