Dunno, I guess some tanks? Artillery would be good too. Some soldiers so you can get some cities
and kill anyone with medieval weapons.
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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT| Lord of the RNG
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Dunno, I guess some tanks? Artillery would be good too. Some soldiers so you can get some cities
As an introduction to the series, Awakening was most accessible among the Fire Emblems I've played. It has a lower amount of hidden mechanics and treasure, they tutorial everything (even how archers attack at 2-range), and it has a casual mode (no permadeath).
If that's what you're asking. Best is a difficult adjective to quantify.
Hmm, I think the EU version will have a different translation for the English part.
Just to check, in the US version, the mode where defeated units return for the next map is called "Casual", right? In the EU demo it's called "Newcomer". I wonder what else is changed. If they changed any names or something. What are the US names for the people appearing in the prologue and chapter 1? The archer's name doesn't ring a bell to me... Vi-someting.
Also a quick 3D question. I usually can't see 3D, but this last week, something has changed... I might be able to see something now. But if I'm seeing it right, the battle map has the units look like they're in a pop-up book, right? Flat vertical planes standing up from the ground level? First person battling looks pretty neat, too.
Just to check, in the US version, the mode where defeated units return for the next map is called "Casual", right? In the EU demo it's called "Newcomer". I wonder what else is changed. If they changed any names or something. What are the US names for the people appearing in the prologue and chapter 1? The archer's name doesn't ring a bell to me... Vi-someting.
Also a quick 3D question. I usually can't see 3D, but this last week, something has changed... I might be able to see something now. But if I'm seeing it right, the battle map has the units look like they're in a pop-up book, right? Flat vertical planes standing up from the ground level? First person battling looks pretty neat, too.
Casual = Newcomer, yeah.
Chrom
Robin (Avatar)
Lissa
Frederick
Sully
Virion
That's how the 3D is, yeah.
Starwolf_UK
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It'll probably be typical NOE/Nintendo UK changes of a few character names maybe (Renault > Renaud is one past example, I guess Shiida rather than Caeda*), (possible) weapon names and some terms (like newcomer instead of casual...**). Maybe even British spellings too. Hopefully the rest of the script was kept intact. Hotel Dusk got a few adjustments as some of the slang was a bit too American.
Other European languages have always had some character names changed (Hawkeye > Tronk is my favorite)...actually here is the German scripting differences in the demo. Wow at Lissa...
*-I think the American version is closer to how you pronounce it.
**-I prefer this one, as casual has a horrid stigma attached to it and kind of ingrains elitism a bit. Though newcomer kind of has some stigma too of like "you're playing on Lunatic; you're no newcomer".
You're obviously going to get different opinions depending on who you ask, but personally, Awakening's my favorite with Path of Radiance.
zero shift
Banned
Am I the only one who doesn't like playing with combat animations on?
dakkumauji
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I turn it off when support grinding cause they gets boring. I usually turn it on only during my turn too since watching enemies try and throw javelins at me all day gets boring as well.
I started to turn them off after my 1st run.
For the most part, they're all the same, they're slow and are pretty uneventful (the nicer way of saying they're boring). I do miss hearing the random crap they say though. Maybe I should just customize it so I can hear all the kids and Olivia's in-battle quotes.
"Stop staring!"
lawddddddd my heart be thumpin' and humpin'.
zero shift
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Also are there any benefits to pairing up? As in when you have one unit "absorb" another? (Versus them just simply being placed side by side).
KO Traveling Hobo
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Stat bonuses based on class/stats/support rank. It can be a lifesaver if your units aren't already bowling over the enemy, and lets you keep your squishies out of harm's way without wasting them.
dakkumauji
Member
Normally you can move them ontop of each other, but if you can heal them, it defaults to that instead.
Move them to a square next to them and you can choose Pair Up.
Ah, same as Rescuing, then? Or is there some opposite action thing going on? With Rescue you have the rescuer pick up the unit and move it into its own square. Does Pair Up move you into another unit's square or move that unit into yours?
SolarKnight
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Yeah, soon the question becomes not "Why pair up?" but "Why not pair up?"
Yeah that's the quick way, although you could just select it from the menu when two units stand right next to each other too. In the full game, it's not available until chapter 3 in normal mode iirc but you can use it from the beginning in all other modes and the demo iirc.
Laughing Banana
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I am under the impression that you need to have a vacant square next to the unit you want to be paired up. If you don't (for example if the unit is sandwiched between other units), then you can't pair with that unit (you need to remove all the other units surrounding it first.)
The unit initiating the paired up moved towards the other one, although it doesn't matter anyway since you can freely switch anytime.
The *tutorial* appears on chapter 3 but you can do it right at the very beginning if you want.
dakkumauji
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Just tried it and you are correct. You do need to have a free space next to the unit and probably the movement space needed to move to that open space.
SolarKnight
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No, I just made a new file to try that, and can confirm that you can't do it in the "Premonition" chapter in normal, while I'm pretty sure that you can do it while in hard mode.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Ah! I just tried it. You are correct. In normal you can't pair up on the very first proper battle map (Verge of History). In hard you can do it.
The Awesomest
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So, do mastery skills not stack? I have a Hero with Sol and Luna, and I was hoping to get an Aether thing going, but she just uses Sol. One time she used Luna. I tried reordering the skills to see if that changes anything, but nope, still Sol. I'd see if anything happens when she doubles, but she's too slow to double anything and kills most things in one hit anyway.
My theory is that Sol takes higher priority than Luna, so if the RNG fails to roll Sol, it'll roll again to try for Luna. Both skills are activated by Skill%.
EDIT hey, Serenes Forest says I'm right! How 'bout that.
My theory is that Sol takes higher priority than Luna, so if the RNG fails to roll Sol, it'll roll again to try for Luna. Both skills are activated by Skill%.
EDIT hey, Serenes Forest says I'm right! How 'bout that.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Luna is skill/2 while Sol is skill only, correct...?
Pairing Up is possible to do from the very beginning on Normal if you turn off the Slide Guides from the options.
Both are skill%.
dakkumauji
Member
Both are Skill%.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
You must not've played the GameCube/Wii ones. These are a revelation.
Sure aint no GBA ones though, for sure.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
I just beat FE7 and I feel rightly GIPPED. All my hard work to get Eliwood and Lyn to A rank and then . . . nothing? Where was my wedding? I don't understand, the only other person Eliwood had befriended was HECTOR, and Lyn had C support with Hector and Florina, and Florina had A support with Hector, so why did Lyn not wind up with, well, anyone?
What did I do wrong?
What did I do wrong?
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
That game shipped Eliwood x Ninian + Hector x Lyn so bad, which was unfortunate for me since I like Eliwood, indifferent about Ninian, love Lyn, and hated Hector.
Seriously, one of the biggest blocks for me for replaying Fire Emblem 7 was the fact that I need to see that guy again when playing it, gah. Which is a shame, since I really like it as a game.
I liked Hector, but I despised Ninian, which is part of what baffles me here. The only person who had affinity with Ninian was HAWKEYE, and Lyn and Eliwood are A rank, it even says it in my game file, so why didn't I get the wedding ending? I didn't even get the default ending, the credits just skip right over Lyn altogether. I'm super confused.
Oh well, I'll youtube it and believe I got the right ending because dammit I worked hard for that. Then I'll just stick her with him in Awakening and go "Ninian who?"
Actually, I'd have liked Ninian if 1)she'd done more than mope all game (her brother Nils was great because he didn't cry NONSTOP) and 2)the game didn't force her on Eliwood like that.
SolarKnight
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Eliwood and Lyn definitely get married if they had an A Support together. It says so in the Character endings whether you play Eliwood mode or Hector mode. However, if you're playing Hector mode, you don't see their special CG (Instead you should have seen Hector & Florina's CG).
Maybe Hector is like a male Ninian for some people. Forced on Lyn when they'd rather she were with Eliwood of guuuuh, ass-faced Rath.
Or Kent. She had good chemistry with Kent. Actually, I wanted to pair Hector with Ninian to spite the game, but it didn't work out, so my endgame couples worked out this way: Eliwood x Lyndis, Hector x Florina (because big and scary Hector and tiny and timid Florina is hilarious), Matthew x Serra (which is even funnier), Heath x Priscilla, and Kent x Fiora (which was as scandalous as women revealing their ankles could be.)
SO I got Awakening at last, but I haven't played much because I wanted to finish Blazing Sword, first. Gave my guy red hair and the MAN voice because, well, it's hilarious coming from a guy of his stature.
And is it just me or does Male Avatar have a SERIOUS thing for Chrom? I mean, between the long looks deep into Chrom's eyes and the witty banter, these two are like, in each other's pants already.
Hence my confusion, since they DO have an A support with each other and no one else, and it's Eliwood mode. I'm altogether lost on this.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Yeah, I don't know, I just don't like him.
Maybe its his overt brashness or something I don't know. I just dislike him, and I prefer Eliwood much more than him.
I always avoided pairing Lyndis to him every time I played FE7 due to that reason.
peaceiscloser
Member
Just got Radiant Dawn from Gamefly. Any tips on playing through this?
Also it looks great on the Wii U.
Also it looks great on the Wii U.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Wrap a protection padding around your controller.
Because at some point I guarantee you want to throw that thing across the room.
The Awesomest
Member
Have you played Path of Radiance? If not, have you played any other FE game? If not, get ready for one hell of a ride.
"Keep your name. Why should I care what a corpse is called?" is probably the most metal thing a Fire Emblem protag has ever said
Guy wields an axe. He didn't choose the metal life.
Play on Easy unless you got FE experience
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Don't get hung up on the cruddy support system, Earth is best element, and use on-map animations instead of the cutaways.
Also, Micaiah with a Thani tome and a little hand-holding early on becomes a beast. Don't let her squishy mageness scare you into gimping her by hiding her in the back.
Fire Emblem needs more axe-wielding lords.
SolarKnight
Member
I just want more non-sword using lords. It's pretty much a big reason Ephraim is high on my list of favorite lords.
dakkumauji
Member
We need a primary bow-using lord.
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