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well tbh FromSoft games aren't really known for offering a perfectly balanced single player experience, where every weapon or piece of armor is actually viable (especially in DkS1) also classes are not to be intended the FE way, but more like "if you choose this class, this is what you're starting your adventure with, but you'll eventually be able to become virtually anything you want depending on what stats you want to level up", so yeah, they're not "balanced" either as for the fanbase comment, i guess i can only say "lucky me i've never cared about Reddit and i don't intend to do so now", but i can definitely see the frustration of what you described just, please don't assume they're all like that

hey, can you feel it? inhales mmmh, yes, it's the smell of Democracy, which lets us know that the A Hero Rises event midterm results are here, and of course people can't but give a regular pool version of Edelgard an unnecessarily solid chance of winning, even though it's almost a one year-old unit, the game's full of counters and, truth be told, she's never been THAT unstoppable to begin with back being serious if only, the only legitimally good picks here are LSigurd, Ninja Corrin, Athari Azura and NY Dagr i understand Elimine, people are doing with her literally the same thing they did with Seiros last year what my brain fails to fathom is Eitri: are people really that lazy that they just vote for the most tapped hero on the green pool and don't scoll down the screen? i refuse to consider these creatures as anything more than amoebas if anyone reading this actively voted for Eitri because you legitimally want her to win, please don't take what i said as an offense and then, Edelgard... i'll just refrain from expressing what i think any more than i already did, it really doesn't deserve more of my already short time on this planet tl;dr please let LSigurd win

judging by what you guys are saying, you must've met the literally worst people on the planet or something like that also, if your ability to enjoy something as simple as a videogame can be undermined to this point by what some random dudes on the internet (i assume this is the demographic you guys are referring to; if not, feel free to correct me) say about it, then there's a serious problem, and, dare i say, it's not "them" back on topic:

my inevitably, constantly pessimistic mind is thinking "yes, of course he will" mmh, about what this year's CYL winners might be... i have no idea i wouldn't take Tiki being a dragon once again for granted, although it would be cool to see what they could make with a Brave breath unit... ok this such a juicy opportunity, she'll most likely be a dragon Chrom... either a lance cavalry if they want to go for the boring route which would be hilariously in-character, or it'd be cool to see him as a staff intantry unit with Emmeryn's dress FByleth will most likely be an overly predictable sword unit (flier, if they feel daring) with Snow Mercurius Seliph... again, no idea. i don't want him to be a green tome unit (a tome unit in general), but Leif's already been a bow unit twice, and one of them includes Seliph wielding a dagger... you know what? make him a beast unit. let the horse be the one who actually attacks foes

i think i'm going full Halloween Rhea with my votes

basically how many others already felt since the 3H overload that happened 2 years ago and that carried over to last year as well i guess that moment comes for everyone, sooner or later, so i wouldn't cry about it almedha is 381th with 143 votes, just above Azel it could've been worse

no wonder i hate both Rei and the Byleths lmao as for the results, i'm happy that Seliph and Adult Tiki managed to stay where they already were (though i wouldn't have disliked Seliph surpassing Chrom) now i'm kinda mixed about the next CYL event, because Soren might actually have a chance of winning, so i don't want a new FE game to come out and completely subvert my expectations on the other hand, if said game is revealed to be a Genealogy remake, Sigurd might follow Seliph as a CYL7 winner, either getting 1st or 2nd, so yeah, i don't know what to think

NG+, as i think post game content is a thing the FE series should definitely stay away from unless we're back to Grinding Emblem i'd like said NG+ to give you access to more items, weapons and the likes to play with, in order to make your next playthroughs much more unique and personalizable (similarly to what PoR did with Band accessories)

there's no need to change how Stats are called and work IMHO, they're fine the way they are, and it's also part of what makes Pokémon games different from other JRPGs furthermore, more complex names wouldn't help the target Pokémon games so obsessively try to appeal to: children

well... i definitely didn't expect Elimine, but i'm pleased to see her now give me Forseti and Soan and no one's gonna get hurt

5 votes for Soren, 1 for Rhea and 1 for Almedha god, how amazing it would be if Soren managed to at least get 2nd

i mean it's not like i expect them to release like 3 more Azura alts in a single year, were she to manage to get a Brave version, but... i don't know, it just doesn't feel "necessary" for her to get it if i were an Azura fan i would most likely think otherwise, but that's not the case and this is my honest opinion on the matter; still, i get why her fans want to see her getting the Brave treatment, regardless of how many alts she already got i appreciate your concern about how i enjoy (or not enjoy) FEH, but i think i'm mature enough (some would say otherwise) to know when to let go anyway, i think it's quite convenient that some of my favorite units are not even comparable to the likes of Azura, Lyn, Lucina, Camilla and the likes, in terms of popularity: the only alts i actively wanted were Scion Levin and Christmas Manuela, and i managed to +10 them without spending a single cent

assuming this is the actual reason, i can't agree with it at all, but that's probably because i don't particularly like alts in general even i would get really pissed if they released a bunch of alts of my favorite units in a short period of time, because i probably wouldn't be able to keep up, but that's just me i guess my brain simply works differently

another day, another vote for Soren one thing got me wondering, though... why is Azura's placement so high if she literally just got an alt? including her OG version, we now have 6 different Azuras: isn't that already enough? oh, yeah, i forgot about Camilla, my bad

Ayra, Fury and Lex that's it

well, this is literally one of my dreams regarding FE, as i love martial artist representation in RPGs (no, grapplers are not martial artists last time i checked) i'd also like to see something resembling Yuna's invocations in FFX: a generally very frail character, unable to fight, who can use the "invocation" command to summon beasts or monsters (one at a time) that functionally take the place of the summoner and fight for them until they're alive or the summoner withdraws them, or maybe they could have their own "energy gauge" which could work the same as for laguz characters

it would seem as though it doesn't matter how obscure your game is, as long as you have a faithful group of fans also iirc Genealogy was the 2nd best selling japan-only FE game, only surpassed by Mystery of the Emblem, so no, i wouldn't say Seliph is just as unknown in japan as he is in the west

whoa, these are some unexpected results i'm not a Tiki fan, but it's nice for me to see that the Top 2 female characters aren't Azura and FByleth or Bernadetta the male division... alas, Chrom was to be expected, but Seliph!? i seriously hope he can stay where he is, or even get 1st place as for me, i still want to support Soren

went for Soren once again i just hope he can get a good enough placement, i don't expect him to win

well i wouldn't expect her to have "good odds for winning", but i hope she can be at least in Top 20 tbh, i'm just voting her so that IntSys remembers not to leave her in Alt Hell with Dorothea, Deghinsea, Kurthnaga and too many others, i really want her OG version in the regular 5* pull regardless, thank you for being available to give Rhea some votes

today my vote went to Almedha, and a friend of mine also helped my cause by voting for her once unless they show the midterm results tomorrow, and they make me change my mind, i think i'll give both Soren and Almedha 2 votes each

aside from Soan and the twelve Crusaders, no one else really comes to my mind

so, i wanted to give Soren at least one vote, and i think i'll him some more, since he's the only Tellius character in top 8 but i just might throw a few votes to the other green-haired *spoiler* mommy Almedha, i just want to see her in the game (possibly as a regular, non-limited unit)

so, day-by-day updates with top 8 male and female characters, listed in alphabetical order... tbh i wasn't expecting to see Rhea getting top 2, but i'd be lying if i said i wouldn't have liked to see her at least in top 8 i might stop voting for her in favor of either Sigurd or Soren either way, i'm 95% sure i'll be disappointed with anyone who gets top 2

voted for Rhea, but i'm lowkey hoping any random meme unit the fanbase comes up with, like idk abysskeeper, can get top 2 it's been 6 years since this CYL event thing's been happening, and i feel like i just don't care about who wins anymore