PrincessAlyson

Has anyone made Anna a Sage? I have, but I haven't tried it out yet. I'm considering using another Second Seal to make her a High Priest (for money farming) or a Mage Knight if either of those are better for the game.

I did some of yours! Hopefully someone else will pick up the rest!

I'm still at Chapter 9, grinding levels and supports and rings before the big event in 10. I'm trying to give everyone a fair chance since I made beasts out of everyone I could in Awakening, Fates, and Three Houses. I've forged and engraved my F!Alear's sword so she's actually doing pretty well. She also got a few Strength levels. Best: I'm not sure I have any units I'd consider this tier yet. Everyone's a WIP. Shout out to Louis being a great tank, though. Disappointing: Alfred not leveling Speed, as so many have mentioned. He does great damage, though. Boucheron is having issues with hitting, so I'm trying to get enough SP to slap Hit + 10 on him. Etie has great offensive capability, but she's so fragile right now. As for mages, I'm not sure if I'm going to keep Clanne even though I like him. Celine is not leveling as good as I'd like either. Sigh. I'm just going to keep working on them. Worst: Don't have anyone on this tier yet, thankfully.

I have one for Verdant Plain: 89N0DBN. Hoping for success since I'm already down a unit.

I'm also having issues with skirmishes being unreliable. The enemies are often at higher levels and there are so many of them that I get ganked pretty quick. So far the Arena seems to be the only decent way to grind. I hope this gets fixed.

This. Sometimes I get decent skirmishes, other times I get ones that really want me to bring my A Team...when the point of skirmishes to grind your lower leveled units. Ugh. I'm currently at Chapter 9, though haven't started it. I'm playing on Normal/Casual. Chapter 8 was pretty rough, but I didn't lose any units or have to restart. Looking forward to future chapters!

Norma/Casual for the first playthrough. Might do Hard afterward. Yes. I'm playing Normal and have gotten to Chapter 7. I have fought two bosses with this feature already.

I wasn't expecting Emblem Marth, but it is fitting. He looks really good in Pikazo's style, too. Damn. I really like the way Pikazo draws hair.

Nice! Fantastic art as usual. These countdown posts are great!

I have the Divine Edition preordered from Walmart and it will be delivered to my house. I'm hoping I get it in a reasonable amount of time. According to my order summary, it shouldn't arrive later than the 26th. While I'd rather not wait a week after the game's out, it all depends on the carrier. It's nice to hear that some stores might release the game early.

As someone who writes, I have to thank you for pointing this out. A lot of game journalists, and journalists in general, don't actually know how to write well (I see so many typos, grammatical errors, and wonky sentences in news articles!!!) or do character analysis. I'm not expecting Three Houses characters, but I'm also not expecting anything as bad as a lot of these reviews say. I take video game reviews with a grain of salt nowadays. I especially don't trust IGN.

I will be doing the same. Previews and reviews are great and all, but many of them seem conflicting and I'd rather just play the game myself to see whether I enjoy it or not. From what it looks and sounds like, I probably will.

I was able to preorder the Divine Edition from Walmart online yesterday! Thank goodness they had some more. I really want the artbook. I got the limited edition for Three Houses and really appreciated the artbook. I hope we get Twitter posts for every character. Please! I also like Pikazo's style!

I can't say anything for which Emblems I'd give to characters yet, but I do have a general idea of who I want to use as a main team. I will definitely give all the royals a go, but I do have my faves. I typically end up using every unit at some point. Alear (F) - While I like both designs, I want to play as my own gender first. Might give her Marth. Dunno yet. Alfred - I LOVE his design. As someone who has studied historical clothing (and history in general) in extensive detail, some of the actually accurate things in his outfit that are from the 1500s, 1600s, and 1700s make me very happy. The ruff, the poufy Renaissance and Early Baroque breeches, the stockings, the heeled shoes... Yes. I would nitpick his "cravat" (actually looks more like a jabot, a completely different type of neckwear) but costumes usually get that wrong. As far as I can tell, only M!Alear has an accurate cravat. Will see in game if there are more because some of the portraits and artwork make it hard to tell. Celine - Princess kicking ass in a dress? Yes. Gimme. Merrin - Great design and class concept. I don't care if Wolf Knight turns out bad for some reason. Amber - Hot man? Check. Calvary? Check. Spear user? Check. Ivy - FLYING MAGE. Also heard she's voiced by Rhea's VA. YESSSSS. Vander - Jagen, badass paladin, cool old man. Clanne - Early mage, nice design. Framme - A healer that can punch people!? Gimme. Pandreo - Healer. Hot priest. Panette - Berserker lady? OOOO. Seadall - Male dancer? Hell yeah. Rosado - I like dragon riders, okay? Flying units are fun. Chloe - Another flying unit 🙂 Etie - Need someone to shoot fliers. Also cute design. Alcryst - Archer Prince, need I say more? I liked Takumi in Fates Revelation and Birthright. Fogado - Cool design and another archer I can kill stuff with.

A lot of the designs have grown on me. I'm liking Hortensia's energy. Amber is very hot (can I S-Support?). I can't wait to experiment with different outfits in Somniel.

Okay, just saw the trailer. There is a lot of unpack here and I'm pretty satisfied with what was shown. I still have my fingers crossed that Alear will get a dragon form and it will be relevent to the plot of the game. Please don't be another Corrin.

Boucheron looks okay to me. The artwork for the Alears is very nice!

Oh, I would really love something like this. They probably won't, but I can hope! I definitely wanted a playable dragon or monster unit in 3H that utilized those mechanics, but alas, enemy only stuff. Having the player be able to do something like that would provide more strategic options.

Just when I thought there might be a pattern for the tweets... They really need a schedule for this. Maybe they have one and we haven't figured it out??? I don't know. I was hoping for some news today.

Daggers and FoW being back are okay. More variety for weapons and maps. I like Celine so far, although the top of her dress is kinda weird and revealing, but oh well. She looks like she'll be one of my favorites for now. Every time I watch these clips, I am reminded of how fluid this game is and I love it. The animations have been pretty good so far!

Yeah, I also enjoyed the per-map durability for magic in 3H. I hope Engage has a way to repair staves when they break.

I'm really fond of Alear so far. The designs are so outrageous that I find them cute. As I've said on other threads, I hope Alear being a dragon is actually relevant to the overall plot, unlike poor Corrin, whose transformation was only plot relevant for one chapter (and Revelation Route, kinda). Yes! I also hate F!Corrin's thigh windows and F!Byleth's entire outfit, so F!Alear is an improvement. Gimme crazy hair over stupid fanservicey designs any day. I hope they balance the avatar worship so it's not as bad as Fates. I would like to see some moments where Alear discusses being a dragon and the player has dialogue options. Even if the story ends up being fairly serious, some humor is not a bad thing.

I'm one of the few who actually likes the Alear designs. They are so so absurd that they're charming to me. I also like Céline's design. Her butterfly accessories are cute. Since she has a crown, my theory is that she is royalty from one of the four nations. Maybe related to Alfred? Time will tell.

I would love to see more dragons and beast units. They are an important part of FE. Most games revolve around dragons, so not having a playable manakete unit would be very odd. I am also willing to bet that the girl by the tree is a dragon. I seriously hope that Alear does get a transformation. What would be the point of making the Avatar a dragon but not giving them the ability to transform (unless for plot)?

All of this. I love Edelgard, Dimitri, Claude, and Rhea. But none of them represent all the routes. Byleth does. I hope the other four will be DLC, but Byleth is the correct choice as the 3H representative. Intsys purposefully avoided a golden or canon route for 3H. There is no reason for them to shove one of the faction leaders at us, trying to claim one route is canon over the others. They are all equally valid.