Imuabicus der Fertige

The very first boss of the game, who can´t be skipped and you meet him in like 5-15 minutes depending on whether or not you explore the first zone if you can even call it that. Mhm, the N:A fan standard response: it either gets good later or you´re stoopid.

Nvm, this woman levels stupid. She´s 1/20 Paladin and the only stats Titania has over her is 8HP, 3SPD and 1 DEF with 12 lvls difference. goddamn She stayed safe all on her own. Unlike Marcia. *cough*

There is an easy mode and it´s called using the items the game gives you. Do people think they put that stuff in the game by coincidence? There´s only so much being a hoarder excuses. Sir, respectfully, but Nier:A has great gameplay? Perchance a victim of Iudex Gundyr?

Astrid acquired and stowed away for safekeeping.

The attentive reader will note, that the topic has been yote into the PoR/RD general section, as I am playing both games at the same time. I have however, after cruising to chapter 14 in PoR and 3-2 in RD only 1 question: does the AI ever get better? There´s been too many cases of the AI blocking itself from attacks by moving a 1 range enemy into a space a 2 range could have attacked from and random-ass vulnerary trading when attacks could have taken one of my guys out. It´s like SoV but worse. I have apparently managed to miss a Seraph Robe by having Rolf speak to a House? Where´s the option to loot villages when you need it?

The Bolt Axe Berserker in Birthright. Take everything a Berserker should be good at, receives bonuses for and shit all over it. It is a Bolt Axe but still. Every Healer without means of attack.

The Settler 5 HoK is the best entry of the bunch, followed by 6. 2, 3 and 4 are just lemming simulators, with AI advantages that make CIV 6 Deity look tame. Voice Acting is worthless - sitting around for a character to blabber about their backstory for any amount of time is a waste of time. Being sung at while doing basic exploration is disrupting - music should, if it has to exist at all, be moderate and quiet. Same thing when entering a boss room and I´m suddenly getting jackhammered by a Rammstein concert. Just no.

All lances should be effective against Horses. with a mag% chance to drop 1x shish kepab 1-2 range weapons should lose 3 durability if being used at 2 range. Pick up your trash, darnit. Excepting the magic weapons since you zap the enemy.

That´d be super busted? We´d get up to 4 attacks when in AS before enemy retaliation. That seems significantly better than anything a silver weapon could ever hope to achieve, especially when considering CQ´s mix of on hit enemy debuffs. In terms of price, the Hoshidan "equivalent" of the Brave weapon would be the Venge weapons. Which doesn´t make much sense, considering the relative fragility of BR units and, I daresay, a Brave effect is better than a Venge effect. Maybe if the Venge weapons had Guard Naginata style DEF/RES buffs or 1-2 range during enemy phase .

Jill kinda tanky with dodging. Edward, Zihark dodge or die. Nolan, sack of HP that dies in three hits for lack of Def. Otherwise Volug/nailah/BK but they are too good so I doubt the´ll be coming back too soon. I´m in Part 2: Cave Exploring anyway. Ilyana and Edward have received the BEXP and promoted.

Portrait style, Fates, specifically Hoshido; Hinoka and Oboro alone have more style than the rest of the franchise togetha. Other on 2., because I´m not actually sure what it is, but if it´s combat animations SD because nothing tops Generals casually chucking giant Javelins. SD/NM cuz it´s the only game I haven´t had legitimate moments of confusion of what´s what - like where TH forrests start and end etc.

I do not in any way whatsoever care for story so spoilers away if need be. "Looking for" Oh yeah, supports and the like... haven´t bothered with´em so far, will probably have to read up on which does what. Edit: damn what´s with the hitrates on this map?

All I´m thinking is, why would you use a silver weapon if you already have a Brave effect and yeah, I´m aware there´s the issue of quantity. I don´t think I ever used a silver weapon outside of DLC maps; doubling with iron (in combination with AS) is almost guaranteed a kill, certain units, well Effie really, OHKO with Steel; then there´s effective weaponry which takes care of so much in CQ; and of course the few Dual weapons you get: the club and the tome. There are just so many tools in Fates that increase your damage, that don´t cost 4k. And minus -5 CritAvo... hm. It´s probably not a relevant margin but you do face a lot of mono weapon classes with their passive buffs.

I´m playing through the game on Normal and moderately blind, meaning I know some stuff – alternating armies, considering I´m sitting on chapter 10 and it says Endgame; big fight at the end – but I´d still like to get some pointers if possible. A Seraph Robe and an Ashera Icon are chilling in the convoy alongside 4 Master Seals and 2x Arms Scrolls. I´ve got 27k in the bank and 7500 BEXP. I´ve also removed most skills from units, other than Nolan Nihil, Sothe/Nailah Guard, Zihark Adept, Rafiels Blessing and Volugs Howl. I´d sell Vikas Shriek, Tauroneos Resolve and Ilyanas Shade 3,5k. Units I´d want to use would be Sothe, Nolan, Jill and Zihark – Jill has received the amount of favouritism that apparently makes her good (I think 1xDracoshield/1XEnergyDrop/1xSeraph Robe). Nolan and Jill are also lvl 1 promoted. I kinda wanna keep using Ilyana – lvl 15 she´s close to her averages only -1SPD and has made an… ok impression s´far as mages seem to go. Maybe early promote? I´m iffy on Edward – he is competing with Zihark and has generally not been that great even with a forged iron. Lvl 14, perfectly average, except -1SPD. Again, maybe early promote? My worry is that I´m lowmanning too much and it´ll bite me in the future. Micaiah – I mean Lord character, but I have half a mind to drop that Seraph Robe on her. I tried training her in chapter 9 with Paragon but everything 1HKOed her, so no dice. Lvl 11, I´mma try to feed her a few kills in chapter 10, I think? There´s also Tauroneo, Volug, Nailah, Muarim, Tormod and Rafiel but they have joined abruptly so I kinda expect them to remove themselves just as abruptly, whenever I get back to Micaiah. Aran, Leonardo, Meg, Fiona, Vika have hit the bench and are at best treated as cannon fodder. They will not be reset for. There´s a case for Aran, sine I have a critical lack of Lances and he is lvl11 with +2SPD but so far… meh. Meh, I say. So yeah. Pointers would be quite appreciated.

Clarity from Fates Dread Fighter for 1/2ed time on debuffs - question is how that´d interact with non Fates status staves. If Replicate, also Warp for mobility options and Canto after Warp? AS+ with every kind of Breaker-skill to "counteract" Quixotic. If PU is allowed, as PS Forceful Partner or Supporitve, with Tactical Advice and FE13 Dual Strike+, Dual Guard+. If Enemy only skills also roll, Rightful God for +30% activation and Dragonskin/Immune Status.

Beware: The higher your level, the slower your Bloodcode abilities level up. Conan Exiles moment. ignore the slavery

Still have all me stat boosters. She´s gonna be fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine. Copium. He´s lvl 14 with +1HP/+2Str/+2Spd/-2Def/+1Res from average. lvl 13 and 14 was with Bexp. Jill will have the honors of breaking in the first forged weapon.

CV even has it´s own CC reddit: fashionvein Fromsoft CC is probably better what with options and so on, especially with less anime art style, but I never managed to make something human in them. Looked at it, doesn´t seem to be the case or at least I didn´t find that function. Eh, I started my souls journey with CV since it looked less taxing on my then shitbook 9000 and upgraded to DS3, Sekrio into ER. CV and ER are... "similar" in ease of access I´d say. The original Elise? BEXP to 10 for better Healer cuz who else am I gonna use it. Oh yeah Jill also got a few BEXP lvls but she decided to level MAG/RES for those. I just sent Titania forward to take out the Archer and boom pink haired woman outta nowhere. He doubles... slow things. With an iron axe. Sometimes. And he doesn´t get doubled himself anymore. That´s the good part. My first impression was that he´s pretty shit, but then I also learned effective damage is 2x for whatever reason. cries in 50% hit hammer I´m guessing I was supposed to smith the everloving shit out of my weapons, which, being a hoarder, I haven´t done. Once the game stops giving me frail lvl 1 green units RIGHT NEXT TO THE ENEMY, I´mma be real happy.

I´m... moderately blind - I saw a few streams but that´s a while ago. I´m already up to chapter 13; yeah I´m on Hard, so far no issues. So Marcia did that funny thing were she got killed on turn 3 in chapter 3. Symmetry 👌 Why did they make her that good is my question. I´ve tried to only feed her bosses and she still hasn´t stopped 1rkoing everything. 1-2 range emblem: Horse edition. She has acquired horse already. I´m training Soren and Ilyana, though I´ve found Ilyana to be... lacking. Mia hit hit the bench in favor of Zihark and Boyd... +2 spd and suddenly he´s good.

There´s a limit on how much you can place. There were multiple files to save characters - I think around 30 for overall designs and another 30 for edits. Imagine releasing a soulslike after Elden Ring or it´s DLC. That´s gotta be pain. I know nothing of animation, but I assume that 1) it takes some time and 2) they seem to have multiple projects. Any recommendations on what to do/not to do for someone playing PoR?

What´s this about Anime Souls 2? Yeah the customization is cool, but holy hell placing an individual piece can be tedious af to get right (especially hair). If only they dedicated 5% of the cleavage budget to their hitbox sizes... Also, the greatest Elden Ring video to exist: Crazy Town | Elden Ring #24 - YouTube

Best at what? Generic Awakening Nosferatu Mage comment, with Crest of Macuil thrown in.

You okay? Anyway, people are gonna call you out on less than "can´t do math" - oh you enjoy Amelia? That´s not optimal. What´s optimal... erm... um... Or would, the fandom has appeared rather civil, even with criticism in all of the... 2 years I been part of it. As for good play, I sincerely doubt LTCers math it all out - it looks a lot more like they just rinse and repeat a map until that 3% crit hits just right. I would be very curious to see how many resets a LTC run actually takes. If it can be of any reassurance, most if not all of these games have been beaten without units gaining stats; in order for FE to test more than your patience, you need to limit your playstyle, with one exception. The only RNG skills in Fates are the procc skills?

Think this playthrough might be of interest for you, they don´t really skip anything if I remmeber correctly: Fire Emblem Fates - Lunatic Walkthrough (No Deaths/DLC)[Conquest Incomplete] - YouTube

I do wonder: Why no classes with daggers/shuriken, when you are using brawling. Having Thieves be the dedicated kinfe wielders would open up some combinations and ease up on seemingly strange combinations like spear/bow for Ninja. I think it would be preferable if there would be a set of classes specializing in a single weapon type but receiving bonuses, for having "mastered" said weapon.