Hopefully with Rod gone that policy can now change.
There are 10x more important characters to add than barrick lul even Jace would be more welcome and thats overlooking Tai, Dizzy, etc
Been asking for him for awhile…cigar and all plz.
So Alex Brand will be a no-no as well?
Because she is smoking hot?
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Well we have Kim and Tai so if Barrick was considered then I’d like to think Alicia Valera would arrive alongside him. Then we have Zeta Squad.
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I don’t see why Alicia and Alex haven’t been seen either, since Laura voiced both of them, it may be distracting and I’d recast Alex but Alicia has more of a rural accent than Kait.
I don’t think that makes it unlikely, that felt more like a marketing thing than a ‘hill to die on’ pledge as literally no character except for Barrick smokes (at least often or on-screen). It felt more like an easy pickup since they had no intention on making anyone smoke to begin with.
It is a little odd though because the Locust War is 100x worse than any real war, and just about every veteran I know has/does smoke often.
I don’t really care for Alex but I agree Alicia wouldn’t be a problem voice-wise.
As for the smoking thing, that was Rod. He’s now, thankfully, gone so who gives a damn? Give everyone a cigarette! Make the Juvies burst out of their pods already smoking Cuban cigars for no reason!
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Can we like, at least get Sofia first? We already have Paduk and I honestly fail to see why TC hasn’t put her in the game yet.
You mean she sounds very French. Sure got that impression when I heard that accent the first time.
Can’t speak for Alex as I never played J in the MP and as such haven’t heard her voice.
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It’s just Laura’s voice. So basically Kait’s voice. Which would be distracting.
And maybe it’s been awhile but I thought Alicia sounded more like native Mexican than French.
Maybe because I don’t have a lot of experience with French but living in a place with a large Mexican population, she kinda sounds like people I know who’ve got English as a second language, so their dialect is a little bit of the romantic Spanish layered on top of the English.
But who am I to say.
Fun Fact; I was reading the Wikis to try and see if it had any cultural hints for Alicia such as Dom would, I didn’t find anything but I did read about how Settlement 5 was partially built from the rubble of Ilima’s wreckage after it was sunk.
I like some of Alex’s lines but yeah it’s basically just a more brash Kait voice.
“Sure beats flowers,” and “Somebody knows how to impress a girl,” were always my favorites since I mained Alex in Judgement…yes I did play it quite a bit. Enough to Re-Up once.
I just recall Valera sounding more French than anything to me when first hearing it.
Probably from the Gears 4 collectible detailing how the new COG was salvaging rubble(and possibly other things) from old ruins, including Jacinto which seems to indicate it also has submarines of some form, not that we’ve seen them. Probably also automated or manned by DBs rather than humans, or maybe they have a small human crew only while the rest is bots or automated.
I mean if the old COG could pull off a submarine I’m sure Baird has no issue designing a new COG one.
Hell if rooty-toot Americans in 1863 could figure out a submarine, I’m sure the new COG could figure it out.
Not even a joke, the Confederates (South) had a Submarine (HL Hunley) that operated from 63-64 and actually sunk a ship.
This has been Buster’s unnecessary history lesson for the night.
Well, yeah, but it just seemed a bit odd for the new COG to invest resources into submarines(and other types of submersibles) if their only purpose was things like salvage operations of old submerged ruins and they likely would also have been needed elsewhere for rebuilding of society.
That being said, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was used as an excuse for us to go back underwater again, if we take to the seas again as well, and have a look through some old submerged ruins, not that I could currently imagine what reason there would be for that. Also would make a good point to give us a not so subtle hint if our good friend the Leviathan has survived or evolved like other Locust.
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Gets my approval. Barrick was cool af, much cooler than any of the new squad.
Barrick was awesome, would be happy to have him back.
Nothing is unlikely now, they’re adding LT Baird from judgment, they’d have to make Barrick from scratch ofc but its not completely out of the question.
Because she’s shown to be a heavy cigar-smoker in the comics as well.
Can’t be any worse than having Sraak, Palace Guard and Karn all on the same battlefield haha
They all have the same voice 
Blowing a person into chunks ok. smoking nope. Plus cigar smoking is part of some cultures and an art form.
Yeah but the Locust don’t speak in full sentences and most of them would sound the same anyways. It makes more sense.