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[Deified Data]

Probably going to restart in, uh..."casual" mode, because I'm super casual apparently.

I'm only in Chapter 4 right now and I'm beginning to realize that it's not making the game any more challenging, just more frustrating. There's no strategy involved in avoiding death at the hands of a random enemy's critical hit, unless that strategy is just "Use Frederick to kill everything".

I feel I could deal with "classic" mode on normal difficulty, and hard difficulty in "casual" mode, but probably not both. Unless enemies randomly one-shotting you is a thing that just stops happening later in the game, which doesn't sound likely.

Ultimately I'd like to have the freedom to experiment in battle without worrying about losing my party members or restarting the battle 3+ times - I don't feel like I can do that in "classic" mode.

Anyone want to talk me down?

 

[Busaiku]

Man, it's kind of lame that I can't unlock every Support conversation.
There should've been more save files.

 

[GaimeGuy]

for my second playthrough I'm doing a lunatic run with a female main character.

I can't decide if I want to marry the avatar to chrom or

Spoiler

Walhart

:<

 

[Gestahl]

Probably going to restart in, uh..."casual" mode, because I'm super casual apparently.

I'm only in Chapter 4 right now and I'm beginning to realize that it's not making the game any more challenging, just more frustrating. There's no strategy involved in avoiding death at the hands of a random enemy's critical hit, unless that strategy is just "Use Frederick to kill everything".

I feel I could deal with "classic" mode on normal difficulty, and hard difficulty in "casual" mode, but probably not both. Unless enemies randomly one-shotting you is a thing that just stops happening later in the game, which doesn't sound likely.

Ultimately I'd like to have the freedom to experiment in battle without worrying about losing my party members or restarting the battle 3+ times - I don't feel like I can do that in "classic" mode.

Anyone want to talk me down?

Hard is pretty easy after the first 3 or 4 chapters and strategy games kind of require consequence in order to be worth anything. Of course enemy design in Awakening is abysmal so maybe tossing disposable units at that one guy and his 6 bow/rex/thoron friends who are on every map and winning that way instead of just curb stomping them with super powered pair ups will be more interesting, so choose whatever you want.

 

[Solune]

I really recommend being married to her at least once just for that scene. Also, being her mother once too.

.... Now I have to spend hundreds of more hours...

 

[Zerokku]

That's why you marry Lucina and then that doesn't happen! lol

My man.

Tried S-Ranking with Olivia (probably one of my favorite females in the game besides Lucina), and just couldn't do it. Lucina is just such a great character.

Spoiler

Much like Kincaido is with Cordelia, I think I'll almost always marry Lucina in my playthroughs

Also got my Fire Emblem 3DS today. God this thing looks amazing. While it will lessen the uniqueness of the FE3DS a little, I hope the blue gets released for everyone else soon, it is such a great looking color.

I just wish the system transfer wasn't taking so long -_-

 

[Kincaido]

.... Now I have to spend hundreds of more hours...

Well, there is a video if you don't want to spend all the time. I like to see things first hand though :x

The feels are stronger when it's your own avatar =P

Edit: Mother version.

 

[dakkumauji]

Man, it's kind of lame that I can't unlock every Support conversation.
There should've been more save files.

It is quite daunting to get all the support convos even worse if you considering getting all the parent and sibling ones.

I mean, I thought it was pretty doable if I left everyone unpaired til the end but Chrom and his super fast quest for love ruins everything.

 

[ohlawd]

so wait, what's wrong with marrying one of the 2nd gen kids?

is it because they feel too young or what? >_>

 

[Anteo]

My god. I want to try this on my next playthrough.

Yeah I got that already. But never though about being her husband.

 

[dakkumauji]

so wait, what's wrong with marrying one of the 2nd gen kids?

is it because they feel too young or what? >_>

Normally, it would be just weird since you are marrying the kids of your friends, but at the same time, everyone is just so accepting of the whole time travel business, they probably don't care either.

 

[TWILT]

Yeah, so many feels during that scene when you're her mother. ;_;

so wait, what's wrong with marrying one of the 2nd gen kids?

is it because they feel too young or what? >_>

Well, they're kind of from the future and stuff...

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Hence why I'd never marry Lucina or Cynthia even if they are two of my most favorite characters in the game. >_>;

 

[ohlawd]

tch lol it's like the only perfectly acceptable time to go out and say "yo man I'm fucking your kid"

Can't pass that up.

 

[A Human Becoming]

Normally, it would be just weird since you are marrying the kids of your friends, but at the same time, everyone is just so accepting of the whole time travel business, they probably don't care either.

If my kid time traveled to the present and any of you fuckers tried to have sex him/her that would not be cool. Same principle applies.

 

[Kincaido]

tch lol it's like the only perfectly acceptable time to go out and say "yo man I'm fucking your kid"

Can't pass that up.

Having Chrom be your best man while you marry his daughter. Fucking gawdlyke.

 

[ohlawd]

Having Chrom be your best man while you marry his daughter. Fucking gawdlyke.

shiii my pants just got tighter.

 

[dakkumauji]

It's Still Love Even If I'm Dating My Best Friend's Future Daughter!

 

[Chet Rippo]

So wait, if you can marry one of the kids, and they have morgan...

Can they then marry one of the other kids?

 

[Moonlight]

Yes. It'll turn the space time continuum into this, though.

 

[B-Dubs]

Yes. It'll turn the space time continuum into this, though.

Eh totally worth it.

 

[Busaiku]

for my second playthrough I'm doing a lunatic run with a female main character.

I can't decide if I want to marry the avatar to chrom or

Spoiler

Walhart

:<

Marry

Spoiler

Priam

.
Speaking of which, how long did it take for Japan to get all the DLC Paralogues?

so wait, what's wrong with marrying one of the 2nd gen kids?

is it because they feel too young or what? >_>

You're marrying 1 of your best friend's son or daughter.
It's just sick and wrong.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Yes. It'll turn the space time continuum into this, though.

So if you play your cards right, you can have Morgan marry his/her aunt/uncle?

...

 

[dakkumauji]

Marry

Spoiler

Priam

.
Speaking of which, how long did it take for Japan to get all the DLC Paralogues?

Took them til the middle of July to get them all. So three months or so.

 

[Kincaido]

So if you play your cards right, you can have Morgan marry his/her aunt/uncle?

...

Yes, made her marry Inigo. So good.

 

[Busaiku]

You people...

 

[Mr. Fix]

Marry

Spoiler

Priam

.
Speaking of which, how long did it take for Japan to get all the DLC Paralogues?

After this week it should be 6 weeks for Priam.

 

[The Technomancer]

Oh god I can already tell Panne is going to be annoying

 

[Kincaido]

Panne is fine. Her kid fucking sux.

 

[ZealousD]

So if you play your cards right, you can have Morgan marry his/her aunt/uncle?

...

Seriously.

Zero Escape shit.

 

[Solune]

Well, there is a video if you don't want to spend all the time. I like to see things first hand though :x

The feels are stronger when it's your own avatar =P

Edit: Mother version.

Haha thanks but I'll do it with my own bare hands!

 

[Zerokku]

So if you play your cards right, you can have Morgan marry his/her aunt/uncle?

...

As my previous post showed, I don't mind marrying 2nd-gen, but I draw the line at incest.

Which makes me wonder who I'll pair my morgan to. Inigo and Owain are both out since they're relatives, and I don't like Laurent or Yarne. So Gerome or Brady.

 

[Moonlight]

Alright, as soon as I'm done this Kincaido playthrough, I'm gonna execute my 'keep royalty in the bloodline' plan. Gonna pair up My Unit with Lucina, then marry Morgan to Owain.

Or I could marry Chrom and Olivia, pair the Avatar with Lucina and then marry Morgan to Inigo.

The options are endless.

 

[Splash Wave]

Is it normal to double up on some classes? I'm not sure what do with Sully, Kellam, and Stahl. I was thinking I'd make Sully a Paladin, but I already have Abra...

For a new page!

 

[GaimeGuy]

As my previous post showed, I don't mind marrying 2nd-gen, but I draw the line at incest.

Which makes me wonder who I'll pair my morgan to. Inigo and Owain are both out since they're relatives, and I don't like Laurent or Yarne. So Gerome or Brady.

Oh come on. In feudal civilizations everyone married their cousin or aunt or nephew. Especially nobility.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Alright, as soon as I'm done this Kincaido playthrough, I'm gonna execute my 'keep royalty in the bloodline' plan. Gonna pair up My Unit with Lucina, then marry Morgan to Owain.

Or I could marry Chrom and Olivia, pair the Avatar with Lucina and then marry Morgan to Inigo.

The options are endless.

Do it!

 

[Kincaido]

Alright, as soon as I'm done this Kincaido playthrough, I'm gonna execute my 'keep royalty in the bloodline' plan. Gonna pair up My Unit with Lucina, then marry Morgan to Owain.

Or I could marry Chrom and Olivia, pair the Avatar with Lucina and then marry Morgan to Inigo.

The options are endless.

Do the second one. I did it and have no regrets.

 

[Busaiku]

Oh wow, so everybody should go Dread Fighter f you wanna max stats.

 

[Zerokku]

Looking through my download list on the eShop, looks like I somehow kept access to the download version of awakening even after the system transfer.

...I really wonder if my DLC will work with both versions.

 

[fatgamecat]

Played through Ch 4 on Lunatic. FE12 Lunatic felt a lot more difficult overall. It was mostly pairing Fred+MU or Chrom and throwing them at the enemy while everyone else runs to safety. Not much RNG involved other than making sure Fred had enough SPD to double attack Ch 2 enemies while paired. Lunatic+ up to Ch 4 seems like the same strategies, except with over 9000 resets for good level ups and enemies having acceptable skills.

 

[Crash Station]

Oh god I can already tell Panne is going to be annoying

Like, in battle or dialogue-wise? She's pretty damn stoic most of the time and I wouldn't really call that annoying.

You could make a case for the other animal person (Nowi) being annoying, but you'd be wrong.

 

[Velcro Fly]

Starting to grind up supports to unlock paralogues right now. Kinda don't want to rely on Chrom to recruit the kids so I am leveling up the appropriate parent too. I don't care about my pairings too much right now and I'm definitely not grinding to pass down awesome skills since I'm probably going to do a second playthrough where I worry about that. I'll have to read up about Galeforce and passing stuff down to children and all that fun jazz.

 

[Panthalassic]

I finished Chapter 17 last night. I'm sad.

A question: Is it worth trying to do the Paralogues in order? I'm trying Paralogue 6 and the enemies are super high level. I just don't like doing things out of order but I will if I have to.

 

[Draxal]

I finished Chapter 17 last night. I'm sad.

A question: Is it worth trying to do the Paralogues in order? I'm trying Paralogue 6 and the enemies are super high level. I just don't like doing things out of order but I will if I have to.

Do them out of order, their stages aren't balanced in numerical order.

 

[Chuckpebble]

Do them out of order, their stages aren't balanced in numerical order.

Can you or anyone try and rank them in order of difficulty? I spent a good while setting up for 10 and then decided I should level some more before going back into it.

 

[Draxal]

Can you or anyone try and rank them in order of difficulty? I spent a good while setting up for 10 and then decided I should level some more before going back into it.

Morgan, Owain's are by far the easiest with Kjelle then Laurent afterwards.

I think then it goes Cynthia/Severa (with rescue staff spam)/Brady ------- Nah/Yarne/Noire/Severa (without rescue staff)------- Inigo/Gerome/Yarne (fighting both sides)

 

[commish]

When can I start to marry peoples? As soon as they get an S rank?

 

[zroid]

When can I start to marry peoples? As soon as they get an S rank?

S-rank literally is marriage, haha

 

[Chuckpebble]

Morgan, Owain's are by far the easiest with Kjelle then Laurent afterwards.

I think then it goes Cynthia/Severa (with rescue staff spam)/Brady ------- Nah/Yarne/Noire/Severa (without rescue staff)------- Inigo/Gerome/Yarne (fighting both sides)

Thanks, yes, Severa is 10 then. So I'm guessing a staff user and a dancer could make this pretty trivial then, just constantly pulling her back out to the entrance.

 

[commish]

S-rank literally is marriage, haha

Oh, well I don't have anyone S-rank yet anyways! But I didn't know if it became available at a certain chapter in the game.

 

[BassForever]

Oh, well I don't have anyone S-rank yet anyways! But I didn't know if it became available at a certain chapter in the game.

The only thing you need to know is that if Chrom isn't married by the end of Chapter 11 the game will automatically force him into one with whichever girl he has the highest support level with.