Projectjustice
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This game is so amazing! Do yourself a favor and do not play this game on casual. It really defeats what the game is trying to accomplished for the player.
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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT| Lord of the RNG
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I'm tempted, because she and I have the same birthday >.>
Usually, it's just good practice as some stages have thieves that loot the chests, raze villages around the maps that you have to stop in time.
Lostconfused
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Will do! Casual easy is the way for me.
Don't watch it.
Watch it after you play the game.
Um, they're both really good, and their one upgrade class (dark flier) has one of the best skills in the game (galeforce).
ok cool. I was worried one of them would be garbage in the long run.
SloaneRisette
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I love that I can use Reeking Boxes to help grind lower end units, I completely forgot about that until today. I'm currently working on Donnel right now, as well as getting a few units to 20 in order to promote. So far I have Chrom, avatar, Vaike, Maribelle, Sumia, Virion, Sully, Miriel, and Lissa all promoted. I love that I'm more or less early on in the game (I figure maybe the midway point? I'm at chapter 14 but haven't started yet), and have a bunch of upgraded units. It's fantastic.
Strongly disagree. I've been on Hard Casual and it's been great. Losing a guy to a lucky crit or a dumb mistake means I need to play the rest of the map smarter, rather than starting over. And it feels great to have your army whittled down as you decimate the enemy, until what was once a 30-on-10 battle becomes 8-on-20, and finally 5-on-3. It's wonderful.
It's a game: play it how you'll enjoy it.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
What happens if your married partner dies in battle? Can you remarry? Does your character make any mention of "aw shucks my wife/husband just died"?
I made her a Swordsmaster, she was really good until I got 2nd gen characters.
chickdigger802
Banned
man, why do all srpgs have terrible AI for 'other' characters.
Trying to save the villagers in the 3rd side mission is horrendous.
Why can't you pair up with other characters
Trying to save the villagers in the 3rd side mission is horrendous.
Why can't you pair up with other characters
eudaemonic
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RaySpencer
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So when should you upgrade your units? 10 or 15?
Peter Bazooka
Banned
10 is fine for most people but for people with special classes get to 15 for the second skill.
SolarKnight
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Since they don't promote, 30.
All special classes cap at 30! Including Villager.
chickdigger802
Banned
Does that include Prince Marth?
The Awesomest
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You don't actually need to do that in Awakening, since you have unlimited battles and level-ups to grind out your stats, as opposed to other FE games where you have only 40 level-ups.
SolarKnight
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As a Lodestar I'd assume so.
...Lodestar sounds ridiculous, what was wrong with Star Lord? :T
NeonZ
Member
I just got Nino's team. It's kind of interesting that that they kept the whole "underpowered late character" concept from the original FE7 in her appearance here, considering how her team of generics (an assassin, an hero and a swordmaster) are all overpowered compared to Nino herself. So, you need to be on a significantly higher level than Nino's if you want to defeat her team and recruit her.
Of course, there's also the possibility of just paying for her, which kind of breaks that here. Kind of surprised that she doesn't have the Aptitude skill though, but I guess she doesn't need it if they made her growth rates big enough by themselves. We'll see after I advance more in the story and go back to recruit her... Also, her in-game character art fits surprising well with her 3d model, after recruitment (not the full art, just the part included in her portrait here).
Yes, Lodestar also caps at 30.
Of course, there's also the possibility of just paying for her, which kind of breaks that here. Kind of surprised that she doesn't have the Aptitude skill though, but I guess she doesn't need it if they made her growth rates big enough by themselves. We'll see after I advance more in the story and go back to recruit her... Also, her in-game character art fits surprising well with her 3d model, after recruitment (not the full art, just the part included in her portrait here).
Yes, Lodestar also caps at 30.
NotDreamcast
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Finally managed to grab a copy of this. The only other FE I've played is Sacred Stones on Normal and I found it to be easy but enjoyable. Should I go for Normal or Hard?
Empty Space
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There's very little reason to let Donnel hit lvl 30 since he'll reach most of the stat caps for that class long before 30.
NeonZ
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Yes, there's no extra for playing Classic, it's exactly the same as casual, just with permanent "death". Also, the higher difficulties just change enemy placement and stats (as well as changing the reinforcements from arriving in the player's phase in normal to the enemy's phase for hard and lunatic), and don't give any kind of "extra bonus" or chapters to the players.
The one advantage of hitting level 30 is that you can class change him directly to a promoted class. Still, I don't think it's worth it to stay as a villager for that long, especially because he can't wield a lance in any of his other classes.
Yeah. By the time he was in his high teens as a Villager he was reaching his stat caps.
peaceiscloser
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I pretty much broke the game by over-grinding some of my characters, specifically Lucina, Anna and Morgan. (I wifed Anna)
Normal / Classic is way too easy. I'm probably going to do a no-grinding Hard/Classic run next.
Morgan is by and large my most powerful unit, with a 287 rating. She has a few skills she inherited from Anna, and has been leveled up as a Trickster, General, Dark Flier, Bow Knight and Paladin. Pretty much invincible, Final Boss didn't leave a dent.
Anna's her mom, and since I recruited her has been soloing entire chapters without any damage. She's been all of her available class upgrades, Trickster, Assassin, Sage and now is a Dark Knight.
Lucina naturally having great stats as a Lord, has been through Great Lord, Dark Flier and now Bow Knight. With Galeforce, I beat most of the last chapters in as few as two turns.
Normal / Classic is way too easy. I'm probably going to do a no-grinding Hard/Classic run next.
chickdigger802
Banned
don't make love artificial go with where your heart decides
chickdigger802
Banned
gah my main can never get any support level with lissa mainly because he's too damn good... kills things at range without getting hurt ;_;
I just adore her clipping hoop skirt.
I just adore her clipping hoop skirt.
RaySpencer
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How do I tell what the special classes are?
A Sentient Keyboard
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Edit: nevermind
Knux-Future
Banned
damn this game is gdlk.
Liek 2 hours or so when down the drain.
I was supposed to only play for like the first two missions...nope.
Liek 2 hours or so when down the drain.
I was supposed to only play for like the first two missions...nope.
Empty Space
Member
Basically any class that can't be promoted with a Master Seal. Specifically its Donnel, Panne, Nowi, Yarne, Nah, Tiki, and DLC Marth.
I'm going to be honest I think its a little strange you can marry somebody to Nowi. Yes she is an adult, but her character acts and looks like a 10 year old. I don't understand how that gets by localization.
don't make love artificial go with where your heart decides
Indeed. I'm not reading guides when it comes to match ups. Support Conversations determine my pairings, and I specifically like to put opposites together.
SloaneRisette
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I should reclass Donnel at 15, right? Just want to make sure since I just got Underdog and I would prefer not to leave him as a Villager too long if possible.
God damn, the first couple of maps are frustrating on Hard Mode.
I think I need to start abusing the pair up system, because it is just infuriating to keep having to restart when a party member dies (NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND) just because these new folks are like Dawn Brigade level of suck at the moment.
Hell, I had a good momentum going at one point in Ch 2, but the Vaike/Stahl pair bit me in the ass when Stahl suddenly decided to start helping him out for every attack. That is all fine and dandy, but what I really needed was a choke point, not every enemy on the map taking turns hitting him and then dying until Vaike died.
I think I need to start abusing the pair up system, because it is just infuriating to keep having to restart when a party member dies (NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND) just because these new folks are like Dawn Brigade level of suck at the moment.
Hell, I had a good momentum going at one point in Ch 2, but the Vaike/Stahl pair bit me in the ass when Stahl suddenly decided to start helping him out for every attack. That is all fine and dandy, but what I really needed was a choke point, not every enemy on the map taking turns hitting him and then dying until Vaike died.
A Sentient Keyboard
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Aside from the GT review, are there any others I should avoid?
Also, how's the soundtrack?
Also, how's the soundtrack?
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