Doll Maker's Diary, Part 29: CRASH Chronicles Part 4 - Striker and Support Classes

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 29: CRASH Chronicles Part 4 - Striker and Support Classes

Within the relaunched CRASH Chronicles storyline, agents are classified according to how their abilities perform. In this post I will take a look at two of these classes: Striker and Support. These were the first two classes I created for CRASH Chronicles, but they were not the last. There will also be other classes as well, and those will eventually be described in later posts.

Above: CRASH Agents Ellie Watts (left) and Claire Hayes (right) in their training outfits. The former is a Striker, whose attacks tend to have a long range; the latter is a Support, whose abilities are focused on assisting teammates.

We'll start with the Striker class, which is geared mainly towards long-range combat. These agents are most commonly employed in a sniping role, keeping a watchful eye on their targets before unleashing their attacks on them. Strikers are generally fast-moving and highly agile, which decreases their likelihood of detection. Their only major weakness is their sub-par durability, although this can be negated if the Striker stays on the move and makes good use of cover. Ellie Watts is a classic example: she can launch powerful bursts of lightning across long distances and is light on her feet, but can easily be taken out with a few hard hits.

Support class Agents, on the other hand, have abilities that benefit the team they're on by assisting their teammates or hindering their enemies. Claire Hayes, for example, is capable of establishing a psionic link with other people within a certain range, allowing her to predict their actions, thoughts and movements more easily. In combat, it improves the accuracy of her allies' attacks; however, away from battle, it makes it easier for her to negotiate a peaceful resolution if there is a potential conflict - a useful trait given that CRASH considers direct combat to be a measure of last resort.

Thus ends my discussion of the first two character classes featured in CRASH Chronicles. Stay tuned for more class descriptions in future posts.