I think Fred is the traditional high-powered early-game unit to use as a last resort rather than a key unit.
I think I've only had to use him once out of desperation.
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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT2| PAL reinforcements
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I think Fred is the traditional high-powered early-game unit to use as a last resort rather than a key unit.
I think I've only had to use him once out of desperation.
Quick question guys, since I've played classic mode I've lost my archer guy, the red hair women on the hose, and the girl healer from the start. Since they seem to be involved in the plot is it possible to get them back or do I need to restart? Dat weight on my shoulders man, I am feeling guilty on not planning right at the start
Welcome to Fire Emblem.
Sometimes you can find items or get bonuses like experience boosts. It's worth checking out every session. It's also really cool how items get added the further you get in the game.
I married my Miriel to Vaike and it's stone cold murder all round. Lon'qu is currently being paired with a Wyvern Rider Panne.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
So are pegasus knights incredibly gimped in this one? I remember pegasus knights being pretty good on the FE for GBA, but I can barely make use of sumia in any meaningful way.
I think they are typically very weak early on, but once they get some str and learn to dodge properly they work great. That's in the gba version though, I haven't played this yet.
Also, I just picked up the bundle. Only 3 hours until I can play...
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Huh. Maybe I should power her more than. I remember the one in FE GBA being a beast though.
By the way how often should I be doing the challenge missions or are they completely optional?
By the way how often should I be doing the challenge missions or are they completely optional?
You don't need to do them at all.
I've barely even touched Stahl, his few growths were abysmal and I ditched him in frustration. Sully is doing amazingly paired with my avatar. I've never liked the green cavaliers before anyway (with the exception of Sain, he's awesome).
This game is crack, and the only previous FE i played was the Wii one which I never touched again after playing 30 mins (I uh tend to do that a lot since I buy a lot of games and play once before going back to WoW/2k/Sfiv etc)
But yeah this game is crack.
Holy fuck I missed that too... I think I'm just going to restart period since I messed up my chapter 6 battle and I already lost ricken and the archer dude in chapter 5.
Only done 2:30 hours according to save file but after the amount of soft resets, it's probably more like 7 hours!
But yeah this game is crack.
Holy fuck I missed that too... I think I'm just going to restart period since I messed up my chapter 6 battle and I already lost ricken and the archer dude in chapter 5.
Only done 2:30 hours according to save file but after the amount of soft resets, it's probably more like 7 hours!
chaosblade
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The Risen on the map are optional, but drop some money and a weapon so they're good for that as well as experience.
And Sumia is the lesser of the two Peg Knights you get, her strength and defense growths are pretty blah.
We don't get 3? How am I supposed to use the almost useless triangle attack?
Understandable, I'd say that Radiant Dawn has Dark Souls levels of beginner friendliness. That totally you expected you to have completed Path of Radiance beforehand and went all out in its expectations of the player from the beginning.
Tell that to my Sumia.
I bought mine off the eShop too and I haven't had any lock ups.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
So how does the marriage system works?
Aw. It is essentially useless, at least.
S Ranks are marriage. A character can only get married once and there are no divorces. No same sex marriages either. Once a pair are married a sidequest will chow up on the map with their child as a recruitable character.
Yeah I'm interested in going back and playing it now but obviously will have to somehow snag a copy of the gamecube game first.. if i can find it.
whats my other options for english FE?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Alright, so is the child dependent on the mother, father, or both?
Also, who here is in camp "let 'em die" and who here is in camp "fuck this shit restart"? So far I've been in camp "fuck this shit restart", but I'm thinking of letting that go soon with characters that I don't care too much about.
So many stupid deaths on hard though from the RNG makes it hard for me not to just "rage" restart. >_>
path of radiance and radiant dawn are your best choices and the better games, otherwise there are FEs on gba and on DS (but kinda avoid that one).
On that topic, coming from a recent PoR/RD playthrough, the way combat scenes are handled in Awakening are just fresh air. This thing alone improves a lot the flow and the accessability of the game.
- First one released in the west.
- Long tutorial for baka gaijins.
- Nevertheless very well received among the fanbase and most people's first FE until now.
- Features the father of Roy from Smash Bros. Melee as the protagonist among others.
- One of the easiest Fire Emblems.
- Story and continent is stand-alone.
- Free on your 3DS if you are an ambassador.
- Second good choice for newcomers.
- Remake of the very first Fire Emblem game, featuring Marth.
- Very basic plot and systems.
- Many call it bland.
- Its sequel wasn't released in the west.
I'd say Fire Emblem (the top one), Sacred Stones and Path of Radiance are all good choices.
The only one I've encountered so far is very much her mother's child.
We went over this in ManGAF, but I think I'll go Ironman style on a Hard mode playthrough.
Dependent on the mother, except in two special cases.
Two?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
One is "Marth"/Lucina who is Chrom's dauther through and through (the Falchion and "may father taught me to fight!" make it obvious). I don't know about the other.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Huh, kind of already guessed that one actually.
So at what levels should I worry about marrying them off?
My Chrom got forcibly married to my Sumia at chapter 11, so if you have him eyeing up someone else him him put a ring on it before then. I did my other marriages just after promoting.
Cordelia is the best first gen character that isn't Chrom or the Avatar, she has access to three of the best class trees in the game.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
What level is the promoting?
Eeeeeeeew
Chrom aside, you can marry at any time. Before you do the kids chapter, look at their parents current skills and put the 2 you want to pass down in the last slot before you start their paral-eer side story. You can still leave their chapters and switch their skills are replay the map to switch them if needed.
Second gen spoilers
Chrom and the Male avatar have a female child with any person they get with, and if the mother is also a spawn producing mother, they will produce two children. The female avatar will have a male child; but she will only have a second child if she marries Chrom. The only marraige that is forced is Chroms.
And honestly, if you had so many deaths you might want to restart on hard/casual. The mid game saves make it alot easier to deal with, I'd still reset a battle if anybody dies though.
Loving the game so far. Just reached the 11th chapter (Hard mode, Classic mode).
I promoted Lissa to Battle Cleric (her Magic stat was 9 at level 20... 9. So, yeah, I prefered to make her more tough, she's just an healing bot anyway). The other members of my team are 17-ish, with Virion being 18 (what can I say ? I love this guy). Sully and Donnel are married (don't sue me; the dialogue was hilarious), same for Chrom and Sumia (well, Sumia is lacking on the strenght side, but they make a good team), and I'm still not sure who to marry my avatar to (Tarja ? Anna ?). Anyhow, I'm not using change seals for the moment (I want my first experience to be as close as possible as a "regular" walkthrough, without abusing random encounters and such), though it's maybe time that Donnel finally becomes useful.
I promoted Lissa to Battle Cleric (her Magic stat was 9 at level 20... 9. So, yeah, I prefered to make her more tough, she's just an healing bot anyway). The other members of my team are 17-ish, with Virion being 18 (what can I say ? I love this guy). Sully and Donnel are married (don't sue me; the dialogue was hilarious), same for Chrom and Sumia (well, Sumia is lacking on the strenght side, but they make a good team), and I'm still not sure who to marry my avatar to (Tarja ? Anna ?). Anyhow, I'm not using change seals for the moment (I want my first experience to be as close as possible as a "regular" walkthrough, without abusing random encounters and such), though it's maybe time that Donnel finally becomes useful.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
What level does promotion becomes a factor?
Ah man, I don't really like how aggressive most of the enemies are. Usually they begin to rush your position sooner or later (mostly sooner), so most chapters feel like "defend x for y turns" from previous Fire Emblems.
It's not like I hate those missions, but it is so much harder to train weaker units this way, because you need your strongest units to tank and destroy.
It's not like I hate those missions, but it is so much harder to train weaker units this way, because you need your strongest units to tank and destroy.