Switching is just... there, but imo that's how it's supposed to be? It's not a mechanic, it's just freedom in who you're controlling. If you prefer controlling one character, then yeah, there's no reason to. It's not like blade or vanguard switches where it's actually designed to accomplish something, it's just trading controllers with the AI.
You could be right, but what a waste if that is the case. It could have taken combat to the next level but it feels like an afterthought.
The thing with character switching is,
Even if it was impossible somehow to have a freeze and slow pan (or whatever) between characters,
They could have easily made it much less confusing by indicating what character you're currently controlling on the character list on the left of the HUD. This is such a trivial thing that I thought we might get it in the patches, but... nope.
I think character switching would have worked better in XC and XC2, than it does in XC3.
There‘s less visual clutter on screen in both games and with just three playable characters you’d always be one button press away from whoever you wanted.
While being able to switch party members mid-combat could have opened up some cool vision related stuff in XC and blade combo stuff in XC2.
It just exists in XC3. That said, I enjoy the combat of XC3 so I’m not ragging on it, more saying that I hope the DLC can make something like switching meaningful.
I personally hope that they reduce your options a bit, make each character feel a little bit more unique and incentivise you to switch around more often.
If they could find a way to speed up chain attacks, that would also be welcome.
They introduced switching in Torna, implemented red health and switch out combos to incentivise it, made characters more unique with individual talent arts and relaxed the blade combo system a bit to create something faster and more immediately involving. I hope they do similar things here.
