Talk:Siegfried Drachentöter/@comment-24052959-20150515071215/@comment-8182065-20150516172913

Yeah I'm trying to be as polite as possible, but the internet can be so fickle at times when it comes to portraying emotions.

1. He's based on a dragonslayer, alright it fits the theme (but sorry, my opinion of dragons doesn't change. Doesn't mean I don't like your character or ever will in the future). Do I expect him to be weak? No. All I care about is proper balancing, which doesn't mean they'll be weak.

2. I can name a few, but I won't; Name dropping never solved anything.

3. If he is a jack of all trades, then his stats should be much lower. Rather than 7.5, it should be all 5's at the most going by the chart at the beginning (and honestly, nobody should have max 10 in everything unless they've trained 24/7/365 for about 50 years). Given the armor he wears, I expect his overall speed to not be too great as it's plated gear (which is heavy). I'm not saying slow as a tortoise, but he shouldn't be able to move too fast or jump so high with the armor's weight holding him down.

4. Every character has a weakness, whether it be a literal weak point on the body, psychological trauma, or the word spiders just kills them. All characters need some sort of Achilles heel (him being anti-social is more along the lines of being just a character trait than an actual weakness). It becomes something they strive to cover up, or something their teammates will help with along the way.

5. No, it's still pretty OP, and again you're Aura is pretty much your life; once you run out, you become completely vulnerable (it may even have potential to kill you over time, as you may be shortening your lifespan by doing so). To say it again, his Semblance does too many things and they all don't constitute to one single ability. All Semblances we've seen in canon just stick to one key ability theme that shows an aspect of their nature; Blake says she uses her "Shadow" clones to hide behind them and they take some hits for her. That's pretty much it minus the Dust alterations she can perform.

6. The reason I used generic is because Siegfried is currently just a flat character. He loves justice, and hates evil, and pretty much wants to be a hero of legend. If I get into a conversation with him, I feel as though the responses I'll get have to do with his sense of justice over what he likes to do for fun, so more could be added into his personality. There's no real explanation on why he has such a high sense of heroism, he just fought off a couple of bullies that loved to mess with him. That alone doesn't really inspire an all out hatred for evil.

And thanks for taking the time to look up one of my characters. If you've read more of his page, you'd understand that his respectful nature is mainly because tradition was forced down his throat. Is he absolutely amazing? No, not one of my best workings, for now until further notice he just exists. And cut/paste of Weiss's Semblance? I'm afraid not.

7 & 8. I can only defend myself for these two, as I can't speak for Avatar. I'm merely giving my opinion, nothing more nothing less. It's not "Hey, I like dis guy a lot!" but that doesn't mean I'm saying he totally sucks balls.

9. Did I ever say, "My characters are far more superior than yours," at all? No not at all, so don't put words in my mouth, please.

10. Those are archetypes. They can be classified in those areas, and yes anybody can. But, there is more to our main cast. Weiss is a stuck up heiress, but that's not 100% her personality; she's not completely bitchy and has a nice side to her, and tries to act humorous. Her nature has branched out from a standard "I've always gotten what I wanted, primp and proper princess" into something more human.

12. Yes, Penny is combat ready indeed. Her laser was able to cut through the ship yes, but that's one skill (and most characters generally have that ultimate skill of theirs that doesn't get used too often). You also have to realize she was just helping to take out a few WF grunts, who were poorly skilled in fighting; even Penny has yet to know how powerful she truly is because she hasn't been in a real battle against another trained fighter in canon.

13. None of those characters started off as OP. Naruto was the runt of the litter, who wanted to train and become known as the best ninja there ever was. Ichigo was a newb Soul Reaper who trained to learn new techniques so he could save his friends whenever coming up against new stronger opponents. Goku being a Saiyan gets stronger with every battle, and even he has met some foes who were more OP than he ever was.

Every one of these characters got their asses handed to them multiple times in their respective series, and trained themselves to get better and stronger over time. Your OC is just straight up OP right off the bat.

14. Aura is the manifestation of one's soul. Essentially every attack that gets made on you pretty much chips away at your life over time if you're not careful. Not to mention, using up your Aura in a manner would end up leaving you open for tatal injuries; that's your best line of defense in any given situation.

15. Oh, I'm open for any criticism that would help me improve on my characters.