theprodigy
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That was actually the case in all versions both Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn (RD does need Master Crowns to promote to 3rd tier in the Japanese version though).
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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT2| PAL reinforcements
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That was actually the case in all versions both Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn (RD does need Master Crowns to promote to 3rd tier in the Japanese version though).
Benzychenz
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Yo, so I'm up to chapter 21 now and wondering what my best option is.
I want to go recruit all the kids but I've been wanting to get my units to level 15 for skills first. Thing is I feel like I'm nearing the end, and I'd like to actually use the kids. So should I not worry about skills and just go get them now, or should I grind everyone up to 15 in the exp dlc (would that make the main game too easy?), or should I just keep playing with my gen 1 units?
For reference pretty almost everyone is around level 8 or so in a promoted class. Robin maxed Grandmaster and is now a level 2 Dark Knight, and Chrom and Lon'qu are both level 14.
Playing hard/classic.
I want to go recruit all the kids but I've been wanting to get my units to level 15 for skills first. Thing is I feel like I'm nearing the end, and I'd like to actually use the kids. So should I not worry about skills and just go get them now, or should I grind everyone up to 15 in the exp dlc (would that make the main game too easy?), or should I just keep playing with my gen 1 units?
For reference pretty almost everyone is around level 8 or so in a promoted class. Robin maxed Grandmaster and is now a level 2 Dark Knight, and Chrom and Lon'qu are both level 14.
Playing hard/classic.
I'd say get the kids when you want to, you can use them for the Spotpass chapters or any DLC you have. As far as I'm aware you don't have to have optimal/broken skills on the children for Hard mode, it's just nice to. If you're using EXPonential Growth to grind the parents to level 15 for their skill, and then just use the kids instead of them, it shouldn't make the main game any easier.
Currently on Chapter 6 on Lunatic. I started messing around with the pairings reading some guides and stuff.
Anything I should reconsider?
I'm having second thoughts about Robin. Maybe let Sumia have Chrom and leave Robin for someone else.
Anything I should reconsider?
Chrom x Robin (F)
Donnel x Sully
Gaius x Tharja
Frederick x Sumia
Libra x Maribelle
Gregor x Miriel
Herny x Olivia
Vaike x Nowi
Ricken x Lissa
Sthal x Cordelia
Kellam x Panne
Lon'qu x Cherche
Virion left out in the cold.
Donnel x Sully
Gaius x Tharja
Frederick x Sumia
Libra x Maribelle
Gregor x Miriel
Herny x Olivia
Vaike x Nowi
Ricken x Lissa
Sthal x Cordelia
Kellam x Panne
Lon'qu x Cherche
Virion left out in the cold.
I'm having second thoughts about Robin. Maybe let Sumia have Chrom and leave Robin for someone else.
Is there any easy way to get low level, weak characters experience? I'm on Chapter 13 and it's really hard to get some of these guys kills without leaving them open for a beating.
And on that note, does anyone know which stats I should choose for Robin to maximize my Nah?
For my Lunatic run I'm planning to pair M!Robin with Nowi. Not only can Robin pass Ignis and the Pegasus Knight set to Nah, but Morgan will inherit Manakete from Nowi.
And on that note, does anyone know which stats I should choose for Robin to maximize my Nah?
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
The fundamentals should be knowing the weapon triangle. Press X to see the reach of the enemies and end your units before the threshold if you yourself are unable to get to them.
Aveyn Knight
Member
What difficult mode are you playing on? Normal or Hard?
The key thing, I find, is to make use of positioning and to play aggressively or defensively according to the situation.
Like, select an enemy to see how far they can move/attack or press X/Danger to show the enemy's range of attack.
Try not to leave your units open to attack, unless they can take the hits. You can use the terrain (like walls) or use your own units to form walls to protect weaker units.
You can use a strong unit (like Frederick, unarmed if possible) to bait in enemies in small groups, so they're more manageable.
Also, are you pairing up (two units combining into one)?
I'm playing on Normal/Casual since this is the first real SRPG I've played. I do get the weapon triangle and I make every effort to maximize use of that.
I've had decent luck bunching my guys up and trying to create choke points using the terrain so enemies have to attack in small groups and I can swap my guys around to take turns cutting the enemy down (and to build support among pairs). I usually stand my ground to protect the weaker party members and surround them with the stronger characters. But the last Paralogue map I played had an Ally character start out halfway across the map surrounded by 6-8 characters with ranged attacks and she was dead before I could even begin to get to her. The ranged enemies were also able to pound away at my party from across rivers and chasms so I couldn't even attack them in return.
I don't really use the Pair Up stuff because I don't understand how it works. And I'm starting to run into a problem where my guys' weapons are breaking but the weapons I'm finding are too high level for them to use as replacements because no one really has level B or A weapon proficiency yet.
I've had decent luck bunching my guys up and trying to create choke points using the terrain so enemies have to attack in small groups and I can swap my guys around to take turns cutting the enemy down (and to build support among pairs). I usually stand my ground to protect the weaker party members and surround them with the stronger characters. But the last Paralogue map I played had an Ally character start out halfway across the map surrounded by 6-8 characters with ranged attacks and she was dead before I could even begin to get to her. The ranged enemies were also able to pound away at my party from across rivers and chasms so I couldn't even attack them in return.
I don't really use the Pair Up stuff because I don't understand how it works. And I'm starting to run into a problem where my guys' weapons are breaking but the weapons I'm finding are too high level for them to use as replacements because no one really has level B or A weapon proficiency yet.
Aveyn Knight
Member
That sounds good so far; the Paralogue you mentioned is probably a bit tougher than what you're used to.
About Pair Up, it's usually beneficial so I would recommend trying to get to grips with it ASAP.
How it works is that one unit is temporarily assimilated into another and only one of the two units actively fights. However the unit that does fight gains significant stat boosts (the main reason you want to do this) and you can still take advantage of the Dual Strike and Dual Guard systems (which admittedly aren't well explained in the game, so I'll explain later if needed).
The only disadvantage, obviously, is that you lose one unit per pair, reducing your numbers. But on Normal, you can usually afford to have everyone paired and not worry about your smaller numbers.
For weapons, if you check the bottom-left of a character's stat screen, it'll show you your character's weapon proficiencies. They need a letter rank equal to or higher than the weapon to wield it. You can build up proficiency by repeatedly using weapons or using the rare Arms Scroll item.
Anyway, to solve your weapon supply problem, you can revisit locations on the world map that you cleared in the campaign and restock weapons from there. This will require gold though, which you can acquire by selling Bullions or other useless items.
I was just worried that there wouldn't be enough levels to hit the stat caps.
I ended up deciding to take him to Swordmaster for Swordfaire before switching, but with Inigo I'll just level him as Dread Fighter.
Thanks.
So far I've recruited Owain, Inigo, Kjelle, and Severa with full eugenics and I haven't even touched Chapter 14 yet. I'm trying to get all the children before proceeding with the main story, but some of the maps look really tough. I've been leaning heavily on my Lifetaker Nowi, who can basically solo everything.
MissDeviling
Member
If you do all the children's sidequests before continuing the main quest, the rest of the game will be a cakewalk, if you don't mind that.
I decided I don't care. I'm going to do a Lunatic run next anyway.
If my characters get too ridiculous I'll just do Apotheosis.
Random question, someone told me earlier that I need to have all the women married to unlock a special scene later. I noticed that with a male Robin, I end up with 6 female children and 5 males due to female Morgan. I solved this problem by marrying Lucina myself, but what happens if you choose someone else? Is there always one woman unattached?
If Robin marries a 1st gen character, there will always be a 2nd gen character of the opposite gender left unmarried. If Robin marries a 2nd gen character, then the rest of the 2nd gen characters can all get married since Morgan evens it out.
So to clarify, in the first scenario you do not get the bonus scene for marrying all the females off?
I did it with Sumia paired with Gaius. Send Panne or a mounted unit across the bridge to intercept the enemies going north, they'll attack you instead of swarming Anna. Sometimes Anna will last 4 turns, you're often at the mercy of the RNG.
She survive for four turns in my playthrough because of she evade fighters attacks 4 times in a row.
You only need to pair the 1st gen females to ensure you get everything, and that's mainly so you can unlock all the Paralogues and recruit all the children.
There's no bonus scene for pairing all the females.
Soooo I dunno if anyone here would be interested but I posted a few alternate box art covers for Awakening in the Custom Cover Art thread in case anyone wanted to use them. 
Previews:
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CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
So I figured out how to get the spot pass levels to appear, but there are no paths leading to them and I'm on chapter 23. Any suggestions?
Keep playing. The paths will appear when you unlock the final level. They're meant for endgame capable characters, anyway, and a couple of them for characters far more powerful than that.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Ah. Thanks.
I'm going to marry Robin with Nowi for my Lunatic run to create some crazy Manakete offspring. Which stats should I pick for Robin? I was thinking +Speed since that's usually a weakness of Nah, and -Luck since I don't really care about crits. Is that a good idea or should I try to maximize defense instead?
If you really want a crazy powerful Manakete, get a powerful Nah and marry her
But I figured marrying Nowi would give Nah Galeforce and kill two birds with one stone...
Yes he can. All main female unit can marry any main male unit, Sumia and Chrom is exception to this since they have limited option. Kinda obvious for Chrome, still unexplainable for Sumia.
Yeah but I was intending to marry him with Tharja and Donnel with Sully in order to maximize second generation Galeforces. You think I shouldn't bother?
This game is a fucking drug, i'm on my first run ever (classic normal mode) and i spent 115 hours on it. Now i've just completed chapter 21.
Since it's my first run and my first FE i've fucked up all the best pairings and class paths.
Please guys, can you post me a reclass path guide for each character?
Thank you
Since it's my first run and my first FE i've fucked up all the best pairings and class paths.
Please guys, can you post me a reclass path guide for each character?
Thank you
*Does Owain's pose*
This game is a fucking drug, i'm on my first run ever (classic normal mode) and i spent 115 hours on it. Now i've just completed chapter 21.
Since it's my first run and my first FE i've fucked up all the best pairings and class paths.
Please guys, can you post me a reclass path guide for each character?
Thank you
*Does Owain's pose*
I've spent almost exactly 90 hours on my first run and I just managed to clear Paralogue 23 (the last one) and recruit
Priam
As for reclassing, there are a lot of different ways to do it. I planned out everything for my first Hard mode run and got a pretty decent team, but after doing more research I drew up completely different plans for my Lunatic run. If you want, I'll share them here. I only really focus on the second generation units, since they're stronger, and just use the parents to get the desired inheritances.
Remember I drew this up myself and there is no one correct way to do it. I'll toss in some notes right now to explain my thinking.
If anyone has any criticisms or ways to improve on this I'd love to hear them.
This game is a fucking drug, i'm on my first run ever (classic normal mode) and i spent 115 hours on it. Now i've just completed chapter 21.
Since it's my first run and my first FE i've fucked up all the best pairings and class paths.
Please guys, can you post me a reclass path guide for each character?
Thank you
*Does Owain's pose*
It depends on what you want each character to do really, but the ideal path for most of the female characters is to get Galeforce as early as possible so that they can pass it down as early as possible, and for everyone else to change to the class with the best skill for their child.
Personally I use this guide which was linked in this thread before, but remember that while it is in depth it is still one person's opinion on what is 'best' for everyone: http://thephilosogamer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/fire-emblem-awakening-character.html?m=1
I'm planning to get the grinding map DLC, is it really useful or just a waste or money?
Please share the best paths you know about parents and their sons. The fact is i am such a noob when it comes for stats,skills and stuff like that xD
I trust you guys.
Thanks Riggy, there's a list for the "final" class instead of the path guide but there's the skill list so i can see it through that i guess. Does "the order" of changing classes affect the character development? I mean if ,for example, the guide tells me Chrom's class growth is Lord 20 > Cavalier 10 > Paladin 15+ > Great Knight 15 > Great Lord 20+
But my Chrom's classing actually is Lord 20>Great Lord 20+>Paladin 20>(to be continued) , then did i ruin him?
Please share the best paths you know about parents and their sons. The fact is i am such a noob when it comes for stats,skills and stuff like that xD
I trust you guys.
Thanks Riggy, there's a list for the "final" class instead of the path guide but there's the skill list so i can see it through that i guess. Does "the order" of changing classes affect the character development? I mean if ,for example, the guide tells me Chrom's class growth is Lord 20 > Cavalier 10 > Paladin 15+ > Great Knight 15 > Great Lord 20+
But my Chrom's classing actually is Lord 20>Great Lord 20+>Paladin 20>(to be continued) , then did i ruin him?
Star Falcon
Member
Picked this up last week, its brilliant. Just beat Chapter 11, playing on Normal/Classic. Lost like 6 characters already but man is it addictive!
I'll keep rolling through unspoilt for this run atleast, then after might so some reading and try a playthrough for 100%
but man is it addictive! I'll keep rolling through unspoilt for this run atleast, then after might so some reading and try a playthrough for 100%
The Golden Pack DLC is extremely useful especially for playing on Lunatic and Lunatic+.
The reason why the guide lists the classes in a certain order is so that you spend the least amount of time reclassing your characters - you can't 'ruin' your characters by reclassing them in a different order.
If you're wondering why they reclass at level 10 for base classes and level 15 for promoted classes, that's because level 10 and level 15 is when you learn that class's skills, so you don't have to level all the way to level 20 unless you want to.
So I just beat The Future Past. The feels. It completes all the character arcs perfectly, and in my opinion gives Lucina the ending she deserved. This is the one true timeline in my heart.
I was having trouble with the last map until I realized I could just be super aggressive and I beat it in 3 turns. Galeforce Nah with 50 skill and Armsthrift rekt shit.
I don't really have anything drawn up for the parents, just put them on the fastest route to the skills that need to be passed down to the kids.
I was having trouble with the last map until I realized I could just be super aggressive and I beat it in 3 turns. Galeforce Nah with 50 skill and Armsthrift rekt shit.
I don't really have anything drawn up for the parents, just put them on the fastest route to the skills that need to be passed down to the kids.
Thanks for the answers guys!
Just the completed chapter 25, it's time for the final battle now.Final paralogues get unlocked too but they seem to be very hard, is there a postgame so i can do them after the ending? Unfortunately i don't have much time left to spend on this great game(gonna check some backlog games), but i'll consider a new run in the future!
Just the completed chapter 25, it's time for the final battle now.Final paralogues get unlocked too but they seem to be very hard, is there a postgame so i can do them after the ending? Unfortunately i don't have much time left to spend on this great game(gonna check some backlog games), but i'll consider a new run in the future!
When you beat the game, it gets auto saved before entering the final chapter, so you can beat all remaining Paralogues and DLC and continue training your character indefinitely. You can also replay the final map and beat the game with an updated ending featuring all the additionally recruited characters.
Sweet, thank you. Grinding in this game is addictive sometimes lol
FallingEdge
Member
So when shopping at a merchant or shop in a city, how do I compare weapons? I want to compare what is on sale vs what I have equipped or what is in my inventory.
You can scroll through your characters to see what they have in their inventories, but I dont think you cant check your convoy in the store.