As far as has been said, the story so far will stay intact, give or take a line of dialogue. Main thing is the contracts, which so far are a text screen and a RNG result, being switched out for some actual gameplay. Most definitely Luna will stay Luna and still have the same reasons for being Luna as before. So there should be no worries on that end. How the new gameplay approach will turn out we'll have to wait and see.
Cartagano explained it well above, and I thought I'd add to what he said:
I really like the game so far but I'm gonna be honest that many changes make me afraid of how much stuff the dev will need to work on to keep the game going forward. Hope it all works out but damn.
I'm actually excited about this since it won't become a run around town to get next event type of gameplay, the limited free roam appeal to far move in VN's than the normal sandbox
It will really depend on how often the main story sends MC on a mission (since they will all implement new gameplay mechanic), & how often Wilfred's contracts get updated. We all know it's only a matter of time until MC gets higher and higher in the ranks in the Family (and to do that, well he'll need to be sent on missions).
I really like the integration of the map system of Lucania. Always wanted a map of the town even before way back around "My name is Luna" event release time (what can I say? I do like little things like that. Even if they may seem insignificant to some people).
As long as we don't have to jump around the map like a headless chicken I'm more than okay with it, but having to keep going from one place to another at a specific time on a huge map gets tiresome really fast, hell even in small maps I get tired of it like in "A house in the rift" or "harem hotel" in this game we have the guide/tip system which helps, but I really prefer when the story is the focus.
My problem is not going around during a mission/quest is having to walk around the entire map looking for a specific NPC just to start the mission, some good examples are Trials in tainted space and corruption of the champion, you have a map of a good size but where you can identify important NPC's and quests by only looking, Hopes said that those were an inspiration, and although normally I don't like free-roam I really enjoy it in those games, my problem is if things go in a "repeat task 20 times" to get anywhere, which I really don't believe Hopes will do.
Oh I get what ya mean. And yeah, I agree with you.
I think the main missions will increase the character base stats and contracts are a way to get money and items.Oh I get what ya mean. And yeah, I agree with you.
Thinking more about the gameplay, I do kinda wonder whether the MC's missions (with gameplay, like Eiza's sister mission) in the main story will actually influence on and increase his actual stats (i.e. Off. power, Def. power, Stealth, Threat stats).
And if they do, how much will they increase compared to their increase when doing the contracts.
To be honest, I think it feels more plausible that the MC gains some base stats on contracts as well (though to much lesser degree than the main missions), since he's still gaining experience with them, but hey, that's just me.
It will depend if an XP system is present, if not then the items and training would be the ones to influence stats like before, otherwise, some remarks about the MC's abilities would make no sense in the main story.
What remarks about MC do you mean (just asking out of curiosity)?
Just comments about how the Mc hasn't proven themselves, and how inept he is compared to even a Soldado, my Mc was basically at Elite Lvl and was still treated like a noob, that will likely stay though because I had forgotten that the game already had an XP system.
Actually good point, we know the weapons merchant but where does the Mc buy his equipment, is it a Deluca shop or an actual legal gun-store, or one of Luna's contacts? Did the game tell us?
You're referring to the "Frenetico Tournaments", right? The tournament mentioned by Luna & Gracie at the end of the beach prison event (and they specifically say MC will have to participate if he wants to increase his ranks & prizes are either tons of money or rare weapons).
Luna could just set MC up with TJ the gunsmith, her weapons contact (whom she went to meet with MC at Musala hill).
?), so if MC gets caught by the cops (or detectives whom will appear later down the line) when using them, then "busted".
Poison dagger, or actually just a really cool knife, okay now I'm gonna research if it is possible to make a knife with crevasses that will store poison better than just dumping it on its surface, but I think some poison and probably a dagger of some kind would fit what little we know about her.You're referring to the "Frenetico Tournaments", right? The tournament mentioned by Luna & Gracie at the end of the beach prison event (and they specifically say MC will have to participate if he wants to increase his ranks & prizes are either tons of money or rare weapons).
That tournament will be coming (Hopes said). It's only a matter of time I suppose.
Luna could just set MC up with TJ the gunsmith, her weapons contact (whom she went to meet with MC at Musala hill).
Hope's originally didn't have any plans for that character, but after I asked him about TJ, he said he might consider it (so fingers crossed).
Guess only problem is TJ's guns & the modifications he does to them aren't actually legal (as Luna said. Come to think of it, why am I getting a sneaking feeling that none of Luna's guns are legal
Also, this is just my opinion, but a weapon MC can possibly obtain much later which might be a family heirloom (from his mom Rina) could actually be pretty cool too (weapon which gives off an aura like Witcher 3's Aerondight silver sword but in DeLuca mafia style, for the late to Endgame gameplay).
