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If I can get this blasted talk written then I'll finish up my thing and throw it on here, but it might be close.
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Apologies to the mods if this should really go in FFtF, it's technically a FEH question so I put it here but if it's really more FFtF could you just move it over there for me thanks.
Anyhow, the serious half-rhetorical question behind the silly poll: Why the frick can't I give these super old Units anything good from their newer selves? I'd contend that the Blazing Durandal Eliwood argument doesn't apply as much, since you have to use Skill Inheritance to do it, meaning you still had to go through the effort of getting the new powerhouse Unit and then had to sack it for your older one.
The obvious exception if they ever decided to do this being Gray Waves of course, since they've made it abundantly clear that Gen 1 Dancers get nothing.
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22 hours ago, Ice Dragon said:
Cynthia's main gimmick is her Wings of Mercy-style teleportation, and she gets extra stats with a Clash effect and a Unity effect.
Cynthia [+Spd (+Atk)]
Lance of Heroics [unique]
[Assist]
Ruptured Sky
Atk/Spd Catch 4 / Surge Sparrow / Atk/Spd Unity
Flow Guard 3 / Flow N Trace 3 / S/D Near Trace 3 / [Guard 4] / [Dive-Bomb 3] / [Escape Route 4]
S/D Rein Snap / Spd/Def Hold / Atk/Spd Menace
[any Sacred Seal that boosts Atk/Spd]Despite Cynthia having teleportation, Atk/Spd Clash doesn't actually work well with her because it nullifies the bonus to Atk/Spd from her weapon's Unity effect, so it's better to run Atk/Spd Catch instead when going for pure stats. Surge Sparrow sacrifices a few points of stats for passive healing. Atk/Spd Unity grants the highest stat boost in game modes where debuffs are common, but is worse everywhere else.
Of the B skills, pick whichever one suits your play style and the role you need her to play most.
The two tier-4 skills in the Rein tree are the best choices for the C slot if you have another unit on the team providing buffing and debuffing support or in game modes where Grand Strategy is common. Menace is always a good general-use option otherwise.
Thanks! I did get Flow N Trace and Escape Route 4 during Seer's Snare so I've seen how helpful those ones are. I got ATK/DEF Clash as well and that seemed to work but her PRF was unrefined at the time so I suppose it's better to check other options now. Unfortunately I think I've merged up all my sources of ATK/SPD Catch at the moment, but I'll keep that in mind for now. I think right now my only source of fodderable Rein is the Farina manual we got last Limited Codes, which is ATK/DEF that I'd been planning to use elsewhere, but I'll see how things shape up. Ruptured Sky is such a pain to get but I'll keep it in mind, I finally got a Female Byleth so I have it on hand, but she's my only one and I was also considering using her to finish up my Roy(he's been running Aether for a long time and I've been waiting for a higher quality option like RS).
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Alright so this is probably going to be my last character build for a while. Cynthia ultra carried me through all of Seer's Snare on her unrefined PRF and three lucky Rein rolls, so I want to make her my first official tricked-out maxxed-out Grail Unit. I've already got her PRF Effect Refine.
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5 hours ago, Integrity said:
this only comes up in the thread now because one dude filed two hundred reports overnight for individual threads - that doesn't help anybody and only wastes your and our time
Ah, I see the advanced spammer got you with the sneak attack.
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9 hours ago, Ice Dragon said:
If you haven't already spent dew to refine Beloved Zofia, you can grab it to save on spending dew. Otherwise, the best inheritable weapons are either Petalfall Blade+ [Spd] or Florid Cane+ [Spd]. For reference, Petalfall Blade comes from Valentine Hana, who is a 4-star Special Hero, and Florid Cane comes from Thief Rickard, who is a Grail unit.
For the Assist slot, any skill worth 300 SP is fine. However, I typically prefer Rally Atk/Spd+ or Harsh Command+ because they have the most general utility. However, you can pick a different Rally if, for example, you run a lot of units with Atk/Spd boosts in the C slot where Rally Atk/Spd+ would end up useless.
Vital Astra is probably her best option for the Special slot, followed by Ruptured Sky. While she can't reliably have Vital Astra fully charged at the start of combat unless she's running Special Spiral, it grants more consistent damage compared to Ruptured Sky and will occasionally still give you its damage reduction effect at the cost of having less power against dragons and beasts. She also has access to Godlike Reflexes, but lacks the skill effects to make use of it unless you replace her weapon with Arcane Devourer.
Due to the fact that Beloved Zofia prevents Celica from being at full health at the start of combat except for her first round of combat, you don't usually want to run Atk/Spd Ideal on her because then you're reliant on her having a Bonus to get just one stack of stats. Her best skills in the A slot are Atk/Spd Finish 4, Surge Sparrow, Atk/Spd Clash 4, Atk/Spd Hexblade, and Distant Pressure. Surge Sparrow grants more sustain, but is restricted to player-phase usage. Atk/Spd Finish and Atk/Spd Hexblade are the strongest options with reliable performance, with Finish granting a bit more sustain and Hexblade granting a bit more damage against units with high Def, but low Res. Atk/Spd Clash is inconsistent, but pairs extremely well with Escape Route 4 and is also a good enemy-phase skill against certain pesky 4-movement cavalry. Distant Pressure is the best general-use Distant Counter skill. It can be substituted for Distant Dart for a pure enemy-phase build or if you already have the resources to give her Distant Pressure normally, but those are really the only reasons I see for running it over Pressure.
Her best options for the B slot are Close Call 4, Repel 4, and Escape Route 4. Escape Route is notably always active after her first round of combat due to Beloved Zofia's recoil damage. Special Spiral 4 is a decent alternative option depending on what you want to do with her, and she also has access to Velocity 3 if you don't mind waiting to get its tier-4 version normally for whatever reason.
The best skills for the C slot are Atk/Spd Oath 4, Atk/Spd Menace, Time's Pulse 4, and Def/Res Smoke 3. Time's Pulse is currently the rarest option, but it's also not entirely necessary since Celica can activate Ruptured Sky or Vital Astra on her follow-up as long as the opponent can counterattack and doesn't have Guard. Atk/Spd Oath is the next rarest option and is probably the most valuable option to grab because Atk/Spd Menace has pretty decent distribution. However, Def/Res Smoke is currently only available from Special Heroes and has good support utility.
EDIT: Forgot about Def/Res Smoke.
Much obliged, I'm so close already, she just needs the C Skill now. Can I ask if you would consider CC/Repel 4 to be better than Escape Route? The game has offered me both options but I'm uncertain if one is better than the other.
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On 5/9/2023 at 6:42 AM, Ice Dragon said:
Infantry dancers don't have access to Trace skills and only have access to Firestorm Dance 3 for Canto.
With exception of the swordies(OG Olivia, Sylvia, Lene), who can run Florid Cane if you don't have the T4 Dance. Is that worth it given that those Units are probably not getting prfs down the line considering how long they've left Olivia(and Azura but there isn't a Lance that grants Canto as far as I know) behind with the prfs?
Other question, it's HoF time again, and Fallen Celica seems to like me for some reason(evidence being that mine is like +3), so I may trick out a Forma for her. Can I ask for recommendations? So far the game has already thrown Distant Stance and Frenzy at me but I assume she's not actually good at using either Skill based on the statline of mine. I assume it looks something like this?
Beloved Zofia(Effect Refine)
Insert premium nonsense here
Ruptured Sky because there isn't a single Unit in the game that wouldn't appreciate it from what I gather(Staffs shed a tear but will take their new combat Specials)
ATK/SPD Ideal(?)/Surge Sparrow(?)/Sturdy Surge(?)
Lull(?)/SPD DR(?)
Menace because when in doubt(and when Reins/Saves aren't possible) slap a Menace on there -
17 hours ago, Jotari said:
I don't see what relevance Loki has to the idea.
Even if we don't give a legitimate explanation beyond "Oh hey this is a thing now," somebody is going to have to answer the question of "ok but why" eventually. Heroes has always made at least a token effort at explaining every Banner concept(except Fallens if I remember right, that just kind of happened), generally using the same "uhhhhhhh they have a festival for that here" option, but there is no way anyone is going to believe Askr has a "Rule 63" festival, that's going to be a laughably bad explanation. Loki in Norse mythology has a history of swapping genders and this Loki would absolutely think up the idea of popping open a dimensional hole to a Rule 63 world, so you start your R63 seasonals with a Tempest event since that really works with the original function of the Tempest, have it be Loki's fault because she's literally said to Merth in a prior Tempest that she does these things because why the frick not, and there you go, you've fulfilled your basic FEH quota of pretending to explain why this is happening and only started happening now, even people who are like this is stupid have to acknowledge that at least they used the one source in the game that it could feasibly be explained by to attempt to explain it.
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This would be an extremely divisive Banner, to say the least.
That said, they do have Loki as a character, so it's not like they couldn't do something like that in the future.
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How dumb of an idea is it to run Trace Skills on Dancers? Are there any Dancers who want or don't have a better option than those(besides the obvious OG Olivia since she doesn't have any reason not to use Florid Cane)?
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...Dang, man, not bad.
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5 hours ago, AnonymousSpeed said:
Based on true events.
Stevie stared at his screen in disbelief. He had just read the dumbest of dumb takes. The most stupid thing he had ever read, and he purposefully pursued stupid things to make fun of. He was absolutely flabbergasted by the absolute idiocy of what he had read, by it's utter moral bankruptcy, and how such a thing had come to him without him being on one of his excursions for content to mock. Perhaps worst of all was that this was the first of many, many paragraphs in response to his one-paragraph joke.
It didn't take long for Stevie to just sort of stop reading. His eyes skimmed the last four-fifths of the post, feeling a certain heat from it, and he hit the "Quote Reply" button. He leaned back in his chair, put his hands together, and began to think. How would he troll this user? He obviously wasn't hard to upset, but he'd need something to really rustle him.
He slumped back further and couldn't think of anything. Where would he begin? There was too much to pick from. Too many mistakes. He glazed over, unable to pick anything out to consider, and in the silent void of confusion heard something through his headphones.
Stevie looked over his shoulder. His brother Clark was sitting in the big red recliner in front of the TV, reading the Bible aloud. Stevie slipped one earpiece off his ear and listened in.
"These six things the Lord hates, indeed, seven are an abomination to Him:
A proud look- the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that manufactures wicked thoughts and plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,
A false witness who breathes out lies, even under oath, and he who sows discord among his brethren."Clark stopped reading to drink water.
"What are you reading?" Stevie asked.
"The Bible." Clark had finished his water by then and placed his cup back on the side table.
"What in it?"
"Oh, sorry. That makes more sense for you to mean that. I'm reading one chapter of Proverbs for every day of the month. Right now I'm on Proverbs 6."
"And what did that last part about sowing discord say?"Clark turned back to the book to make sure. "It says he who sows discord among his brethren is an abomination unto the Lord."
"That's in the Bible?"
"Yeah, it's Proverbs 6, verse 19."Damn. Darn. "Sorry, Jesus," thought Stevie.
"Well, that's cool Clark. Thanks."
Stevie turned back to his computer and stared at the screen. It didn't seem right to post troll messages after that. He shifted in his swivel chair and remembered something vaguely, going to a new tab and typing in "think on these things"
For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them]
Philippians 4:8.
"Alright, fine," sighed Stevie. "I get it."
"Did you say something?"
Clark looked up from his Bible and Stevie looked over his shoulder. "No, nothing."
"Ah, okay. Thanks anyway."
They each turned back to their own things.Stevie sat in prayer for a while, then hovered over the tab. He thought seriously about it for a second, then hit the little X. No more thread, no more long troll post. It was kind of nice, he guessed. There wouldn't be a reply to read. He didn't have to worry about responding to that post anymore. He didn't have to think about it at all.
Enjoy.
This is calling me out and I don't like it, haha.
Anyways, here we go:
Title: In Medias Res
(Yes this is a reference to Anon's prompt of the same name, this feels kind of like it fits that one)
SpoilerNotes:
SpoilerGuess who still spams ellipses way too much. IT'S ME AND I DON'T CARE HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
This is a short one, only 678 words. I think it works out though. If it wasn't obvious, I used Chloey's offered prompt for this piece, though I'm not sure I did a good job. I was intending to do a separate piece for each of the suggested prompts, but only 3 out of the 4 got actually suggested ever and I spent too long waiting for that last one so this is all you get for the moment.
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17 hours ago, AnonymousSpeed said:
Y'know, not really sure I'll join, but that's nice to know. I'm glad there's a place there for people who are interested, though I generally refrain from joining discord servers.
If you decide to join harass Chloey just a tad and watch her children lose their crap. I would have continued riling Morgan up but I couldn't find the clip I wanted.
Anyways I got held up yesterday, I'll finish and post my thing by tonight.
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1 hour ago, Acacia Sgt said:
I'll admit I used the time to write other stuff of my own. Don't think I can write something for this round.
You still have like 5 days you got this.
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13 hours ago, Acacia Sgt said:
Ah, forgot to check this place.
A Discord invite, huh. I've never joined the Serenes Discord, but hmm...
3 hours ago, indigoasis said:Oh, I figured the thread just kinda died... unless you guys wanna pick it back up with a free write next month or something?
Is this moving over to Discord? I used to have it, but I never used it so I deleted it.
That's actually a Discord Chloey helps run with a couple of people she knows.
I'm going to have something for this round up tonight or tomorrow, we're not dead yet. One of you guys better get writing fast so I have something to go against though.
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So much for this whole feedback thing lol.
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23 hours ago, NotYourKindOfPeople said:
Anri, I really like what little we know of the guy. I hope someday he appears in FEH or something.
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On 4/23/2023 at 4:51 AM, NotYourKindOfPeople said:
I like the Archanea series of games. Anything in that timeline is a favorite of mine.
Interesting, can I ask who your favorite character is?
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I see you have Awakening as your favorite, can I ask what makes it your favorite?
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Heyo, is me again.
I managed to finally get Spring Camilla after fricking like 7 years. I assume you all can guess the question at this point. I have a spare Arthur so I was contemplating giving her the Vulture Tome and the Menace, only to discover that I don't have Threaten SPD/RES on anyone else. Obviously there are characters who could make better use of the Menace as well, so I'm not really sure what else to do here. There's a Summer Sylvain Manual in the Compile shop that has a weapon that's at least a little better than my current other option, Valentine's Lilina, but Gronnblade also exists I guess? I feel like Spring Camilla's base ATK is bad enough that there's really nothing else I can do, but I wanted to be sure.
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10 hours ago, TheSilentChloey said:
Oh god... yes.
Don't forget you've gotta suggest something too, Indigo said he wanted all of us to make a suggestion, then we figure out what we're doing.
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8 hours ago, indigoasis said:
wait what
Ahem. Yes, I think a group prompt would be a cool idea. Everyone can pitch in a prompt, and we can either decide on a single one to use, or we could forge them all into a single mega-prompt. I think that might offer a unique challenge, but if that's not anyone's cup of tea, no big deal.
I guess to pitch in mine: Create a complete character arc within a single short story/chapter. Exposition dumps and time skips are BANNED.
@Jotari@TheSilentChloey@SoulWeaver If you guys got any prompts that you've been itching to use, we'd love to see it!
It's ok, Beice, I've been planning on changing my username to oais for years now.
Oh, we're doing this now, ok. Uh...
My suggestion is Contracts. Fairly straightforward open-ended idea.
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On 4/1/2023 at 7:06 PM, TheSilentChloey said:
So anyone have feedback?
So first feedback it's spelled "Farewell," not "Fairwell," and "Poignant," not "Poinent," just wanted to put that out there.
My computer cord is currently experiencing some difficulties so this is all I can offer until the replacement comes in.
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DANGIT NOT AGAIN
Write Your Butt Off 358/II.8 prompts HD Final Chapter Prologue
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The price of Betrayal
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mRNswvLeNE96DAkMQvR9siN8i2_Ay3S3WCes9o21EGs/edit?usp=sharing
Well folks, this is gonna be the last one from me for a while. I'm serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which will run for a period of two(2) years assuming nothing earth-shattering occurs to get me sent home early(or killed, however unlikely that possibility may be). Appreciate the good reads, it's been good to chill with you, I hope you'll all still be kicking when I get back. If you'd like to get emails from me then please PM me your email so I can add you to the list.