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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT2| PAL reinforcements
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Bros for life.
The Scramble DLC was great.
Harvest Scramble - Party hat Lissa is the greatest. The Owain + Inigo conversations in there were kind of a downer, but it did make me like those two even more and it was nice to see Owain being serious. The rest was funny light-hearted fun. I especially liked the Kjelle and Severa conversations.
Summer Scramble - I pretty much made everyone who could become a sorcerer be a sorcerer. Nothing like using Nosferatu in your swimsuit. The lack of sparkles in the edited Tharja CG is very disappointing though. Oh, and the covered bum is bad too, I guess. It was fun to see Lissa interact with girls not named Maribelle, and the Sumia x Mirielle conversation was gold.
Hot Spring Scramble - Did the same thing as in Summer Scramble and made everyone be a Swordmaster. I really like the yukatas they used and I really wish they would be usable outside of this stage. I really enjoyed the conversations the Avatar had with the children. I especially enjoyed the father son conversation with Owain, to no one's surprise. It gave me all sorts of warm fuzzies, especially the ending of the second conversation. I also liked Morgan and Cynthia's conversation with each other just because I can say that Morgan's pranks is something she got from Lissa. Avatar's family with Lissa is still my One True Family of forever.
Awwww not cool man, she's his daughter in my game!
How was supposed to beat the boss in Paralogue 8 without losing a character? Dude attacked 4 times in a row, and would kill anyone I sent in even with the best support. I ended up having to send my speediest characters that could dodge 4 times in a row to whittle him down.
So I just hit 300 hours. Not even done with the dlc or the game yet. My god. My most played game is SSF43D at 441 but that's cause I got it with my 3ds as my first game and still play it now.
Can't you outrange him with Virion+Longbow?
Can't you outrange him with Virion+Longbow?
I stupidly turned Virion into the other kind of archer, the horse one instead of sniper, so I have to wait til he's level 10 before I can change him so that I can use the longbow again. But yeah that would've helped since the dude didn't seem to want to move.
Hey McNum, thanks for the helpful tips for the Harvest Scramble map.
It was easy with archers but I got trapped once. Those damn Risen trapped my Warrior Vaike (forgot to give him melee weapons), Sniper Virion and Sniper Noire. They were separated so that there was no way out. Tried it again and paired them with melee units, just to be sure. That did the trick.
Oh, and I saw that I can S-Rank Flavia. Goddamn. Now I have to replay the whole game AGAIN! 250 hours already. This game was really worth the price.
It is a lot of work, but it's fun for the characters you really like. I liked all of Sully. I mean I haven't gotten them all but I watched youtube videos >.>
I also have enjoyed Noire's and Nah's. Nah is like third on my list now.
lol I hate Lunatic. made it to the last chapter but I'm not getting any breaks. I even went back and got MU galeforce to help, but Chrom won't hit Aether
I'm going to give Lucina a try at it.
I also have enjoyed Noire's and Nah's. Nah is like third on my list now.
lol I hate Lunatic. made it to the last chapter but I'm not getting any breaks. I even went back and got MU galeforce to help, but Chrom won't hit Aether
I'm going to give Lucina a try at it.Rockman.EXE
Banned
lol I hate Lunatic. made it to the last chapter but I'm not getting any breaks. I even went back and got MU galeforce to help, but Chrom won't hit Aether
You may want to try and give Chrom Luna instead of Aether because it has twice the activation rate
Are Great Knights the only ones who can learn it? And if all else fails i'll try that.
Yup that's right. Great Knights at lvl 5.
MrCookiepants
Member
Finished the game in just under 50 hours.
I definitely did too much grinding. Didn't even need to bring a healer to the final battle because all my characters were invincible. Got kind of bored towards the end and turned off all battle animations to get it over and done with.
But that's mostly my fault. Fantastic game. Not sure if I'll do another playthrough, but I plan on going back and finishing the rest of the side stories. I consider myself a fan now and will anticipate the next one!
I definitely did too much grinding. Didn't even need to bring a healer to the final battle because all my characters were invincible. Got kind of bored towards the end and turned off all battle animations to get it over and done with.
But that's mostly my fault. Fantastic game. Not sure if I'll do another playthrough, but I plan on going back and finishing the rest of the side stories. I consider myself a fan now and will anticipate the next one!
I'm up to Chapter 25 which seems to be the final chapter. Is there anything I need to do before playing this one, or does the end game remain open?
I'm at 45 hours btw. I also restarted many times to avoid any character deaths. Did quite a lot of grinding, including at least 5 battles from each of the bonus teams.
I'm at 45 hours btw. I also restarted many times to avoid any character deaths. Did quite a lot of grinding, including at least 5 battles from each of the bonus teams.
Chapter 25 is the penultimate chapter. The final chapter is called Endgame. Your campaign progress doesn't save beyond Endgame.
Man... so I only have 5 chapters to go. Oh well, I really want to try it again on hard (or lunatic?!) anyway. Normal Classic was a breeze, and I didn't really do any of the random encounters, just story chapters and paralogues. But gosh what a great game and introduction to the series!
Hard mode has been pretty tough, but that's partly because I don't have much experience in this genre. It's definitely reasonable. Once I figured out where the Wireless section was (lol) and I started grinding a bit, I could beat some of the Chapters on first try without allowing any deaths.
Hard mode is indeed pretty though, just started it and I'm stuck on chapter 5. Curse my everybody-shall-survive-OCD, luckily I'll be marrying my avatar to Chrom this time so I should get a good royal family up and running. Worst part is that reeking boxes are 4800 gold while they were 500 on normal.
Just picked this game up and am really looking forward to jumping right in. I'll be travelling across Europe for the next month and this is gonna be my downtime enjoyment. The question I have is this....
I will not have Internet acces to look on gaf and ask advice or such while on vacation,..
What is the best way to play this game? Any advice or tips would be great. For the most part is there anything I can do in the game that would come back to bite me in the ass later on? I am perfectly fine with just playing through a game and not reading up on it or anything, but I want to get the full experience from this as I hear its a great game and I don't tend to play multiple playthroughs of games.
Thanks for any help.
I will not have Internet acces to look on gaf and ask advice or such while on vacation,..
What is the best way to play this game? Any advice or tips would be great. For the most part is there anything I can do in the game that would come back to bite me in the ass later on? I am perfectly fine with just playing through a game and not reading up on it or anything, but I want to get the full experience from this as I hear its a great game and I don't tend to play multiple playthroughs of games.
Thanks for any help.
The thing i didn't know about going in was what seals do. Using seals will change your character's class, and every class has different skills that you can pick up and keep even through future class changes. Therefore it's a good idea to run characters through a couple different class changes to pick up a variety of skills. Generally you have all of the skills from a class when you get it to lvl 15.
thanks, I was able to beat it thankfully because of lucina hitting Aether and Chrome getting his hits in. Lucina always get it done for me lol. Lissa was sacrificed to heal someone and MU was able to clear space thanks to galeforce to let Chrom and Lucina attack.it was glorious. lol and very lucky
Rollo Lawson
Banned
About 45 minutes in, and already this is one of the most gorgeous visual presentations I've ever seen. These cut scenes are beautiful.
Glad your enjoying the game.
It was not planned I swear but it had to be fate. It was her healing that allowed Chrom to survive the turn. She was the deciding factor. And I even lost Sully ealy on, bro my Sully, and I had to push on. I was surprised Lissa lasted that long honestly, there was no way she could have survived on this run with my playstyle lol. I don't even want to imagine Lunatic+ right now.
The MVP goes to MU, she was a beast once she hit her stride even surpassing Chrom for a large part of the game, I also turned her into a Grandmaster->Sorcerer->Dark Flier->Sorcerer so she was set Ignis, Vengeance, Galeforce and Nosferatu for healing.
I used the medium sized MU with the blonde super saiyan hair so it was natural to see her shooting fireballs lmao. And it kinda fit story-wise.Yeah they made me want to try drawing anime again which I haven't done in years
Yeah the Spotpass characters could've had a bit more work done on them.
Finally beat the game! I won't be doing any post game stuff because I just don't have time these days to play games so thoroughly, but I absolutely adored the 50 hours I spent playing it. Hard mode, no character deaths until Grima where I let 2 characters die because I needed to beat it quickly so I can ship the game off to a fellow gaffer before the post closes today.
dakkumauji
Member
Saw this today at Kinokuniya and I absolutely knew I just had to buy it on the spot regardless of the price!
Vanillalite
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Chapter 5 on hard mode can go fuck itself for all I care right now!
Grrrrr....
Grrrrr....
Absolutely worth it. My favorite OST this year.
From the figure thread:
This game won't stop taking my money.
So pretty.
ArchedThunder
Banned
The fact that I can't marry Libra as a man saddens me...
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God I suck at this game. Chapter 5 on hard/classic mode is just sooo hard.
Something bad always happens. I mean even after I rescue the two people shit goes wrong. Either those super fast pegasus or the boss always manages to get to a squishy before I can clean up. Plus I feel like I have to over use Frederick when I need to level everyone else.
Something bad always happens. I mean even after I rescue the two people shit goes wrong. Either those super fast pegasus or the boss always manages to get to a squishy before I can clean up. Plus I feel like I have to over use Frederick when I need to level everyone else.
Chapter 6 is even worse...but after that it becomes easier.
I'm getting better guys!
Took me an hour to complete Chapter 4 (i'm so new to this) and I lost Vaike but it was hopefully a worthy trade off as I got that random Loq'u bloke who seems pretty nifty.
Click glance at Chapter 5 is like "lolnope". Multi-tier and a ton of enemies. I'll be here another week! xD
Took me an hour to complete Chapter 4 (i'm so new to this) and I lost Vaike but it was hopefully a worthy trade off as I got that random Loq'u bloke who seems pretty nifty.
Click glance at Chapter 5 is like "lolnope". Multi-tier and a ton of enemies. I'll be here another week! xD
oh that stage :/ I usually position my units in that narrow path where you start and wait for the enemy to approach. I also have units positioned to take out the enemies near the bottom of the map. reinforcements do spawn so you have to be cautious where your units are located. its a good idea to check the enemies range and plan according to that also. Lead with your stronger units and make sure youre keeping the fragile ones safe.
and yes the game can be difficult at the beginning, I restarted more times than I can remember lol but once your favorite units to get stronger it gets easier.
and yes the game can be difficult at the beginning, I restarted more times than I can remember lol but once your favorite units to get stronger it gets easier.
This is only the second FE I've played, but a problem I'm starting to have with the series is that it feels like the onus is on me to grind up some of my characters before they're actually useful in combat. It seems to me like too many important characters are barely useful in the early game, and there's always one or two characters who are so strong I barely need anyone else.
I'm only on Chapter 5 so far, but for some reason Chrom can't do shit without getting brutalized immediately after. Most normal assaults leave him with less than half his health remaining. Same with Sully. On the flipside, Fredrick and Kellham have been able to carry the last couple battles almost entirely on their own.
In Rekka no Ken (the first GBA Fire Emblem released in the US) - the only other one I've played, people said this was a problem with Marcus (I think it was Marcus) because he could easily hog up all the EXP in the early game by winning battles essentially on his own. Later on for me Rekka no Ken basically became "Oswin: the Game."
It just seems kind of imbalanced from where I'm sitting.
I'm only on Chapter 5 so far, but for some reason Chrom can't do shit without getting brutalized immediately after. Most normal assaults leave him with less than half his health remaining. Same with Sully. On the flipside, Fredrick and Kellham have been able to carry the last couple battles almost entirely on their own.
In Rekka no Ken (the first GBA Fire Emblem released in the US) - the only other one I've played, people said this was a problem with Marcus (I think it was Marcus) because he could easily hog up all the EXP in the early game by winning battles essentially on his own. Later on for me Rekka no Ken basically became "Oswin: the Game."
It just seems kind of imbalanced from where I'm sitting.
Rockman.EXE
Banned
Pair-up to raise stats so you wont take so much damage
Make use of Lissa and Maribelle, and vulneraries and elixers
Make use of Lissa and Maribelle, and vulneraries and elixers
Shiii I love my Lunatic MU Sorcerer. All her stats except Res is maxed out. When paired with Chrom I was able to beat the Radiant Hero Paralogue with just them two:0 I had a fa lot of close calls. I loaded her up with Nosferatus to make sure she could survive each turn and it also helped tremendously that Chrom has about a 90% chance of attacking and 30% chance of defending when theyre paired. This is madness.
Absolutely worth it. My favorite OST this year.
From the figure thread:
This game won't stop taking my money.
Looks really good.
Chapter 19 is ruining me. I'd been pottering along enjoying myself having a decent idea what I was doing but not wanting to look up every little thing and progressing without too much hassle, but this is a step too far at the moment and the first time I'm really being punished for not building some characters up better (or maybe restarting when I lost some others in battle).
Do the reinforcements ever stop or will they keep coming as long as the commander remains alive?
I need to do more of this too, it's a mechanic I haven't used at all at this point.
Do the reinforcements ever stop or will they keep coming as long as the commander remains alive?
I need to do more of this too, it's a mechanic I haven't used at all at this point.
I'm getting better guys!
Took me an hour to complete Chapter 4 (i'm so new to this) and I lost Vaike but it was hopefully a worthy trade off as I got that random Loq'u bloke who seems pretty nifty.
Click glance at Chapter 5 is like "lolnope". Multi-tier and a ton of enemies. I'll be here another week! xD
You let Vaike die? He is one of my best man. As a Warrior, he kills entire armies with Tomahawks. It can have huge consequences to let certain units die.
Rockman.EXE
Banned
Fantastic work on getting to chapter 19 without pairing up anyone!
You gotta pair-up every unit that is not a healer or rallybot. Your units will survive ALOT longer paired up than going solo. There is literally NO benefit to going solo rather than pair-up.
Its best to pair-up the same couple all the time to raise their support level and hence raise their dual strike/guard chances and pair-up bonuses.
I figure the same, considering that and Apotheosis are pretty much all that's really left now.