Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That's what makes it hot.
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Fire Emblem Awakening |OT2| PAL reinforcements
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That's what makes it hot.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
To be completely serious though now I have no idea what to do with her now seeing that the skills she has kinda suck. 
Wyvern rider skills don't seem all that useful, seeing that I want her paired up all the time, especially on these latter stages. Wasn't a fan of the manakete's skills either.
Wyvern rider skills don't seem all that useful, seeing that I want her paired up all the time, especially on these latter stages. Wasn't a fan of the manakete's skills either.To be completely serious though now I have no idea what to do with her now seeing that the skills she has kinda suck.
Deliverer from lvl 5 Griffon Rider is cool.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
iirc, pairing up doesn't affect skills that only work when the unit is isolated.To be completely serious though now I have no idea what to do with her now seeing that the skills she has kinda suck.
dakkumauji
Member
To be completely serious though now I have no idea what to do with her now seeing that the skills she has kinda suck.
Nothing wrong with the -breaker skills.
Sucks that my units will have similar skill builds for the last DLC. Where's mah variety.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Variety can take a backseat when your up against a goddess and her legion of doom.
Gotta do whatever it takes to take out dat Goddess.
Skyfireblaze
Member
According to the wall of shame, I have the most posts in this thread. Didn't know that. In the first OT, I'm 3rd.... this is like.. blowing my mind.
Yeah it's not too bad. I think it's easy to pick up and I'm always here to help.
I still have 4, 5, 9, 10, and 11 to play
See them prices for Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn? Man...
Holy... so you must be a great master tactician
Thanks for the help offer too, I managed just fine so far though now that the shops and the combination system unlocked I don't really know what to do anymore, plus keeping everybody equally well leveled also seems to be quite the task D: Is it okay if I ignore combining for now? I play Normal/Classic...And I take it Radiant Dawn is rare then? If so I feel stupid for giving my copy to Gamestop because I couldn't warm up to it
For Normal? Yeah you'll be okay with not pairing up for a while. Maybe for the entire game. No reason not to anyway unless you're worried about the 2nd unit not getting exp. Even then, I think the bonuses provided by the 2nd unit negates that. And you can grind in this game.
Since you're on Normal, you can buy Reeking Boxes for 500 bucks. It spawns Risen on the spot you used it on and the Risen's levels are a bit higher than the story enemies on that chapter. So if you used it on Chapter 1 and it had lvl 1 story enemies, the Risen from the Box will be lvl 2-3, something like that.
Mhmm RD is rare. More than 90 bones on Amazon. Path of Radiance is even worse...
Since you're on Normal, you can buy Reeking Boxes for 500 bucks. It spawns Risen on the spot you used it on and the Risen's levels are a bit higher than the story enemies on that chapter. So if you used it on Chapter 1 and it had lvl 1 story enemies, the Risen from the Box will be lvl 2-3, something like that.
Mhmm RD is rare. More than 90 bones on Amazon. Path of Radiance is even worse...
I would pay to have Hawkeye.
dakkumauji
Member
It's silly that Snipers can't learn this. And instead learn Hit Rate +20.
Such a useless skill =(
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Getting paragon and Limit Breaker to all of my guys.
Gonna grind Cordelia just because because I forget to get her Armsthrift. Probably gonna grind Frederick too since he is her husband so that at least he can contribute something when being paired up with her in battles.
Still feeling sore and salty due to my lost EOIV save file >___>
Gonna drown that feeling a bit with good-ol-fashioned Fire Emblem grinding.
Gonna grind Cordelia just because because I forget to get her Armsthrift. Probably gonna grind Frederick too since he is her husband so that at least he can contribute something when being paired up with her in battles.
Still feeling sore and salty due to my lost EOIV save file >___>
Gonna drown that feeling a bit with good-ol-fashioned Fire Emblem grinding.
dakkumauji
Member
And it was such an useless skill in FE8 too!
That would give people a reason to actually take the time...and abuse to level up snipers.
Chapter 17, risen battles. Toss your support buddy in the doorway and have your sniper go to town.
I have a dirty mind.
Too late for me.
All females have an A rank in bows. I could have used this bit of info...
The Awesomest
Member
I played it on an emulator with liberal save state abuse, with Paragon mode, and I still have a tough time. I think I got to the chapter with all the ballistas where the mage knight lady appears with her friend, and I felt like playing some other FE and I stopped.
I haven't bothered with 4 because the Pursuit skill and no trading seems like a real drag. I don't think I'll bother with 1 and 3 because of the remakes.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
They made Hawkeye way too overpowered though. Should've been hit+50 or something like that.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Hmm alright thanks again! Yeah the EXP thing was my primary concern but okay I will see what I can do
And thanks for the tip with the Reeking Boxes, a friend gave me that tip too so that should work well for leveling. Now I just need to figure out how to effectively restock and if upgrading items is worth it at that point.Also ugh I see
I wasn't on GAF back then but now I wish I kept it to sell it for a fair price to someone seeking here. Oh well what's done is done...dakkumauji
Member
Change into any of her other two class trees. She'll wreck stuff with Swordfaire and Astra from Swordmasters and Dark Filer can give her and her child the coveted Galeforce.
Dunno. You could make him a Wyvern Rider for the hell of it or hope he gains magic as a Mage? Whatever really I guess.
The Awesomest
Member
You can keep her as a Dancer if you want to keep dancing for people. I made her an Assassin for Lethality, and she's quite good. Virion I made a Bow Knight just because he can use a melee weapon, has good range, and learns two skills that aren't Hit +20.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Hmmm, unfortunate that you have her leveled up to 30 as dancer. But at the very least you can immediately jump to advanced class.
Recommending you make get to Swordmaster first to get Astra and Swordfaire and Darkflier to get Galeforce. Also recommending making Assassin as her final class.
Virion, hmmmh. Bowknight maybe for Bowbreaker so he can pass it up to Gerome should you marry him with Cherche.
Should have game them rightful king (with a rename of course).
Hmm alright thanks again! Yeah the EXP thing was my primary concern but okay I will see what I can do
Also ugh I see
Sell the Bullion you get from killing enemies and looting chests.
The good news is that the bloke who bought your copy from Gamestop must be happy with their purchase... I hope :/
Forget it. Lvl 30 Dancers are awesome since it skips the exp bar animation. Makes Rescue Spam less of a pain in my experience.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Okay will do since I noticed items seem to be quite expensive :/ And yeah I hope so too because I would feel bad if someone got it who wouldn't appreciate it
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
The stat cap for Dancers is rather low though
Dancer is not that useful in this game methinks. Aside for the glitter I don't see any reason to use Dancer, but that's just me.
The Awesomest
Member
The stat cap for Dancers is rather low though
Dancer is not that useful in this game methinks. Aside for the glitter I don't see any reason to use Dancer, but that's just me.
Temporary buffs? Stack with Rally skills? I dunno.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
The stat cap for Dancers is rather low though
Dancer is not that useful in this game methinks. Aside for the glitter I don't see any reason to use Dancer, but that's just me.
Dancers tend to be less useful, at least on the lower difficulties (might be more useful on earlier lunatic chapters, but probably not) due to Galeforce.
When you can take a paired set of kids in, kill a unit, refresh and switch to their partner, kill someone else, refresh again and book it back to relative safety, the Dancer's ability becomes less necessary, at least from a strategic standpoint.
That, and as you said, for Olivia, Assassin seems to have much better caps, while Dancer's second skill is not anywhere near as effective as having a rally bot.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
It's just for one person though, unlike Rally skills where everyone can enjoy their benefits simultaneously.
Yeah.
IIRC the strength cap for Olivia as dancer is 30. That is... very low.
fatgamecat
Member
Give FE12 a try if you can import it. It's one of the best FEs, too bad it wasn't localized. FE5 can be pretty brutal.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
My unit was so awesomely overpowered in terms of growths before I got to Awakening.
Would suggest getting Swordfaire from SM and then switching Olivia to Assassin, the 15% innate crit from being a SM isn't present, and Assassin has the same or better caps on every stat except 4 less magic, 2 more Defense and 8 more Resistance. Of those, only the res is really important.
And yes, saving Gerome from going through Bow Knight by getting Bowbreaker makes him less time consuming. So many other weapons have 1-2 range in this game I'm not sold on keeping a permanent Bow user, except for maybe longbows or the +10 luck Nidhogg.
Personally, I found Gerome and Brady to be the 'worst' of the kids. I screwed up from an 'optimal' skillset/caps for most of the kids, but Owain/Kjelle/Yarne at least have Galeforce/Armsthrift, or Laurent, who has access to Sorcerer.
Brady and Gerome just seem to have gotten by far the worst stat ups, even with the former having Galeforce. Every other kid is at cap or 1-2 away in their main stats, while Brady has terrible speed (granted, Vaike as a father) and Gerome (with Virion) just kind of blends in with the parent units in terms of power. Suppose that their personalities play into that a bit, to be fair.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
At least with Brady you can get Galeforce along with Armsthrift, making him a very dangerous magic wielder that can cast stuff like Mjolnir or forged Katarina's Bolt with impunity.
And yeah, other than aesthetic reason, once you have astra and swordfaire, an Assassin can basically serve a better role as a Swordmaster than the Swordmaster itself. That additional bow can be useful for a variety of situation.
Although they don't get to use Amatsu, but that's hardly a concern since with Assassin you can use stuff like Nidhogg or forged Brave Bows plus Mystletainn or forged Brave Blade on a single person.
And yeah, other than aesthetic reason, once you have astra and swordfaire, an Assassin can basically serve a better role as a Swordmaster than the Swordmaster itself. That additional bow can be useful for a variety of situation.
Although they don't get to use Amatsu, but that's hardly a concern since with Assassin you can use stuff like Nidhogg or forged Brave Bows plus Mystletainn or forged Brave Blade on a single person.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Wait, dark knights can't use dark tomes?
FUUUUUU.
FUUUUUU.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Yeah, I was sad when I found this out too.
Pretty lame, but I suppose they had to give Sorcs something besides insane def and Res caps for a magic class in addition to Vengeance+Nosferatu.....
Lol.
Yeah, I've found Aversa's Night, and Kata's bolt (30% base crit is nuts) to be used more often along with brave weapons than any of the 'regalia'. Legendary weapons don't seem to pack enough additional 'oomph' in a lot of instances to overcome uber-forged Brave weapons (save for Nidhogg and the STR+5 ones, which are helpful with Sol for the non-magic users)
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I wish they would have told me that before I turned tharja into one.
Oh well. Is it lv10 promoted when I can switch to another promoted class with second seal?
Oh well. Is it lv10 promoted when I can switch to another promoted class with second seal?