If you're going to play Casual, Hard is probably better for you. Classic Normal is also no cakewalk if you don't grind.
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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT| Lord of the RNG
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If you're going to play Casual, Hard is probably better for you. Classic Normal is also no cakewalk if you don't grind.
GeekyDad
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When on the battlefield, click on an empty space and it will bring up the menu. In there is a full list of guides. As for who to pair up, what do you like? There are lots of combos to choose from, but generally speaking, pairing up characters on the battlefield helps a ton by increasing stats, as well as allowing you to switch out wounded characters, characters weak in the weapon chain, etc.
dakkumauji
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How much your weapon attack will increase or decrease with that weapon.
Platinumstorm
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mine finally shipped from Amazon. yay.
I think the main thing is I haven't figured out how to tell what grants a character the ability to respond to an enemy attack (sometimes a character will automatically hit back; sometimes they wont). Is this indicated somewhere?
The_Darkest_Red
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A character will always hit back if the enemy is in range of their currently equipped weapon.
TSAGoodness
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What's the benefit of pairing up a group of people in battle as opposed to just having them stand next to each other? I usually pair up Chrom and my guy but Chrom takes all the experience, he's at level 11 and I'm at level 4.
"God's Beard!"
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Fucked up my positioning and took away Chrom when I meant the Avatar on stage 9 to kill some flanking units. I needed to buy a turn so I could bring him back and talk to the person I wanted to convert, but one unit(lon Qu and Panne) couldn't move far back enough. Panne survives attacks from 5 goddamn units, killing two, then the one I wanted to convert tries to attack as well. Panne dodges a killing blow, then does two attacks that let the unit survive... and Lon Qu goes all Leeroy Jenkins and kills it ;_;
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massive stat bonuses, basically. Sticking a general on a mage for instance can make an impenetrable magic wall, or putting chrom on a pegasus knight can send him to the other side of the field in one turn without actually risking the weak pegasus. Think of it as combining all the best attributes of two units in exchange for only being able to do one action per turn. I have a Dark Knight paired with a Great Knight and they pretty much never take damage as a unit, but separately they'd be taking 4-6 per turn and I'd eventually have to heal them. Plus, you're more likely to one-shot someone with a paired unit.
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massive stat bonuses, basically. Sticking a general on a mage for instance can make an impenetrable magic wall, or putting chrom on a pegasus knight can send him to the other side of the field in one turn without actually risking the weak pegasus. Think of it as combining all the best attributes of two units in exchange for only being able to do one action per turn. I have a Dark Knight paired with a Great Knight and they pretty much never take damage as a unit, but separately they'd be taking 4-6 per turn and I'd eventually have to heal them. Plus, you're more likely to one-shot someone with a paired unit.
Pairing them nets you only one attack but also keeps the unit in the backup slot entirely safe from attack. So you can have a Pegasus Knight out in bow infested territory hiding behind someone else or whatever.
I pretty much have to pair all my units on Lunatic mode to make sure the majority of the map isn't able to land double hits. -_-
The_Darkest_Red
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The Awesomest
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Are weapon ranks "remembered" after reclassing? If I have an A in swords, then switch to a magic class, then back to a sword class, will I still have an A-rank?
I thought it said they'd be stronger if you did it at a higher difficulty.
Wait, the "Merge" feature from FE12 actually is in this game?! I tried Restock and I thought it just gave me a new weapon from the convoy!
I thought it said they'd be stronger if you did it at a higher difficulty.
Wait, the "Merge" feature from FE12 actually is in this game?! I tried Restock and I thought it just gave me a new weapon from the convoy!
dakkumauji
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Yes, they'll be remembered.
SolarKnight
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And even then not necessarily. Gotta love those quadruple attacks every now and then.
I always pair my Units up. Yes, generally only one person gets XP, but when they have high Support they often each take turns in battle which net both of them XP [unless the enemy dies in one hit, which is common-place now that my characters are so overpowered -_-].
It was the only way for me to realiably level up Donnel. I paired him with Kellam/Frederick, and used the paired-up stat increases to slowly progress to the point where he could attack the enemies himself. Now he's a monster.
I find it difficult not to start each battle simply pairing all of my Units together.
It was the only way for me to realiably level up Donnel. I paired him with Kellam/Frederick, and used the paired-up stat increases to slowly progress to the point where he could attack the enemies himself. Now he's a monster.
I find it difficult not to start each battle simply pairing all of my Units together.
Brave weapons man. Brave weapons. It can net you more than 4.
The way pair up interacts with gale force is pretty cool too.
If both have gale force, attack with one unit kill guy, then you're allowed to move again. Switch to the other char kill a guy, and then you're allowed to move again as well. It's pretty sweet to watch in action and allows double pegasus knights to pretty much move across the entire map in one turn.
The_Darkest_Red
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Agreed, I use and abuse pair-up like nobody's business. It's gotten so bad that I'll usually just leave a unit out if I'm allowed an odd number...
SolarKnight
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...In theory, could you have married couple, with the point character with Astra, activating it on every strike AND their partner following up every single attack?
SloaneRisette
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At that point then you're just being redundant with how many times you can hit stuff.
Yes I confirm this.
I was able to merge a 17, 11 and 9 iron swords into one 37 Iron Sword.
SolarKnight
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It'd still be awesome looking even if each strike was only doing like 2 points of damage.
Haha, I thought I was the only one!
The_Darkest_Red
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So when you hit restock it's just combining another weapon into whatever weapons your character already has? If so that would have been useful to know about 35 hours ago...
The Awesomest
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I remember doing this in Radiant Dawn, but without the partner of course.
The odd one out is usually my Dancer being by herself, which is fine, given her role.
Yes and that's why now I always buy weapons directly to the convoy and restock from there. I think that's the best way to do it.
The_Darkest_Red
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That's how it would have been for me if she hadn't gotten killed a good while ago.
So nice to know, thanks!
chickdigger802
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Poor mirirel.
lvl 5 sage with 16 mag.
lvl 5 sage with 16 mag.
Poor mirirel.
lvl 5 sage with 16 mag.
Really? Mine's currently a level 10 mage with 13 magic.
You've been screwed by the RNG gods, it seems.SolarKnight
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Poor mirirel.
lvl 5 sage with 16 mag.
...She forgot to pray to the RNG Godess didn't she.
Poor mirirel.
lvl 5 sage with 16 mag.
Miriel was shit for me too power wise. She's suppose to outclass Ricken, but really only did in Skill in my playthrough.
Chrom x Sumia/Pie is best pairing. And damn, talk about power couple.
But seriously, this has to be my favorite cast of any SRPG. Everyone has such distinct and colorful personalities; the characters engrave themselves into my memory with little to no effort, something I can't say for most RPGs with casts this big that I've previously played (that, of course, includes pre-Awakening FEs).
Also, starting to think that playing on Lunatic on my first playthrough wasn't such a good idea. Kinda killing my enjoyment of the game...
But seriously, this has to be my favorite cast of any SRPG. Everyone has such distinct and colorful personalities; the characters engrave themselves into my memory with little to no effort, something I can't say for most RPGs with casts this big that I've previously played (that, of course, includes pre-Awakening FEs).
Also, starting to think that playing on Lunatic on my first playthrough wasn't such a good idea. Kinda killing my enjoyment of the game...
Poor mirirel.
lvl 5 sage with 16 mag.
Wow that's lame. She's one of my powerhouses.
KO Traveling Hobo
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I think it's time to "accidentally" stick her on the frontlines. She had her chance.Poor mirirel.
lvl 5 sage with 16 mag.
Ayup, exactly what I do as well.
Hahahaha. That's hilarious.
Probably casual/hard. That way it isn't too easy, but you also don't have to worry about wasting time resetting.
Maybe you can reclass her to take advantage of where ever she's had decent growth.
I tried that once with Gaius. Lethality proced EVERY TIME HE ATTACKED. I figure he proved his worth that map.
SolarKnight
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Alright, so my avatar is pretty much at lv20 now. Should I reclass or promote? Both his STR and MAG are exactly equal since I don't think I made either of those an asset or flaw.
The_Darkest_Red
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Grandmaster is a pretty cool class.
Whatever you want. But if you promote him and get to level 10 of Grandmaster, you can then reclass into any prepromotion, or promoted class.
Yes, generally your party will probably become a core unit.. with maybe a couple units swapping in and out to fit specific battles. There's no real point in using all the characters unless you want to grind a lot in sidequest, or want more of a challenge. Of course the one reason to use all the characters are for support convos.
It's probably been answered but is there pretty much a soft-cap for leveling? I was told you could technically max out everyone since there's "infinite" levels by simply reclassing or second-sealing back to level 1 of the same class. By the 3rd or 4th reclass though experience gain is basically down to 8 exp for any enemy killed for me, even boss units
Yes, there's a cap.
8XP, I believe, is the lowest amount you'll ever receive, so it shouldn't drop more than it currently has.
SolarKnight
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I recall hearing it's something like 50, with every reclass adding 10 permanent levels to the "internal" level.
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