Varidan

Well, he told me to go ahead and open it and give it a shot. Sure enough... my Wii U couldn't read it. Oh well, thanks for the responses though! Also i think he got it on amazon.

My friend bought me the special edition for this game as a gift. It arrived today. However looking over it before i even opened it, i noticed something... everything on the cover is in japanese. So... did my friend accidentally buy me the japanese special edition? I'm too afraid to actually open it all the way and put the game in to check.

I'm not saying the game is trash or gold either, I still enjoy the crap out of the gameplay, and will mostly likely continue playing it. I try to look at both sides of a discussion, and I read through everything on this thread and what irks me the most is the OP seems to have disappeared without giving any good backup to his claims that the story is good. Maybe I just want someone to find a redeeming quality, and that he didnt bring any forth secretly bugs me. Either way, i left my 2 cents in an earlier post and I'll leave it at that.

If you compare Conquest!Corrin to Ike in PoR, the decisions Corrin made is like Ike deciding to defect to Daein once he learned about Lehran's Medallion and fanning the flames of war, helping Ashnard kill things all day every day, and when he goes crazy from the Medallion, THEN decides to call it a day and kill him while he's in his "true" form..... Yea no... Ike would never do something that ridiculous. In fact Conquest could have turned out similar to PoR, minus the whole save the princess ordeal. Corrin goes back to Nohr, confronts his father. Garon gets pissed decides to actually imprison or kill him. Nohr then turns into an escape in X turns map. Afterwards, you travel around Nohr to the various small kingdoms or tribes or whatever communities I don't even remember, (which goes to show how apparent they were in the game) and starts slowly building an army to confront Mad King Garon. I literally thought thats what I was doing when i started out in Ch7 for the first time, but nope... Taking a game in an unexpected direction isnt always the best idea... And honestly... fuck the Avatar. He's only there for gameplay purposes. Can I get a show of hands from people who would prefer Birthright from Ryoma's point of view, and Conquest from Xanders? And Revelations can just not exist... (havent even bought or played it yet, the desire is gone).

Few days ago i was doing Ch17 Conquest, and accidentally had left Elise in attack range of one of the Samurai reinforcements late in the map. She gets hit for 100%, but i was shocked to see she got away without being doubled. When my turn came around, i checked the stats. She had 18 speed, the enemy had 22. So i guess RNG decided to bless me with just enough +speed on level ups...

I'll just throw out as a side note that she could probably make a good staff user with her high skill if that appeals to you. Sucks missing with those valuable debuffing rods when Elise can barely pull herself out of the single digits.

I dont care if its legitimate or w/e, i just think its cool to see the possibilities. And the clever use of game mechanics. Kind of stuff I'd never figure out how to do. Besides, if its theoretically possible after a few years, as has been stated, no one will care anymore when we have another new fire emblem by then... may as well do it now.

Oh yea, I forgot about pair up fodder too. Did that to Benny in my first run to make Selena stronger.

It's fine if you arent planning on A supporting Selena or Laslow for their Merc class lines. Otherwise i might suggest picking a Hoshido class. Swordmaster in particular for Vantage/Sol combo and Swordfaire.

The only time I can bring myself to promote before 20 is if it is a healer, so they can actually fight. But then again, most can heart seal to a fighting class. It's just a matter of whether or not you want to waste the few precious ones you get early. I actually preferred Tellius, where you don't have to use a master seal to promote, and instead just level up once more after 20. The game still throws you a few tho.

Yea Arthur can be your high risk high reward unit in Conquest. Early on you can avoid most crits with a bronze axe (or in my case, a Frying Pan i found in mycastle..) and if his hit rate bothers you, taking off gamble for awhile can help till his skill kicks in. Later on, he's pretty beastly, especially if his speed takes off (which is iffy). Even then he seems to be the one unit most people stick a brave axe on. *waits for insulted Odin fans to show up* You'd be surprised what Odin can pull off. He can tank with Nosferatu pretty well. Even then, you may still want his daughter... I mean I did the same thing my first play through, benched Odin and thought Nyx was superior...but damn, her skill never grew, and she's way to fragile to put at face range to utilize heartseeker. Using Odin on my current play through and i already find him much more useful than Nyx. Still, Nyx can do well if you really want to use her. Lastly, Mozu makes a useful Archer if you reclass her early. I know you seem to prefer only one bow user in a play through, but having 2 available in Conquest can give you a lot more breathing room in certain chapters. Like the one you are currently on. GL with that btw.

I reclassed her the chapter I got her, then just pulled faceless enemies with Effie, who was taking one point of damage at the time, and just tanked them on the bridge while mozu chipped away at their health. I got her from E to C rank bows in her paralogue alone, as well as C axes for Arthur, (who participated in several dual strikes with a frying pan I happened to find, while building support between them) It's a lot easier to level her this way, and you will get the most out of her as an archer. in birthright tho, she's kind of redundant. it may take a lot of turns to train her up this way, but definitely well worth it.

You say he can nos-tank early, which is great, but what about later? Still makes it hard to pick a wife. The main plus i can see from Elise aside from superior magic growth for Ophelia, is Odin can put inspiration to good use if he's on the front lines a lot. But gaining trample from Camilla is some nice extra damage, plus her pairup stats are perfect for a nos-tank. I mean OdinxElise seems to be the most popular pairing for him, but i have not seen any opinions of an OdinxCamilla pairing, and I'm wondering why cuz it sounds like it could be a legit hybrid build. Edit: Nvm, theres a thread specifically about OdinxCamilla. Guess I'm going to go for it, especially since making Elise a pair-up bot is kind of a silly idea since I need her healing most of the time.

Right, I forgot they only get their spouses main class. Well then, taking Ophelia into account... Elise or Camilla? Strategist or Malig Knight? Unless theres someone he can buddy to get both? Edit: Make that 7 points of str... just leveled to 13. Jeez, at this point maybe I should just buddy Arthur and go berserker...

Rather than start a new topic, I figured I'd continue posting here. Anyways, I struggled with Ch 10 when this first came out, took quite a few tries. This time around? Took only one try. Archer Mozu really is amazing, plus Samurai Corrin with Jakob pairup on the left village to easily deal with the Oni Savages, (even though one hit me with 18% chance...) The only 2 things that went wrong was Effie whiffing a 96% hit, and Corrin leveling and only gaining +1 luck. But Odin is really starting to become the real star here. He is now level 12 and has gained 6 points in str and 5 in magic, making me start to reconsider his future. Since he's marrying Elise, that would give him the Wyvern trees right? So I'm wondering what everyones thoughts are on Malig Knight Odin? Otherwise, I may just stick with Sorc, and some Dark Knight for skills. (or last minute change to marry Camilla instead...) Anyways, Corrin is at 92 exp to time to rig her a level up in Ch 11 to make up for the last one...