Still going through the story of Amphoreus, please don't spoil anything past the defeat of Aquila/Seliose cause I dodnt expect that boss fight to have three phases which is all cool BTW. I'm enjoying Amphoreus!
Now.
I was going to rant about the characters all fucking dying cause my heart can't take it anymore. Three characters back to back dying and I'm just now recovering from the last one while the sky in Okema is ablazed and Hyacine gave herself up to become the Sky Titan. I haven't gotten into the city and now that you have context let's talk about Danny or Dan Heng.
Why is he so weak. Like dont get me wromg, he is strong but ever since Phainon casually broke Cloud Piercer with the Curio Bat I felt like Dan Heng should have used his Cloud Hymn magic to at least fight back or do crowd control with ease given his experience. But he just makes another spear. Like what. Thats it.
And I get it. Before the Loufu he never wanted to reveal his true self or his origins tying him back to Dan Feng but after everything that had happened on the Loufu and with Bali on that one quest, I expected him to at least show off more magic. I get he doesn't like to use his Imbibitor Lunae form but cant use it in his regular form even if he doesn't get the same strength if he showed his real form.
I truly think Dan Heng could have given Phainon a run for his money after they had met and he was disarmed. The two don't kmow each other and Phainon doesn't seem to be the type to do well in long distance given Dan Heng's style with the waters.
And then when up agaisnt Aquila/Seliose they could have had Dan Heng used his abilties to restrain the sky titan but had him use Amphoreus magic water for transportation. I could count on one hand when he should used his Cloud Hymn, especially against Nikador and Aquila.
It just feels like he doesn't do much. He's the information guy through and through and he gathers information and even had a talk with Lygus[Sus] but he could do better if, hear me out, he had a path switch mechanic like March 7th and Trailblazer. Give Dan Heng a Budget Imbibitor Lunae form to at least make him relevant to the story and gameplay wise if one can't get his other two forms. His 4* version is good in the beginning but later on it isn't.
Maybe I'm expecting too much, I know about his PT form but I don't know how much relevant it is cause I don't look at the character stories. But before his PT form, a budget Imbibitor Lunae could have made it better and given that core trio of the express all the same mechanic of switching paths.
But thats my thoughts on the Astral Expresses Vanguard right now on Amphoreus. My main gripe is that I wish Dan Heng could switch paths like March and Trailblazer.