1. If you could rank just one person without question, who would it be? How realistic is this goal? For those that responded last time, was your selection last time ranked?
Zack Fair. Not entirely unrealistic, as Crisis Core is pretty much *the* must play game on the PSP. Of course, it's still the PSP, which is getting better but isn't great. His stats are average but he has a ton of cool skills and resistances. He's a good dueller, plus he's just an awesome character as well.
2. If you could rank one game without question or complaints, what would it be? How realistic is this goal? For those who responded to the last poll, was this game ranked?
Crisis Core, obviously. For something that wasn't already covered in the above question, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. PCs + Act Bosses. Not at all realistic, sadly. Lack of damage numbers + PC WRPG. It's really a shame. Love the game.
3. What are you final thoughts on Not Ranked? (From the board tournament all the way to the final season/it's impact)
Wasn't around for the start of it, but I would love to see it come back as a board tournament again.
4. Who are your favorite 10 godlikes?
Yuna, Lady, Raquel, Yuri, Guv
5. Who are your favorite 10 heavies?
Arnaud, Laharl, Janus, Jr, MOMO
6. Who are your favorite 10 middles?
Tear, Scythe, Jeane, Viki, Ricardo
7. Who are your favorite 10 lights?
Jogurt, Snowe, Luke, Augst, Nanami
8. The more things change.. we're at 80-90 votes per week now. What would you do to improve this or make us more attractive to new voters?
Not much that can be done aside from advertising more. I make the B8 topic but aside from the usual four or so people nobody ever posts.
9. What direction would you like to see the DL go in for ranks? We've gone from the high tide of 2007 to.. not a hell of a lot of late. What consoles should we target?
PSP and DS. Suikoden, Valkyrie Profile, DQ5/6 and Fire Emblem. All of them series already represented in the DL, all on the DS. PSP has SO1, Crisis Core, and eventually Agito XIII. Both of them also have a ton of love from Atlus and N1 but none of them are particularly realistic. (Maybe Devil Survivor but that won't even be out until June)
For home consoles, not really much to go on at this point. The 360 has RPGs but aside from ToV none of them are really worth hyping. The PS3 only has a few but they're actually noteworthy. The Wii just isn't an RPG system. Our best bet for now is to keep milking the PS2 until it's dry and see what we'll do from there. Unfortunately there are only two PS2 RPGs still to go so this will probably mean going with more questionable ideas like we are this season.
10. What DL game is next on your to play list? What DL game will you never play?
Haha, with the way I play games this is a silly question. Suikoden II is the best bet though. I've also found myself consistently tempted to skip right to S5, as I've been hearing a lot of hype for it lately. MMXCM is a possibility as well, assuming it gets in.
I'll probably never play anything that gets talk of being booted simply because I'll be wasting my time for when they inevitably do go. Other than that, Saga Frontier. Not fun at all.
14. Do you expect FFX to be the last Final Fantasy game the DL fully ranks?
FFXIII is on multiple consoles. The game's combat/leveling systems are the only things that can possibly keep it out aside from the DL dying, and there's no way to tell until we get more info from Squenix.
15. Should we rank DQ5 slime y/n?
**** yes. Even if we don't rank most of the human cast because of three-way splitpath or whatever, rank slime.