Shifty1897
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Just hit Conquest 25 this morning (normal casual). Soon after I finish, I plan on getting birthright and doing a normal classic attempt.
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Fire Emblem Fates |OT| Nohr does what Hoshidon't
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Playing as a female in Conquest kinda makes her personality seem better since she instead becomes the doting older sister who adores little girls.
There's something about the way the hair covers..... her??????????????/ eye that makes the whole face look derp. An amazing creation regardless.
Perfection.
Finally beat Conquest 20 without losing anyone!!!
Cheesiest Firem Emblem victory by far, but I am damn proud of it.
I put the hero and Xander on my two fliers, and moved them into the current to the right of the start spot just out of attack range. They get boosted up. I trigger the dragon vein on turn two, moves all of the enemies except one out of range of the boss platform. Dock and break apart my teams surrounding that enemy. Next turn, kill the enemy, pair up main character and Xander and hit the boss. Turn after that, kill the boss with my fliers and seize the throne!
Cheesiest Firem Emblem victory by far, but I am damn proud of it.
SliceSabre
Banned
Adorable/10 would kill Hosidians with.
So, after finally finishing Awakening last week, I've started Birthright. Just wrapped up Chapter 8, I think?
Does the game ever get less Japanese? It's not a problem for me, but I just find it kind of weird that lances are renamed Naginatas, that tomes have been replaced with these animal spells, and that the word sword seems to have been replaced with Katana. I find that most of the names are a lot more Japanese, too, which can sometimes make it harder for me to keep them straight, although I remember the Nohr names being more Anglicized than the Hoshido names in the beginning. Is it just that this game takes a lot more cues from samurai culture rather than medieval culture? Seeing as Awakening is the only other one I've played, I'm just wondering if this is the way the series has usually been with Awakening being the exception, or does this game take the series in a more unique way?
The one with the Wind Tribe where you get a new Diviner
Does the game ever get less Japanese? It's not a problem for me, but I just find it kind of weird that lances are renamed Naginatas, that tomes have been replaced with these animal spells, and that the word sword seems to have been replaced with Katana. I find that most of the names are a lot more Japanese, too, which can sometimes make it harder for me to keep them straight, although I remember the Nohr names being more Anglicized than the Hoshido names in the beginning. Is it just that this game takes a lot more cues from samurai culture rather than medieval culture? Seeing as Awakening is the only other one I've played, I'm just wondering if this is the way the series has usually been with Awakening being the exception, or does this game take the series in a more unique way?
spindashing
Banned
Birthright follows a family that is more Japanese influenced.
Conquest will be more European.
Sorry I imported my JP save to the NA one.
I am not going to go and redo all the damn support grinding and skill grinding again.
Bonen no Max'd
Banned
Usually the series is all Europe-y, Fates distinguishes Hoshido and Nohr by giving the former Japanese names and aesthetics while making the latter pseudo-European like most FE nations.
Hoshido is fantasy-Japan-land, while Nohr is normal Fire Emblem. The Hoshidan weapons don't replace the normal ones, they're in addition. For example, naginata differ from lances in that all naginata give def/res +1. Similarly, yumi are bows that give res +2, and so on. If you play Nohr, you can't even buy or forge the Hoshidan weapons (though you still get some).
The classes mostly have equivalents, too. Nohr gets mercenaries where Hoshido gets samurai, fighters instead of oni, mages instead of diviners, and so on.
Thanks, that clears a lot of my questions. The in-game guide doesn't cover some important issues regarding this.
MetalGearOnlineK
Member
Chapter 20 Conquest
This wind stuff is SO confusing.
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
Well their former Prime Minister was married to his cousin, so it doesn't seem to be as big of deal over there like it is in the West.
I'm just surprised NOA didn't change it at all over here; considering how trigger happy they generally are. Heck, they even added an new confession scene for the Conquest campaign instead of reusing the Birthright one.
I'm just surprised NOA didn't change it at all over here; considering how trigger happy they generally are. Heck, they even added an new confession scene for the Conquest campaign instead of reusing the Birthright one.
Very interesting. So when I play Conquest, it'll have all the names that I'm used to and stuff? What a unique way to go about it: it really does make the game feel different. I wonder what Revelations is like. Mix of both, I would assume?
BuckRobotron
Member
Man, Conquest normal/classic still puts up a fight at the end. Just finished the first time and, well, there were casualties...Going to redo it to finish with more dignity although I did keep most preferred characters intact the first time. Despite the oddball (at times unfortunate) story, I enjoyed the Nohr characters quite a bit and am happy that my first experience with Fates was Conquest. Over time, I'm sure I'll return to it on a harder difficulty.
Will start up Revelations soon for a slower burn, relaxed hard/classic playthrough. Really not interested in fighting for the Hoshidans, so skipping Birthright for now. I'll interact with the characters in Revelations anyway.
Will start up Revelations soon for a slower burn, relaxed hard/classic playthrough. Really not interested in fighting for the Hoshidans, so skipping Birthright for now. I'll interact with the characters in Revelations anyway.
The way conquest seems to work, any mage with low defense will die super fast, you cant baby sit your units as much. But Odin int sucks so..
This is the mission I'm on. Makes my brain hurt.
Just look at which way it's moving.
HylianHero12
Member
Well, I am straight fucked.
That was the Chapter I power leveled Oboro and Hinata from like 13 to 20. Just set up at a choke point and drown in the EXP It only stopped because the boss
came after me. I think it was because I opened the last treasure chest.
Yep my first! Going great. Loving it! A lot more to it than I had previously thought, and very rewarding doing each mission with no one dead. Yeah I'm playing classic and resetting. Might do a classic with no restarts later!
The way conquest seems to work, any mage with low defense will die super fast, you cant baby sit your units as much. But Odin int sucks so..
theprodigy
Member
Bonen no Max'd
Banned
LOOOOOOL cheesing Conquest 21 on Hard is hilarious, Boots Camilla with a defense tonic paired up with Paladin Corrin managed to hit a Dragon's Vein every turn and only had to survive the Stoneborn, hilarious stuff.
SliceSabre
Banned
Endgame chapter Birthright. Killed by lucky crit.
I can't, I just fucking can't.
I can't, I just fucking can't.
the sickest of double posts
rofl, i am playing dota and I thought I posted but the browser was still at the submit reply page with the same text. Weird. Next time Ill scroll down a bit :lol
I don't remember having a similar experience on that stage... And Oboro is on my mvp list. I gave her a guard lance and she's been my shield on the front lines taking names.
I think the dragon veins really made that chapter too easy, should be like half the number of them there.
Bonen no Max'd
Banned
It seems like it would have been pretty difficult if I hadn't cheesed it but I didn't actually try a normal run so maybe it's not that bad.
Chapter 21 plot spoilers
Chapter 21 plot spoilers
lol Lilith's death was EVEN WORSE in this route what was the point of this?
To remind you that this is war and not episode of Pokemon.
Chapter 21 is difficult when attempted with a normal party. But the way it is designed you can easily just go through with like 4 units.
I think you can just stall this map too and grind experience.
Bonen no Max'd
Banned
I mean yes but Lilith is just such a non character and then she randomly dies? I thought the rest of the deaths in Birthright were handled decently (and I have no idea who else will die in Conquest) but it's just so silly, like she comes out of nowhere to die randomly.
You cannot. (and I was on normal, so I assume this isn't a difficulty thing)
Agreed.
Lilith has near zero story prescence outside of Nohr's first chapter when they're going through the woods. If she even just said something every now and then, it'd be better, but I don't recall her appearing anytime in dialogue in chapters 7 through 20.
HylianHero12
Member
I hadn't really used her an Hinata very much prior to that level. I basically put them next to each other where enemies could only attack one in the bottom left of the map, and put Felicia next to the one in the choke point and kept healing. Basically could take 2 out a turn and they were technically level 19 or so enemies. I sent a group of people along the top to take out the thief enemies and get the treasure chests.
victreeb3l
Member
Looks like I made a good choice not utilizing Azama at all.
Immaculate
Banned
Can you recruit
in chapter 13 of conquest?
Scarlet
Nope.
☠️
victreeb3l
Member
Yup.
I restarted the game. Only took 3-4 hours to catch up since I just breezed through the cutscenes, supports and levels.
He has good supports too.
He has good supports too.
That's what you get for being a terrible friend to a loyal companion. Always worth experience the bad end at least once.
HylianHero12
Member
This is some deja vu stuff right here.