Jaal Ama Darav (Official Thread)

Please, let me live in denial. I refuse to assume, and just keep dreaming of a blue butt.

She's always so unhappy about everything. Come on it's just a game and we're here to enjoy ourselves.

BRING ON THE JAAL BOOTY.   COME ON AND SLAM AND WELCOME TO THE JAM! JUS WORK DAT BODY WORK DAT BODY MAKE SURE YOU DONT HURT NOBODY.

yeah i'm listening to the Space Jam theme

I'm sorry, but what double standard? I understand your disappointment in not being shown the things you specifically want, but I don't really think it's fair to resent others for getting a tiny bit of what they want. Jaal is a squadmate. Even if a ton of effort went into the crew - like Kallo, who we've seen in trailers, speaking (unlike Jaal), and have heard narrating a briefing (again, unlike Jaal, whose voice we've never heard) and have a bit of a bio on (again, unlike Jaal...), the squad we actually go on missions with will always be more important than our crew. They always have been.

So of course there's going to be more of a marketing focus on them. And Jaal is literally the one we know least about. We have one picture. A two second scene in a trailer that tells us nothing about him. And a whole bunch of jokes and teasing from the devs that amount to no substantial info whatsoever (other than that he's a romance - but that'll mean nothing to the majority of us here if we end up not liking him as a character). I just don't think it's fair to be saying things like 'he's a writer's fave' when they've barely shown him. The only reason, I suspect, he's getting this much attention from the devs is because he has this crazy-big fan following. And the devs like teasing the fans.

Okay, enough. Or I am letting you both out and you can walk home.

Well, she said "they" and I assumed she was talking about Jaal and Ryder...? Because the conversation was about whether Jaal keeps the monocle on during the sex scene or not

I'm not resenting others for getting a bit of what they want. What I resent is them wanting more but when it comes to me wanting more about other characters they go "No, they shouldn't reveal that stuff and leave it to be discovered in the game". That is a double standard. 
I disagree that the squad is always more important than the crew. That is like saying a racecar driver is more important than the pit crew. They may be more famous, but they can only do what they do thanks to the crew. The good drivers recognize this hence always thanking their crew first. 
Again, I'm not against more info being released about Jaal. I just want them to talk about other characters than focus solely on him like they have been pretty much this whole week. Even the Vetra thing got swept under the rug within a couple hours because of the devs posting teasing Jaal tweets. 

Ummm... I think you're misconstruing language used. People are not saying "no, they shouldn't be revealed" but rather that the devs are saying they won't reveal much and are leaving things to be discovered by the players. Those are not our words, but the dev's. So I really think you should calm down (because you are NOT calm). I also don't believe the whole Vetra thing got "swept under the rug" since Tumblr is still excited about her kit release and posts about it already have notes in the thousands. Vetra is another fan favorite and has been since her reveal. I think you just don't hear about her nearly as much because you've been paying a lot of attention to Jaal stuff lately, considering how much you're in here.

Okay, sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you meant from the devs. But I see what you're saying. But let me explain it from my perspective:

From a game standpoint, the squad has always had more development, dialogue, etc. They're the NPCs that get promoted the most, because we spend the most time with them. For me, it's important to get a sense of our squad's abilities and personalities, because I like to plan my playthrough around that - who will occupy my squad the most (where my combat style will compliment theirs), who's banter and mission commentary will be the most interesting or relevant, who I will romance. The crew is just... there. Interacting with them will either be optional or it won't but the game decides that for me to an extent. So if I'm going to pick something to not be spoiled about, it's them. I'd rather be introduced to them in game. I wouldn't mind getting a little bio on each one before launch, but I'd be okay with not. Where if they literally leave us with the info we have on Jaal now, and that's it, I'd find it frustrating - for all the reasons I mentioned in regards to our squad in general.

Apparently there was a bug during development where all the Angara were appearing naked all the time... (and that's worrying/exciting people because it suggests there's a naked Angaran model... which will be used intentionally... *oh my*)