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I want to say: "Hey, that's actually a great middle ground between pleasing both old and new fans of the FE fanbase." "An Avatar character that I can actually decide what they say and do in story? And can be customized to be older than a teenager? With their own well-developed story arc that doesn't hog the spotlight away from the other characters? Hell, it's about time but I'll take it!" "Sweet, we're back to 3D animated battle models." I don't want to say: Regarding a villain who is supposed to be a serious threat in-story: "Am I supposed to take this clown seriously?" "Way to reinforce the "Waifu Emblem" label even more IS." "Oh for f*** sake IS. What I expect to say: "So the game finally has a proper damn name."

This has been a thing in the Warriors games in general for sometime actually. CPU controlled characters haven't been using full movesets since DW4 and SW1, along with the AI in general becoming more passive.

Yeesh... I'm personally bummed out of Minerva being clone but Geez Louise, the amount of moaning and groaning over at the FE Subreddit is exhausting to look at. Anyway, besides the whole cloning thing, this is probably a favorite DLC for this game so far as I'm digging all of the character and costume designs.

I didn't play SoV, but wasn't it so loyal to original that it felt outdated in certain aspects such as map design? Unless the game lets up to temporarily mount foot units on horse while navigating the map, some people aren't going to be thrilled going through those huge maps again.

It would be nice to have a proper name for the game already to very least.

Hmm... I stand corrected then. I still don't think they'll leave those two things out though as there is sizable amount of people out there who wouldn't try a Fire Emblem game prior to Awakening and Fates otherwise and I'm darn sure it's not the excellent marketing as there are people who seriously didn't buy an FE game if it didn't have the matchmaking. And sure, those people could be a very small minority, but it still shows that those mechanics do help. And also, I'm pretty sure FE12 wasn't a hot seller because it was never localized in the west and was released late in the NDS' lifespan. If anything did pretty well in Japan with both it and Shadow Dragon selling better than PoR and RD in Japan (poor marketing and bad release timing of the Tellius games not withstanding). Edit: (And RD's Japanese script being pretty horrid apparrently.)

I agree with kids but seeing as the matchmaking and avatar system are why FE is enjoying mainstream success and not wasting away on the bench like F-Zero, I don't see IS taking it out anytime soon.

No, but I like the concept of lord's growth being integrated into the storyline. I'd say a powerful unique skill and/or maybe a growth bonus is a better idea along with an upgraded portrait.

Yup, in fact a good portion of Awakening's and Fates' success comes from the fact they're basically open-ended dating sims when you're not in battle, hence they're popular with dating sim crowd. And I personally doubt IS and the big N are not going to at least try to attracy that market again.

A strategic layer similar to Crusader Kings II and Langrisser where you have to deal with political intrigue and diplomacy while managing up to several different campaigns at time. You also have to worry about supplying troops, maintaining army morale, keeping your people happy to minimize rebellions, build and maintain infrastructure and basically be an actual lord of the land. If we can't have that, if we're going keep the disadvantages on weapons from Fates to makeup for no durability, rebalance them so as high tier weapons like Silver weapons are actually worth using.

Makes me feel like the game wasn't even in pre-production when it was announced. Or maybe because they felt what they had been working on wasn't working out so they decided to start over from scratch. Or they know whatever they're working on is going to piss off the core and/or old fans and trying to keep this quiet as long as possible.

Yeah, Zhao Yun's costume is based on a Peking opera costume. http://china-cart.com/bookpic/201410/201410233157.jpg

Considering how cheap KT and Omega Force can get sometimes, she might ride as normal. Unless they borrow Zhen Ji's old side saddle animation that is. As for the wedding dresses in general, at least they're way more interesting than what several ladies in DW9 are getting as pre-order costumes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ih1rhDp5Ek&feature=youtu.be

Be a good standalone story that doesn't rely on referencing or using borrowed story elements of past games.

Not to mention that post also cause people to start topics regarding that placeholder's contents. This reminds me of the time when everyone plus their grandma had leaked info regarding the NX.