Good rationale. My only hesitation toward reducing luck is that since I'm beginning on Hard/Classic, every enemy critical that I can keep from happening is a lot of time saved for me. I'll think over my options and go with something soon (I've been agonizing over this for an embarrassingly long time, heh)
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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT| Lord of the RNG
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Good rationale. My only hesitation toward reducing luck is that since I'm beginning on Hard/Classic, every enemy critical that I can keep from happening is a lot of time saved for me. I'll think over my options and go with something soon (I've been agonizing over this for an embarrassingly long time, heh)
I would. I started on classic my first playthrough. Fire emblem would be very boring without permadeath.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Ugh.
This game has several bosses who don't move until you come into range....then as soon as you enter it, Pow. Dead unit.
Most recently, this was a boss with 50 attack, and I had just moved most of my units south to soak up xp on some reinforcements.
Frederick(+Olivia) with 44 max hp took a 35hit from an axe then died to a 20 or so% chance to hit from a swordmaster w/ a silver sword.
Queue soft reset + momentary rage, lol.
I went this route, and while my res is only like 10 or so at level 13 promoted, I'm paired with Tharja so it covers some of my losses. Everything else seems to be getting pretty frequent levels. Plus, the Ignis skill on the tactician dips into both strength and magic so going -STR could hurt you there.
This game has several bosses who don't move until you come into range....then as soon as you enter it, Pow. Dead unit.
Most recently, this was a boss with 50 attack, and I had just moved most of my units south to soak up xp on some reinforcements.
Frederick(+Olivia) with 44 max hp took a 35hit from an axe then died to a 20 or so% chance to hit from a swordmaster w/ a silver sword.
Queue soft reset + momentary rage, lol.
I went this route, and while my res is only like 10 or so at level 13 promoted, I'm paired with Tharja so it covers some of my losses. Everything else seems to be getting pretty frequent levels. Plus, the Ignis skill on the tactician dips into both strength and magic so going -STR could hurt you there.
Man, this mission wasn't all that bad.
Reinforcements from behind!
;______________;
Lately ive been rolling with
Female MU - Grandmaster
Morgan - Grandmaster
Severa - Hero
Cynthia - Falcon Knight
Chrom - Paladin
Sumia - Sage.
But ive been mixing it up a lot with the kids.
The Grim Heaper
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I'm beginning to think this game has something against Cordelia. I leveled her up twice and both times she only got +1 Luck, and all the enemies go right for her. ):
SloaneRisette
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Oh my God Noire.
Having her with Vengeance is so amazingly fitting.
I think I know who I might have to pair Inigo with, sorry Cynthia.
Having her with Vengeance is so amazingly fitting.
I think I know who I might have to pair Inigo with, sorry Cynthia.
InsaneZero
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Goddamn Donnel is a one-man steamroller.
I can put him on a map all by himself and he could roll through waves of promoted enemies as a Mercenary. Chapter 11 took me about 7 turns after Donnel made a beeline to the boss (and this is on Hard).
So awesome.
I can put him on a map all by himself and he could roll through waves of promoted enemies as a Mercenary. Chapter 11 took me about 7 turns after Donnel made a beeline to the boss (and this is on Hard).
So awesome.
That just indicates it's special inventory that will disappear with the merchant. On occasion they'd also have a green tag on them saying SALE.
GeekyDad
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I see. Thanks.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I'm only in Chapter 11 at the moment, but I'm already finding this. I fight random battles to open shops back up and do all the paralogues, and I'm already destroying enemies in story chapters. So far the only difficult thing has been making sure allies don't get crit'd before I have a chance to recruit them.
It's not necessarily a bad thing. I like that my characters are godlike because I've invested in making them godlike. After all, Hard and Lunatic exist for a reason.
Yeah, I just finished paralogue 4, and Donnel has really come into his own. He's also becoming an insane support pair now. He's executed an attack 80% of the time, even when paired with a long distance unit (which means he shouldn't really be able to attack at all).
Btw, how many chapters are there in the game?
Rebel Leader
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If you want a limited amount of Exp. like older titles, the option is there for you. Just don't touch DLC, Risen spawns, or Spot/StreetPass fights. It'll be a much tougher challenge. Any options that make the game more accessible, but don't hinder my preferred method of play, are welcome. More people playing FE the better and maybe they'll even give Classic a go later.
I definitely regret -Magic, as much as I depend on Magic now, although it's not crippling.
I definitely regret -Magic, as much as I depend on Magic now, although it's not crippling.
Hours Left
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It's the worst flaw to pick by far IMO. It affects everything.
^At the start of the game, indeed. Later in the game not a worry. But I wonder if that was because I was playing on normal.
... Just finished the game. 42 hours on Normal/Classic. Did all the possible Paralogues. Missing support conversations, but not a worry right now.
The MUSIC in the last chapter. So Good, as well as the endings.
And... I don't know what to do with my life anymore
... Just finished the game. 42 hours on Normal/Classic. Did all the possible Paralogues. Missing support conversations, but not a worry right now.
The MUSIC in the last chapter. So Good, as well as the endings.
And... I don't know what to do with my life anymore
I'll try a Hard/Casual playthrough to practice so that I can play in Hard/Classic Later... but I think that I'll wait until Nintendo gets some more DLC and the missing SpotPass characters.
Alright, got Panne to marry Frederick. Now to recruit every kid!
25 chapters in all, not including the interlude, prologue and final (so technically 28).
dakkumauji
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I curse choosing -Skill whenever I miss a ~80% hit.
thetrin
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encephalon
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It seems like the only reason I don't have a character die half the time is because although the AI is fully capable of killing off one character at a time, given their movement and range, the AI simply ... chooses not to at that particular instance. Other times, they're more than eager and boom. Character death. I'm dealing with a lot of trial and error here, but maybe I'm just dumb/bad at strategy games. I've had a similar experience with Tactics Ogre and Terra Phantastica.
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
Awakening sure has some questionable UI changes...
The new storage system is awful. Why can't I trade between people in a less obtuse way? Is there a better way than select receiver, find item and look at transparent background to see who it belongs to, and take it from them?
Why can't I see stat cap progress? Is there anyway to tell in-game if I've hit a cap?
The new storage system is awful. Why can't I trade between people in a less obtuse way? Is there a better way than select receiver, find item and look at transparent background to see who it belongs to, and take it from them?
Why can't I see stat cap progress? Is there anyway to tell in-game if I've hit a cap?
Rebel Leader
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I think I have it on either normal or hard with casual as the game mode
thetrin
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Are you using the enemy attack radius? If you press X, it overlays over the battlefield, and you can see the safest places to place weak characters like healers.
I find one of the biggest keys to a smooth level from the start is to micromanage where your units will start. In case you didn't know, you can go to "View Map" and then switch around characters until you find a formation you like. You can't put them in spaces outside of the designated blue spots, but you can move weak characters to the back, and strong characters to the front. This is especially helpful if you have weak characters that you want to last hit enemies for leveling.
Oh, so you're probably blazing through levels. I'm playing Classic (imo, the only way to get that Fire Emblem flavor)
The Grim Heaper
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I'm playing Normal/Casual. Chapter 8 and 10 hours in. ;_;
The numbers will be green.
I've thought about this sort of playthrough before, but come to the conclusion that I don't think I could ever survive it. Usually through some overlooked thing or other it wouldn't be long before I had no healer units left, after which you'd need constant money coming in to buy new vulneraries/concoctions.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I know that feeling. I could go to the next chapter, but why do that when I can free some more nodes? ;P
dakkumauji
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Chp. 9 and almost 10 hours plus some random amount of time that doesn't get recorded when I reseted.
Haha, exactly!
It does kill the difficulty somewhat, but it's still enjoyable progressing through the Chapters essentially feeling like a God.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Ugh. I'm coming to a point where most of my units are approaching level 15 promoted, and I'm debating going for skills like Counter on my male MU to get it for Morgan or just second sealing back down to the base class.
Problem is if I do that, I'm regrinding a lot of levels without a really solid spot to do it. Yeah, there's the DLC, but that stops really becoming useful about the time you promote.
I suppose I could try and get them to level 10 or so with DLC, promote them, and since their stats are high enough due to reclassing, finish one paralogue at a time (I.e. get Cynthia from Chrom+Sumia while levelling a Warrior MU for counter) while trying to soak up xp on the maps to get the skills for one set of parents for the next paralogue, then repeating.
Decisions, decisions.
Problem is if I do that, I'm regrinding a lot of levels without a really solid spot to do it. Yeah, there's the DLC, but that stops really becoming useful about the time you promote.
I suppose I could try and get them to level 10 or so with DLC, promote them, and since their stats are high enough due to reclassing, finish one paralogue at a time (I.e. get Cynthia from Chrom+Sumia while levelling a Warrior MU for counter) while trying to soak up xp on the maps to get the skills for one set of parents for the next paralogue, then repeating.
Decisions, decisions.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
The RNG gods favor me for levels, but last night I had the worst kick in the balls: I was about to recruit Tharja, and a no-name soldier walked up and crit'd Chrom out of nowhere. There were only three enemies left. T_T
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Rebel Leader
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Never played a fire emblem game...
Breezing threw everything but I'm not randomly place my army just anywhere
I'll just say, frederick is but 1 of many bosses in my army =D
He evades..... EVERYTHING!
Okay, so just some clarification on the "marriage proposals/support system". If you have a compatible pair and you get them to an "S" ranking will one of them automatically propose? My avatar and Vaike have been kicking ass as well as Chrom/Sumia but I'd like to explore more conversations with other characters and not lock myself out of those by having them pair up. I have them both at an A ranking right now. What do you guys do in this situation? Just stop pairing them? Can you decline a marriage proposal now and have a chance to accept it later?
lol I got one while I was in a half-price books earlier. Still contemplating on whether or not to fight them.
Freezie KO
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You have to physically activate the S Support conversation to have them marry, so feel free to Pair/Partner Up as many as you want.
You can also obtain the Support conversations even after they're married, although obviously you won't be able to S-Rank anyone else [of the opposite sex].
Rebel Leader
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Them being in the same place as you is an act of war
Finally got Anna to survive in Paralogue 2, killed everyone but the boss, and got good-enough stat growths. I was careful to keep anyone who could've died in one hit out of the way, and I go up to him with my avatar character to attack and I get critical'ed from a 5% crit chance. Fuck me, lol.
Rebel Leader
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and I just killed said boss.
Freezie KO
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They should do commercials with testimonials like this:
"Fire Emblem Moment #8,035 by OceanBlue..."
encephalon
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Yeah, I've been counting how many units can potentially attack a unit and generally it is 2-3 or more units. That's why I suggested that units seem more than capable of destroying an individual unit most of the time; I've been paying attention. I don't think any of my characters can survive more than 2 hits and quite a few can't seem to survive more than 1. This is especially true for the optional battles on the world map.
And thank you for the tip, I'm experimenting with the pre battle formations.
I should probably note I'm playing on Classic/Hard. I had already played through a substantial portion of the game on Normal, but after being dissatisfied with my character relationships (I was fooled by those Japanese photoshops) and the western release I decided to give it another go on "Hard," given the sentiment that it's more aligned with "normal" for the series.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
If we're thinking about the same character, I always call him the Wonderful 101 guy.
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