Counter does nothing vs ranged :x
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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT| Lord of the RNG
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Counter does nothing vs ranged :x
SpaceBridge
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Last chapter. Gonna finish this tonight.
What am I going to do with my life afterward?
What am I going to do with my life afterward?
Last chapter. Gonna finish this tonight.
What am I going to do with my life afterward?
LUNATIC
The Awesomest
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...did Owain just swear "by the ghost of
"?
Ike
Grinding to get Galeforce on every possible mother takes a while, you know!
Basileus777
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Hard ends up the same way. Lunatic is difficult in the beginning, but I'm wondering how long that holds up.
Eirika's DLC will probably be here by next month or so given the rate of how quickly we're getting the DLC.
This helps:
http://serenesforest.net/fe13/children.html
Click on each of the children and it will list any unique skills [if available] in the right-hand column.
holy crap I didn't know you can click on the kids' names.
omg this is really cool. Thanks.
You're welcome. Enjoy planning the whole inheritance thing!
I'm going through it now, as well, and even with this data I'm still having a rough time. I know as long as it's not unique then you shouldn't really worry about it, but despite this I'm still having difficulty deciding what I should/shouldn't pass down [other than Galeforce, which is an automatic YES!].
peaceiscloser
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What I love the most about the music in this game is the little themes that appear in certain songs.
I think the entire "Id" series of tracks contains what I would call the Avatar's theme -- I totally didn't notice it until going back and listening on subsequent playthroughs. It's the first melody you hear when Chrom and Lissa find you in the field, and then becomes the music for the final boss
The song "It appears the capital was spared the chaos" has the same melody from "Such bonds are the true strength of this army", except in a different key.
Then there's what I call the Awakening theme, which appears in the title song, the menu music "Id (Beginnings)", most of the battle themes, "Don't speak her name!", "Shh... Easy now, girl" and probably a lot more in other songs I didn't mention.
I hope they put a medley of those themes in Smash 4.
I think the entire "Id" series of tracks contains what I would call the Avatar's theme -- I totally didn't notice it until going back and listening on subsequent playthroughs. It's the first melody you hear when Chrom and Lissa find you in the field, and then becomes the music for the final boss
combined with the Fire Emblem theme
The song "It appears the capital was spared the chaos" has the same melody from "Such bonds are the true strength of this army", except in a different key.
Then there's what I call the Awakening theme, which appears in the title song, the menu music "Id (Beginnings)", most of the battle themes, "Don't speak her name!", "Shh... Easy now, girl" and probably a lot more in other songs I didn't mention.
I hope they put a medley of those themes in Smash 4.
peaceiscloser
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Validar's Battle Theme is hands down my favorite battle track in this game. The crazy double bass drums and the metal-esque strings in the back during the second section are just insane. It's a darn shame it's so short.
Basileus777
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It's amazing how much better this music is when I'm not hearing it out of the 3DS' speakers.
I already screwed up with Lucina. Forgot to pass down Luck +4 :/
I wonder what the general concensus is for Male-exclusive skills...
Axefaire and Rally Strength top tier, everything else (Wrath, Counter, etc) bottom tier?
I'm not sure. I've actually heard some pretty good things about Counter, and I rarely use the Rally Skills. Axefaire seems good, though, although it would be useless on a Class that doesn't use Axes.
I guess it depends on what you plan to do with the child. It's not an easy decision, though. >_<
dakkumauji
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Axefaire's great if the child has an axe using class.
Rally Strength isn't bad, it isn't useless but not exactly amazing so like a safe skill to pass down.
Counter is great for trolling streetpass encounters.
Wrath can be paired up with Vantage and Vengeance for that low HP boost.
Depending on the child and father, Sol and Axebreaker are also potential male exclusive skills if the child can't become a Hero.
Basileus777
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Why would you do that to yourself? I think I turned off the animations after the prologue and never looked back. That stuff was interesting to watch back when they used 2D sprites, but now I don't even like it when they force you to watch the boss animations.
You have to be speaking out of nostalgia. I'm new to the series, and those sprites you guys posted earlier are boring compared to the polygonal 3D battle animations we have in this game.
I don't anticipate turning off the animations. They're too sweet. I like speeding them up at key points with A, for critical hits that feel even more destructive.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Because you feel like a god when a critical/skill activates.
Didn't think about Vantage + Vengeance + Wrath.... that sounds really beastly.
Thanks for the info.
Sol is pointless if the child can access Life Taker right? Not to mention the other skill-based skills like Aether taking up space.
Should dealing more damage with Axefaire be a higher priority than getting a +50 Hit/Avoid boost with Axebreaker?
This game has me spoiled. I refuse to turn them off, but since it lets you skip things on the fly, I always skip every battle and the enemy turn. I find myself accidentally pausing other games out of impatience.
And I agree, the sprites looked way better. This game does a lot to improve the 3D model style, but the animations in the GBA game were just top notch all around.
decoyplatypus
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I really can't imagine how anyone plays with the animations on. I know that lots of people do keep them on; I just can't understand it. Battles must be soooo slow when every single action involves watching a short cutscene. And even if the cutscenes are kind of cool (as many feel the 2D animations were), they're still the same damn cutscene. Over and over. Hundreds of times through a game.
The feeling you get when you get Aether and Critical...
Or when someone blocks every single Astra hit.
the 2D battles in the older games go pretty dang fast so I don't turn them off there. I turned off animations here though, sorry hahah.
and it's a shame they couldn't replicate the feel of getting a crit like from back then too. Not to mention that Generals were the best units ever (chained weapons, what the heck sooooo freaking cool)
and it's a shame they couldn't replicate the feel of getting a crit like from back then too. Not to mention that Generals were the best units ever (chained weapons, what the heck sooooo freaking cool)
Or when Lethality procs.
This. Your partner leaping in to block the hit... The follow-up strike... The dodging... The retaliation... The critical strikes, your enemy shattering to pieces... The animations breathe so much life into what would otherwise be dull number-crunching, a roll of the dice. You can even switch camera angles (first-person view, even!), and ramp up the speed at the press of a button -- as I said earlier, I like to speed up the animation right before a crit, for an extra hard-hitting sense of impact. The animations in this game are godly.
YES, the chained weapons on the Generals were some of the best.
Lethality is the sickest skill in the game, I love it. My Brady (Long'qu is the dad) has 40 skill and he proc'd it like 4 times the last battle. And whenever he doesn't proc Lethality he procs Astra lol. Also had no idea Astra could proc with bows, pretty fun to watch.
Save 'N Quit
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I have them on but only because of the characters quotes while performing a Skill/Critical. Like when a Tharja and Noire pair start laughing one after another against any unfortunate enemy in their way. That is incredibly satisfying to me.
Only games in the series I've actually ever had them turned off was FE11/FE12.
Just a question.
Since by accident I deleted my save file I'm playing through the game for the third time. However, to spice things up, I'm going to change who gets married with Chrom and I'm going for Olivia this time.
Now, for the question: what are the requirements? I have paired already Sumia with Frederick, Mariabelle with Ricken and Sully with Stahl, so that's one of them out of the window. Now, do I just need to keep Chrom and Olivia glued together through the 11th chapter? How many actions do I need to take with them or having them together for a few actions works as well?
Also: I can't believe I deleted my save file. Oh, boy. 20 hours wasted.
Since by accident I deleted my save file I'm playing through the game for the third time. However, to spice things up, I'm going to change who gets married with Chrom and I'm going for Olivia this time.
Now, for the question: what are the requirements? I have paired already Sumia with Frederick, Mariabelle with Ricken and Sully with Stahl, so that's one of them out of the window. Now, do I just need to keep Chrom and Olivia glued together through the 11th chapter? How many actions do I need to take with them or having them together for a few actions works as well?
Also: I can't believe I deleted my save file. Oh, boy. 20 hours wasted.
Lord_Nergal
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I'm a huge fan of the GBA/DS games, and I miss the sprites.
The 3D just doesn't have that same feeling of.......epicness, for lack of a better word.
The 3D just doesn't have that same feeling of.......epicness, for lack of a better word.
Generals and Swordmasters (well duh
) have my favorite crit animations.Same with Lyn.
naw you got the gist of it. Getting a couple "hearts" pop up is good enough if you've already planned on pairing everyone else up before the chapter. You can pair them up and let Chrom do the attacking or let Olivia dance on Chrom.
WrenchNinja
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Right, cause the only reason you could like 2D sprite work over 3D models that just move around and have the same animations as normal attacks for critical hits is because of nostalgia. Not because they're very exaggerated, manage to encompass the character art well, and they look great.
I thought the DS game was the ugliest ones in the series. Awakening is nice though. The crit animations seemed toned down but other than that I like it.
Just got this in the mail today. First time playing a Fire Emblem game ever. Picking Normal was a no-brainer for me but I've been struggling on whether to go with Casual or Classic. I know everyone here will say Classic but my OCD is going to flare up big time if and when I actually lose people. I'm also not sure what a good strengh/weakness if and if keeping the default name of Robin matters at all. I mean, is he supposed to be Robin in the story, or did they just randomly pick that name? I usually go with whatever name the guy is supposed to have canon wise.
Awesome, thanks. Now back to the game.
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