I am 3 days late to this and I sincerely apologise that I am.

My big hope is that she will be full on Chevira. No transform mechanic like in GBVSR or even the yandere side of her; full on Chevira. Cygames said that Relink is the more serious of the two games and it has shown it quite is. Chevira suits the serious theme far more than yandere Dark Vira could; and trying to have Vira work like Id doesn't exactly fit when Vira completely changes elements, from Dark to Light when she transforms.

Chevira's skillset from the gacha game itself also fits in perfectly into Relink. Aegis Merge could act either similarly to Vane's bubble, or it's a full sub all like it is in game and like Danchou's own substitute. Blade of Light is a powerful nuke and dispels. She could distribute meter with Fated Cleaver and give powerful buffs with Divine Weapon that could give charge bar gain up for everyone/distribute charge bar. She'd be the premier tank of Relink, even more so than Vaseraga or Vane while still hitting hard. The strength of her buffs would be based on the primal bits she has that would work either like Narmaya's butterflies or Yodarha's Triple Shroud.

I'm not sure how they'd adapt Vira's other skills from her other versions to her to make 8 skills; or they give her entirely new ones like they have with most characters in Relink (including her onee-sama) or even take some ideas from Chevalier Credo Magna. Either way, I really sincerely hope they go Chevira and actually show why this character is complex and beyond what people see in GBVSR.

Thanks for the question anon :)

Well for one, it's really not 'fixing' she needs; rather it's just character development. Her personality itself is perfectly fine; she's not your stoic, cold faced badass female character who is also a bitch to everyone (let alone female knight) which we see way, WAY too often written. She's warm, kind, humble, can be hilarious (her cooking, fear of bugs, bad sense of direction, people making her flustered, her love of cute things) on top of being a badass.

In saying that, you do have to squint very hard to see some of the character development Katalina has got (and put pieces together as well). Much like how Vira's is locked behind her character fate episodes, Katalina's is locked behind main story quest (and in turn, that's why we've not got anything about her family etc. apart from knowing Ares is her ancestor).

The first character development she got is in fact in plain sight; the Albion arc. Katalina was held up on her guilt over what she did for Vira for all of the 6 years she served Erste. I also reckon that it was one of the biggest if not biggest pushes for her freeing Lyria other than the vow she made to the girl; Katalina was not about to leave another person she'd come to care about trapped in a cruel cage, especially when the one she had left, she was responsible for trapping there. In a poetic turn of events, this same girl she freed is the reason why she was able to free the other and undo the damage she had done.

The next facet of character development is how she's slowly and steadily over the years (and literally in years) let go of her anxiety and nerves over Lyria. Even Sawashiro Miyuki mentioned this in her message at the 10th anniversary stream to us of how Katalina was letting Lyria go more and would start to think more about herself, Vira and the other important people in her life. What Makes the Sky Blue and What Makes the Sky Blue II show more of Katalina letting go of Lyria more.

The most hidden detail of Katalina's character development is actually in her innermost teachings with Ares. It's hinted Katalina does not love herself and has low self-esteem for all her pride as a knight and confidence she outwardly shows when Ares outright tells her "You should learn to love yourself." as her parting words. It's also revealed Katalina was not prepared to accept the responsibility of great power and wanting freedom and to be a knight aside, that's another factor into Katalina's leaving Lord Commander to Vira as well when you look at it.

GBVSR also shows some facets of Katalina; one particular moment is in her win quote against Anila where she says she sometimes feels like she's cracking under the pressure of defending the crew. Even Katalina can only stay so strong and needs support (Lyria, Vira, her fellow main crew members etc.).

But to straight answer your question; I absolutely agree Katalina deserves more and better. We need to be able to delve into her family (especially now that there's an ancestral link to Ares) and even more so; she and Vira together need their own story event, addressing both of them and also Ares and Albion (we really need to find out just what killed Ares, an almighty Astral General known to be regarded highly in strength and tact even among other Astrals). Let alone the fact that basically, both Katalina and Vira have Astral blood in their veins confirmed and thus far are (to my knowledge) are the only characters confirmed to have such (which kinda makes them Astral-Human hybrids; Vira becomes an Astral-Primal hybrid when she becomes Chevira). So where does that put them on the power scale to everyone else considering Astrals are like, only below the Omnipotent and Lucio in power scale (and on par or possibly stronger than The Supreme Primarch).

But I am hoping that after the last MSQ update and where it seems to be going; we are in fact, finally going to get all of what I mentioned above; and Katalina will not only finally get more and proper character development but alts as well (and the same with the rest of the main crew not named Rosetta getting alts).

Apologies for the long arse answer anon, but thanks for asking!

Yes, it was. Honestly Vira is probably one of the best handled yandere characters in how it opened up her character development in the future and addressed how unhealthy her coping mechanisms and behaviour was. Especially great was how Katalina recognised this and knew deep down Vira's heart was and has always been in the right place and she just needed help. The crew also saw this and no matter how she pushed them away they kept by her and it was because of this, Vira slowly but with much struggle came through. It's inspirational for people who have done wrong things, acted wrong in the past yet with the right people at your side and the ability to be able to accept their help and in turn, them, you can recover. There's a difference between knowing someone is a general dick and knowing if someone just needs to have the shell they're hiding in cracked open.

Granted, I do wish that Vira's whole character development wasn't locked behind fate episodes which ends up with no one ever seeing them unless they get all her alts from the gacha.........

I want to keep my expectations low as possible so I am not disappointed by the stream. But for me, what I hope most for? The main crew. Anything for the main crew (aka Kat, Rackam, Io, Rosetta and Eugen). They haven't got so much in the gacha and now 4 of them in MSQ are gone :( (Rackam doesn't even have a summer alt, Rosetta should get less though she has summer and Halloween alts got in the years). I do imagine the next MSQ update will come up in stream for sure but apart from that, yeah. Just, please, give them something, anything Cygames. Especially being 10th anniversary.

Also Relink, general QoL updates and roulette/giveaways. That'll do me just fine :).

Yes they do! They do roulettes at Christmas and anniversary in Granblue. As for pulling, here are the things to consider with sparking anon;

1. If they announce 200 guaranteed roulette rolls on either Flash Gala or Premium Gala. Being 10th anniversary this year however, they could really go wild and announce guaranteed 200 rolls on both!

2. If there's no 200 guaranteed rolls (not likely) announced on Flash or Premium Galas, then it's best to go the March Premium Gala for a spark, whether you get free roulette rolls in Premium Gala or not. This is because March Premium Gala is the only one where all Zodiac Generals (Anila, Andira, Kumbhira etc.) are available except the one from the previous year (which is Makura).

3. In all cases, only spark on the last day of free rolls on both Galas (if the roulette lasts the whole Gala). Whether that's Flash or Premium Gala is up to you. Depends on what characters you value (be it meta or favourites) and where you currently are at with your grids in each element.

Generally only Yukata seasonals are announced in March to come out on Flash and the rest are in the usual seasonal periods (June-August is summer, October Halloween etc.) but being 10th anniversary, who knows what could happen this time. Just keep your eyes peeled for the news from the anniversary stream tomorrow and these points in mind anon! Good luck!

They're much better than GBVSR and I'd credit that to the ENG voice actors growing into their character roles. A video I watched on Youtube (about James Bond of all things) spoke of how each Bond actor only really showed their confidence in it by their third movie (except poor Timothy Dalton). It had me think a lot about that; and also the fact that it's quite not fair to compare ENG dubbing to the seiyuus who have had these characters for almost 10 years. With that in mind, the job they have done with their characters has been admirable.

Though I have heard it kinda falls off with in battle quotes from some. I can't judge as I've not heard all, but I do know I really like the portrayal of the main crew characters voices, especially Katalina and Rosetta (Erica Lindbeck and Allegra Clark respectively who are two of my favourite VAs in any case).