Aveyn Knight
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Your characters have temporary stat boosts.
A lot of things can provide them, for example certain weapons (like the Manakete and Taguel's stones), skills (Skill +2, Speed +2, etc.) and pairing up.
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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT| Lord of the RNG
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Your characters have temporary stat boosts.
A lot of things can provide them, for example certain weapons (like the Manakete and Taguel's stones), skills (Skill +2, Speed +2, etc.) and pairing up.
Well there you go. I had tried to click around a bit but I never though to check the 'temporary stat boosts' link.
God damn. This game has thrown me another layer of depth to be concerned with.
Fine Ham Abounds
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I've spent more time reading that serenesforest page in the last two days than playing the game 
I don't know how important this is, but technically it's a character spoiler:
for some reason really made me chuckle.
I don't know how important this is, but technically it's a character spoiler:
"If Chrom hasn't started any support relationships with a female, for whatever reason, he will marry a nameless village girl."
Warrior_Keoni
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So for MU birthday conversations (it's also mine today), here's a few samplings of what some of the chars will say to you:
Vaike: Heard it's your birthday, Robin! 'Grats!
Gaius: Happy birthday Robin. ...Can I have a piece of cake?
Virion: Happy birthday Robin. May it be truly epic.
Henry: Happy birthday, Robin! Good thing you lived to see it!
Sully: Have a great damned birthday Robin. I mean it.
Tharja: Oh! Happy birthday, Robin!
Mirielle: A very happy birthday to you, Robin.
Say'ri: I hear it is your birthday, Robin. May it be a splendid one.
Morgan: Happy birthday, Mother!
Lucina: Happy birthday, Mother! Father and I are both so excited.
Other characters will have a generic "Happy birthday, Robin!" and a picture of them smiling.
Vaike: Heard it's your birthday, Robin! 'Grats!
Gaius: Happy birthday Robin. ...Can I have a piece of cake?
Virion: Happy birthday Robin. May it be truly epic.
Henry: Happy birthday, Robin! Good thing you lived to see it!
Sully: Have a great damned birthday Robin. I mean it.
Tharja: Oh! Happy birthday, Robin!
Mirielle: A very happy birthday to you, Robin.
Say'ri: I hear it is your birthday, Robin. May it be a splendid one.
Morgan: Happy birthday, Mother!
Lucina: Happy birthday, Mother! Father and I are both so excited.
Other characters will have a generic "Happy birthday, Robin!" and a picture of them smiling.
Hi, can I ask two newb questions?
What do the numbers below mean for weapons? I've also noticed that when you shop, there will sometimes be two numbers next to the weapon, like "x/y".
Also, when you press "X" it highlights a good portion of the battlefield in purple - what is this?
Thanks!
What do the numbers below mean for weapons? I've also noticed that when you shop, there will sometimes be two numbers next to the weapon, like "x/y".
Also, when you press "X" it highlights a good portion of the battlefield in purple - what is this?
Thanks!
SolarKnight
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The numbers are the uses a weapon has left, if it reaches 0 the weapon breaks.
The purple area is basically the danger zone, it's the combined range of all enemy units. Pretty much as long as you're outside of it there is no risk at all to the unit.
Great, thank you. I assume you can repair weapons as well at the forge?
SolarKnight
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Nope, they break and thats it for them.
There is literally only one item that can repair them.
There is literally only one item that can repair them.
SpaceBridge
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Hey guys, it's been a month since I played this. Can someone post a link or a list of story/plot/character DLC worth getting?
I think the key ones are Lost Bloodlines and Smash Brethren, because they have the Dread Fighter and Bride classes, respectively. Specifically, the class items are in part 2 of each trilogy (iirc), but it's probably better to get the bundles.
http://serenesforest.net/fe13/dlc_na.html
Stuff worth getting so that has been released so far.
Coy 3- All stats + 2 skill, plus relatively easy map to grind.
Golden Pack - Exp map/Gold Map/Rare Legendary Maps
Lost Bloodlines 2 = Dread Fighter Class/Provides the aggresor skill to male units.
Lost Bloodlines 3 = Paragon, makes leveling alot more bearable.
Smash Brethren 2= Bride Class not as important as Dread Fighter, but needed to make rally bots.
Rogues and Redeemers 3 = Limit Breaker Skill once you get it's pretty much mandatory to give to every character, it's a stupidly good skill.
So question:
I did prologue chapter 8 and it was a little rough of a fight. I jumped into prologue 10 and just sent chrom off with Severa to talk to the villager and it was a failure. What level should I be roughly for everything to not hit so hard? I'm generally sub 10 promoted with the team I sent out.
Of course Donnel is a level 8 merc and he was surrounded by (promoted? level 10 enemies I guess) two knights, two mages, and an assassin?. He just fucking DODGES EVERYTHING. TINK TINK are Donnel's attacks, and he's just standing there in the center of this group getting hit maybe once or twice a turn and he doesnt even use up half of his health in the process. I can just imagine this absurd salsa dance with donnel, pot on his head while he exclaims "Come on, come on, come on, I want you to do it, I want you to do it. Come on, hit me. HIT ME!" Jesus Christ donny you absurd bastard.
Second set of questions:
What do I do with these chars?
Chrom is Lord->cavalier and is 18. I want to have him as a great lord, when he's 20 do I level him as great knight then change to lord then greatlord?
What does it mean when skills show up with green numbers?
What do I do with frederick after he hits 20 as a great knight (he's 16)
What do I do with Maribelle when she hits 20 as a troubadour?
What do I do with Avatar when she hits 20 as a grandmaster?
Also is it possible to get Nowi and Panne to be promoted? What's the best way to class them while being able to go back and have them still use their beast changing thing?
I did prologue chapter 8 and it was a little rough of a fight. I jumped into prologue 10 and just sent chrom off with Severa to talk to the villager and it was a failure. What level should I be roughly for everything to not hit so hard? I'm generally sub 10 promoted with the team I sent out.
Of course Donnel is a level 8 merc and he was surrounded by (promoted? level 10 enemies I guess) two knights, two mages, and an assassin?. He just fucking DODGES EVERYTHING. TINK TINK are Donnel's attacks, and he's just standing there in the center of this group getting hit maybe once or twice a turn and he doesnt even use up half of his health in the process. I can just imagine this absurd salsa dance with donnel, pot on his head while he exclaims "Come on, come on, come on, I want you to do it, I want you to do it. Come on, hit me. HIT ME!" Jesus Christ donny you absurd bastard.
Second set of questions:
What do I do with these chars?
Chrom is Lord->cavalier and is 18. I want to have him as a great lord, when he's 20 do I level him as great knight then change to lord then greatlord?
What does it mean when skills show up with green numbers?
What do I do with frederick after he hits 20 as a great knight (he's 16)
What do I do with Maribelle when she hits 20 as a troubadour?
What do I do with Avatar when she hits 20 as a grandmaster?
Also is it possible to get Nowi and Panne to be promoted? What's the best way to class them while being able to go back and have them still use their beast changing thing?
SolarKnight
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-The paralogues' difficulties are all over the place, so really, just enter, see the levels and then think to yourself "can I do this?" and if you answer yes, go for it.
-I recommend Great Lord first so you can get Aether and Rightful King faster.
-(Everyone else) reclass or promote to whatever class has the skills you'd like for the character.
-Nowi and Panne can't promote from their special classes, best thing to do is reclass them, get skills, then reclass them back.
-Green numbers means the stat is capped.
-I recommend Great Lord first so you can get Aether and Rightful King faster.
-(Everyone else) reclass or promote to whatever class has the skills you'd like for the character.
-Nowi and Panne can't promote from their special classes, best thing to do is reclass them, get skills, then reclass them back.
-Green numbers means the stat is capped.
Ya it's this, however I think the spike starts with Sumia's kid.
SolarKnight
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Well, yeah, there's that indication, but man does the difficulty spike.
You can do it that way, but you don't have to.
You could also either use a Second Seal on Cavalier!Chrom to reclass him to Lord, then use a Master Seal on Lord!Chrom when he's at least Level 10 to promote to Great Lord, or you can use a Master Seal on Cavalier!Chrom to promote to Paladin or Great Knight, then use a Second Seal on him when he's at least Level 10 to reclass him straight to Great Lord if you wish.
The Awesomest
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Nope, weapons break and you'll have to be well-stocked with replacements. The Forge allows you to boost a weapon's stats. And rename it. (And change its color? I don't know if you can do that in this game.)
If you haven't figured this out already, Chrom has access to the Convoy in the middle of a battle, so if anyone loses a weapon but forgot to bring a replacement, go up to Chrom and get a new one from the Convoy.
Changing color not in this game
You can't change the color of the weapon when forging it in this game, nah.
The Awesomest
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Aw man, no lightsabers for me.
Hm, the Danish Nintendo site put out a beginner's guide for Fire Emblem Awakening. Looking at it, it's off to a terrific start.
"Do not use the same characters in all battles as experience points only are awarded to the characters you use. Instead spread out the levels as much as possible in case you end in a situation where a certain character is required."
Um... Isn't that the opposite of what you'd want to tell a newcomer?
It does have some good points, though.
"Remember to position your units wisely before ending a turn.", "While you don't control the action during a fight yourself it is extremely important to consider the strengths and classes of the characters you send into battle.", and "Try to build bonds between characters as characters can support each other in battle and become much stronger than if they fight alone."
And of course the really obvious like reading what the objective of each map is as they aren't all "kill all enemies".
Still, good to see them actually putting out a guide like this, even if the first advice is dangerously wrong in my opinion. Sure, level up the spares in random battles, but for tough fights, pick the elite team. I am tempted to level up everyone later, though. For supports and power and so. Might make some DLC grinding a little less dull if I can use a variety of units instead of the usual ones every time.
Still one week to go...
"Do not use the same characters in all battles as experience points only are awarded to the characters you use. Instead spread out the levels as much as possible in case you end in a situation where a certain character is required."
Um... Isn't that the opposite of what you'd want to tell a newcomer?
It does have some good points, though.
"Remember to position your units wisely before ending a turn.", "While you don't control the action during a fight yourself it is extremely important to consider the strengths and classes of the characters you send into battle.", and "Try to build bonds between characters as characters can support each other in battle and become much stronger than if they fight alone."
And of course the really obvious like reading what the objective of each map is as they aren't all "kill all enemies".
Still, good to see them actually putting out a guide like this, even if the first advice is dangerously wrong in my opinion. Sure, level up the spares in random battles, but for tough fights, pick the elite team. I am tempted to level up everyone later, though. For supports and power and so. Might make some DLC grinding a little less dull if I can use a variety of units instead of the usual ones every time.
Still one week to go...
The Awesomest
Member
Is the new Spotpass chapter out? I tried to update but it said there was no new content available.
I see what they're saying. Like if you get to a chapter with lots of flyers, and you'd been neglecting your archer, or there was a special conversation you wanted to trigger but you hadn't been using that unit. This advice isn't so bad in Awakening, where you have the luxury of being able to train every single unit in the game. If this was most other FE games, then yeah it'd be pretty bad advice.
I see what they're saying. Like if you get to a chapter with lots of flyers, and you'd been neglecting your archer, or there was a special conversation you wanted to trigger but you hadn't been using that unit. This advice isn't so bad in Awakening, where you have the luxury of being able to train every single unit in the game. If this was most other FE games, then yeah it'd be pretty bad advice.
SolarKnight
Member
The latest paralogue was...interesting. I wanted to beat it legit, but in the end had to bench Morgan and Lucina because jfc I kept getting slaughtered D:
Since yesterday. Weird.
SolarKnight
Member
You just have to try until you get it at times.
The Awesomest
Member
Oh! There it goes, it updated in sleep mode.
It's also saying DON'T USE FREDERICK ALL THE TIME in caps.
I just beat chapter 18 on hard, the game has been really easy lately. I thought that I should leave the paralogues for later so that the kids will inherit some really good skills, but maybe this will take some time and by then I will have almost finished the main story. What do most people do, leave the paralogues for the end of the game or try to beat them as soon as they are available?
True, maybe it's a subtle hint to get people to not just steamroller the first chapters with Frederick just to get beat up by later enemies.
By the way, when you use a Reeking Box, how is the strength of the enemies determined? Or is that set only when you enter the battle?
Location, I believe. Later the area, stronger the foes, or something like that. I think the game itself says this.
SpaceBridge
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Save 'N Quit
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Finally finished grinding those thirty something Limit Breakers!
Right hand is cramped from pressing buttons, so I'll refrain from training everyone again until later.
Right hand is cramped from pressing buttons, so I'll refrain from training everyone again until later.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Hmm. Digging into Death's Embrace, it seems that it may finally be time to unleash
-Armsthrift
-Ignis/Vantage/Vengeance/other situational skill
-Lifetaker
-Galeforce
-Limit Break
Sorcerer Morgan and Noire with forged Aversa's Night tomes.
Yeah, I decided to stop at 6 or so and take a break while the 3ds recharges. Had a series of unlucky enemy skill procs killing a few (relatively) lower level characters.
Personally, I think that pairing up is an interesting mechanic in that it gives you stats at the cost of sacrificing half your characters' moves (unless you have galeforce, which then gives you 3 moves for 2 characters, which is godly).
But I do agree that the enemies getting such massive stat boosts to keep them relevant since they never pair up is kind of lame.
Unless you meant something else, lol.
-Armsthrift
-Ignis/Vantage/Vengeance/other situational skill
-Lifetaker
-Galeforce
-Limit Break
Sorcerer Morgan and Noire with forged Aversa's Night tomes.
Yeah, I decided to stop at 6 or so and take a break while the 3ds recharges. Had a series of unlucky enemy skill procs killing a few (relatively) lower level characters.
Personally, I think that pairing up is an interesting mechanic in that it gives you stats at the cost of sacrificing half your characters' moves (unless you have galeforce, which then gives you 3 moves for 2 characters, which is godly).
But I do agree that the enemies getting such massive stat boosts to keep them relevant since they never pair up is kind of lame.
Unless you meant something else, lol.
No I'm saying Chrom is already a level 18 cavalier.
I don't understand the difference that makes to what I said.
I'm saying that if you want Chrom to be a Great Lord from Cavalier, you either use a Second Seal to go to Lord, then Master Seal for Great Lord, or Master Seal to go to Paladin or Great Knight, then Second Seal for Great Lord.
chaosblade
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You could reclass to lord, get 10 levels, and promote, but that would kind of be a waste.
I would say promote to paladin and then second seal to great lord at level 10, or if you can hold off until 15 do that since aegis is probably Chrom's best non-lord skill.
Edit: What Rally skills are people using on their rally bots? Spectrum and Heart are the two obvious ones. Thinking Speed is probably the next best choice. Not sure about the last two.
Heart/Spectrum/Speed/Skill/Magic (or Str but most likely magic since magic is a bit stronger).
Is there some place where I can learn about what you guys are talking about? I feel so intimidated reading this thread. WTF is a rally bot?
Also, how should I reclass characters? All I've done so far is reclass my Avatar because it got to level 20 (upgraded it to grandmaster). When is it a good time to use second seals? Most of my characters are now approaching level ~17.
Also, how should I reclass characters? All I've done so far is reclass my Avatar because it got to level 20 (upgraded it to grandmaster). When is it a good time to use second seals? Most of my characters are now approaching level ~17.
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