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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT2| PAL reinforcements
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Some of the first gen characters are still usable, the second gen will have higher caps but the caps aren't a gamebreaker. The skills are, but a decent amount of the first gen will have access to all of the good skills.
dakkumauji
Member
ChromxMaribelle isn't bad.
Standard but all worth it to see Maribelle as red as a tomato.
Huh, I might be a little overleveled for the main story...
Chapter 11, Chrom vs. the boss. One round, two hits with a Steel Sword. Done. The boss had a 53% chance to hit. Sure, Chrom had Sumia with him, but she didn't do much other than providing a stat boost for that fight.
Then again, for story mission, I bring my A-game. Best characters, best weapons, biggest support bonuses. The only character who got injured worth noting was... um... Lissa. Flying axe to the head. Still, there's only one point of HP that matters, so a quick fix by Anna and she was back in action. then my Avatar killed the enemy who hit her and dinged 20.
So, now what? Grandmaster time? Or something else?
Chapter 11, Chrom vs. the boss. One round, two hits with a Steel Sword. Done. The boss had a 53% chance to hit. Sure, Chrom had Sumia with him, but she didn't do much other than providing a stat boost for that fight.
Then again, for story mission, I bring my A-game. Best characters, best weapons, biggest support bonuses. The only character who got injured worth noting was... um... Lissa. Flying axe to the head. Still, there's only one point of HP that matters, so a quick fix by Anna and she was back in action. then my Avatar killed the enemy who hit her and dinged 20.
So, now what? Grandmaster time? Or something else?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I cranked out a quick and dirty review. Not my finest, but whatever. Perspective from a SRPG fan, but Fire Emblem newbie.
You don't like mashed potatos? Cad.
Looks like Golden Gaffe is coming out tomorrow. Or maybe in just seven hours, actually, here. How difficult is that map? I mean on one hand abusing gold will make the main story easy, but on the other, not having to worry about money for Master Seals and Second Seals, not to mention Dragon and Beast stones, eventually, is awesome.
I will say that I think a strategy rpg is a horrible medium for telling a story as your complaint about too much talking before battle is pretty strong. I think this story was less intrusive than it was in other fire emblems (well except maybe the recent DS remakes).
In your score I'd probably up the characters and knock down the narrative a bit, but hey it's my opinion.
I don't know if I like or dislike the ability to grind. I know it's partially a self inflicted wound, but I do remember a lot of 'making do with what I had' on the original (that is to say FE7) that felt like an integral part of the experience. That said, I think I was playing on Normal...
I actually just placed my units in the starting area and had no problem until an archer on a horse had access to my Cherche. Whoops. Gonna retry later
I was bored and started planing my children with a xcel sheet. For now there are no calc functions, so you have to do the math yourself 
. I'll change it later, so you'll only have to enter the fathers name.
Uploading it to google documents didn't work since it's an .ods from open office, so here you go > http://dfiles.eu/files/1oro8eflc
. I'll change it later, so you'll only have to enter the fathers name.Uploading it to google documents didn't work since it's an .ods from open office, so here you go > http://dfiles.eu/files/1oro8eflc
I was bored and started planing my children with a xcel sheet. For now there are no calc functions, so you have to do the math yourself
Uploading it to google documents didn't work since it's an .ods from open office, so here you go > http://dfiles.eu/files/1oro8eflc
Hmmm maybe I could make a calculator.
Wait really there isn't a calculator for this stuff on the net? It's been so long that I figured there would be one.
NeonZ
Member
I'm surprised at your comment about the story being too slow/having too much presence at times. Awakening's main story sequences are actually fairly barebones compared to past FE titles, aside from the remakes, especially during the Valm chapters. They also did away with narrative/exposition sequences between each chapter.
I always assumed that they might had less story sequences due to development time and such, but now I wonder if the amount of story in games like Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn might have been an obstacle for some players. I had already thought about that regarding the narrations between chapters, but now I'm wondering if that might have been the reason behind the actual story sequences too. I guess we'll know for sure with the next title, whenever that comes.
http://serenesforest.net/fe13/char_max_all.html has something similar. I was just bored going through 5 different pages all the time and wanted all the information in one document.
It is, a big complaint of Path of Radiance is how slow the game is (story and gameplay). It's why I really couldn't get into Path of Radiance that much myself.
It's also how I would say a turn off for some, a turn on for others.
It's dlc.
It's ridiculously easy. Kill one enemy with 20hp and get 1000 gold.
Or kill enemies with 50+ HP and get 7000 gold.
Ah.
NeonZ
Member
Xenologues is the name for the DLC chapters in the American version. Outrealm Tales is the name in the European version apparently.
Do you have no content at all in the wireless menu? So, no bonus teams at all such? If that's your problem, you might just need a stronger source for the wireless signal. I had that problem with the American version a few times before finally updating it. I used the same connection I had used to download the game itself, but the spotpass content wasn't getting recognized and had to approach to signal's source to get it to work.
On the other hand, if you have some content already, then you just can't update because it isn't time yet. The spotpass content is only updated once a week. You can get one bonus team per day, but that's based on summoning and interacting with the previous bonus teams of the same game marked as "NEW", not any online connection (although you need to connect to receive characters from a new game).
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
So...
Are the children recruitment missions meant to be crazy hard?
I'm only up to chap 16 btw.
Highest level unit is FeMU at 13 while the second best is a promoted level 5.
Are the children recruitment missions meant to be crazy hard?
I'm only up to chap 16 btw.
Highest level unit is FeMU at 13 while the second best is a promoted level 5.
They appear out of order, so is totally possible you are getting an end-game mission. Sully's child for example is a easy one, enemies around level 17-20 unpromoted iirc.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Ah. Alright. Severa's is crazy.
They very loosely go by when you first meet the mothers and Robin.
Robin, lissa, and sully aren't too bad but after that.....yeah it spikes lol.
Yeah that girl is Crazy, dunno why people like her.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
That would make Lissa's the easiest, but I'm not sure that's the case.
You meet the avatar earlier.
I had some troubles yes. But what i did was turn spotpass off before you start the game in the option mode and then select your save and connect to wireless mode in the game. and when ask to turn on and update say yes. It will fetch all the content now.
That one is pretty easy. Her child should be able to solo that map with some support.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Alright, I guess I'll do a few more story stuff before going to the children missions.
Also is there a mission to reset lucina's stats and skills?
Not really, but she should be able to access the good stuff from her mother, and have aether already.
We don't know for sure, but it's unlikely for it to be next week because they only start a new DLC series at the end of another, and that's likely supposed to happen this week with the Scramble series.
Yeah, I think it's going to be scramble since we officialy get the last character tomorrow which coincided with the purpose of the scramble series (talking to people).
Tsundere charm?
She has the best supports.
I hate being paralyzed with indecision...
Avatar dings 20, hooray. Got several Master Seals and Second Seals on hand, so not a problem. Except that IS the problem. My Avatar is quite the accomplished tome user, but his swordsmanship is lacking. I could take a detour through Mercenary or Myrmidon and fix that, but I kind of want Rally Spectrum and Ignis. The only thing really worth going for in Merc for me is Armsthrift, and I could jump to Swordmaster and grab Astra later.
Same issue with The Vaike. Nearly 20, does he class up to Hero for Sol or become a Barbarian for Despoil?
Lissa just classes up to War Cleric on the path to Renewal, I think, and Chrom is going to do the Great Lord thing, because Aether.
This game sure has a lot of options, makes it hard to choose.
Avatar dings 20, hooray. Got several Master Seals and Second Seals on hand, so not a problem. Except that IS the problem. My Avatar is quite the accomplished tome user, but his swordsmanship is lacking. I could take a detour through Mercenary or Myrmidon and fix that, but I kind of want Rally Spectrum and Ignis. The only thing really worth going for in Merc for me is Armsthrift, and I could jump to Swordmaster and grab Astra later.
Same issue with The Vaike. Nearly 20, does he class up to Hero for Sol or become a Barbarian for Despoil?
Lissa just classes up to War Cleric on the path to Renewal, I think, and Chrom is going to do the Great Lord thing, because Aether.
This game sure has a lot of options, makes it hard to choose.
Awe, finally found the convert button on google docs ...
This is how far I got till now for my children sheet >
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AucI8iywOtkBdDV4MXhKNlZaVDVOSnRhMkZTV2pQd2c#gid=1
Only thing that is missing is the skills/class list. I'll do that later today maybe.
This is how far I got till now for my children sheet >
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AucI8iywOtkBdDV4MXhKNlZaVDVOSnRhMkZTV2pQd2c#gid=1
Only thing that is missing is the skills/class list. I'll do that later today maybe.
Starwolf_UK
Member
I'm windering if waiting for tactician to be level 20 beofre going Mercenary was a mistake. I mean hes almost certain to cap everything but HP, Magic, Luck and Res by level 10 (the other starts are all like 15 or above) so will have to commit the sin of promoting at level 10 or wasing 10 levels (and 5 internal levels) with only a few potential growth areas, 2 of which are bound not to happen due to class.
Did anyone ever figure out how supports grew? With the mothers you would expect couples to require more points (or a crazy jump to S rank) and/or certain pairs to be harder to make than tohers (i.e. the support system of most FE games). This reminds me that my pairing plans need to have some checking over and also I don't think I'll be unlocking them in order of difficulty at all. To be honest most of the B leage are probably going to turn out to be whatever happens first.
Did anyone ever figure out how supports grew? With the mothers you would expect couples to require more points (or a crazy jump to S rank) and/or certain pairs to be harder to make than tohers (i.e. the support system of most FE games). This reminds me that my pairing plans need to have some checking over and also I don't think I'll be unlocking them in order of difficulty at all. To be honest most of the B leage are probably going to turn out to be whatever happens first.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Chapter 16 is a right arsehole.
Goddamn.
Goddamn.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Once you start reclassing promoting at level 10 is not a big deal. Going 20 -> reclass -> 10 will get you fairly close to capping the key stats for the character, unless you go from like knight to mage or something. I'd say getting 10 levels or little to no stat growth is a bigger sin.
Ayup, no more archaic waiting 2000 turns to get one level in a battle.