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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT| Lord of the RNG
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She's been pretty slow for me too. Replaced her with Ricken when he showed up, haven't looked back.
So far I've married the Chrom and Sumai, which seems like the canon pairing. And I've paired Ricken with
Indeed, Ricken blew by her in terms of power right away, although she had far better speed for me. I kept using Miriel too, because her support conversations are some of the best.
Panne. Haha.. seems more like a really strong friendship than a marriage. Really, Ricken seems like whoever he went with would be hilarious.
Indeed, Ricken blew by her in terms of power right away, although she had far better speed for me. I kept using Miriel too, because her support conversations are some of the best.
Oh, good point. If I did my math right with the assumption that all 25 DLC's are 30 blocks, then it should all only take up around 100MB, which is barely anything on a 2GB card.
I see. Case in point, yeah, a 2GB card could hold all of the DLC easily.
I see that, but it's not how she panned out for me. Her Speed was great, but otherwise, really underwhelming.
His growth rates are actually pretty good. Better than Sully all around, but he's not a hot red head, so people will use him less. Really there doesn't seem to be any really terrible characters and reclassing will 'fix' any bad RNG rolls.
He seems to go down pretty quick for me. Maybe I'm unlucky. I haven't been paying that much attention to stat increases at level up.
If there's something to avoid at all cost when playing a FE title, it's reading the growth rates of each character. It just strips them of their mystery, their magic, and push the players to get rid of the units who don't meet theirs standards. And, well, the RNG God(dess) can make any unit an invincible badass, or a weak slowpoke. Thus, it's just best to play the units who you like.
... And drop the ones that, inevitably, are just too bad to be useful. Leonardo, I'm looking at you.
... And drop the ones that, inevitably, are just too bad to be useful. Leonardo, I'm looking at you.
When playing on Hard and Lunatic, it can make each map even more difficult if you're not paying attention to growth rates to some extent.
And for me if a character has to be babied or doesn't help on offense, I tend not to like them. Their dialogue completely betrays the fact that they're not contributing anything to the "Shepherds"
dakkumauji
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Leonardo isn't too bad, especially when he's available you are hurting for units. Some of the other units in the game wishes they had the availability that he has.
And looking at the growth rates only gives an estimate of how good they'll be. Base stats also play a role. It can easily never come true. She's a cruel mistress.
I immediately reclassed him to a barbarian on hard and he's been unstoppable ever since.
I don't decide who to use based on growth rates. I decide to use based on how those growth rates pan out and who I enjoy from a design stand point. It's nice to know how much you've been screwed, or how lucky you've been though. Knowing 'hidden' mechanics in games doesn't take anything away for me.
SpaceBridge
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Godamned, when did enemies get criticals?
True story: while I was playing the prologue in the demo (on hard), my avatar got OHKO'd by an enemy crit :|
Forge him a weapon called HULK HANDS.
What'd you promote him to? I regret having made him into a hero. I'll try switching him into a Berserker.
Also the Second Seals are awesome. Tharja was an xp hog and capped out early, so I just sent her back to level 1 without any decrease in attributes.
Right now he's a level 4 Hero. He was a level 1 Hero at the beginning of the level, though.
He's paired up with a barely-used Cherche. I want him to have babies.Right now he's a level 4 Hero. He was a level 1 Hero at the beginning of the level, though.
I had him waifu Nowi.
Yeah.
Right now he's a level 4 Hero. He was a level 1 Hero at the beginning of the level, though.
Damn, I wish mine were a beast. I've seen people mention that Sully wasn't good either, yet mine tanks that (with Virion).
My Sully is really good, but I've used her in pretty much every battle since I got her.
It'd be great if they did that for the DLC, yeah. There was some decent justification with the waning later on because I'm sure they were relying on that one poll's results for some of the fanservice DLC, and unless they'll redo it with a new poll (would be cool but I'm fine with keeping it as is), I see no reason why it should take as long for it to come over elsewhere.
Seems like 3ds games rarely get a discount unless it is a promo like $10 off any preorder at Newegg ;p. I assume Nintendo still does not give any sort of digital discount? With DS3, DmC PC, and Ni No Kuno still to play, I just don't see any value spending $40 on FE now when I probably wont get around to playing it for another month or two.
Nintendo's never provided digital discounts for retail games on the eShop, no. I think it's very unlikely that any of the prices will drop, to be honest.
She's a defensive beast for me. I've raised her RES every chance I've had and now she can basically tank anything. But her Strength needs some patching up.
You monster.
Donnel and Nowi in my game.
You should try playing Classic, with Perma Death on. Play on Normal and see how you like it. It really does change the gameplay heavily, since you're less inclined to take big risk and gambles. You'll take on maps in an entirely different fashion, it builds tension and it adds much more strategy. If, however, you don't enjoy playing it in Classic a few chapters in, just start again on Casual. You'll already know the maps, so you'll be able to plow through them in no time.
I think you should. I mean, you'll still get screwed over by the RNG and "die", but for newcomers I'd recommend it. You get a good feel for the game on your first run. The games encourage multiple playthroughs anyway.
It kind of does ruin tension but better play that way at first to get a feel for the series than get frustrated and quit. It's really up to you.
Colonel Nasty
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C'mon eshop....
I just finished the game and I have to admit, I love Casual mode. It made Hard difficulty far more enjoyable and at a good level of challenge. With permadeath, I'd reset the game if a unit died, which gets incredibly frustrating. Without permadeath, I just keep on playing, so I could actually relax and have fun.
I'm gonna start a new game, because I felt like I married the wrong person, heh.
I'm gonna start a new game, because I felt like I married the wrong person, heh.
Sully?
So I've pretty much charted out my marriages in-game:
Chrom --> Olivia
Ricken --> Tharja
Male MU -->
[For Pure Magic POWER!]
Frederick --> Sumia
Gaius --> Sully
Libera --> Lissa
Henry --> Maribelle
Donnel --> Nowi
Lon'qu --> Panne
Vaike --> Cherche
Virion --> Miriel
Stahl --> Cordelia
Now to build my Support and make it all happen. I'll have to marry Sumia and Frederick before Chapter 11, though. I've already built her relationship with Chrom to Rank A. -_-
Chrom --> Olivia
Ricken --> Tharja
Male MU -->
Noire
Frederick --> Sumia
Gaius --> Sully
Libera --> Lissa
Henry --> Maribelle
Donnel --> Nowi
Lon'qu --> Panne
Vaike --> Cherche
Virion --> Miriel
Stahl --> Cordelia
Now to build my Support and make it all happen. I'll have to marry Sumia and Frederick before Chapter 11, though. I've already built her relationship with Chrom to Rank A. -_-
I married Lissa. I thought it would be funny to screw Chrom's sister, but her character is kinda bland. Next time I'm gonna screw
Chrom's daughter BWAHAHAHAHAHA
ahh really? I was planning on having Avatar marry Lissa for my 3rd run.
edit: she seems pretty fun after having seen her C and B Support convos.
Astral/H3X
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Yeah the fact that MU can marry children is awesome if you ask me. Like, crazy awesome. Single most versatile unit in the history of anything.
Astral/H3X
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Then Morgan is brought into the world with them having no siblings. Having MU marry any regularly marry-able female results in them having a sibling, but MU doesn't play by the rules! MU don't give a shit! MU marry who they want!
goddamn, MU is the honey badger of the Fire Emblem world!
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