I wouldn't be surprised if he eventually showed up in Rivals. They already got some weird picks in there, and the monetization model incentivizes quantity. Technically there's no limit - but Tokon definitely has a limit that we can estimate through historical data.

I'm expecting Hulk, Wolverine, Venom, Magneto, Thor, Rocket Raccoon, Thanos, and Deadpool on launch, although Dr. Strange, Loki, Squirrel Girl, and Psylocke also seem likely... 🤔
And that's already 20 outta the way 😨

Based on these precedents, and since Marvel is a bigger, more prestigious IP than the other licenses, I'd say we can safely expect 14-16 on launch with minimum 2 DLCs à 5~6 new chars (minimum 24 total, maybe maximum 32).
Now the question is whether Taskmaster is one of these top 30 picks...

If we look at Arcsys' mercenary work...

DBFZ: base game 24 chars, +8 +6 +6 DLC chars (44 total)
DNF Duel: base game 16 chars, +5 DLC chars (21 total)
GBFV: base game 11, BUT
GBFVR: base game 28, +6 +5 DLC chars (39 total)

Meanwhile Strive itself started with 15 and added 4 +4 +4 (27 total)

Broke: "My kid likes Mr Beast"
Woke: "My kid knows Mr Beast is for babies"
Bespoke: "My kid knows Mr Beast is evil"

This is the type of content I like
In fact I should make some myself

Oh no wonder they didn't make it, this looks kinda unplayable wwwwww

I mean you gotta work with what you've got right?

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How does that even work.....??

Yeah that's me!!!!

"Am I immediately good at it" skeleton

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On one hand I wanna say I bet they are because that's where its roots lie and where the Japanese fandom used to be... but on the other hand, the dearth of MH merch in Japan EVEN ON ITS ANNIVERSARY (!!!!) made me theorize that maybe Japan's over MH (and console games in general).

Yeah, on paper it sounds promising (slower moves, lotsa foraging, monsters always on the run, environmental traps), but in execution I don't see you liking this one. It's not for us veterans, it's for the Non-Japanese *new* audience who got hooked on World.
COULD be more fun with 4 players though.

lion boar thing. With the thunder dragon, I completely ran out of time (35mins?). Also I got the same kinda motion sickness as in World.
Hub town is just skidrow in a desert hole, wtf happened to cozy mountain village or luxurious onsen resort??? Will we move eventually???

Monsters coming in packs is SUPER annoying when fighting alone. You constantly have to dungbomb em to make em split up, but good luck not confusing the one that's already at 50% with the one that popped up fresh.
They'll frequently piss off to super far away areas too. Takes FOREVER to kill a single

With the 2nd beta round I finally found the option to make me not constantly face away from the monster (fucked up camera setting), but it still feels like you're constantly wading through mud. They dumbed down the weapon movesets - I only tried LS and DB - but I bet it'll be the same for the lances