Data Drain Thoughts...
even still, she's too complicated, and it wouldnt be the same Morganna, and Morganna would know that the Data bug wouldnt really be her, and she's all spazztastic about not dying, so...NO (also, Morganna tried spreading beyond the World, but she can't, because the raw Internet can't support her (as we saw with the fires, car crashes, and blackouts)
The only definite differences between Kite's Data Drain powers are the game effects. ^_^;
2128 Drain costs more to use, increases Kite's infection level more, and has a higher chance of draining a rare item from its target than the normal Data Drain. Drain Arc is simply Data Drain with an area of effect, and Drain Heart is 2128 Drain with an area of effect. Also, Drain Arc and Drain Heart increase infection level more than the single target versions. Other than that, there are no differences. They look exactly the same when used and have the same effect on monsters. In other words, using 2128 Drain on a monster will turn it into the same thing that a normal Data Drain would. You probably knew all this already. Oh well.
On the other hand, Corbenik's Data Drain skills are different in more ways. Its Data Drain is normal for a Phase and is weakened by Kite's protection (targeted player only experiences every status effect in the book and doesn't fall into a coma or disappear, etc.) but its Drain Heart is much more powerful. Instead of causing several beams of light to hit one target, it creates a bunch of huge arrows that target all enemies in the area. Players hit by the arrows don't experience the watered down Data Drain with all the status effects, they get hit full force. Their character dies, they get removed from their current location in the game, and their real life self presumably falls into a coma as well. So, Corbenik's Drain Heart seems to be unaffected by the protection of the Book of Twilight. Could the effect of bypassing special barriers like the Book's protection apply to Kite's Drain Heart as well? Or does that only happen for Corbenik? I don't know for sure, but it's the only non-game effect I can think of right now that could possibly set Drain Heart and 2128 Drain apart from the other two.
2128 Drain costs more to use, increases Kite's infection level more, and has a higher chance of draining a rare item from its target than the normal Data Drain. Drain Arc is simply Data Drain with an area of effect, and Drain Heart is 2128 Drain with an area of effect. Also, Drain Arc and Drain Heart increase infection level more than the single target versions. Other than that, there are no differences. They look exactly the same when used and have the same effect on monsters. In other words, using 2128 Drain on a monster will turn it into the same thing that a normal Data Drain would. You probably knew all this already. Oh well.
On the other hand, Corbenik's Data Drain skills are different in more ways. Its Data Drain is normal for a Phase and is weakened by Kite's protection (targeted player only experiences every status effect in the book and doesn't fall into a coma or disappear, etc.) but its Drain Heart is much more powerful. Instead of causing several beams of light to hit one target, it creates a bunch of huge arrows that target all enemies in the area. Players hit by the arrows don't experience the watered down Data Drain with all the status effects, they get hit full force. Their character dies, they get removed from their current location in the game, and their real life self presumably falls into a coma as well. So, Corbenik's Drain Heart seems to be unaffected by the protection of the Book of Twilight. Could the effect of bypassing special barriers like the Book's protection apply to Kite's Drain Heart as well? Or does that only happen for Corbenik? I don't know for sure, but it's the only non-game effect I can think of right now that could possibly set Drain Heart and 2128 Drain apart from the other two.
could it be possible for Drain Heart and 2128 Drain to be used "to fry bigger fish?" the phases all created more corrupt data as they came so it might have took a larger data drain to fix the job" not to mention Aura is supposed to grow like a human being, who says her powers cant too?
i'm going out on a limb here
i'm going out on a limb here
