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Want: I really like the miasma some maps have, makes positioning a bit more important. In general, the terrain effects are really cool, they add some neat strategy to maps. I also like the canons Engage has, particularly the fire cannons Class sub-types are neat, would like to see them expaned upon in some way Knives are a great weapon type The Surge line of spells are interesting, 1-range spells that cannot miss. Don`t want: Donations can go, they don`t add anything of note, In fact, I forgot about them until mid-way through the game. Ring polishing is a thing The Panzer Dragoon style shooting game can go. Same with the strength training ones. The smash weapons feel pretty lousy, such steep drawbacks just to knock an enemy backwards.

Fair point, even though it looks cool, it doesn`t make sense for that kind of beam not to be magic.

That is a fair point, it would make the weapon lines feel very same-y. Classes with multiple weapons would especially suffer in that case. Now that you bring this up, I`m unsure how I would go about doing that.

Was gonna post it earlier, but noticed it would be a double post. Veronica giving a offensive staff is pretty neat. Her Vengance-esque skill will probably be useful for units with a lot of HP. Not sure how good Contract will be if the target can only attack a second time. I wonder how the Heroes are gonna work, will they be like the doubles Lyn users summon and disappear once the Engage wears off? Or will they stay on the map for the rest of the battle?

Same here, everyone has different skill levels, I see nothing wrong with being "bad" at casual mode. Probably said this already, but I want physical 1-2 range swords back. Having only magical ranged weapons means only a handful of units can effectively use them. Giving the rest a physical alternative would help avoid that. Also, the Wind Edge line weapons just look cool.

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Ambush is a pretty strong skill Wonder how the Engage Levin Sword will differ from the weapon in the base game. Free chain attack from Robin seems like it could be helpful. Engage attack looks cool, though hearing "Giga Thunder!" was strange as someone who plays Awakening in English.

I cannot watch the scene of Claude declaring Leicester is now a Federation without thinking of Palpaine`s speech to the Senate in Revenge of the Sith. That aside, as mentioned in the past, I was disappointed with how little Leicester being a Federation changed compared to when it was an alliance. Hopefully, a story with a focus on a federation from the start could go more into detail about the benefits and challenges it would bring. It would be interesting if, for the colonialism story, we have one protagonist on each side of the conflict, but that is a discussion for a different topic.

Interesting that the first few games are so different from the rest in terms of numbers. 5-7 countries seems like the ideal number to me, gives us enough to have some nice variety without having so many they become hard to distinguish. Or you could have 2-3 "major" countries that are the main focus, with 3-4 "minor" ones that are mostly in the background, though some could be allies with those major players. More so than the amount of countries, I would be interested in seeing FE highlight different types of countries. While Sacred Stones has a republic as part of the world, it has very little importance in the main plot. Having a republic (merchantile or otherwise) be a central country and big player in the plot would be cool to see. Maybe go more in depth with something like the Western Iles. I dunno, just throwing some ideas I think be interesting to see out there.

Despite not being a fan of her design, I like her well enough in non-Corrin supports. Her being a mama bear to her younger siblings is cute and her Beruka support is neat. Is a unit I always use whenever I play Conquest because of how good she is.

Huh, FE has reused a LOT more names than I thought.

Honestly, the more later games have disappointed me with how dragons have been handled, the more I have come to appreciate the Dragon Laguz of Tellius. They actually feel like a major part of the world without being center-stage. Also, MULTIPLE MALE DRAGONS exist and aren`t evil for a change. With the newest games, we usually get one good and one bad dragon I miss when dragons were more of an established race, rather than just consisting of dragons that are worshiped like gods. Or citizens of a long fallen/forgotten country that have since faded into obscurity.

Knew Eliwood wasn`t gonna be picked over Hector, but still a little upset. At least his skill seems useful, and his Engage attack looks cool. Not sure why the Soren Emblem lets you give provoke to an ally. If they were gonna pick Camilla, at least give her the correct Emblem title rather than stealing Azura`s for no reason. (Apparently the Japanese version gives her the correct one, since Conquest is called the "Dark Knight" version there, so I have no idea what the localizers were thinking) Still not a fan of characters sharing a Emblem, since it often seems to lead to the secondary character (Robin in this case) being an afterthought. Then again, it seems like the Three Houses lords got equal amounts of spotlight despite sharing an Emblem, so maybe that could be the case here. In my opinion, Veronica transitioned the best to Engage`s artstyle. Words cannot describe how much I hate the Sommie onesie. It reminds me of crappy mascot costumes.

I wanted to like Brithright, especially with the traitor subplot going on, but sadly found nothing to really attach myself to. The Flora moment, like Lilith taking Hans` axe to the face, just felt utterly empty cause I felt nothing for the characters involved. And the traitor? Is revealed and turns good in the very same chapter. The only part I felt emotionally invested was when Elise died. Her last moments I actually found quite good, especially how she pleaded Xander stopped fighting. Shame he utterly ignores those last wishes.

Lapis x Alcryst: their dynamic in their support is pretty sweet, with them both helping the other see the value in themselves. Also like how Citrinne teases Lapis about her feelings for the prince Clanne x Etie: their C-support was surprisingly really cute, curious to see where this pair goes Celine x Fogado: saw some cute fanart, also enjoyed what I saw of their support

Going by the games I have played FE4: Naiose, he just looks kinda plain in comparison to his fellow Chalphy knights FE7: Lowen, the way his hair covers his eyes really annoys me FE8: Neimi, it feels like someone said "give her armor, but make it look cute" and doesn`t work for me FE12: Clarisse, she just looks like a evil Louise FE13: Tharja, too blatantly fanservicey for my liking FE14 BR: Orochi. why give her pants, but the leave her top so over-exposed FE14 CQ: Charlotte, I don`t care that it has a in-universe reason, that outfit looks terrible FE15: Conrad, his mask looks like a random piece of metal he fasened to his face FE16: Solon, the weird, bulging head he has is just distracting FEW TH: Edelgard, the magical girl-esque armor does not fit her character in my opinion FE17/Engage: Hortensia, she looks way too out of place in a FE game

That might actually work better, now that I think about it more.

Not sure if this is unpopular, but I wanna see another villian group like the Black Fang. Rather than another religion worshipping the obviously evil god, it would be nice to see a group that had a noble cause at the start, but strayed away from that over time as.

But then that gives the male avatar three children, while the female avatar only has one. Hardly seems fair if you ask me. One total child could work though. Having them give one child regardless of gender is probably the best way to handle it. Gives both avatars the same amount of children. I forgot about. Right, Linolan has minor Naga blood.

So long as they have no plot relevance, I could get behind them being a illegitemate or distant relative to the noble houses. The only holy bloods you can`t pick are Naga and Loptous, for story reasons. As for how they are introduced, they could either come along with Lex and Azel to rescue Aideen, or they could be a page of Sigurd that joins him in his campaign. The biggest problem with the inclusion of an avatar would how children would be affected. Every female gives two kids, should this include the female avatar? There are also more options for the female avatar compared to the male one, unlike in later games where there is a roughly 50/50 gender split in the cast. And what about substetuties?

Honestly, Iria might as well be a OC created by Oosawa with how little she resembles the original Grahnye. Her being this way is purely because Oosawa wanted Eldigan and Lachesis having a tragic romance. I agree with expanding on Grahnye, maybe have a flashback to Eldigan meeting her back in his academy days. Or a custcene of her interacting with her sister-in-law. I also think Arvis`s backstory from the manga should be included. It expands his character nicely and gives more reasons for why does what he ends up doing. Agreed, Oosawa added some nice depth to the villains.

Awakening has two main points I could see them make a prequel around. The first is the reign of Chrom`s father, like Jotari mentioned. The second would be the time of the First Exalt. However, the latter has the issue of us knowing literally nothing about it, except that Grima nearly destoryed the world until he/she was sealed away. For the former however, we got a few characters to work with. There is the previous Exalt, Gangrel, Validar, possibly Robin`s mother, the Duke of Themis (father of Maribelle) and they could include some minor boss cameos (like Pharos before she went over to Valm`s side). The Taguel could even get some expanded lore. I think this prequel would stick to canon pairs only, like the Kaga era games. Maybe give the Exalt a few options for a spouse, ala FE7 lords, but I don`t think it would copy the "everyone can marry anyone" approach Awakening and Fates had. Got no idea what a Fates prequel would even entail.