Having tried both you get a bit more power with him as a Sniper. I don't think losing the extra power of a sniper is worth the movement you gain as a bow knight.
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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT| Lord of the RNG
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Having tried both you get a bit more power with him as a Sniper. I don't think losing the extra power of a sniper is worth the movement you gain as a bow knight.
chaosblade
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Axebreaker? Or lancebreaker?
Basileus777
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Yeah, I meant lancebreaker. Freddy can't get axebreaker.
Personally, I love Snipers. Dat damage bonus is intense.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/122338499/fire-emblem-themed-decal-for-3ds-xl
Thinking about picking up one of these for my Red 3DS XL. I'm pretty positive I'm going with the black, but not sure whether I should go Matte or Glossy black. I feel as if the glossy black is going to look horrible on the 3DS XL though since it doesn't have the glossy finish like the OG 3DS. Are these pretty good quality? Anybody have experience with these Decals?
Finally about to hit Chapter 23 in Hard Classic after 40 hours of playing. This is possibly the best bang for my buck video game that I've bought in a long time. Have 80 hours logged already since I got to Chapter 18 in Hard/Casual and wanted to see what the classic fuss was truly all about since I was losing like 5 units a battle in casual and it wasn't as exciting for me as FE7 was. Thank god going to classic mode fixed all that. Probably going to start a Lunatic/Classic run also soon since I'm probably not getting another game time Ruigi's Mansion.
Overall, this is one hell of a portable game experience. It's making me want to go back and play all the Previous FE games since I've only played 7 and 8 previously. Already found a translated 3,4,5 and 6 so once I finish this, I'm either going to start a lunatic run, or get cracking on the past.
Thinking about picking up one of these for my Red 3DS XL. I'm pretty positive I'm going with the black, but not sure whether I should go Matte or Glossy black. I feel as if the glossy black is going to look horrible on the 3DS XL though since it doesn't have the glossy finish like the OG 3DS. Are these pretty good quality? Anybody have experience with these Decals?
Finally about to hit Chapter 23 in Hard Classic after 40 hours of playing. This is possibly the best bang for my buck video game that I've bought in a long time. Have 80 hours logged already since I got to Chapter 18 in Hard/Casual and wanted to see what the classic fuss was truly all about since I was losing like 5 units a battle in casual and it wasn't as exciting for me as FE7 was. Thank god going to classic mode fixed all that. Probably going to start a Lunatic/Classic run also soon since I'm probably not getting another game time Ruigi's Mansion.
Overall, this is one hell of a portable game experience. It's making me want to go back and play all the Previous FE games since I've only played 7 and 8 previously. Already found a translated 3,4,5 and 6 so once I finish this, I'm either going to start a lunatic run, or get cracking on the past.
Quick Slash does seem really good.
I had to bench him on my second playthrough for the same reason. I figure that it might be worth it to give him a speedwing or two.
The_Darkest_Red
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The Awesomest
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Mine had terrible speed too. What's going on? He has a 60% speed growth... at least mine could take out fliers with one shot.
chaosblade
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Lunatic+ is hard due to enemies getting random broken skills, that you always have to double check, since the skills are randomized. .IE oh you think this myrmidon isn't deadly, but then he has pass and luna +, or has something like hawkeye (always hit) and vantage +(always attacks first).
I haven't done much with the spot pass features nor the dlc. Do these encountered get scaled against your characters or is it possible to encounter then in such a way that one could be massively under/over powered. Also, do your characters get experience in these encounters that carries over into the main game?
chaosblade
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The levels for those enemies are all set, so you could play a map and end up too weak to beat it. Or grind on those maps and end up overpowered and breeze through the main game (so yes, you get experience for it).
The only scaling would depend on the difficulty you chose I think, and each team has a set level (i.e. Eliwood's team is always level 20 promoted, Jaffar's 15). They're levels don't change. It's a decent way to train your units. You just need to fight the right team depending on the level ranged team.
Um... Help?
You see, I wanted to add some file into the SD card, so I took it out from the 3ds and tried to create a new folder where I could drop all of my stuff. However, the name was marked as 'used' so I used a command to reveal all hidden folders and it showed me some stuff that supposedly I had already deleted. No problem till here. I just delete that stuff again, drop my files and there. However, some of my programs got corrupted, incluiding my FE game (throws me an error when accessing the program).
Now: is there a way to save my savefile? I know that I can redownload the game, which likely is what i'll have to do, but I don't know if the savefile stays there when I delete the program data, or if I have to backup my save data before, or even of there's a way to backup the data before doing so and the savefile is done for. Thanks in advance.
EDIT: well, anyway, backed up the contents of the SD on my pc and deleted the game. Re-downloading again. I just hope that my save file stays in there... ;_;
You see, I wanted to add some file into the SD card, so I took it out from the 3ds and tried to create a new folder where I could drop all of my stuff. However, the name was marked as 'used' so I used a command to reveal all hidden folders and it showed me some stuff that supposedly I had already deleted. No problem till here. I just delete that stuff again, drop my files and there. However, some of my programs got corrupted, incluiding my FE game (throws me an error when accessing the program).
Now: is there a way to save my savefile? I know that I can redownload the game, which likely is what i'll have to do, but I don't know if the savefile stays there when I delete the program data, or if I have to backup my save data before, or even of there's a way to backup the data before doing so and the savefile is done for. Thanks in advance.
EDIT: well, anyway, backed up the contents of the SD on my pc and deleted the game. Re-downloading again. I just hope that my save file stays in there... ;_;
Thanks guys. I'm looking to do some grinding at the moment so I will play through those as much as I am able to.
I don't remember that happening for me. Sounds cool though.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
This game inspired me to replay Radiant Dawn. Awakening is far and away the superior game in terms of mechanics and presentation. but man, RD really took Fire Emblem to the next level in world building and storytelling. RD really reminds me of Shining Force 3, and that is a very, very good thing.
dakkumauji
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Mechanics is definitely one of the things Radiant Dawn superior in (among a bunch of other things).
What other FE game would have so much stacked against you in terms of mechanics all during the end of Part 1!
What other FE game would have so much stacked against you in terms of mechanics all during the end of Part 1!
Freezie KO
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Laguz are pretty awful, and PoR is my favorite FE game. Shove is nice, but Pair Up and Dual Tag affect way more than Shove and Rescue. I wish Awakening had elevation though.
I'd say it's about even.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I like a lot of the things RD did better, but I feel like that with the way the story is structured, a lot of what makes a Fire Emblem game a Fire Emblem game - namely, picking and choosing units you like to train to use in your army - was harmed in favor of the story. RD's four part story really limits unit availability, which (although it works in favor of the story in a very interesting way) really harms the gameplay. Not to mention that the dumbed down supports were really disappointing. RD did do a lot of great things, though. For instance, the forge felt really useless in Awakening, but I found myself using it all the time in PoR and RD. I really feel like the award EXP suits a FE much better than a world map + grinding, although I don't see how Awakening could have pulled off that particular mechanic very well.
So Im trying to decide where I want to go with my game. Playing on Normal/Classic and at Ch13 and pretty much steam roll everything.
Im debating restarting on Hard mode and just never grinding any extra battles besides paralogs and story missions. I mean I want the game to be reasonably challenging. I tried one mission on Hard and got critical'd on the prolouge mission. Does getting critical'd and one shotted happen pretty often on Hard mode? Because thats pretty annoying. How does the game really change on hard and lunatic?
Right now it seems the ai on normal just attacks the weakest unit that it can target and goes from there. Not the best strategy, always, but too predictable.
I cant believe Im saying this, and Im not finished yet but the game just gets easier and easiesr it seems the more you play. its real tough at the beginning and then drops off. Kinda dissappointing. Of course thers a bunch of DLC and extra paralog stuff I havent tried yet.
Im debating restarting on Hard mode and just never grinding any extra battles besides paralogs and story missions. I mean I want the game to be reasonably challenging. I tried one mission on Hard and got critical'd on the prolouge mission. Does getting critical'd and one shotted happen pretty often on Hard mode? Because thats pretty annoying. How does the game really change on hard and lunatic?
Right now it seems the ai on normal just attacks the weakest unit that it can target and goes from there. Not the best strategy, always, but too predictable.
I cant believe Im saying this, and Im not finished yet but the game just gets easier and easiesr it seems the more you play. its real tough at the beginning and then drops off. Kinda dissappointing. Of course thers a bunch of DLC and extra paralog stuff I havent tried yet.
Thracia. Honestly, my big complaint about PoR (never played Radiant due to never beating PoR), was how slow the gameplay was compared to the GBA/3DS one is, and I kinda consider that a mechanic issue.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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I actually finished Radiant Dawn yesterday.
Bad voice acting aside (lol Dheiginsea) it was fun, maps were pretty varied, more mechanics to work with, 70 available characters to use for the end missions, epic story and worldbuilding was definitely done better over Awakening. 3 tier promotes, Laguz royals (normal Laguz suck), more story chapters and cool last 3 missions.
Which one am I more likely to replay in the future? Probably Awakening.
In terms of gameplay, Awakening moves at a quicker pace, especially in combat where it doesn't take a long while to load if you have animations on, you can also skip them entirely and the map only animations don't take forever as well. It also has a much better support system with questionable pair up system and potential difficulty issues.
RD is a great game and I'm surprised it took me so long to get back to it but from a pure gameplay to enjoyment level Awakening does it better for me I think.
If IS makes a console FE next I hope they implement the best of the improvements from both games.
Bad voice acting aside (lol Dheiginsea) it was fun, maps were pretty varied, more mechanics to work with, 70 available characters to use for the end missions, epic story and worldbuilding was definitely done better over Awakening. 3 tier promotes, Laguz royals (normal Laguz suck), more story chapters and cool last 3 missions.
Which one am I more likely to replay in the future? Probably Awakening.
In terms of gameplay, Awakening moves at a quicker pace, especially in combat where it doesn't take a long while to load if you have animations on, you can also skip them entirely and the map only animations don't take forever as well. It also has a much better support system with questionable pair up system and potential difficulty issues.
RD is a great game and I'm surprised it took me so long to get back to it but from a pure gameplay to enjoyment level Awakening does it better for me I think.
If IS makes a console FE next I hope they implement the best of the improvements from both games.
Freezie KO
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Try a Hard run with Chapters/Paralogues only. That will help you avoid grinding. If you level your characters smart, Fire Emblem games in general get more lenient in later chapters.
Lunatic feels like a bizarro version of the Fire Emblem that exists in Hard and Normal. Your strategies definitely change up a lot.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
This seems to be the general consensus, especially if you do all of the optional paralogues.
Pair up just feels like broken inflated number porn and Dual tag adds yet another RNG element to a game that already has bloody skills so I would not be sad if I never saw them again.
I love pair up ;______;
I don't believe it matters at all.
Bringer Of Bacon
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Is it just me, or does the writing in this game suck? All the reviews raved about how amazing it is... I find it extremely cheesy and juvenile. I don't know why I feel this way. I am a few hours in and find myself skipping all the dialogue because its just so damn cheesy. Maybe its the JRPG in it? Or just a crappy translation? 8-4 said they did it, and honestly it just seems like crappy drivel you could find on peoples Xangas from back in 2001. I guess I was expecting some sort of final fantasy tactics level of maturity and complexity in terms is storyline? Thoughts?
Tldr: writing sucks and is juvenile. Anyone agree??
Tldr: writing sucks and is juvenile. Anyone agree??
The Awesomest
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If you were expecting a mature and complex storyline you'll be disappointed. It has good dialogue.
The supports are pretty hit and miss. Sometimes the characters get so caught up in their wacky anime antics and their own excessive wit (ie every other line ends up feeling like some attempted ice burn) that I forget these are even people in an army.
Where do they get the ovens for all those pies
decoyplatypus
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I think the dialogue is generally good, and many of the support conversations are amusing. The story, on the other hand, is not very impressive. The writers do a poor job of building drama through a believable world and properly-motivated characters. The action itself is weirdly episodic, with each of the first two acts functionally independent of the ultimate conflict. There are some minor details to connect them -
Validar taking over Plegia, the Conqueror actually wanting to defeat Grima
I don't mind that Awakening is not as mature as FE4 or 5. There's not just one tone that is appropriate for an FE game (although the mature content is harder to come by in Nintendo products, so in that sense it may be preferable). But whatever tone IS wants to use, it should take its storytelling more seriously.
How dare you diss the PIES
I'm a huge fan of the dialogue in this game. It's really well written, and while the story is fairly unremarkable, it as a few moments that stand out
MU absolutely destroying validar with the bait & switch gambit
Agreed. Love the dialogue in this game.
^ Not surprised to see that happening one bit.
Gee... well, seeing as no one managed to help me I went ahead and re-downloaded the game keeping a backup of the corrupted files on my pc.
Booting up the game again gave me only the option to start a new game so I started checking the folders of the corrupted game. Luckily, I found out that there's a separate folder in the game folder, where your save game is located (something like 0000001.sav and is 512kb in size.)
While I doubt that people will run into the same problem as me, it might be interesting for some people to know that you can keep a backup of your save file in case something goes awry or you need to delete your game for god-knows-why reason.
Gee... well, seeing as no one managed to help me I went ahead and re-downloaded the game keeping a backup of the corrupted files on my pc.
Booting up the game again gave me only the option to start a new game so I started checking the folders of the corrupted game. Luckily, I found out that there's a separate folder in the game folder, where your save game is located (something like 0000001.sav and is 512kb in size.)
While I doubt that people will run into the same problem as me, it might be interesting for some people to know that you can keep a backup of your save file in case something goes awry or you need to delete your game for god-knows-why reason.
Heh, sorry, if I'd answered I'd have only given bad news, and I didn't want to.
Really interesting to hear that you can actually salvage/backup save files, I've been under the impression since the beginning they were permanently locked to your downloaded game data. It was one of my biggest concerns with downloading games off the eShop.
Oh, and congrats!
As this is Fire Emblem, that probably means a miss then, followed by getting criticaled to death
I love the writing
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