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I'll agree here that namedropping, but not explaining absolutely everything about Quintessence, like with every aspect of magical-ish lore (including unrealistic things like how Pegasus fly), is for the best. If you explain Quintessence in full, then when the next game rolls around and it doesn't abide by the laws of Quintessence set by prior games 100% then one of three things must happen: You have to explain the exception as a natural exception to the laws (or to be more scientific I should say theories) in a logical way. According to StarTalk episode I watched, scientists liked using the term "Law" a lot, until the early 1900s when they realized there were a lot of exceptions to most Laws of Science, hence they converted to the use of the less powerful and absolute term "Theory" for most of their vigorously tested explanations ("Hypothesis" being what you use for an untested guess). I only say this to explain how exceptions to the Laws of anything magical in FE could be realistic in the sense of not being a donkeypull, since real science itself makes a lot of exceptions for its core principles. You say or imply the new world does not abide by the same theories, even if they might be similar. The issue here is that it negates all or some effort to establish universal principles of magic and whatnot across the series. This excuse is also harder to use in games set in the same world, but not impossible. Or you say nothing as to why things don't line up and just forget the theories ever existed.

I've heard Vector being thrown around- Valentine Hector. Which makes him sound like a virus. I believe a vector is what you call a host for a virus who spreads it to victims, but cannot actually get sick with it. Like rats and fleas carrying bubonic plague or mosquitos malaria.

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166 The current book I'm reading is telling me the Japanese leadership was a victim of months upon years of groupthink and really had every idea they'd lose a war with the US and they wanted to avoid it, but somehow went along with the hardline nationalists and military official and attacked Pearl Harbor anyhow. Land of the Rising WHAT!?!

True true true. The TT Masked Marth and her Brave variant, a reward for being popular, clouded my judgement. And Chrom does work for Awakening better, so I should have chosen him instead. Another error of mine. Twice bitten, now shy and now won't make such posts again. And Lyn? You certainly have a point here. Another variant in the near future and I think Tutorial Girl might start being complained about. So what you're telling me is that Lyn didn't have a threesome with Hector and Eliwood on the throne of Ostia? And, by a MASSIVE freak of nature, albeit a feasible one in theory I think, Lyn had two fertile eggs at once and Eliwood and Hector just so happen to give a gamete to one each? Thus resulting in Roy and Lilina being "twins" but only half-related?

Incest! Kinda random too. This you'd think they'd have done back when FEH released. Why now? Foreshadowing Blazing/Shadow/Omega forges for Yato?

I really shouldn't have made that comment. I resisted the urge when I saw a like comment made by you days or a week+ ago, but I gave in this time because it just rubbed me as too petty and the heat of a new banner release can bring out the worst. Admittedly my own logic about Roy could easily be turned against me, since while you are a Lucina fan, not all Awakenites do and hence may be sick and tired of seeing her in Seasonals, or any particular other Awakening character rehashed at all. And Seasonal =/ regular pool addition/new representation. Thus I apologize, even if I still have something of a point I believe. And Astrid! (Though Rath does look cooler.) To be precise... Wolf Sedgar Midir Lester Deimne Selphina Roberto Sue Shin Dayan Rath Uhai Hayden Astrid And possibly: Castor Warren Beck Kliff Atlas Python Neimi Gerik Selena of Ylisse Nina Anyone I missed?

....It will be like everything else. Which is fine, since it's just yet another game. If it can't get used to showing up no longer on a monthly/bimonthly basis, it is a little petty. Just be patient. Fates got a 2nd Gen banner a few months ago, with one Awakening reincarnation on it. Awakening will probably get a 2nd Gen banner this year. Think of it like this, the 3 Thracia fans that exist have greater reasons to complain. And the Gen 2 Genealogy fans can complain about as much as Awakening fans I would say. FE6 fans also have reason to complain if Roy is not their forte- which is perfectly reasonable. And reminder people, there is the Ignore function on SF. If there are posters that consistently unnerve you and you can't help responding in spite of how futile it is (which you should eventually learn with some people), consider putting the problematic poster on your Ignore List. If you're really want to know what they've posted, you can always temporarily turn it off the Ignore. They won't even know you're Ignoring them. This said, I highly recommend not abusing the Ignore function. Ignoring too many opinions you don't agree with in your life and turning it into an echo chamber is how far-right radicals (and probably radical leftists too) get made. Ignoring too many opinions about Fire Emblem won't turn you into a threat to humanity (I hope), but just as a lesson for your life, restrain your want to block. Use it wisely.

You mean the upper left on this? I can see some loose resemblance. Scratch that, pretty close resemblance.

So Raven can be Dead or Alive to the Extreme? And I find the idea that a Camus could go super furious berserker strange, since one of their defining personal issues are an inner struggle, not singular mindless rampage. However, Hezul and the Mystletainn seem to the be the dark-oriented of the sword Crusaders to the light-orientation of Baldur and the Tyrfing, and the Eastern/neutrality of Hodr and the Balmung. Fury makes sense in this context. I'm guessing the idea is that he is supposed to be less of a warrior type and more a something else (strategist? ruler?)? Chrom and Lucina aren't so lore-wise explicable. And I don't see either as falling squarely into a particular category that they're strongest at, like Ike in war and Eliwood in peaceful matters. Alm getting Double Lion is cool though. Scendscale will have to be saved in some capacity for the Royal Sword variant.

Uh, yay? Yay? Yay?! I'm supposed to be happy about But I'm not really feeling it. Could it be I've come to like bashing things and want them to stay bad so I can continue to bash them? That is not good. Or maybe this just isn't something that is natural I wouldn't feel that happy about. I don't really know. Even though I like one of the characters in the banner, I don't find them appealing, nor anything of them at all. Neither the mere notion of them being in it, nor their aesthetics. Perhaps I'm just not really ever going to be suited for Heroes.? The classy romance appearances unfortunately kills one joke I was planning making. I was going to invoke a certain Titantiac forum member and ask them to make sure everyone in the sultry banner was "clean". But I can't do that now. And it'd be really really really awkward to ask that given aren't quite appropriate to ask that about! Even though the former has a lover in every country. And the latter enjoys chatting to a couple of individuals from low and immoral backgrounds. On the bright side, it is good that the fanservice is curtailed. The passions may run wild on Valentine's Day, but the amor for this one will be sans carnality, at least for our eyes, if not for some of our minds. May this restrained eros teach our hearts there is a higher state of love than that of the flesh. And may one day with we learn to cherish a Ascetic Banner. I'm waxing unfunny/poetically here.

Hoping won't make it true! No matter how much you do! Nonetheless, I pray in futility. Well it could still be Seasonal but not Valentine's. Where did they pull Performing Arts from? What day is that supposed to represent? Does Japan have an Official Kabuki/Noh Day that I'm not aware of? Although you do have point that it could be something completely different. There are no hard and fast rules to how IS does Heroes. I'm aware of White Day. All due to the businessman who brought VDay to Japan screwing up in the explaining of it, and Japanese misogyny going along with the idea that women deserve nothing and should give everything. But then we have a new issue. If they give us all female VDay, will they irrevocably guarantee an all-male White Day later? Or will it turn out someone's dreams of Inigo sitting suggestively on a giant puffy white marshmallow in just pure white boxers turn out to be all air? (Marshmallows are white and sweet, and thus appropriate for White Day I hear.) I have issues trusting IS for now.

Fair enough, you don't need to train both Cavaliers to their greater potential by leaving them unpromoted for a while, one will suffice. And there is always Lowen for a backup second full potential Cav, although 30/30/30 for offensive growths are lackluster. And agreed Wallace is a useless waste of the Crest, unless you get Lloyd FFO and want 100% recruitment (can he survive for long unpromoted there?). Or happen to be a super Wallace fan who doesn't want to promote him, and yet recruit him later and get him to 20/20, but that is pretty darn extreme.

The Robe and Ring aren't worth playing LM for? Even if the best choice for them is of course always Florina, or maybe Kent. Lyn and Erk have inferior cases for them too. Sain would consider the Robe as much as Kent. Rath might like the Ring then. You only get 1 Ring on E/H Modes, and another Robe is never bad. The White Gem only matters if you care about Ranking. I can understand in an LTC format or something else super elite an early Cresting working. But otherwise the +1 Move and access to Axes isn't that killer. I know the majesty of the Marcus, I've used him generously on my Hard and even Normal runs (and I think I nailed a 5 Tactics on the Hards- I need to check this) because he is very useful and Hard is too mean with limited deployment slots. I felt one Marcus was enough though, let Sain and Kent grow a little more. How many battles have the need for multiple Marcuses in multiple directions (assuming what defines Marcus is godly 1RKOing EP)? Noble Lady would argue for a second Marcus, were it not for Florina ferrying. Whereabouts is a 1 Marcus hallway plunge. Badon, I don't think so. The Pirate Ship? Well the Move isn't doing anything big here. Uhai? Unless ye want the Torch Staff, I think not really, although the front is from two directions- the island and the southern forests. Imprisoner, no. Dragon's Gate? Still one main direction, despite the offshoot paths. New Resolve, one direction. Kinship, multiple fronts, but you don't need much Move because it's a Defend. Living Legend- too sandy? Genesis- finally a need for two Marcuses! And I think I'll stop here, since by now, Kent or Sain should have been able to hit 20 and promote naturally. EXP gain slows significantly on promotion for quite a while, and the promotion bonuses aren't Thracian Sage crazy: just +1 to everything not HP/Def/Con (which get +2), very mild. The Con is good for Javelin throwing though. I know you weren't exactly arguing for this, just felt like further explaining why it isn't really the best of ideas unless you really know what you're doing.

Reminds me of this: I'm preparing for the worse for the Valentine's Day Banner if that is what it is. As in all female. Nonetheless, I can't banish all hopes of there being some males on it. Or there be non-Afatening characters. Or both. If Ike is really that popular, he should be able to sell some Seasonal orbs. Maybe not Valentine's Day though. I can't think of a single seasonal event Ike would sell. He is just too serious and stoic for me to imagine him ever being silly. The closest he ever comes is with asking Reyson about how it felt to punch Oliver, that and Ike just being around Ranulf, for some reason he brings out the fun in Ike. Fine, if Ike can't go Seasonal, well they can try throwing Mia or Nephenee or even Sigurd on. It'll be a bit of progress.

Xander's placement in a GHB may have been Fates's generally weak villain lineup. Fates is course one of the games Heroes started high on, so it had to have an early GHB. Now who does Fates have that is a full villain who could fulfill this role? Hans, Iago, Garon, Zola, Kotaro, Sumeragi, Arete, Anankos. None of these are very good by the standards of many. Xander on the other hand has some lore strength and character charm to him. He's the closest thing to a Black Knight Fates has. However, in the two games you fight him, his Rev appearance is ignorable, his BR2 where you actually defeat him has stats Merlinus's donkey could excrete even on Lunatic. Leaving his BR1 Opera House fight, where you really don't have to fight him, but it isn't difficult to, the one fight against him which is anything of challenge. He is such a weak enemy to me that to treat him like a villain is something of a joke. Ryoma's 2 CQ battles make him out to be a much stronger foe (but not unbeatable of course). But this is just talking gameplay. As for Camus, Camus is never an ally as Camus, save in one battle of Archanea Chronicles. He is an ally as Zeke and as Sirius, and these will eventually appear in some other capacity in Heroes, maybe TT Zeke and pull Sirius. Both Zeke and Sirius come after Camus has "died" and is hence freed from his Camusian obligations of loyalty to an disagreeable cause unto death.

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EXP in Lyn Mode slows to a crawl at like level 10. Even if you're only using three units, I doubt they're getting much beyond this. And how much is 1-3 extra levels at most going to help? Compared to distributing the same amongst everyone else, which could equate to multiple levels each? I'd say at least Lyn deserves some leveling, particularly if you want to go Four Fanged Offense Linus version, since I don't find leveling her that easy or fun in Eliwood/Hector Mode. For the rest, well Dorcas rarely gets much EXP on Lyn Mode for me, nor Wil, neither is really useful. But if I'm doing a Hector Mode run, I'll give Matthew a few levels for their first fight together. Rath comes too high a level to get much EXP, but being the best unpromoted Bow user, I'll see if I can sneak one or two in. Erk and Lucius definitely have great potential, and Lucius in particular has that C Staffs on promotion, so I might as well see get a slight idea of how they will pan out in advance. Wallace deserves nothing obviously. Serra and Nils take from no one. Giving EXP to units is no challenge when LM enemies are so weak and the maps just as easy- it's a giant tutorial for crying out loud, not Cog of Destiny Hector Hard Mode! Sticking to Kent-Sain-Florina sounds super optimal, too much so for most. And it sounds a little tedious when using everyone else lets me get LM done a bit faster so I can get past this tutorial, while still not neglecting KSF on a standard LM run. And what is the point to feeding Florina a third of everything, when it takes until New Resolve for her to finally promote to Falcoknight? She has plenty of time before the first Elysian Whip to hit 20.

Let me see about how true this statement is... 3-12 has Falcoes, Generals, Halberdiers, Warriors, and Swordmasters, so it should be a good general fit for it. Generals, depending on their level, 13-16 Res, compared to 16-19 for Falcoknights. Halberdiers have 13-15 Res, so nearly General level. Snipers, Paladins, and SMs 10-11, Warriors have the lowest at 9. Sages have 16 and Bishops 20-22 for comparison. Cats and Hawks in the following chapter have 10-12, Tigers 6-7.You're reading that right, Sages have equal Res to Generals. Dragonmaster have in 3-F 9-10 Res. So you're correct. Generals have 23-26 Def by the way, so it isn't like Magic doesn't have an advantage on them. But at the same time, if Generals are going to be doubled continually and be rather immobile, and be unable to double a lot, they might as well be magically resistant for stacking on the durability. It's why I like Benny in Fates, his good Res makes him a bit better than other Generals in the series at taking magic hits, able to soak in an extra hit that way. And his Str being much lower than Effie's made them distinct. Effie is built as a tank- able to take some hits and deal them too (drop Wary Fighter and go GK and with some Speed stacking she might even double), while Benny is a wall- able soak up hits better than a tank, but not as good at dishing them out. This is just a guess, but given FE1 had all Lance users armed also able to use Swords, the original idea was Lances were an accessory to Swords? Paladins and Pegs/Wyverns keeping Sword use in FE3 might have been a coincidence of dismounting existing and not intentional. However, FE4 would contradict this since Cavs use Lances and Swords and so do Pegs.

He's the fastest in PoR, tying with Tormod and being, if not super fast like Lewyn, still fast enough to double a lot of things if kept up to level. RD is a different story. Soren's Speed growth is 35, the same as Slowcaiah, and Slike (who at least has great Spd base, which is why he doesn't get the same insults hurled at him as 'caiah). His Spd base is 18 on a level 5 Wind Sage, so only the fastest should double him right away I expect, but it still isn't good. Spd caps are 23 and 32 respectively, the latter the same as a Fire Archsage- though they can buff it by 3 with Rexflame, while he is stuck with the laughable +3 Lck from Rexcalibur. Besides Chancellor, which is obviously irrelevant, the fastest any tier 3 magic class is Light Priestess, at 33. So yep, RD is really mean to magic users by making it so they can very rarely ever double; PoR Sages, even though none naturally hit the cap, maxed Spd at a wonderful 28. I think the issue they thought of was that he would be the only Berserker in the game and they didn't want to invent a class just for him nor a Tier 3 version of it. We still have Boyd and Nolan for infantry axes, and Brom, Jill, and Haar were all turned into Axe primaries to expand the pool of potential Urvan users. Their absence of a support isn't unnatural by PoR standards. The Three Brothers don't have them with each other, Mist and Ike don't, Marcia and Makalov lack them, Geoffrey and Lucia, Geoffrey and Bastian, Lethe and Mordecai, Tormod and Muarim. All of these instead of a Support, like Largo and Calill, get a +5/10 Crit boost when the two characters stand right next to each other. The logic is that these characters are so close that they don't need to talk it out. And this might work for Marcia and Makalov and Tormod and Muarim, who get at least two Base Conservations together, and for Mist and Ike being main characters, but it hurts Largo and Calill a lot since their time on the screen together is really really brief. The logic still doesn't make much sense anyhow and Fates was right in adding sibling supports for the royals, since having a pre-developed relationship should add nuance and depth to their interactions. I think the real issue is PoR just didn't have the time or writing resources to include all these supports, there is already this basket of uncooked fish: FE26: Path of Radiance Reborn, should go back and add all these in and turn the crit boosters into actual supports! I decided to go back and read over Tethys's Supports, because I before I judge a character, I want to make sure I fully understand them.: Artur- Whoa she's aggressive here! I don't think it's out of character, but at the same time Artur never budges nor does she. She's playful too. An okay support. Gerik- An amazing support between two characters with backstory between them. It says a lot about their pasts, they share the dialogue equally, and they learn from each other. By the way, is the end of the A conversation implying Gerik put his "Steel Blade" to Tethys in the middle of a battle? This is the only support with a paired ending for Tethys, and I think I can understand why. None of the rest are quite as worthy of one. Ewan- A little brother is jealous of other men being around his big sister and wants to protect her. Cliched, but rarely done in FE. Average to Good. Marisa- Now I'm not a big fan of Marisa myself, although Mia has less depth and is definitely worse, unless you really like her perkiness. This said, the Tethys-Marisa support is actually quite good, Marisa-centric C, Tethys-centric B, and a serious thought provoking A split between the two of them. I think it helps the two have a little backstory together. Rennac- A total dud of a support. It is good to know Tethys has standards when it comes to men, because her job of dancing and being a mercenary exposes her to a lot of horny toads. Still, the support goes absolutely nowhere thanks to Rennac's infatuation. The irony is that having read all of Tethys's supports and all of Rennac's, there was a much better direction this could have gone! Tethys-Artur has Tethys badly seeking out a dance partner, and Rennac-L'Arachel reveals Rennac is a highly trained dancer. Why couldn't they have connected the two and ran with it? Non-Support text: Treats Tethys as a kind female, a beautiful dancer, a sister, with a bit of clairvoyant power. Final Synopsis: Overall, I think Tethys was well done. A bit of flirt and likes toying with men, appropriate for a dancer, but she does not degrade herself too far by taking in all their affections or becoming the toy of their passion. The liking of mystery and the hint of clairvoyance is not unheard of, given Larum and Nils in the past could and did Auguries, and Ninian too was mysterious and could predict things- so FE has built an element of fortune telling into prior refresher units. And exotic dancing, like fortune telling, is something on the margins of polite society, so it fits into a theme. Mercenaries too lay at the margins of society so her being in Gerik's crew makes sense. Being a mature woman, they're able to give her a splendid, tragic backstory and make her Gerik's equal. And in all but the Rennac support, she occupies a place of seniority in the remaining supports to some degree. Design-wise, Tethys is modest compared to FE4's dancers, but is a little more showy than Larum, and definitely more showy than Ninian (who is only a Dancer because- she certainly originally wasn't at all into dancing back in the other world). Overall, a tasteful, yet stylish design, if really really red.

Not a bad question when I consider Tales of Phantasia GBA. Was the "stop all motion when a spell is cast" the real issue, and other things natural to ToP? Or was it increased sluggishness owing to being a port that made it pretty weak?

I think the problem here is that you'd have to include significant quantities of water to make this work. And given a majority of FE units are landlocked, this would be difficult. And how would one justify it plot-wise? Pirate FE? It reminds me of Advance Wars, FE's dead pure strategy sister. Making a balanced land-air battle work is easy and expected to be the normal for battles. Naval units have had a really hard time trying to make it in. Partly because naval units cost so much more than land and aren't as mobile as the price comparable (slightly less actually) air units. This is not an FE issue since units aren't bought, but AW also has issue with making sea fronts important without being the end all of the map. You can make the sea fight secondary to the land, but this will only be fought for at all if the only Airport on the map or a bunch of Missile Silos (which once used are useless and hence the naval fight would be short lived), happened to be accessible only by sea. And if you make sea the main part of any fight, its hard not to say you've won once the enemy's ports navy is destroyed, their ports can be controlled, and they're otherwise only able to fight on their spat of land. The landing and eradication of the enemy tends just to be tedium. It is hard to find a happy medium in sea fronts. And this could apply to FE if not handled well, though I think FE has a better chance of handling the naval useless-too important issue than AW does. And without anti-flier and other balancing measures in full effect, why bother bring one-trick sea ponies to a water fight when fliers fight well over all terrain? I won't say there is no hope for sea shapeshifters, but it would have to be carefully though out. In my younger years, I imagined a Raven who in defiance of Laguz norms, used a Sword unshifted besides their beak and talons when shifted. In this vein, I'd give the Hawks Lances, Tigers can take Axes, and Cats Knives and or Bows. Not sure what to give Dragons, and Herons getting Light might break their peacefulness unless they had perma Mercy, while Staffs would make them a little too good vs. Mist and Rhys. Capping their weapon ranks at C might be somewhat balancing though- they would still have weaker stats unshifted too. I haven't played FE3, but its approach to dragons sounds good. A minimum of 5 full turns (and a 50% chance of 15 with a 20 Luck Tiki if I'm looking at things right) of decent tankiness with 1-2 range dealing singular, but strong Def piercing hits while being immune to the Breath Def pierce of other Dragons on paper seems incredible. 18 uses per Dragonstone, with the ability to buy a couple more in Book 2, even if they're really expensive, is plenty for an efficient player able to accomplish the bulk of a battle's work in ~5 turns. Does the random unshift happen at the start or end of a player phase? The former is good, the other makes every turn after 4 seem risky to end with your Manakete in enemy ranges on.

86 Another fun fact, in 1789, the year of the French Revolution, only 50% of the people could speak modern French at all, less than 20% fluently.

Fun fact- only 2 1/2% of Italians could speak modern Italian at the time of unification in 1860. 79

I shall join her. Nothing wrong with it here. The world is still round. By the way, I liked how they did Toadette in Paper Jam: papercraft = engineering in that game basically, so Toadette = girl in STEM. Yay! I like Toadette. And Prince Mush (I liked the Glitz Pit narrative). The Mystics in PM and PM: TTYD are also favorites of mine. Their SPM designs got a little too wacky though. The two tracks in SMO with lyrics have grown on me in a good way. Proof that insertion of things I normally wouldn't like in just the right way in a video game can get me to like them.