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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT2| PAL reinforcements
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My New Leaf hand twitches.
I finally got all the children characters after a busy week + me being caught up in the E3 excitement. Small thoughts again just because.
Yarne - I took the manly route for his paralogue. Those poor unlucky bastards never stood a chance against my super powered family. Anyway, his supports are kind of meh to me, although I laughed at his support with Morgan.
. I also enjoyed his support with Panne. I also like his crit and skill lines.
Cynthia - She's Sumia's daughter all right. I kinda like her with the white blonde hair color thing Henry gives her. I do like her chipper attitude and the hero complex thing, and she is cute. I really like her supports too, especially with Owain, Brady, and Gerome. Unfortunately, I'm also having a real hard time on who to hitch her with. She's perfect for bestest son, but she's also perfect for Brady and Batman. GAH! She's fine combat-wise, and I love her battle lines.
Nah - Blonde Nah looks cute. I honestly have no idea how to feel about Nah, character-wise though. I really liked her parent supports, but the supports with the other children characters range from good (Morgan, Yarne) to ugh (Inigo). I dunno, maybe I feel she goes a bit too far with the teasing and what not with some of the other characters and I don't like that. Combat-wise though, she's beast. Her growth rate is insane and she's chomping enemies down like no one's business.
Gerome - Dragon-riding Batman. He was pretty much dead weight in his paralogue so I had him hide in a safe corner while my army did the dirty work. I honestly was expecting all of his supports to be serious business, but his father support along with some of his other supports caught me off guard and I ended up laughing a lot through most them. He could stand to be nicer to Cherche though. In combat, he makes a good supporter and taxi for my other characters. Thank you, Deliverer.
Yay! Now it's time for me to actually continue the plot... after I pay off my loan to Tom Nook.
I finally got all the children characters after a busy week + me being caught up in the E3 excitement. Small thoughts again just because.
Yarne - I took the manly route for his paralogue. Those poor unlucky bastards never stood a chance against my super powered family. Anyway, his supports are kind of meh to me, although I laughed at his support with Morgan.
My little girl is a sadist. Must've got that from Lissa
Cynthia - She's Sumia's daughter all right. I kinda like her with the white blonde hair color thing Henry gives her. I do like her chipper attitude and the hero complex thing, and she is cute. I really like her supports too, especially with Owain, Brady, and Gerome. Unfortunately, I'm also having a real hard time on who to hitch her with. She's perfect for bestest son, but she's also perfect for Brady and Batman. GAH! She's fine combat-wise, and I love her battle lines.
Nah - Blonde Nah looks cute. I honestly have no idea how to feel about Nah, character-wise though. I really liked her parent supports, but the supports with the other children characters range from good (Morgan, Yarne) to ugh (Inigo). I dunno, maybe I feel she goes a bit too far with the teasing and what not with some of the other characters and I don't like that. Combat-wise though, she's beast. Her growth rate is insane and she's chomping enemies down like no one's business.
Gerome - Dragon-riding Batman. He was pretty much dead weight in his paralogue so I had him hide in a safe corner while my army did the dirty work. I honestly was expecting all of his supports to be serious business, but his father support along with some of his other supports caught me off guard and I ended up laughing a lot through most them. He could stand to be nicer to Cherche though. In combat, he makes a good supporter and taxi for my other characters. Thank you, Deliverer.
Yay! Now it's time for me to actually continue the plot... after I pay off my loan to Tom Nook.
I usually just grind a bit on the Risens but nothing too substantial yet. For this normal playthrough, I want to see how easy I can get through it with a fairly small group of units. I already beat Hard mode so after this Lunatic will be my next playthrough so Panne I guess will be one of my units.
I didn't even think of their other classes that might be a deal breaker for me. I'll check them later. I'm not a big fan of fliers in this game. They're ok but dem Snipers will cause too many restarts. lol
Thanks for the input guys.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
I love the brutality of non-grinding, efficient Lunatic/lunatic+ playthrough.
No room for below-the-par characters at all. Or pain-in-the-ass-to-raise one.
Donnel, you're out.
Stahl, stop wasting space and go sit down at the corner!
Gregor, stop being useless. Out!
Etc, etc.
No room for below-the-par characters at all. Or pain-in-the-ass-to-raise one.
Donnel, you're out.
Stahl, stop wasting space and go sit down at the corner!
Gregor, stop being useless. Out!
Etc, etc.
lol Aww man, I know I'm going to struggle with Lunatic already but that's basically how I played my first play through on Hard mode. lol.
Donnel, I heard many great things about you but you can't keep up. I even made you a custom bronze lance and everything.
Lon'qu, you're getting outclassed by Owain in every way possible, sit down plz.
Miriel, idk how you're still alive with all those close calls, so I guess I'll keep you for now.
Lissa, I know I screwed up and turn you into a War Cleric but you're back to strictly healing.
Olivia, I'm sorry but I can't be having weak-links when those reinforcements come from who knows where.
Sumia, what happened to you? You're sole purpose now is pairing back support.
Cherche, plz don't die again because of some shitty luck. She didn't listen :'l
Morgan, Damn girl, just Damn.
You mean the randoms on the map? Yes recently but not from the start. Do you really have to grind to succeed?
Is Donnel really worth it? I saved him in his first mission on my Normal playthrough but he's just too weak.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Normal/Hard, yeah. Plus he is only one of the few that can pass Dark Flier to female kids, and that means Galeforce.
At least let him conceive a child with one of the potential mothers (God I feel so dirty saying this) with a female child that can't give the female kid Galeforce the natural way. Just ditch him afterward if you want to.
However, Lunatic/Lunatic+? Assuming no DLC/Grinding, he is such a major pain in the ass to use/recruit. Trying to recruit him in his first map on no grind Lunatic/Lunatic+ runs was actually one of the hardest things in the world ever.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Yeah. A galeforce unit paired with another galeforce unit can move/attack up to 3 times (using switch). It is invaluable for many scenarios, and it can greatly extend a unit's movement to a ridiculous degree by using enemies as a stop and move again launchpad.
Anyways, it's a variable question depending on who marries who.
Chrom's daughter can learn Galeforce as long as her mother wasn't Sully or nameless village girl.
Can naturally learn Galeforce: Sumia, Cordelia, and Male MU's kids.
Can naturally learn Galeforce if the father has male exclusive classes (Warrior/Berserker) class but has a female kid: Gaius, Donnel, male MU married to Nowi, Sully, or Tharja.
Can only inherit Galeforce from their moms: Female Mu, Maribelle, Lissa, and Olivia's sons.
Can't get Galeforce ever: Miriel, Panne, and Cherche's sons.
I'm pretty sure Cordelia can get it as well. Cordelia passes it on to Sevara.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Well, that's why I said Severa can learn it naturally regardless who her father is.
Eh, ooooops, I should have said Sumia, Cordelia, and Male MU.
*Smacks head*
Corrected it, and let your post be my hall of shame
Thanks. Ok I'll try to stick with him even if he looks a bit ridiculous. Does his portrait change when he changes class?
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Nah, nobody does that.
One of the unfortunate things about FE:A, is the disconnect between gameplay and narrative sometimes.
Like how Cordelia says stuff about Chrom in her support regardless of her status of marriage, or how Cherche still Minerva this Minerva that even if you change her into a Griffon Rider, etc etc etc.
As much as I like Galeforce, I agree.
I also hope IS makes the next game more difficult to break.
I don't think there should be skills that are just heads and shoulders above the rest, like Galeforce and Limit Breaker.
NeonZ
Member
I don't think that was badly handled. Outside of S supports, Cordelia either mentions Chrom in a non romantic way, or mentions that she loves someone, but the person isn't specified. The Gregor S support actually addressed that pretty directly, with her saying that in the beginning she was talking about Chrom, but later the unnamed person that she loved was Gregor himself. I'd assume the same goes to most of her other S supports, even if it's not mentioned directly, aside from poor Frederick.
3 Galeforce activations per turn, once per character per turn. Remove Limit Breaker. Done.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Is there any way of deleting the avatars you randomly recruit?
They're just cluttering up my squad now and I never use them.....
They're just cluttering up my squad now and I never use them.....
Maybe you can send them off to die?
Get them killed or fill up your queue enough so that new characters from SpotPass or DLC you recruit in the future replace them. That's all the game really offers to let you dispose of those guest characters.
dakkumauji
Member
Yes, she would need Galeforce to pass it down to Morgan.
Lissa should at least get Galeforce herself to pass it down to her son.
Galeforce for everyone!
You need female MU to pass it down to Morgan.
Lissa: Cleric > War Cleric > Dark Flier > Sage
I still can get it if I turned Lissa into a Sage right? lol
For this playthrough so far, the convos are a bit more entertaining.
I was trying to get Olivia to marry Chrom but he married MU :/ I chose the female MU this time and I forgot about it until it was too late.
Lon'qu X Cordelia: From the beginning, I think there was a nice chemistry between them, each wanting to help the other. And Lon'qu seemed to want to get passed his fear and get closer to her. The S support was good, Lon'qu even mentioned Chrom but Cordelia said she didn't love him anymore. lol
Gregor x Nowi: Still kinda weird because Nowi's personality appearance but their convos were sweet. I mean she made the dude a sweater and Gregor is fun.
Sully x Gaius: Very entertaining couple and convos. A lot of little gems throughout them. My favorite:
Sully: Hey, Chuckles. I've been looking for you.
Gaius: Hello, Sully. Slap anyone upside the head lately?
Sully: Not yet, but the day is still young. ...
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Although you could say Sully is a bit tough on him with her training regiment but Gaius not only handles it but starts to like it (and her). The S support is just pure gold.
Fredrick x Maribelle: also entertaining. I thought Fred was a butler also heh, and so far Maribelle is really getting a hang of the ways of Butler Fred by the A support. She was pretty annoying at the beginning though but Fred can handle her.
Inigo goes from best character to worst character in that playthrough.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
I'm thinking of picking this up. Never played an FE game, but I loved the Advance Wars series.
Is there any downside to playing Casual mode? I just know that if I played Classic, I'd be resetting all the damn time.
Is there any downside to playing Casual mode? I just know that if I played Classic, I'd be resetting all the damn time.
Aveyn Knight
Member
Not really.
If you want to play the secret hardest setting on Classic, you have to beat Lunatic on Classic too.
Well, I guess if you purposely want somebody dead, you can't kill them in Casual : P
A yup I want PR Martha gone :/
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Marry Cherche to The Vaike for Wyvernman and Maribelle to Henry for Balls-To-The-Wall Brady.
Thanks for the suggestion. Sounds good, although I've never used Vaike. He is very underleveled. Would Gregor be a good replacement?
Gregor works well with anyone.
Then Henry and Gregor it is. Thanks again
The order doesn't really matter too much. I prefer to go Sage last because it's Lissa's final class for me.
No problem with gender exclusive skills.
But as much as I like it for combat, I wish those same skills weren't passable to kids of the opposite gender.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Cheers guys, I killed them all off. It was for the greater good! I think.....
Oh man... my first Fire Emblem game ever. As a huge SRPG fan I know this is pretty much blasphemy, but they've always been so expensive and hard to find. I knew I was going to love this game, but I think even going in with super high expecations I'm still impressed. I'm only on Chapter 6 or so, but I can really see myself wringing every bit of content out of this puppy.
No deaths yet, playing Normal Classic. And screw Frederick, I don't need yo' help!
No deaths yet, playing Normal Classic. And screw Frederick, I don't need yo' help!
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
So if someone wanted to get into this series after enjoying this entry, where should I start?
Also, how much harder is Lunatic than Hard? I skeered
Also, how much harder is Lunatic than Hard? I skeered
Megidolaon
Member
Start with either a game on the GBA called simply "Fire Emblem" or a Gamecube game called "Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance". Those are the most accessible story and gameplay-wise and best quality imo.
Never played Lunatic, so I can't really answer the second question, but I've heard it isn't called Lunatic for nothing.
Finally finished grinding Avatar up and so at long last was able to have him get hitched to Best Girl Cordelia. Now on to Lon'qu and Tharja.
Also, regarding the Avatar and a certain DLC,
Also, regarding the Avatar and a certain DLC,
what do you guys think? Is the Avatar the same as the one from FE7? Cuz Validar's backstory for him seems to contradict that.