eclipse Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 GOOD GIRL ESTHER! Now keep it up, for the sake of our dear LPer~! I also had a chance to finish one of the routes for 3H. My thoughts in spoilers. Spoiler Route: Black Eagles (Empire) --- Story: If this route was a computer program, it would have memory leaks all over the place. So many plot points are opened and never addressed. What's up with the Western Church? What about that other faction? Why end the game there? Among others. It wasn't a bad idea, but too many things were mentioned and dropped. Mechanics: Deadeye is insane. Deadeye with a horse is more insane. Deadeye on a flying unit who can conveniently pick locks thanks to his personal skill is utterly bonkers. Kinda wish there was a way to allow non-magic classes to access some limited magic, just so that everyone could be Lee. Hero Relics are also bonkers, as Sylvain more-or-less OHKO'd the final boss (Ruined Sky crit). Characters: Hilda's my least favorite, and she's better-written than most of the Fates cast. Overall: I think I'm going to need to play through all the routes to figure out WTF is going on. Once I get the full story, I'll see. I like the mechanics so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tryhard Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Impressive, that chapter and Ernst always gave me a lot of trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It's a wonder for me, she was awful the whole way through. Seteth kicked her ass right off the park. Oh boy. I'm using her again on my Golden Deer run (the only character I'm re-using because I wanted someone with resistance that wasn't Lorenz, who I intended to bench for being slow as Raphael... who is my tank but didn't because I couldn't bring myself to drop any of the units I started with, even if they're kind of a snob and lackluster). She must have took the expectations to heart. We're talking 116 avoid if I use alert stance + and an evade ring. Throw in Rally Speed and I can plop her down in enemy range and only the most accurate enemies have a hope in hell of hitting her. She doesn't hit hard, but her dexterity is high enough she crits fairly often. Her resistance is through the roof. She's basically filling the sort of role Gilbert and Dedue did last time... without actually having to have defense. Also, she's doubling anything that isn't an Assassin. Seriously, if I were self-insertive, I'd have to marry her for making this run cake-walk. Forget Horse Emblem. This is Flier-Emblem. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I spammed meals by the end of the game. 2000 per pop. Got A+ around 4 chapters before the end. I never really bothered to break monsters' armor, though, so I couldn't get the Archanean regalias. That's so arbitrary. Frankly, I prefered Mercurius when you got it by killing Astram in chapter 9. What, there's another way? I ended up with both the rusted versions of Parthia and Gradivus, and never got to use either because of not attaining the rank to forge them. Hardly mattered. Like Astram wasn't alive at the end of that Ironman run. His minion who got a certain Paladin turned General on the other hand... 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: She definitely does not have her power. Or the war crimes. Spoiler The war crimes are the source of Sasha's power. A clone without the bodycount is like Samson after getting a haircut. The biblical one, not the benched unit. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Three Houses Leonie is a recolour of Tear Ring Leonie using the same mechanics that have produced an endless supply of Morgans and Garbage Bags. Pfff... okay, that's amazing. Besides, that theory allows me to say that 3H Leonie is a bad clone of TRS Leonie, which makes me very happy. Just like Sasha and Stephanie. There's clearly a clone factory around. Come to think of it, Raphael being a big burly axe wielder who lives with his grandfather and little sister sounds familiar too. Not to mention the fact so many generics across the series look identical. Maybe the middle ages of Anime is stuck in the middle ages because all their research into technology went into cloning soldiers? 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Not just a tank, a high-move, tactical nuke tank with a landing strip for planes fliers on his shoulders. Good thing you specified fliers. Maruj is saved from landing in the wrong place. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Maybe she won't. It depends on what I feel like writing. It'd be funny if she got him in the most ironic way... by having him in her employ where he had to worry about her everyday. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: The AI cheats and is also self-aware. I hate it even more now. I actually found it hilarious putting Dedue in range of a demonic beast only for it to go the other direction AWAY from my army. It was like "I may be a mindless beast, but I'm not stupid". Which is hilarious, because more self-preservation on a damn monster than a green unit. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Eh, I'm happy enough with her. She joined and already she was so better than Sylvain, he went striaght to the bench for her. Hanneman's a better teacher than Byleth, clearly. Spoiler Explains why in the Golden Deer Route Dedue's Blood of the Eagle and Lion self has 70 hp and 47 prt before factoring in his personal ability, meaning the only things in the Adrestian army that chapter he can't shrug off are the magic users, the terrain damage from the demonic beasts aoe attacks lighting the ground on fire, and Edelgard... who would, in 1 on 1 combat still fail to one round him without a crit. Long story short, Dedue was such a badass I kind of took advantage of it and let him clear out the top half of the map while I cleared out the bottom. Then when he was done, I was forced to take him out, but it was easy with Marianne and Thoron. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: To lose Lee right now would be a reset, frankly. *FrankLee And I would not blame you one bit. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: We have the mysterious purple tank, the Royal Historian of Wellt (whose name everybody always seems to get wrong), and of course, Ernst himself. I think that's enough plot-hooks to make for a fine roundabout. It'd be poetic if there were a Royal Librarian of Wellt who gets constantly called the "Royal Historian of Wellt" and were a recolor. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: A documentary on the creation of any FE would be awesome. I still want to know why Horsemen can raid villages in FE12, but only sometimes. Not to neglect that one Wyvern (not Draco-Knight, a damn wild Wyvern) that can in the chapter you get Ymir. What are rules? 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Or the original Gaiden. That'd be easier, at least. Emulating NES is a piece of cake. I'd personally advise the remake. I like the original and all... but having to count out enemy range is painful. Really painful. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Dang... Given I just played the chapter. Spoilers of course on Gold Deer route. Spoiler I personally think it's kind of well done. If one plays Blue Lions, Byleth and Rodrigue keep Dimitri's revenge crazed self in check. In Golden Deer, after the clash at Gronder Field, Dimitri... not having either Byleth or Rodrigue in check, pursues Edelgard into an ambush where he's skewered on a dozen lances according to Hilda's teary "he deserved better than this" account. At base after, there's mixed opinions depending on who you have recruited. Ingrid swears to carry on the torch for him and see the empire pays. Annette, on hearing the corpse was born off the field is relieved her father survived the battle. Ashe worries that Dedue may have fallen in the fight too. Mercedes is found praying for the fallen prince and recounts that he used to pray at the chapel at night. Felix laments and wishes he stayed by Dimitri's side, wondering if he could have prevented this(he could not have of course, but it's ironic that Felix is the one who seemed to regret leaving Dimitri's side most). Ferdinand remarks (accurately enough) that Dimitri's lust for vengeance blinded him and he needed a retainer that could pull him into line to avoid this. Basically, it shows the consequences of Dimitri's self-destructive post-timeskip behavior when left unchecked. It also fits with the game's love of ambush spawns... so story/gameplay synergy? 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I'd buy it. It'd be a master-piece. Pyramid Head never could compete. Bonus points. The fog is fog of war. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Next, Mintz flurries this guy to death. Thankfully, Wrath and a little luck allows him to finish his opponent quickly. Mintz never worried, He simply procced Flurry. That left the tank beaten and crushed. And so it was written the third corpseman was smitten, And had finally bitten the dust. The armor destroyed, by the technique he employed with cyclonically powerful blows So that fateful morn, A legend was born. That's how the story goes. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It's like The Roger, but lame. Come to think of it, how is he aiming if he can't see a thing? Sonar 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: So, the Panther! Serenes and FEWOD list conflicting growths for him. Now I'm worried that this has also happened in the past. Oh, well. Not like people come here expecting a seriously informative playthrough. I'll just take the Serenes growths. HP 55% - Strength 35% - Skill 30% - Speed 40% - Defense 40% - Magic 5% - Luck 40% - Mastery 40% FEWOD says his speed growth is 5%, so let's hope Serenes is right. Anyway, Hagar. Hagar's... a hilarious joke? He joins 5 chapters from the end, as a low-level unit with low bases. But he has Paragon and better growths than Tom, so he's obviously great, right? Yeah, no. He's a tank. He has all the problems Tom had to begin with, only I cannot have him take every single terrain skill in the game for memes. And with his horrendous bases? He's really bad. I'll stick with Norton, thanks. I will, however, make the argument that he's better than other late joining units, like Lina or the next one we get, simply because he can use ballistae, which gives him a small niche. He's not good with them, don't get me wrong, but he can be used for something, I guess. Units like L So he's Hagar the Horrible. Kaga literally made a joke based on a newspaper comic. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I can! Hee hee hee hee~! Come out, friend! I just wanna play~! ...Lady Sasha... is it my fault that you're in such a pitiful state? We'll move this big piece of garbage and join you, Lady Sasha! I'll leave some spares for you~! ...father Lee, you need to say something to her! This war is draining away all of her sanity! If someone can save her from herself, it might be you! Please...! I am sorry, milady. She may very well be beyond saving at this point. I'm ashamed to admit it, but... she terrifies me. ...Queen Liza... I... I am a complete failure... Aah... haah... o-oh, goodness... she shouldn't be able to see me through the trees, but... if she does, it's... it's all over...! Goddess, please have mercy on me...! If I get out of here alive, I swear I shall never again resort to deceit and manipulation for personal gain! I will behave, I will be the greatest person this side of Lieberia! I-I will make monthly donations to the church-- and bountiful ones, at that! Just... don't let that demoness find me...! Have to wonder if Sasha will ever go back to how she was pre-war. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: There! We can catch up to Lady Sasha now! Ah, don't bother. I think I lost him. D'aww... what a chicken. Haah... haah... haah... keep running... keep r-running... don't worry about... head wound... can treat it later... run... run! I like how a certain mage seems to be blissfully unaware of how monstrous Sasha has become. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Yeah, this is why I made Runan walk all the way to the other side of the map: so I could show off this stupidity. This map is a seize map, but it might as well be "kill boss", because when you kill Ernst, Runan automatically runs up to him. Classic. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ah, yeah. Here it is. The Stache Sword of Canaan, folks: He died standing in front of the gate. His determination was such, that he would not let us pass even after bleeding out. His corpse continues defending Reeve. How absolutely amazing. I only wish there was artwork of some sort for this moment. He said he would not fall. He meant it. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Guh... guh-hah... nngh... huff... n-ngah...! Keep running... don't stop...! She can still... see me...! Aah... ahh... m-my head... hwargh...! Well, it's kind of ironic this guy still lives when even Ernst had to... not fall. The most Camus of all Camus's. He wouldn't budge on his position, either figuratively or literally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwing Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Part 66 - Stache of Canaan. This update is already awesome. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hmmm... your car broke down... the Royal Historian of Wellt's tank broke down... I think you're the Royal Historian of Wellt. You're bald! Well, I did shave my facial hair by the time the update came out, so from a certain point of view... (Some of it has grown back, though) On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Files, actually. "Archivo" means file in spanish. Well, among other things of course, but in this context, it's files. Ah, I see. That makes sense. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: PoR's being cool so far. Titania is a goddess, too. The waifu tier for Tellius goes Titania's hair > Titania > Oliver >>>>> everyone else. Not what I was expecting, but okay. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Also it's better than Three Houses Well, it's turned from "I'll get this game along with a switch" to "I'll get the game eventually" personally. Although given that I already have a crap ton of games to complete... You already know the drill. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Then allow me to personally attack present you: A year ago I was still playing FE12, and I'm fairly sure you weren't around for that one. So yeah. You're wrong. You from a year ago doesn't feel anything. I meant "year" in the general sense. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: So he's the leader of the Red Lions house? More leader of the "can-do-no-wrong"-not-Japan-after-their-mother-died-ten-minutes-after-they-found-their-kidnapped-not-sibling-and-forced-them-to-pick-a-path-in-a-black-and-white-conflict-when-their-not-sibling-has-family-on-both-sides nation. He's also I-cut-my-basterisklls-off-with-an-electric-katana-so-said-sibling-wouldn't-have-to-and-predictably-died-so-that-the-story-has-some-semblance-of-high-stakes-drama-and-loss. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: A documentary on the creation of any FE would be awesome. I still want to know why Horsemen can raid villages in FE12, but only sometimes. Heh heh, yeah. It would be great to see the reasoning behind design choices both ingenious and confusing. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Get yourself a PS2 emulator, and you will find a game that has both in great quantities. I asked my tech wiz freind about that weeks ago, and he said that my laptop could run it in the "just barely" sense, and that it would be more trouble than it's worth. And I know that you would say that Berwick is worth it anyway, so save yourself from typing the response. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I wish I knew. Some of these designs are horrible. Like... I can understand brawlers and grapplers (are warlocks, since they're dressed similar enough) being fanservicey (just look at most fighting games), but why aren't they wearing pants, and how the heck are their costumes supposed to be practical in an actual fight? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: They're swordfighters who trade a bit of strength of speed in exchange for a little bit of magic and the ability to use spells. They're a hybrid class. And also highly lame. So... Dread Fighters, except they're not DLC? Is there any background lore that says that the magic they're using is slowly causing them to go insane and they need to return to the villager life every now and again? That's the excuse Echoes uses for both the resistance boost (and all the flipping when they attack) and villager loop (although this information is found in the Valentian Accordian and not the game itself). On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Yeah, that one just has bad map design. I might suggest giving Fates a try one day. The story is lackluster, and the cast is one of the weaker ones in the series (I wouldn't call them bad, mind. It's still rewarding as always to unlock supports, but they tend to lack a hook that makes you interested in learning more about them, and even when characters have depth, it's not as deep as other examples in the series), but people aren't kidding when the maps and gimmicks are creative, and the gameplay is among the best in the series. I have my critiques of course, but overall the game does a great job of making skills useful, ensuring that the player and the enemy have the same tools available, and keeping the players on their toes. I would say that the games complexity is both its greatest strength and biggest weakness, but I'll save my full thoughts for another time. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: One of these days I should get around to playing it. Or the original Gaiden. That'd be easier, at least. Emulating NES is a piece of cake. The original Gaiden is a surprisingly solid game, honestly. The remake balances things out, but even the more "broken" elements of Gaiden aren't as ludicrous as the other examples in the series. Unfortunately, the games biggest flaw is... On 8/18/2019 at 8:34 AM, The Roger The Paladin said: I'd personally advise the remake. I like the original and all... but having to count out enemy range is painful. Really painful. ..Yeah, that it moves at a snails pace. Having to make several calculations manually isn't bad at first, but it quickly adds up, and the slow and repetitive animations don't help in the slightest. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Open-ended FE? Oh, please, no. Open-endedness doesn't work with every genre in the world. Let's stop with that craze, shall we? Give me some linear FE goodness. I was thinking more along the lines of "Mount and Blade with Fire Emblem tactical battles" when I mean "open-ended", although being fair I didn't mention or hint at that originally. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: "Urgh...! Parents can... eat... shit...!" Even in death, Holme gives us the catchphrase that he only said once. Is what I want to say, anyway. Instead, it turns out to be a drunken dream. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: "S n A K e ? ! ? !" "Yes, Snake. That's your name." "n A m E ? ! ? ! ! ? ? ? !" "..." ". . . ?" "All right, I'm done." "D o n E ? ! ? ? ! !" Meanwhile, Raiden either doesn't ask, or gets unhelpful answers. Also, I found this. Have fun! On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Yes. She was coerced into transforming for about 5 seconds by Maerchen's brother, and then Runan seized and Sennet appeared out of nowhere to save her. Right. I remember that. Sometimes gameplay and story integration can be unintentionally hilarious. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I doubt that is the case in Echoes, since the villagers were already a thing in Gaiden. They were just being faithful to the original. That's like saying FE11 was testing the reception towards badass old mages with Wendell so they could go on to make Hanneman. That's not right, Wendell was already a thing in FE1. Heck, they actually tried to nerf Wendell in Shadow Dragon (and failed)! Let me rephrase that: While the villagers first and foremost were kept to remain faithful to the original Gaiden, I wouldn't be surprised if IS was also testing out their reception to see if players were interested in seeing the mechanic expanded in a future game. Similar thoughts with the magic system. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Now the question is: did you realize that was a girl Morgan before or after that moment? AT that moment is the answer. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Thankfully, trying to delete something frmo the internet is basically impossible, so here's another one. Ah, Duma's delightfully out-of-place theme. Makes it seem like he's a Metroid boss. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Mounts aren't usually trained in killing, that's the rider's job. Except when ramming in Mount and Blade. Although I usually tend to suck at horseback fighting in that game. I have a hard time getting the timing right when attacking. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Moments like this should be more common, yes. I'm still waiting for a survival game to show how unsettling it would be to search a dead body the first time, and then for it to become second nature for both the protagonist and the player by the end of the game. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Character development! For, uh, y'know, Morgan #524 The phrase "character development" tends to go over my head unless someone points it out, usually because I expect characters to undergo change after certain events or as the journey goes on. Mostly because that's what happens in real life, so should it be considered special in fiction? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I like how you make Norton sound like the most mundane of the three, when he's really the most formidable of them. It will lead to your foes deciding he's the easiest one of the bunch to fight (comparatively speaking), only to give them a nasty surprise when they realize they chose poorly. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Well, it does its job: to emphasize the fact that she should not be going out to murder bipolar princes. I was going to bring that up originally, but it seemed like it was stating the obvious. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: It was Runan, with the thunder sword. Ah, that makes sense. And now using thunder and lightning to stun the enemy is something I want to see in Fire Emblem. Or flashbangs. Why not add even more tactics into the series? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Maybe I'll do it too, if I ever play Metal Gear. I believe it's because the button for killing the enemy after you grab them is pressure sensitive, and said button is multi-purpose. On a similar note, I attempted to do a pacifist run of MGS2 in my first time playing through it. After knocking the first guy out, I tried to find a place to hide the body. I got too close to one of the railings, which caused Snake to toss the unconscious guard overboard. I learned later that this counted as killing them, so my attempt was futile from the start. Although a section where you're rushed by enemy troops at the end of the game raised that number to 20, as while the it's possible to get through the sequence without killing anyone, your tranquilizer weapons aren't exactly the best tools for the job there, and although Snake is competent (impressively so, in fact. It never feels like you have to baby or escort him, and people aren't joking that he'll rival you in kills by the end) he won't last forever without your help. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: That's what you hear. The Royal Historian hears this. I suppose if you're hunted by the insane, who's to say the prey won't loose their mind as well? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I'd buy it. So would I, if I actually played any horror games. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Last time, this... person, appeared on the map. I'm fairly certain this line is bugged, as it's the same as his death quote as an enemy. Either Aethin made a whoopsie, or Kaga just used his death quote for his introduction and called it a day. Well, remove the ellipses, and it could work decently as an introduction quote for a guy stuck in a tank. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: That looks recruitable enough. But I haven't been given a single clue as to who might be able to do the recruiting! Who is it? Well, I'll just tell you. It's Mintz. I guess like Gaius, he will be convinced to switch sides by offering him some candy? I will not let the Mints jokes die! On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: A-All right, it seems to have passed... I just hope I haven't sunk deeper in the mud... earthquakes! They can cause earthquakes, as well! What's next!? Well, they do have rainbow rain... On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Look, a gif! A simple yet sweet crit animation. Although why does it look like the horse is constantly stomping on the ground? Also, while I see it's a face now, when it looks like they're wearing a helmet, it's a pretty hilarious "Long Sigh" look. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hmmmm... tempting, but that would kill Hagar. And that would be, uh... a tragedy? Depends. How expandable is he? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: It's like The Roger, but lame. Come to think of it, how is he aiming if he can't see a thing? Perhaps it's like artillery and mortar fire, where you make an estimated guess and hope it hits something. Although it helps that the ammunition for those tends to explode. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Odd time to remember this, but Hagar was a slave of Sarai (before Abram became Abraham and Sarai become Sarah). The LORD promised that Abram's descendants would be as plentiful as the stars in the sky, yet his wife was barren. Sarai suggested that Abram sleep with her slave, Hagar, so that they could build a family that way. Sarai hated Hagar after she was pregnant, and mistreated her slave, causing Hagar to run away, although she went back after an angel of the LORD told her to return and promised that her descendants would also be numerous. The angel also told her to name the child Ishmael, which she did. God still promised Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son of their own, although they both laughed when they heard this, albeit on different occasions; Abraham after his name was changed and the covenant of circumcision took place, and Sarah when Abraham invited three visitors (God and two angels) and the LORD said that Sarah would have a son the next year (the two angels went to save Lot and his family from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, while Abraham pleaded with God to spare the cities if 50, then 40, then 30, then 20, and then 10 righteous people could be found there, which the LORD agreed to). Isaac (the name the LORD chose for him) was born at the time God promised. Years later, Hagar and Ishmael were sent away at Sarah's request, which distressed Abraham, but the Lord assured him that both of his sons would be founders of great nations. God also assured Hagar that Ishmael would be a great nation when they ran out of water, and revealed to her a well of water. Read Genesis 15 through 22, if you're curious. The fate of Lot after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the meeting and eventual treaty with Ambimelek are featured in-between. It should be noted that Isaac was not a child, but an aged man when Abraham was famously tested. And Ishmael led to the eventual foundation of Islam. ... ...So why in the world does a dude driving a medieval tank have this name? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Is that you, bro?! Everyone else said you died in battle, but you're still alive and kickin'! What are you doin' here? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: You can't drag me into this, bro! I'll be executed for sure, now! On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hmmm... Thanks, bro! I think I'll take you up on that. Is... he capable of calling Mintz anything other than "bro"? It's not as bad as the 3DS games in anachronisms, but this is a noticeable one in the game. Also, I don't know whether to read his dialogue in a surfer dude accent or with the mannerisms of a millennial teen (or whoever was born in the late 90s. Like my tech wiz friend) due entirely to him saying "bro." Also also, I read all of Geeses dialogue last Lets Play in an Australian Accent. ...I wanted to bring it up, and I don't see myself getting another opportunity where that is remotely relevant. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: So, the Panther! Serenes and FEWOD list conflicting growths for him. Now I'm worried that this has also happened in the past. Oh, well. Not like people come here expecting a seriously informative playthrough. I'll just take the Serenes growths. HP 55% - Strength 35% - Skill 30% - Speed 40% - Defense 40% - Magic 5% - Luck 40% - Mastery 40% FEWOD says his speed growth is 5%, so let's hope Serenes is right. Anyway, Hagar. Hagar's... a hilarious joke? He joins 5 chapters from the end, as a low-level unit with low bases. But he has Paragon and better growths than Tom, so he's obviously great, right? Yeah, no. He's a tank. He has all the problems Tom had to begin with, only I cannot have him take every single terrain skill in the game for memes. And with his horrendous bases? He's really bad. I'll stick with Norton, thanks. I will, however, make the argument that he's better than other late joining units, like Lina or the next one we get, simply because he can use ballistae, which gives him a small niche. He's not good with them, don't get me wrong, but he can be used for something, I guess. Units like Lina and the next recruit we'll get are pure combat growth units, which makes them worthless. As far as bottom of the barrel goes, he's not quite the bottomest of them. Frankly, I'm feeling half-tempted to use him with all those arrowspates Sasha mugged off the ballistae. We'll see next chapter. So... he's cannon fodder that has a chance to become somewhat more impressive cannon fodder? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Jesus. Mother. Fucking. Christ. Remember Murdock? Murdock's a friggin' diaper-wearing, one-toothed toddler in comparison to this absolute man. Ernst is, bar none, the strongest boss in the entire game. There is exactly one boss that surpasses him in raw power (next chapter's boss, as a matter of fact), but there's an alternative strategy for this boss that severely debilitates him. Ernst? There's no way to cheese him, and waiting till turn 30 for him to self-destruct won't work either. You have to fight him. And what a fight it's going to be. Ernst is ready for everything you may throw at him. His raw stats are incredible, he's better than literally all of my units. There are very few units who will be able to survive a single round of direct combat against him. His skill set is godly, with Sol to recover all of the health you may manage to take from him, Pavise to deny your lucky crits, Nihil to prevent you from Wrath'ing him to death, and Adept so he has a chance to just plain erase your units. He's also packing weapons and items for every situation: the wardblade and the magic shield are more or less useless, because no Mages in this game can use Canto, so attacking him with one is suicide; however, even the Sylph is useless against him, because the wind shield makes him all but invincible against even that (fairly certain Sylph is exactly why they gave that to him). He also has a shieldblade that'll make him completely invincible against all sorts of damage, if you let him wield it. However, both this and the wardblade are melee weapons, so he'll seldom get to use them, in this playthrough at least. Instead, he gets to pick between a magic sword to kill Norton, and a javelin to kill everyone else. Joy. ... Is Ernst's last name Badass? Because I would not be surprised if part of his legal name is Badass. Maybe it's his middle name? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: This is the reason this update is a two parter. Remember how, at the end of the last update, I said we were about halfway through the chapter's screenshots? Well, see how we're barely five minutes into the second part and we've already made it to Ernst? Yeah. Draw your own conclusions. So is this the "I can save a few hours when quoting stuff" kind of boss fight, or the "every section is exciting" kind? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: And no, you cannot recruit him with Mintz. This badass's a Camus. Thanks, Kaga. At least he can't go down without a fight. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Before we face Ernst, let's make sure no more tanks come out of Reeve to assist him. Right, there are reinforcements on this map. No wonder this level is considered one of the hardest in the game. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: At least he can take potshots at Ernst. Completely useless potshots, but... Better than nothing, and it gives cannon fodder something to do. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Ah, so that's what you mean by the arrows bouncing off. It actually looks like the arrow split in half. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: In fact, I'm fairly certain that the one and only unit in the entire team who can fight him without dying horribly is Leonie. She has just barely enough speed not to get doubled by him if she's using the silver bow. She can't hurt him right now because silver shield, but once we break the thing, she'll be able to do some damage, too. That's the plan, by the way. Leonie will be 1v1'ing Ernst. We'll be here for a while, folks. So... will it be a battle of attrition until someone crits, or will it be over we know it? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: For educational purposes, this is what happens if you try to attack Ernst from up close. That looks promising. So Ernst can tank, double, hit reliably, and even dodge a few attacks. I can see why you're relying on Leonie to take him down. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: His sprite is magnificent. You can say that again. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...But that does not mean I will let you through today. Come, so-called Champions of Yutona! Show me what you're made of! Amazing. Short but sweet. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Unrelated, but Ernst always looked really fat to me. Look at that belly! He doesn't look like the kind of guy who could take on the entire player army by himself. I guess this proves that it's no good to judge a book by its cover. Yeah, now that you mention it, it does look like he has a bit of a belly. Didn't notice that before. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: He heals a fuckton of HP from the gate. Look at this nonsense! She healed 8 HP just now! Fairly certain the exact amount of HP he recovers is 12 HP. He gets a free vulnerary + 2 HP every single turn. This is not fair. So... chipping him to death isn't the most viable strategy? Do you have to instead crit him several times instead? Crit Chipping? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: This will be Esther from here on out. At this point, I'm going to start skipping much of the enemy phases, and focus on the battle with Ernst. Don't blame you, considering you had to make a second update dedicated almost solely to this fight. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I don't expect this to work, but at least he won't die. And just in case, I had him take Leonie's charm for a sec, so even if Ernst procs crits twice or something crazy like that, Mintz will make it. Two crits and Adept will kill him, but what's the chance of that oh my God he's going to die isn't he. Even when you plan things out, you think of ways your luck can screw you over. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: So be it. Not a single person shall get past me. Not even you, my friend. If you will not retreat, then your only path is through me! Simple convo, but really cool nonetheless. Kinda wish Mintz said something, but sometimes less is more. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...hesitating, Mintz? Sorry, man. I just don't think I can skewer you in good conscience. Hmph... it gladdens me to know that you feel that way. But I have sworn to defend this gate, and that I shall do! ...come, then. I can take it. Badass on both ends. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Sir Mintz... Ah, I'm sorry, Leonie. I can't do it. Please... Don't worry, Sir Mintz. I will do it. You can leave this place, if you want... I'll be fine. No, I think I'll stay here. If nothing else, I can cheer you on. If I allowed you to fall here, too, I'm not sure if I'd be able to sleep with myself ever again. ...thank you, Sir Mintz. Admitting when you're not the man for the job is always admirable. As is supporting the person who is. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Another level. Mage knights don't look out of place in the magic girl attack background. ...Not certain what that says of the dignity of mage knights. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Here's a really fun idea. With the levin sword, Ernst has lost just enough avoid to give Hagar exactly 1% of accuracy against him with the stonehoist. Add the Mintz support to that, and Hagar gets the slightest chance to hit Ernst for 10 damage. Let's go. Bah. Worth a shot. Unless he's expending the use of some weapon. Then it is less worth it. Unless this game doesn't expend weapon uses in the event an attack misses. I've forgotten the last time that question was asked. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Ernst equipping the javelin has increased Hagar's accuracy by 1%. Now he'll hit, I'm sure... Is Hagar pulling a lever somewhere? It looks like he's touching the yellow pain on the catapult, which somehow causes the mechanism to launch. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Ernst, like Kreiss, has the power to multiply his javelins before throwing them. More interestingly, Leonie has dodged his throw, so she can attack again in the player phase. Ernst really is a badass for knowing magic that doens't actually affect gameplay but makes the attack look cool, and Leonie is a badass for dodging and standing up to this powerhouse. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I really don't get why he keeps juggling between his weapons. What's the advantage of using this over the javelin? Is he just feeling merciful? 'Cause I'm not complaining, if that is the case. Perhaps he's planning for the future and doesn't want to break his weapon just to take out one opponent? He does seem fully intent to either walk out of this fight alive or die trying. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Nngh... Ernst! Why? Why do you so stubbornly oppose us?! We are not the enemy! So you say. But you are no friends of ours, either. We won't let you so-called Champions ruin Canaan! Ernst, you don't understand! We would never... Lord Runan would never do that! That's why I joined him! To restore the old Canaan! He's not the man you think he is! ...I am sorry, Mintz. But Prince Sennet is the safer bet for us. Prince Sennet!? If you won't stand down, all we can do is fight. En garde, old friend! ... Tis a sad day when the dashing rogue fails to talk his way out of a conflict that we wish could be avoided. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I tried, Ernst. I really did. A sad truth when armed combat is involved. In more peaceful situations, you could always try again, but not always in fights to the death. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!! ...m-my head... unnhh, I'm bleeding... w-what madness am I witnessing... Guess RHoW isn't a Touhou player. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Yes... yes, oh yes... I made it...! Thank you, Blessed Yutona! Hey! Look there! Someone's trying to escape! After him, everybody! NO! L-LEAVE ME ALONE, YOU PSYCHOPATH! YAAAAARGH! Running won't save you~! Tee hee hee~! The moment most let's players would crap their pants. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Aah... haah... o-oh, goodness... she shouldn't be able to see me through the trees, but... if she does, it's... it's all over...! Goddess, please have mercy on me...! If I get out of here alive, I swear I shall never again resort to deceit and manipulation for personal gain! I will behave, I will be the greatest person this side of Lieberia! I-I will make monthly donations to the church-- and bountiful ones, at that! Just... don't let that demoness find me...! He'd better make good on that promise. It is very unwise to make vows you cannot keep, especially those to God. The Commandment "Do not take the LORDS name in vain" doesn't just mean not to curse. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Oh, wait, right. She gave it to Mintz and I forgot to have him give it back. Perfect. I almost lost Leonie to a stupid mistake. Isn't that great? So... in the theoretical situation that she did die... Would this count as a dishonorable reset, or would you sacrifice your army in an attempt to bring Ernst down? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Joder... coño! La puta madre, verga! No me lo puedo creer! I google translated this. Needless to say, I will not repeat it here. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Haah... haah... haah... keep running... keep r-running... don't worry about... head wound... can treat it later... run... run! I, uh, hope the Royal Historian of Welt wasn't planning on having a grave... On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: It almost looks like the 3rd Corpsman is pointing at Runan's imaginary watch with his spear here. Also, what's the gold circlet on Runan's pants for? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: M O V E Best Paladin, fellas. You can never go wrong with more movement. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: It looks like Runan is holding on to the horse's head. You stole my normal comment, so for now I say that I agree. It also looks like Runan is cutting a tear through space and time here with the particle effects. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Okay, the shield didn't break, and it has 4 uses, so I suppose he really didn't attack last turn...? Why? Anyway, yeah. He can take one more battle. And I've nobody nearby who can eliminate that enemy, so... Eh, it's not like Hagar is a good unit or anything. Well, Cannon Fodder didn't last long. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...Really random time to notice this, but Runan is left-handed. 16 Years before Echoes made Alm a lefty. KDIF. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: This is it, folks. If I can't kill Ernst right now, Hagar is dead. If he lives, then... given how low the chance of killing Ernst right now is, I suppose he'll be entitled to a deployment slot...? You don't have to add a spot to the death count if cannon fodder survives. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: OH! OOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOAAAAAAOOOOAAAAHAHAHAHOHOHAHAOAHAOHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAH!! Well, I was half right with Critical Chipping winning the day. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: We did it. We finally did it. The battle with Ernst alone took me like 40 minutes in real life, but it's done. 40 MINUTES?!?!?! DANG?!?!? No wonder there were over 600 files for this chapter. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: And now, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you... the most epic send-off in FE. You thought Barbarossa was awesome? That was nothing compared to this. Watch well. Like back with Barbarossa, his death quote autoscrolls. At first, it's slow, as if he's having trouble speaking. Oh we're in for a treat. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: It speeds up here. I honestly would not be surprised if you had to fight Ernst again after that. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...what? Yeah, this is why I made Runan walk all the way to the other side of the map: so I could show off this stupidity. This map is a seize map, but it might as well be "kill boss", because when you kill Ernst, Runan automatically runs up to him. I can only imagine the amount of fun one could have with this games pathfinding by abusing this. Perhaps Kaga made the level so difficult that the player wouldn't attempt to get crazy with it. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: It appears that the enemy commander is personally guarding the gate. That man fights like a demon... Everyone is too scared to get near him. Gameplay and story integration. I mean, heck. You had to beat him with an archer. An amazing archer, but that still speaks about how much of a beast he is in melee. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: We can't let this continue. We have to break through! I will face the enemy commander myself. No, Runan! You don't have the stats! But he can abuse story sequences! I mean, the villains do it all the time. Why don't the heroes attempt it every once in a while? On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Ah, yeah. Here it is. The Stache Sword of Canaan, folks: He died standing in front of the gate. His determination was such, that he would not let us pass even after bleeding out. His corpse continues defending Reeve. How absolutely amazing. I only wish there was artwork of some sort for this moment. Dying standing is something few people, reality or fiction, can accomplish. Ernst Fasteriskcking earned this. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: If only you knew. If only you knew. If only they did. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Man, that was an incredible moment. Ernst may not have the most screentime, but he makes the most of what he has. Heck, "the most of what he has" is probably an understatement. That conversation with Mintz way back when gives him so much personality. Aye. What a way to come back. What a mixture of awesomeness and tragedy, this level is. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Ahahahah! We've won! I did it! I beat one of the hardest chapters without casualties! Even Hagar survived! Man... this is awesome. I'm awesome. Fuck yeah. Next time, we assault Reeve proper. Ready or not, here we come, Prince Julius! Till then, you know the drill: farewell, and I'll see you guys around! Bye~! Awesome indeed! I mean, heck. The game story was awesome, the fanfic was awesome, the gameplay was awesome, Ernst nickname, middle name, and last name is badass, and no one was added to the death count! I don't even know what the "tiny snag" you mentioned earlier was! On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...a legend to the bitter end. So long, old friend. It was fun while it lasted... I'm so sorry, Sir Mintz... Don't be. It had to be done. He would've never stood down. Heck, he didn't stand down even after you got him! I don't hold this against you. It's what he wanted. If you say so... Let's go, Leonie. We don't want to lag behind. All right.... I honestly wish this was in the game proper. On 8/17/2019 at 11:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Guh... guh-hah... nngh... huff... n-ngah...! Keep running... don't stop...! She can still... see me...! Aah... ahh... m-my head... hwargh...! I still have no idea how I want this to end. *** Phew! What a chapter! I think this was one of my longest replies, and I don't mind at all! I was curious when Ernst would return, and he came back as a legend. His death won't be forgotten, that's for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Hawkwing said: Is there any background lore that says that the magic they're using is slowly causing them to go insane and they need to return to the villager life every now and again? That's the excuse Echoes uses for both the resistance boost (and all the flipping when they attack) and villager loop (although this information is found in the Valentian Accordian and not the game itself). Except in this case it's more "now you can use weak magic attacks" than any significant magic resistance. To be honest I did get some use out of it with Felix by giving him a D rank in Faith so he could function as a healer in a pinch, and Thoron's 3-range was sort of handy sometimes... even if it didn't do much. I came to the conclusion that only the mounted hybrid magic/melee classes are any use and mostly for the move. I'd still argue Gremory or even Warlock is better overall due to the spells. 2 hours ago, Hawkwing said: Ah, Duma's delightfully out-of-place theme. Makes it seem like he's a Metroid boss. Come to think of it... he kind of looks like one too. Someone test a Samus amiibo with Echoes and see what happens. 2 hours ago, Hawkwing said: Also, I don't know whether to read his dialogue in a surfer dude accent or with the mannerisms of a millennial teen (or whoever was born in the late 90s. Like my tech wiz friend) due entirely to him saying "bro." Surfer dude accent. It's like he's Funky Kong's human surfing buddy. I mean, remember when Funky Kong went all military in DK64 for no apparent reason? There you go. He met Hagar at the beach and after discussion about waves and tanks, he got the idea to make some artillery of his own. Like a coconut gun. That can fire in spurts. If it shoots ya, it's gonna hurt. 2 hours ago, Hawkwing said: Dying standing is something few people, reality or fiction, can accomplish. Ernst kind of reminds me of this guy. Mind, this account is embellished slightly. I can find no other record of precisely where the spear hit him, so the Maerchen reference is debatable. http://badassoftheweek.com/stamfordbridge.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rubenio Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 Part 67 - Julius Berwick Saga is amazing. Other than that, I am proud to announce that I finally did it. After a long, long hiatus at the final chapter, I returned to it on a whim (and peer presure from my best friend. Mostly that), and, well... I made it. I beat FE12 in Maniac Mode. And Shiida never died, so Gotoh can go fuck himself, he doesn't get to tell Marth that he'll die alone. Hah! Sadly, this great victory did not come without cost... Manly tears were shed. Rest well, my man. Your sacrifice was paramount in achieving victory. Never did get around to using the Aum, though (Medeus died too fast), and Nyna survived, so I'll just make it headcanon that he was revived afterwards and the historians just missed that part. Here's to victory! May my next run go better, may Matthis be a badass once more in this next DSFE playthrough I am initiating, and may Gotoh never prevail! Other than FE12, I am playing Path of Radiance! Can somebody please let me know how difficult is Radiant Dawn? Because I'm up to chapter 21 of PoR, and... frankly? I can't wait to be done with it, because it's the most boring Fire Emblem game I've played in ages. Seriously, it's so mind-numbingly easy. It's easier than FE8, for Christ's sake! It wasn't always like that. Around the first half of the game was harder than FE8. It was still easy, but not overly so, it was still entertaining enough. But the drop in difficulty was so sudden, it gave me whiplash. I can pinpoint the exact point it happened: Tanith's joining chapter. Tanith joined, and the game's difficulty just left. My units are so broken, literally all of them could solo maps on their own. All of them. And I'm not using top tier units, I've got guys like Brom, Nephenee, Rolf, Rhys... well, they could solo maps, too! Okay, maybe not Rolf, but the others? They could, no sweat. Add to that Tanith's reinforce ability (which I like to call "the ability to call another two Taniths to the map"), Reyson's four-way dancing, and the enemy's awful, awful stats, and you've got a completely mindless bore of a game. I think it's no exaggeration to say that I've never, ever felt like my army was so powerful compared to the enemy's in any other FE game. Even FE8 kept my mind more busy. To be fair, I haven't finished PoR yet, but if the difficulty doesn't rise any time soon, I might just give up on it like I gave up on Three Houses, and move on to Radiant Dawn inmediately. I suppose I could give the Japanese Maniac Mode a shot, but I've seen gameplay of it, and frankly? More enemies that are just as weak doesn't seem like it'll make a difference. In fact, it sounds more boring, because it'll take longer to do the exact same things. So yeah, Tl;Dr: fun game at first, but it becomes so, so, soooo easy that it stops being fun. Julius: Spoiler On 8/17/2019 at 8:37 PM, BrightBow said: I got it from Order of the Stick. One strip referred to a bottle of "Keoghtom's Ointment" as "Cleric-in-a-can". Hahahahahahah... Frankly, my favourite part about Canned Dullahan is that it reminds me of this. Anyway, Ernst is even more scary then I remembered. He is probably the reason god invented Save Staffs. Too bad I can't use that, eh? Still, couldn't you have used the Defense Staff and shields to tweak the odds in your favor? And what about the Luna Sword? The defense staff is with Plum. Shields would've been competely inconsequential for the most part. The Luna sword may've helped, but I forgot to take it off The Roger, and even if I hadn't, it wouldn't have made much of a difference, as none of my sword wielders had the stats to face Ernst. Maybe Norton could've survived a round, but the main reason I did a Leonie solo was that Leonie was my only unit that was completely crit-proof against Ernst. With anybody else, it would've been a matter of time before they got le crits. Come to think of it, Tear Ring Saga does actually have quite a few more playable female characters then previous and future Fire Emblem games. For Tear Ring Saga, I counted 27 playable female characters and 35 male ones. Jesus, so many? I never thought much about it, but I never had the impression that this game's playable cast was so huge... Thracia had 16 female characters and 36 male ones. And I'd wager the ratio gets more loopsided the more you go back. In the future Path of Radiance had 14 female characters and 32 male ones. Funnily enough the amount of male characters seems pretty constant across all of the 3 games I just counted. Which is convenient, makes it easier to compare the ratio. Tear Ring Saga isn't that far off from a 50/50 ratio while in those other games less then 1/3 of the cast are female. A fun little tidbit. Allow me to provide another one! It appears this may've been a fluke, because Berwick Saga only has 13 female units out of 35 playable characters. Oh, well. On 8/17/2019 at 9:48 PM, eclipse said: GOOD GIRL ESTHER! By the end of this, you're going to end up replacing your current gal with Esther as your profile picture. Who even is she, anyway? I read somewhere that she's one Sara... Winstead? Wanstein? Wankstain. Sara Wankstain. Sorry... Now keep it up, for the sake of our dear LPer~! Are you threatening me, master moderator? I also had a chance to finish one of the routes for 3H. My thoughts in spoilers. Reveal hidden contents Route: Black Eagles (Empire) --- Story: If this route was a computer program, it would have memory leaks all over the place. So many plot points are opened and never addressed. What's up with the Western Church? What about that other faction? Why end the game there? Among others. It wasn't a bad idea, but too many things were mentioned and dropped. Mechanics: Deadeye is insane. Deadeye with a horse is more insane. Deadeye on a flying unit who can conveniently pick locks thanks to his personal skill is utterly bonkers. Kinda wish there was a way to allow non-magic classes to access some limited magic, just so that everyone could be Lee. Hero Relics are also bonkers, as Sylvain more-or-less OHKO'd the final boss (Ruined Sky crit). Characters: Hilda's my least favorite, and she's better-written than most of the Fates cast. Overall: I think I'm going to need to play through all the routes to figure out WTF is going on. Once I get the full story, I'll see. I like the mechanics so far! Well, glad you're enjoying the game enough to want to play through all routes. I couldn't even be bothered to finish Blue Lions, hahah. On 8/17/2019 at 10:39 PM, Tryhard said: Impressive, that chapter and Ernst always gave me a lot of trouble. Thanks! Yeah, I was dreading both quite a lot. On 8/18/2019 at 2:34 PM, The Roger The Paladin said: Oh boy. I'm using her again on my Golden Deer run (the only character I'm re-using because I wanted someone with resistance that wasn't Lorenz, who I intended to bench for being slow as Raphael... who is my tank but didn't because I couldn't bring myself to drop any of the units I started with, even if they're kind of a snob and lackluster). She must have took the expectations to heart. We're talking 116 avoid if I use alert stance + and an evade ring. Throw in Rally Speed and I can plop her down in enemy range and only the most accurate enemies have a hope in hell of hitting her. She doesn't hit hard, but her dexterity is high enough she crits fairly often. Her resistance is through the roof. She's basically filling the sort of role Gilbert and Dedue did last time... without actually having to have defense. Also, she's doubling anything that isn't an Assassin. Seriously, if I were self-insertive, I'd have to marry her for making this run cake-walk. Forget Horse Emblem. This is Flier-Emblem. I feel a little bad, seeing everyone enjoy Three Houses so much (the subreddit's head over heels for it), while I'm here, sitting around waiting for Berwick and grumbling about bosses magically gaining movement when I approach. I really tried to like it, but all that lategame bullshit just ruined the whole thing for me. I ended up with both the rusted versions of Parthia and Gradivus, and never got to use either because of not attaining the rank to forge them. Hardly mattered. Like Astram wasn't alive at the end of that Ironman run. His minion who got a certain Paladin turned General on the other hand... Right, I did spare Astram in the LP. Why I did that is beyond present me, and probably also beyond past me. Reveal hidden contents The war crimes are the source of Sasha's power. A clone without the bodycount is like Samson after getting a haircut. The biblical one, not the benched unit. Hwahahahahahah... damn! Just like Sasha and Stephanie. There's clearly a clone factory around. Come to think of it, Raphael being a big burly axe wielder who lives with his grandfather and little sister sounds familiar too. Not to mention the fact so many generics across the series look identical. Maybe the middle ages of Anime is stuck in the middle ages because all their research into technology went into cloning soldiers? They cloned all the idiots, so progress was henceforth impossible. Good thing you specified fliers. Maruj is saved from landing in the wrong place. It'd be funny if she got him in the most ironic way... by having him in her employ where he had to worry about her everyday. That'd be a fun ending. Who knows... I actually found it hilarious putting Dedue in range of a demonic beast only for it to go the other direction AWAY from my army. It was like "I may be a mindless beast, but I'm not stupid". Which is hilarious, because more self-preservation on a damn monster than a green unit. Kaga did it first in TRS. Reveal hidden contents Explains why in the Golden Deer Route Dedue's Blood of the Eagle and Lion self has 70 hp and 47 prt before factoring in his personal ability, meaning the only things in the Adrestian army that chapter he can't shrug off are the magic users, the terrain damage from the demonic beasts aoe attacks lighting the ground on fire, and Edelgard... who would, in 1 on 1 combat still fail to one round him without a crit. Long story short, Dedue was such a badass I kind of took advantage of it and let him clear out the top half of the map while I cleared out the bottom. Then when he was done, I was forced to take him out, but it was easy with Marianne and Thoron. Hahahahah... friggin' Hanneman, man. And then when you instruct him he says "I believe your coaching is better than mine!". Dude, my coaching caused me to bench half my class because they couldn't keep up. Ashe was a worse Leonie, so was Sylvain, Seteth outclassed Ingrid, Dedue was crap compared to Gilbert, Felix fuckin' died... the only BL students I used consistently were Annette and Mercedes. Everything else? Leonie and Ignatz, and teachers. *FrankLee And I would not blame you one bit. Right? Urk... It'd be poetic if there were a Royal Librarian of Wellt who gets constantly called the "Royal Historian of Wellt" and were a recolor. Hwahahahah, that'd be hilarious. Maybe he'd be the Royal Historian but with a stache. Not to neglect that one Wyvern (not Draco-Knight, a damn wild Wyvern) that can in the chapter you get Ymir. What are rules? Rules? You mean that thing I destroyed in my first LP? I'd personally advise the remake. I like the original and all... but having to count out enemy range is painful. Really painful. Yeah, I figured you'd say that. Fairly certain my 3DS is dead, but if I can manage to get it to work... I hate the tiny screen, though. Given I just played the chapter. Spoilers of course on Gold Deer route. Reveal hidden contents I personally think it's kind of well done. If one plays Blue Lions, Byleth and Rodrigue keep Dimitri's revenge crazed self in check. In Golden Deer, after the clash at Gronder Field, Dimitri... not having either Byleth or Rodrigue in check, pursues Edelgard into an ambush where he's skewered on a dozen lances according to Hilda's teary "he deserved better than this" account. At base after, there's mixed opinions depending on who you have recruited. Ingrid swears to carry on the torch for him and see the empire pays. Annette, on hearing the corpse was born off the field is relieved her father survived the battle. Ashe worries that Dedue may have fallen in the fight too. Mercedes is found praying for the fallen prince and recounts that he used to pray at the chapel at night. Felix laments and wishes he stayed by Dimitri's side, wondering if he could have prevented this(he could not have of course, but it's ironic that Felix is the one who seemed to regret leaving Dimitri's side most). Ferdinand remarks (accurately enough) that Dimitri's lust for vengeance blinded him and he needed a retainer that could pull him into line to avoid this. Basically, it shows the consequences of Dimitri's self-destructive post-timeskip behavior when left unchecked. It also fits with the game's love of ambush spawns... so story/gameplay synergy? Eh... not bad. Better than Claude's fate in BL, of course. It'd be a master-piece. Pyramid Head never could compete. Bonus points. The fog is fog of war. You mean the horror that does not exist in TRS? Jeez... you really have it out for the Royal Historian of Wellt, eh? Mintz never worried, He simply procced Flurry. That left the tank beaten and crushed. And so it was written the third corpseman was smitten, And had finally bitten the dust. The armor destroyed, by the technique he employed with cyclonically powerful blows So that fateful morn, A legend was born. That's how the story goes. Hahah, awesome. Source? Sonar In the Middle Ages of Anime? I think it's more like a periscope. As in, he sticks his head out the top of the tank. His neck is long enough for that. So he's Hagar the Horrible. Kaga literally made a joke based on a newspaper comic. It's probably a coincidence. Hagar the Panther is way more horrible than Hagar the Horrible. Have to wonder if Sasha will ever go back to how she was pre-war. I hope so, for Wellt's sake. I like how a certain mage seems to be blissfully unaware of how monstrous Sasha has become. Most people seem to ignore her murderous impulses. Classic. How so? He said he would not fall. He meant it. Hahah, yep. That's exactly it. Well, it's kind of ironic this guy still lives when even Ernst had to... not fall. The most Camus of all Camus's. He wouldn't budge on his position, either figuratively or literally. They probably had to use the entire army's strength to move his corpse. He was gripping firmly on to the gate when he died, and rigor mortis did the rest. 9 hours ago, Hawkwing said: This update is already awesome. Hahahahahah... Well, I did shave my facial hair by the time the update came out, so from a certain point of view... See, I was right! (Some of it has grown back, though) That's what facial hair tends to do, yes. Ah, I see. That makes sense. That it does. Not what I was expecting, but okay. Bwahahahahahah... sorry. Well, it's turned from "I'll get this game along with a switch" to "I'll get the game eventually" personally. Although given that I already have a crap ton of games to complete... You already know the drill. Hey, don't let me dissuade you from getting the game. I'm in the minority here, everyone else loves the game. And I'm the weirdo who loves DSFE and KagaSaga, so it's not like my opinion holds any water. I meant "year" in the general sense. Well, leave it to me to nitpick your every word. More leader of the "can-do-no-wrong"-not-Japan-after-their-mother-died-ten-minutes-after-they-found-their-kidnapped-not-sibling-and-forced-them-to-pick-a-path-in-a-black-and-white-conflict-when-their-not-sibling-has-family-on-both-sides nation. He's also I-cut-my-basterisklls-off-with-an-electric-katana-so-said-sibling-wouldn't-have-to-and-predictably-died-so-that-the-story-has-some-semblance-of-high-stakes-drama-and-loss. Ergh... all right...? Heh heh, yeah. It would be great to see the reasoning behind design choices both ingenious and confusing. There are so many questions I'd love to ask Kaga. I asked my tech wiz freind about that weeks ago, and he said that my laptop could run it in the "just barely" sense, and that it would be more trouble than it's worth. Well-- And I know that you would say that Berwick is worth it anyway, so save yourself from typing the response. ... Nah, if your laptop is going to explode, it wouldn't be worth it. You just need a better computer! Go on, go on, get searching. You must play Berwick, no matter the cost! Like... I can understand brawlers and grapplers (are warlocks, since they're dressed similar enough) being fanservicey (just look at most fighting games), but why aren't they wearing pants, and how the heck are their costumes supposed to be practical in an actual fight? I have no idea. So... Dread Fighters, except they're not DLC? I... have no idea. Is there any background lore that says that the magic they're using is slowly causing them to go insane and they need to return to the villager life every now and again? That's the excuse Echoes uses for both the resistance boost (and all the flipping when they attack) and villager loop (although this information is found in the Valentian Accordian and not the game itself). No, I'm fairly sure they're just magical samurais for no reason. I might suggest giving Fates a try one day. The story is lackluster, and the cast is one of the weaker ones in the series (I wouldn't call them bad, mind. It's still rewarding as always to unlock supports, but they tend to lack a hook that makes you interested in learning more about them, and even when characters have depth, it's not as deep as other examples in the series), but people aren't kidding when the maps and gimmicks are creative, and the gameplay is among the best in the series. I have my critiques of course, but overall the game does a great job of making skills useful, ensuring that the player and the enemy have the same tools available, and keeping the players on their toes. I would say that the games complexity is both its greatest strength and biggest weakness, but I'll save my full thoughts for another time. Hmmm. I'll keep this in mind. The original Gaiden is a surprisingly solid game, honestly. The remake balances things out, but even the more "broken" elements of Gaiden aren't as ludicrous as the other examples in the series. Unfortunately, the games biggest flaw is... ..Yeah, that it moves at a snails pace. Having to make several calculations manually isn't bad at first, but it quickly adds up, and the slow and repetitive animations don't help in the slightest. Yes, the terribly outdated UI is what's kept me away from the older FEs. I was thinking more along the lines of "Mount and Blade with Fire Emblem tactical battles" when I mean "open-ended", although being fair I didn't mention or hint at that originally. I see. Still, I feel like FE is at its best when it's linear. Even in death, Holme gives us the catchphrase that he only said once. Is what I want to say, anyway. Instead, it turns out to be a drunken dream. Stupid, stupid Holmes... Meanwhile, Raiden either doesn't ask, or gets unhelpful answers. Also, I found this. Have fun! Questions? Approach? Launch? P A L ? ! This guy's too much. Right. I remember that. Sometimes gameplay and story integration can be unintentionally hilarious. I can only imagine the game would be softlocked if, for some reason, one sent Renee with Runan and had her warp him up to the hill. Let me rephrase that: While the villagers first and foremost were kept to remain faithful to the original Gaiden, I wouldn't be surprised if IS was also testing out their reception to see if players were interested in seeing the mechanic expanded in a future game. Similar thoughts with the magic system. I see. Could be, could be. I frankly feel the 3H magic system to be way too good. Siege tomes don't destroy games because they're extremely limited for the most part. But in 3H, if you use the right mages, you'll get like 4 meteors every single map. You barely even need warp to warpskip in those situations. I'll admit that it makes inventory management less tedious, but it comes at the cost of difficulty. AT that moment is the answer. Hahahahahah, perfect. Ah, Duma's delightfully out-of-place theme. Makes it seem like he's a Metroid boss. I like it. Except when ramming in Mount and Blade. Although I usually tend to suck at horseback fighting in that game. I have a hard time getting the timing right when attacking. It is kinda difficult, yes. But it doesn't matter, in that game, it's the generics that do the fighting. I'm still waiting for a survival game to show how unsettling it would be to search a dead body the first time, and then for it to become second nature for both the protagonist and the player by the end of the game. Most games tend to gloss over it. The phrase "character development" tends to go over my head unless someone points it out, usually because I expect characters to undergo change after certain events or as the journey goes on. Mostly because that's what happens in real life, so should it be considered special in fiction? Because more often than not, fictional characters don't develop ever. It will lead to your foes deciding he's the easiest one of the bunch to fight (comparatively speaking), only to give them a nasty surprise when they realize they chose poorly. Ah, sneaky. Quite, quite sneaky. I like it. I was going to bring that up originally, but it seemed like it was stating the obvious. That's probably because it is. Ah, that makes sense. And now using thunder and lightning to stun the enemy is something I want to see in Fire Emblem. Or flashbangs. Why not add even more tactics into the series? If they added those, it'd allow me to say "I did it first", at any rate. I believe it's because the button for killing the enemy after you grab them is pressure sensitive, and said button is multi-purpose. On a similar note, I attempted to do a pacifist run of MGS2 in my first time playing through it. After knocking the first guy out, I tried to find a place to hide the body. I got too close to one of the railings, which caused Snake to toss the unconscious guard overboard. I learned later that this counted as killing them, so my attempt was futile from the start. Although a section where you're rushed by enemy troops at the end of the game raised that number to 20, as while the it's possible to get through the sequence without killing anyone, your tranquilizer weapons aren't exactly the best tools for the job there, and although Snake is competent (impressively so, in fact. It never feels like you have to baby or escort him, and people aren't joking that he'll rival you in kills by the end) he won't last forever without your help. Help? I suppose if you're hunted by the insane, who's to say the prey won't loose their mind as well? I mean, he's bleeding out from his head. Spare him some mad rants. So would I, if I actually played any horror games. Most aren't even scary. Too many games think jumpscares = scurry. Heck, the best horror game I've ever seen doesn't even exist. Or does it...? Well, remove the ellipses, and it could work decently as an introduction quote for a guy stuck in a tank. I suppose that's why they used it. I guess like Gaius, he will be convinced to switch sides by offering him some candy? I will not let the Mints jokes die! Nobody's asking you to. Well, they do have rainbow rain... As he discovered the rough way later. A simple yet sweet crit animation. Although why does it look like the horse is constantly stomping on the ground? Because that's their idle animation. Also, while I see it's a face now, when it looks like they're wearing a helmet, it's a pretty hilarious "Long Sigh" look. Hahah, I think I see it, yes. Depends. How expandable is he? None. None is the amount of expandable he is. His size remains static throughout the entire game. Perhaps it's like artillery and mortar fire, where you make an estimated guess and hope it hits something. Although it helps that the ammunition for those tends to explode. I guess that's a theory. Odd time to remember this, but Hagar was a slave of Sarai (before Abram became Abraham and Sarai become Sarah). The LORD promised that Abram's descendants would be as plentiful as the stars in the sky, yet his wife was barren. Sarai suggested that Abram sleep with her slave, Hagar, so that they could build a family that way. Sarai hated Hagar after she was pregnant, and mistreated her slave, causing Hagar to run away, although she went back after an angel of the LORD told her to return and promised that her descendants would also be numerous. The angel also told her to name the child Ishmael, which she did. God still promised Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son of their own, although they both laughed when they heard this, albeit on different occasions; Abraham after his name was changed and the covenant of circumcision took place, and Sarah when Abraham invited three visitors (God and two angels) and the LORD said that Sarah would have a son the next year (the two angels went to save Lot and his family from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, while Abraham pleaded with God to spare the cities if 50, then 40, then 30, then 20, and then 10 righteous people could be found there, which the LORD agreed to). Isaac (the name the LORD chose for him) was born at the time God promised. Years later, Hagar and Ishmael were sent away at Sarah's request, which distressed Abraham, but the Lord assured him that both of his sons would be founders of great nations. God also assured Hagar that Ishmael would be a great nation when they ran out of water, and revealed to her a well of water. In other words, God supports domestic abuse. Check. Read Genesis 15 through 22, if you're curious. The fate of Lot after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the meeting and eventual treaty with Ambimelek are featured in-between. It should be noted that Isaac was not a child, but an aged man when Abraham was famously tested. And Ishmael led to the eventual foundation of Islam. ... I find it rather sad that this still isn't as long as the intro to this update. ...So why in the world does a dude driving a medieval tank have this name? Because Kaga does not like to waste time investigating his biblical references. Is... he capable of calling Mintz anything other than "bro"? It's not as bad as the 3DS games in anachronisms, but this is a noticeable one in the game. I think the intent is to make it very clear that Hagar is a joke character, and should be treated as such. Hence, the portrait I made for him. Also, I don't know whether to read his dialogue in a surfer dude accent or with the mannerisms of a millennial teen (or whoever was born in the late 90s. Like my tech wiz friend) due entirely to him saying "bro." I mean, I'm a millennial teen and my voice has a strange range, from sounding like a deeper Snake to squeaking like an anime girl. My advice is that you just imagine this voice. Also also, I read all of Geeses dialogue last Lets Play in an Australian Accent. ...I wanted to bring it up, and I don't see myself getting another opportunity where that is remotely relevant. Don't worry, I'm glad to find out that Geese is Australian. So... he's cannon fodder that has a chance to become somewhat more impressive cannon fodder? No, he's cannon fodder that has Paragon. ... Is Ernst's last name Badass? Because I would not be surprised if part of his legal name is Badass. Maybe it's his middle name? Ernst Badass "Badass" Badass. So is this the "I can save a few hours when quoting stuff" kind of boss fight, or the "every section is exciting" kind? I tried to make things exciting along the way. Considering the length of your reply, I'm going to assume I did well! At least he can't go down without a fight. Frankly, with that send-off, I think recruiting him would've been kind of a waste. A much appreciated waste, but a waste nonetheless. Right, there are reinforcements on this map. No wonder this level is considered one of the hardest in the game. I made it look easy, somehow (I still can't believe how well it went), but yeah, it is pretty hard. Better than nothing, and it gives cannon fodder something to do. Right. Ah, so that's what you mean by the arrows bouncing off. It actually looks like the arrow split in half. That's a graphical glitch, actually. They don't split in half. So... will it be a battle of attrition until someone crits, or will it be over we know it? Well... So Ernst can tank, double, hit reliably, and even dodge a few attacks. I can see why you're relying on Leonie to take him down. You didn't even mention the worst part: his huge crit gives him a very significant chance to delete my units in one swift stroke. You can say that again. Fun fact: he's one of the only two Gold Paladins in the entire game. The other one is Narron, after promoting. The promo gains of that class are so crazy, they singlehandedly turn little growth unit Narron into the best unit in the game, bar none. In the ending sequence, if he's recruited and alive, Narron is told that his father was a General of Canaan. He isn't told the name, but well, I think we can all guess who it is. I can only say, it's only right that a badass of Ernst's caliber would give birth to a unit so broken, I went as far as to recommend people not to vote for him because he'd make the LP boring. Short but sweet. Indeed. Yeah, now that you mention it, it does look like he has a bit of a belly. Didn't notice that before. It's really strange. Why would they design him like that? To make an oblivious player underestimate him? So... chipping him to death isn't the most viable strategy? Do you have to instead crit him several times instead? Crit Chipping? Basically, yes. Don't blame you, considering you had to make a second update dedicated almost solely to this fight. That's Ernst for ya. Even when you plan things out, you think of ways your luck can screw you over. Can you blame me, at this point? Kinda wish Mintz said something, but sometimes less is more. I took care of that, but yeah, I wish he said something as well. Badass on both ends. I did my best! This battle deserved no less. Admitting when you're not the man for the job is always admirable. As is supporting the person who is. A small hunter girl from Salia. As opposed to a professional (well, quote-on-quote) knight. Why is it that half the little girls in my army are killing machines? Mage knights don't look out of place in the magic girl attack background. ...Not certain what that says of the dignity of mage knights. They're pathetic, so... it says just what it is. Worth a shot. Ah, the catchphrase that I more or less have abandoned. What a shame... Unless he's expending the use of some weapon. Then it is less worth it. Unless this game doesn't expend weapon uses in the event an attack misses. I've forgotten the last time that question was asked. Who cares? I have almost 60 shots of Arrowspates in the convoy, and they might as well be Hagar's exclusive weapons, with Tom in the other route. Is Hagar pulling a lever somewhere? It looks like he's touching the yellow pain on the catapult, which somehow causes the mechanism to launch. Yes, that's the ballista animation. They pull a little lever. Ernst really is a badass for knowing magic that doens't actually affect gameplay but makes the attack look cool, and Leonie is a badass for dodging and standing up to this powerhouse. Like I said, a battle of titans. Perhaps he's planning for the future and doesn't want to break his weapon just to take out one opponent? He does seem fully intent to either walk out of this fight alive or die trying. Maybe, maybe. Tis a sad day when the dashing rogue fails to talk his way out of a conflict that we wish could be avoided. A sad truth when armed combat is involved. In more peaceful situations, you could always try again, but not always in fights to the death. There was no time to waste, with the reinforcements and all. Guess RHoW isn't a Touhou player. Pfft! The moment most let's players would crap their pants. The clickbaiters would scream their asses off. But earnestly, this time. He'd better make good on that promise. It is very unwise to make vows you cannot keep, especially those to God. The Commandment "Do not take the LORDS name in vain" doesn't just mean not to curse. So what you're saying is, divine punishment is in order for our beloved baldie? So... in the theoretical situation that she did die... Would this count as a dishonorable reset, or would you sacrifice your army in an attempt to bring Ernst down? I... To be entirely forthcoming with you, I'm glad we never did get to find out. I google translated this. Needless to say, I will not repeat it here. "No me lo puedo creer" is just "I can't believe it", I do not see where the problem is. ... I, uh, hope the Royal Historian of Welt wasn't planning on having a grave... I doubt he plans on it, but he definitely knows it's a very real possibility at this point. It almost looks like the 3rd Corpsman is pointing at Runan's imaginary watch with his spear here. Also, what's the gold circlet on Runan's pants for? ...his pocket watch? He has all the watches. You can never go wrong with more movement. Not at all. You stole my normal comment, so for now I say that I agree. It also looks like Runan is cutting a tear through space and time here with the particle effects. It's like in Three Houses where Spoiler Byleth returns to the world from Bad Gharnef's Plot Hell with the power of Loli Love. Well, Cannon Fodder didn't last long. Well... ...Really random time to notice this, but Runan is left-handed. 16 Years before Echoes made Alm a lefty. KDIF. Actually, I'm not quite sure what he is. His sprite is just flipped depending on which side of the screen he is standing on. Ambidextrous? You don't have to add a spot to the death count if cannon fodder survives. As if anybody cared about Hagar. Inb4 Butterman makes him his second favourite after Arkis. Well, I was half right with Critical Chipping winning the day. It seems as though Leonie didn't want to cause Mintz more pain by having him watch Hagar die in front of him, so she did her best to finish the battle quickly. An odd instance of coincidental gameplay-story integration. I dig it. 40 MINUTES?!?!?! DANG?!?!? No wonder there were over 600 files for this chapter. Yeah, no joke. It took me a long, long time to be done with the battle. And I was speeding up the emulator constantly! Normally it would've taken even longer! Oh we're in for a treat. You can say that again. Now go ahead. I honestly would not be surprised if you had to fight Ernst again after that. That would've been... horrible. And awesome, but that is some awesomeness I am ready to sacrifice to preserve my sanity and that of every TRS player ever. You know, all 776 players of TRS. It's more than Berwick! I can only imagine the amount of fun one could have with this games pathfinding by abusing this. Like I said earlier, warp Runan to the hill and watch him try to escape. Perhaps Kaga made the level so difficult that the player wouldn't attempt to get crazy with it. I can believe that. Gameplay and story integration. I mean, heck. You had to beat him with an archer. An amazing archer, but that still speaks about how much of a beast he is in melee. Frankly, I doubt I would've been able to beat him if I had let him equip the shieldblade. But he can abuse story sequences! I mean, the villains do it all the time. Why don't the heroes attempt it every once in a while? Maybe he intended to do that. Or maybe he planned to abuse Eugen's resuscitatory powers. Either way, he was a wee bit too late. Dying standing is something few people, reality or fiction, can accomplish. Ernst Fasteriskcking earned this. Maybe Ahab was a deeper villain, but this guy has, bar none, my favourite battle and death in the entire game. Barbarossa comes really close, but... I don't think he quite beats Ernst. If only they did. If only... Aye. What a way to come back. What a mixture of awesomeness and tragedy, this level is. Mostly awesomeness. That was awesome. Awesome indeed! Yeah, awesome! Awesome, awesome, awesome! I mean, heck. The game story was awesome, the fanfic was awesome, the gameplay was awesome, Ernst nickname, middle name, and last name is badass, and no one was added to the death count! I don't even know what the "tiny snag" you mentioned earlier was! Ah, you refer to when I said that this whole part of the game was epic, "except for a tiny snag"? Yeah, I was actually talking about this whole part of Runan's story, not this chapter alone. This chapter is flawless. The tiny snag will come up in a few updates from now. I honestly wish this was in the game proper. So do I, so do I... but I can't complain, what we got is already too brutal. I still have no idea how I want this to end. Only one way to find out! *** Phew! What a chapter! I think this was one of my longest replies, and I don't mind at all! I was curious when Ernst would return, and he came back as a legend. His death won't be forgotten, that's for sure! Hard to forget a death so epic. 6 hours ago, The Roger The Paladin said: Surfer dude accent. It's like he's Funky Kong's human surfing buddy. I mean, remember when Funky Kong went all military in DK64 for no apparent reason? There you go. He met Hagar at the beach and after discussion about waves and tanks, he got the idea to make some artillery of his own. Like a coconut gun. That can fire in spurts. If it shoots ya, it's gonna hurt. This is the best headcanon. Ernst kind of reminds me of this guy. Mind, this account is embellished slightly. I can find no other record of precisely where the spear hit him, so the Maerchen reference is debatable. http://badassoftheweek.com/stamfordbridge.html Maybe this story was the inspiration for Ernst's death? I can't see the "died standing" part anywhere, though... Julius: Spoiler Last time, Ernst died, but he wasn't about to let the likes of the Grim Reaper stop him from defending Reeve. It's LP canon that it took Runan and Eugen all the time that's passed since the last update to pry his cold, rigid body from the gate. I see. I certainly hope it's not bad news... Oh hey, it's... you? Indeed I am. I don't believe we've met. I'm Verna. I think you've already met one of my sisters, Martel. I see! So you're one of Lady Claris's daughters, too. Yes, though I'm not here on my mother's behalf today. I'm here as a messenger of the Army of the Free Canaan. We've gained much support from soldiers and citizens still loyal to the old Canaan, and we've already taken all of northern Zoa. Hold on a moment... A prince of Canaan? Canaan only has three princes: Arless, Barker and Julius. Ah, yeah. Time for Runan to be told everything we already know. Woohoo. Prince Sennet is the son of Prince Arless. And being the son of the late crown prince, he is first in line for the throne. I knew Prince Arless had two children, but soon after the second was born, their mother Selene was brutally murdered. They never did find the young children, so it was assumed they were dead too. But to think that the prince lives! He was rescued by the daughter of Erial's Lord Temujin and raised in her care. My grandfather Octavus too, as well as Sage Eisenbach and others, have watched over Prince Sennet's safety in secret. I see... Since he was presumed dead, it's no wonder I'd never heard of him. So now he's returning to restore the old Canaan? Ergh... Eugen? How do you know this? I thought just five minutes ago you had no idea he existed... After his tragic death at Nolzeria, he became a symbol of hope and freedom to the people of Canaan, rivaling even that of Carluon the Great. Once all of Canaan knows that Arless's son has come to restore the kingdom, there will be no stopping his return. I can imagine... And now they've just swapped sides of the screen for no reason. What in the world is going on with this scene? The events of two years ago have weighed heavily on Prince Sennet's mind. Knowing how much his father meant to the people of Canaan, he has made it his duty to live up to his father's name. I see. That's quite the legacy to be left with. Oh yeah, that'd be a really nice symbolic thingy! Except for the part where Guenchaos arrives with Neyfa and history repeats itself. Ah, but if it comes to that, I'm sure Norton could tank Rachis, no problem. Nolzeria... It may be ruins now, but there's no place that I'd rather end this war. I have no objections to his friendship, but until the two of us actually have the power to declare peace between Reeve and Canaan, it could only be a symbolic gesture. What of Prince Barker and Prince Julius? What do they think of this plan? We have sent word to Their Highnesses asking for their support, but we have yet to hear back from them. Princess Resshea, one of our compatriots, believes they will see reason, but there is still room for doubt. It seems Sennet's only choice may be to seize the Empire by force. Unfortunately, yes... Well, assuming the princes do not lend you their aid, how long will it take for Sennet to capture the Canaanhall? If things continue as they have been, we believe we will be able to take the capitol within six weeks. Additionally, Lord Runan... Prince Sennet has asked that, in the interest of preserving the lives of as many Canaanite soldiers as possible, you hold your advance in retaking Reeve. Once he has taken the Canaanhall, he will order all troops remaining in Reeve to disarm and return to Canaan. Oh, dear. Eugen's trying to give tactical advice. You yourself have said that the princes whose armies are currently stationed in Reeve may not be on Prince Sennet's side. Therefore, he does not have the authority to negotiate a ceasefire on their behalf. We have only your word that Sennet will even be capable of taking Canaan. It is simply too big of a risk to sit idly by on the Empire's doorstep, waiting for news of whether he succeeds or not. No, stop trying to play tactician, Eugen! You're awful at it! We aren't in any hurry! With Ernst and the brunt of Canaan's army dead, we shouldn't have a problem simply laying siege on Reeve to give Sennet at least a few days! We can also try to sit down and negotiate with Julius this way! You just want to spill blood for the heck of it, now! Also, did you say "princes"? There's only one prince in Reeve! Barker left before we even arrived! Are you drunk, Eugen?! When we attack Reeve Palace, we will send messengers asking for their surrender. But if they refuse, we will use out entire strength to reclaim our homeland. Prince Sennet must understand our situation. Reeve Palace is our sacred home, and the throne of Carluon the Great himself. I will reclaim our birthright. As always, it falls upon Runan to take Eugen's craptastic plan and make something salvageable of it. I still feel we're being a wee bit too hasty, but all right. At least he wants to give them the chance to surrender. If it was up to Eugen, we would torch Reeve and call it a day. I understand... I shall return to the Prince's side and convey your feelings, Lord Runan. She was caught up in the battle earlier, and it seems she's Prince Barker's daughter. Princess Stephanie?! What in the world would she be doing here? Well, never mind that. Leave her to me. I don't believe she and Prince Sennet have ever met, but I'm sure she'll be happy to meet her cousin nonetheless. I'm just wondering where she was. Was she just standing there the whole scene? Did Eugen keep her in his pocket? Also, why isn't she saying anything? Is she unconscious, or just too mad to speak? Yes, Your Highness. The Reevans have breached the southern gate and have begun to capture the city. And still no word from Barker? No, Your Highness... What about Stephanie? Any news on her whereabouts? One of the sentries spotted her running in the direction of the enemy, but they were unable to catch her. It seems she has gone to avenge General Barbarossa, as Prince Barker... First Corps, eh? Gonna guess Barker's personal forces are the Second Corps, then. We've got a ton of inventory management to do today. From bottom to top, Leonie replaces her nearly-broken silver bow, Norton takes the Luna sword and shields for increased hilarity, everyone who can use a pilum grabs one, I remember that Narcus has a Paces a-Hundred Yet Still I Cure, and Hagar gears up because yes, I'm going to deploy him. I already benched Lina, if I keep not using bad units, I will lose my main gimmick. Herewego. You know, this joke would've worked a lot better if this update was just the title and the boxes, instead of having a thousand paragraphs about stuff nobody cares about in between. For those who don't get it, it's a reference to this. Also, I spent too much time on that, to the point where Julius doesn't even look like a word to me anymore. Please help me. Theodora and Julius are still hanging out in front of Reeve Palace. Yes, Your Highness. They were extremely disappointed, but I persuaded them to follow your wishes. There is still small contingent of soldiers in the city, but they should be returning to the barracks soon. I don't want them to get involved. Most of them are injured and recovering. With Ernst gone, we haven't got the manpower to hold off the Reevan advance. I made it clear to the stragglers that Your Highness wants them to make it out alive... I've got one more request for you, Theodora. Will you hear me out? Of course, Your Highness. I haven't heard a single piece of news, and I'm worried about my Lord Brother and about Sennet's campagin. Yes, Your Highness. ...But won't you come with me? You said it yourself, the Reevans have come too far for us to stop them now. Why are you staying behind? You know better than to worry about me. I'm going to be fine, Theodora. Yes, I'm sure, but still... Runan's messenger said that if we surrender the palace, he won't pursue our retreat. Once the remaining soldiers are prepared, I'm going to withdraw to Nolzeria. Don't make me repeat myself. Your job is to find out what's going on in Canaan, and then report back to me. Don't think about anything else. Now that sounds believable. I understand, Your Highness... Please wait for me at Nolzeria. I will return to you without fail! Not depressing enough? Well, allow me to remind you that, according to that one bossman from way back when (Praeva), Julius is in love with Xyon's sister. And who's Xyon's sister? He just lied to her face in order to get her off the battlefield. Nice. Friggin' great. Well, maybe I'm just being too negative. Surely he was telling the truth. They may be lying in wait to ambush. We can't be careless. I'd hoped to avoid fighting in the city. I didn't want to involve the citizens... ...well. Julius... Why won't you understand? I love how mercilessly direct the game is about this. They don't tip-toe around the issue: Julius promises his love that he'll be all right, and just a minute later it's deadpanly confirmed that it was a big fat lie and that he's going to die. By my hand, no less. Damnit, man. Now we've got to kill another sympathetic character. I've seen Canaan be described as "a nation of Camuses", and I don't think there's a better way to do it. What a damn tragedy, this country's story... oh, well. We must sadly kill Julius. Join me next time, and we shall do just that. I just hope we won't go on to murder Barker afterwards. Farewell until then. Death count: Attrom Juliattisnacordst Sharon Krishna Indiana Jones Lee The Roger The Paladin Lionel Letena *26A only*Resurrected Reset count: 3 (Runan: 1 - Katri: 1 - Holmes: 1) Dullahan's done with my incompetence: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightBow Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Well, the first thing to keep in mind is that the difficulty levels in Radiant Dawn were renamed. Easy is Normal. Normal is Hard and Hard is Maniac. Because apparently someone thought it was more important to match the naming scheme in the localized version of PoR then what's actually in the game. The game is most certainly harder then PoR. Though you can still expect a massive drop in difficulty once you reach part 3. It picks back up in Part 4. But Part 1 still is the hardest part of the game by a fair amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: The defense staff is with Plum. Shields would've been competely inconsequential for the most part. The Luna sword may've helped, but I forgot to take it off The Roger, and even if I hadn't, it wouldn't have made much of a difference, as none of my sword wielders had the stats to face Ernst. Maybe Norton could've survived a round, but the main reason I did a Leonie solo was that Leonie was my only unit that was completely crit-proof against Ernst. With anybody else, it would've been a matter of time before they got le crits. I discovered that the final boss of the Golden Deer route (who inexplicably has the only SWAMP map I've encountered between two routes) is similarly durable Spoiler due to having the crest of flames (so he heals based on his damage output and sometimes cancels any attacks you may do), 1-2 range, gambits, the ability to move once attacked, a ton of prt and rsl so a lot of my units couldn't damage him, a ton of attack, a goddamn aoe combat art, the ability to double most units, an ability that makes him heal from the swamp (which can thankfully be drained by meeting certain conditions) 128-ish HP, and enough hit you can't even dodge tank him absolutely safely. Hell he even avoids a fair bit. So what did I do? I said "well, thank god I'm not doing a no divine pulses run, because someone would be dead now that I've failed to finish him the first round). Then I proceeded to have Raphael take advantage of the fact he had a sacred shield that prevented him from being hit with a crit and his own aegis ability and high defense. Everyone else backed off, and Raphael kept going using that art that made him heal half his health until he managed to proc that 48 crit (two tries) I used some gambits to lower his health, then took a chance on lysithea's 97 % chance of hitting with Miasma and not dying on the counter thereby. So basically it was almost a Rapheal solo. Almost. Thank god for that Ochain shield from Ferdinand's paralogue not being crest locked. Not quite Ernst... but perhaps the closest thing we'll get in a mainline Fire Emblem. 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: Are you threatening me, master moderator? I read it as concern for your sanity, but either way. 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: I feel a little bad, seeing everyone enjoy Three Houses so much (the subreddit's head over heels for it), while I'm here, sitting around waiting for Berwick and grumbling about bosses magically gaining movement when I approach. I really tried to like it, but all that lategame bullshit just ruined the whole thing for me. Don't worry about it. I'm feeling a little that way because of two things at the end of the Golden Deer route. One being the last map being a damn swamp. The other being a story element that rubbed me the wrong way. I'll let people wonder about that. 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: Hahahahah... friggin' Hanneman, man. And then when you instruct him he says "I believe your coaching is better than mine!". Dude, my coaching caused me to bench half my class because they couldn't keep up. Ashe was a worse Leonie, so was Sylvain, Seteth outclassed Ingrid, Dedue was crap compared to Gilbert, Felix fuckin' died... the only BL students I used consistently were Annette and Mercedes. Everything else? Leonie and Ignatz, and teachers. Meanwhile I've stuck largely to the class I had in either route, taking a couple exceptions in either route (Flayn, Gilbert and Hanneman in one, and Ingrid, Annette and Catherine in the other) Ingrid at the end of Golden Deer was a Goddess who couldn't be struck by anything short of the final boss on enemy phase. And 53 rsl? Even the endgame magic users couldn't harm her. Her only moments of vulnerability were when she had to attack something instead of waiting at the end of a turn. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Eh... not bad. Better than Claude's fate in BL, of course. Spoiler Claude's BL fate isn't so bad when his endings (at least the ones I've seen) in GD all inexplicably seem to be him leaving Fodlan. I got the paired ending with Lorenz where it turns out he left to take over as king of Almyra so the two places could be at peace. Only ones who married that run were Seteth (who was used mainly as an Adjudant) and Catherine. Go figure. Well Ignatz did too.. but that was to Raphael's sister. Dorothea had a solo ending that mentioned she got married. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You mean the horror that does not exist in TRS? Jeez... you really have it out for the Royal Historian of Wellt, eh? Well to be fair TRS had enough legal issues without putting Pyramid head mid-game. Pissing off Konami as well as Nintendo. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Hahah, awesome. Source? I nicked what I could remember (seeing as it was 2001 when it aired off memory) and improvised the rest from a song off the Disney's Hercules cartoon (the saturday morning one not the movie) from the episode with Typhon. I'll see if I can find it, but every time I search it I end up with "That''s not how the story goes" from the Series of Unfortunate Events netflix series. Which is somewhat fitting because it's an unfortunate event I couldn't find the original to do it properly at the time.... and it turns out I got most of what I had identical while cutting out two thirds of the song. Go figure. Maybe some time I'll redo it wholesale. Spoiler 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Hey, don't let me dissuade you from getting the game. I'm in the minority here, everyone else loves the game. And I'm the weirdo who loves DSFE and KagaSaga, so it's not like my opinion holds any water. I'm personally of the opinion it has it's flaws... like bad flaws. But then so do all the games in the series. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: How so? It's comedy gold when a game does something that makes little sense for the sake of the story. At least... it is for me. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I can only imagine the game would be softlocked if, for some reason, one sent Renee with Runan and had her warp him up to the hill. You know what? I'm testing this when I get there. Even if I have to do the chapter that Garo deserves to be immortalized in song for without warp-skipping. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Help? Are you asking why Hawkwing would have to help Snake (who isn't the main character of MGS 2) or are you asking for help because you realized he even kills people in pacifist runs, albeit by accident? 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Most aren't even scary. Too many games think jumpscares = scurry. Heck, the best horror game I've ever seen doesn't even exist. Or does it...? Pretty sure the best horror game is Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. Because it fakes out your memory card being corrupted to mess with you. Can any other game scare you like that? Making you think you have to start all over again? On every game you have files for on that card? 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Fun fact: he's one of the only two Gold Paladins in the entire game. The other one is Narron, after promoting. The promo gains of that class are so crazy, they singlehandedly turn little growth unit Narron into the best unit in the game, bar none. In the ending sequence, if he's recruited and alive, Narron is told that his father was a General of Canaan. He isn't told the name, but well, I think we can all guess who it is. I can only say, it's only right that a badass of Ernst's caliber would give birth to a unit so broken, I went as far as to recommend people not to vote for him because he'd make the LP boring. Well... that says a lot about Eugen's judgement on Narron. Maybe he just didn't see anything special because he was blinded by his own badassery? 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Actually, I'm not quite sure what he is. His sprite is just flipped depending on which side of the screen he is standing on. Ambidextrous? Would that make me quadridextrous or something if I can write legibly with either hand or either foot? 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: As if anybody cared about Hagar. Inb4 Butterman makes him his second favourite after Arkis. I care about Hagar because I need to make Funky Kong jokes. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Maybe this story was the inspiration for Ernst's death? I can't see the "died standing" part anywhere, though... Mostly because it's not, after all Ernst is still the only Ernst. I just mean the fact a lone Berseker held off an army at a chokepoint (why are Berserkers never that good in Fire Emblem?) until underhanded tactics that defy the weapons triangle (if axes beat lances, why was he dealt with by a spear?) allowed someone to strike him from beneath the bridge. I mean, that's by the Anglo-Saxon account at that. So his damn enemies recognized it as a historical feat. One complaint I've often seen about the Fire Emblem games is it often showcases individual exceptionalism that is unrealistic... but this guy sort of did the same sort of job you'd expect of a tank in the series. Albeit ending in his own death. But you know. Point is maybe instead of whining about fictional characters being better than a normal man will be, one should aspire to be the best they themselves can be. 3 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I see. I certainly hope it's not bad news... Is it bad my first reaction to a knight on a pegasus was "Oh. Sasha's just come to escort his soul to Valhalla", seeing as at this point I legit think of her as somewhere between a Valkyrie and the Grim Reaper? 3 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ergh... Eugen? How do you know this? I thought just five minutes ago you had no idea he existed... Eugen is apparently a lot more knowledgeable than he lets on. His lapses in judgement are because he's actually spent so long playing dumb so as not to give away that he is secretly a deity that he sometimes acts more inept than he means to in order to hide what he knows that he shouldn't. Here he slips up and accidentally reveals knowledge he should not have had. 3 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: As always, it falls upon Runan to take Eugen's craptastic plan and make something salvageable of it. I still feel we're being a wee bit too hasty, but all right. At least he wants to give them the chance to surrender. If it was up to Eugen, we would torch Reeve and call it a day. Eugen is a harsh God. Then again given Gods in the series tend to be manaketes, and manaketes tend to go mad... and my username used to be Mad Manakete.... and where was I going with this? 3 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: We've got a ton of inventory management to do today. From bottom to top, Leonie replaces her nearly-broken silver bow, Norton takes the Luna sword and shields for increased hilarity, everyone who can use a pilum grabs one, I remember that Narcus has a Paces a-Hundred Yet Still I Cure, and Hagar gears up because yes, I'm going to deploy him. I already benched Lina, if I keep not using bad units, I will lose my main gimmick. Yeah, but why is Zeiss in the prep screen? 3 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You know, this joke would've worked a lot better if this update was just the title and the boxes, instead of having a thousand paragraphs about stuff nobody cares about in between. For those who don't get it, it's a reference to this. Also, I spent too much time on that, to the point where Julius doesn't even look like a word to me anymore. Please help me. It should have been Julius Palace. That said, this is art. Inevitably I'm showing my friend who doesn't even play the series. 3 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I love how mercilessly direct the game is about this. They don't tip-toe around the issue: Julius promises his love that he'll be all right, and just a minute later it's deadpanly confirmed that it was a big fat lie and that he's going to die. By my hand, no less. Damnit, man. Now we've got to kill another sympathetic character. I've seen Canaan be described as "a nation of Camuses", and I don't think there's a better way to do it. What a damn tragedy, this country's story... oh, well. We must sadly kill Julius. Join me next time, and we shall do just that. I just hope we won't go on to murder Barker afterwards. Farewell until then. Come to think of it, Canaan and Camus both start with Ca. Coincidence? I think so. 28 minutes ago, BrightBow said: Well, the first thing to keep in mind is that the difficulty levels in Radiant Dawn were renamed. Easy is Normal. Normal is Hard and Hard is Maniac. Because apparently someone thought it was more important to match the naming scheme in the localized version of PoR then what's actually in the game. The game is most certainly harder then PoR. Though you can still expect a massive drop in difficulty once you reach part 3. It picks back up in Part 4. But Part 1 still is the hardest part of the game by a fair amount. To be fair, isn't the difficulty curve of most Fire Emblems kind of "it's highest in early chapters when your guys are still untrained, drops in the middle as they come into their own, and rises back up again for the last so many chapters because by now your guys are hitting caps and can't get stronger than the game intends for that point"? Not that there aren't exceptions, but that's generally how it seems to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightBow Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 45 minutes ago, The Roger The Paladin said: To be fair, isn't the difficulty curve of most Fire Emblems kind of "it's highest in early chapters when your guys are still untrained, drops in the middle as they come into their own, and rises back up again for the last so many chapters because by now your guys are hitting caps and can't get stronger than the game intends for that point"? Not that there aren't exceptions, but that's generally how it seems to go. Not the way Radiant Dawn does. For example, for part 3 the game just gives you +15% hit and avoid for everyone deployed entirely for free. And you go from Micaiah, the commander who may as well have 1 Hp and 0 Spd for all the good her bases and growths do her, to a commander who practically erases anyone getting close to him with a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Sara cares not for you petty insults, since one of the things she wields is a "gun", something that would confuse the everliving daylights out of the entire FE cast. 😛 As for RD, Part 1's difficulty comes from the initial units, who are more-or-less the equivalent of base Donnel cloning himself before he runs off into a bunch of competent enemies. Micaiah's niche is either patching up her underlings or erasing things from a safe distance with Thani. Of the weaker guys, Nolan's the safest bet of the bunch - Edward is a coin flip, and Leonardo is worse than Tomas (and I made Tomas work dammit). Sothe can hold his own, at least. I think you've heard the rest of the memes, and they're memes for a reason. Once you get past Part 1, it'll be smoother, up until the beginning of the end (you'll know when it hits), where things can go sideways quickly if you're not on your feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pengaius Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Unless you have a physical copy of Radiant Dawn, I'd advise to just not play it, the difficulty settings are mistranslated and the game is a b-star-star-star-ch to emulate on anything that is not a proper gaming PC. Also a few gripes (from what I've read and seen in let's plays and the like) The story isn't that great as it almost totally relies on the player having played PoR (which you have so it's not as big an issue, but the story doesn't really stand by itself) Dawn Brigade are horrible units, Greil Mercs destroy every map the whole act 2 is literally filler Act 3 has you jarringly switch perspectives every few maps, making you wait to use stat boosters and you might forget about them. The Laguz Royals make almost all of your trained units worthless. You gotta beat the game a bunch of times to get the *real* ending tldr: don't waste 60+ hours of your life on that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwing Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Well, I wasn't expecting an update that fast. Especially since I was planning on quoting what someone else said first, as well as addressing some of the mistakes I made in my original post. Joy. 16 hours ago, The Roger The Paladin said: Except in this case it's more "now you can use weak magic attacks" than any significant magic resistance. To be honest I did get some use out of it with Felix by giving him a D rank in Faith so he could function as a healer in a pinch, and Thoron's 3-range was sort of handy sometimes... even if it didn't do much. I came to the conclusion that only the mounted hybrid magic/melee classes are any use and mostly for the move. I'd still argue Gremory or even Warlock is better overall due to the spells. So... Dread Fighters, except with a different name because they didn't want to smear the image of the original Anti-Magic Pirate Ninjas. 16 hours ago, The Roger The Paladin said: Come to think of it... he kind of looks like one too. Someone test a Samus amiibo with Echoes and see what happens. If Echoes had more resources and money, I hope they would put it towards making the edits they wanted to regarding the story and having more voice acting, because I'm tired of hearing complaints about the narrative. Also, to fix the clipping kinda wish they would use it to make the amiibo more unique. Such Link being a myrmidon but with the hat, Hylian shield, and Master Sword, or Breath of the Wild Link being a bow knight. The Star Fox crew would be mercenaries but with their unique jackets and scarfs. Ness would be a mage, Zelda a Saint or Priestess, Pit a Pegasus knight, and so on. Anyway, one that I would really want to see is Samus's suit getting a medieval armor makeover. Add a sword to compliment her arm cannon, and unique animation and/or response when fighting Duma, and I'll be good. 16 hours ago, The Roger The Paladin said: Surfer dude accent. It's like he's Funky Kong's human surfing buddy. I mean, remember when Funky Kong went all military in DK64 for no apparent reason? There you go. He met Hagar at the beach and after discussion about waves and tanks, he got the idea to make some artillery of his own. Like a coconut gun. That can fire in spurts. If it shoots ya, it's gonna hurt. ...You did this entirely to make a song reference, didn't you? 16 hours ago, The Roger The Paladin said: Ernst kind of reminds me of this guy. Mind, this account is embellished slightly. I can find no other record of precisely where the spear hit him, so the Maerchen reference is debatable. http://badassoftheweek.com/stamfordbridge.html Hey! 1066! I played that web game! I learned that "Fox Beard" is apparently an effective insult! Anyway, I can see why, uh, you say it's "embellished slightly". 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Berwick Saga is amazing. Would asking which side is the good guys and which is the bad be too much of a spoiler? 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Other than that, I am proud to announce that I finally did it. After a long, long hiatus at the final chapter, I returned to it on a whim (and peer presure from my best friend. Mostly that), and, well... I made it. Huh, so New Mystery of the Emblem uses rankings. I forgot if they dropped those in the Tellius games or Awakening. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Other than FE12, I am playing Path of Radiance! Can somebody please let me know how difficult is Radiant Dawn? Because I'm up to chapter 21 of PoR, and... frankly? I can't wait to be done with it, because it's the most boring Fire Emblem game I've played in ages. Seriously, it's so mind-numbingly easy. It's easier than FE8, for Christ's sake! It wasn't always like that. Around the first half of the game was harder than FE8. It was still easy, but not overly so, it was still entertaining enough. But the drop in difficulty was so sudden, it gave me whiplash. I can pinpoint the exact point it happened: Tanith's joining chapter. Tanith joined, and the game's difficulty just left. My units are so broken, literally all of them could solo maps on their own. All of them. And I'm not using top tier units, I've got guys like Brom, Nephenee, Rolf, Rhys... well, they could solo maps, too! Okay, maybe not Rolf, but the others? They could, no sweat. Add to that Tanith's reinforce ability (which I like to call "the ability to call another two Taniths to the map"), Reyson's four-way dancing, and the enemy's awful, awful stats, and you've got a completely mindless bore of a game. I think it's no exaggeration to say that I've never, ever felt like my army was so powerful compared to the enemy's in any other FE game. Even FE8 kept my mind more busy. To be fair, I haven't finished PoR yet, but if the difficulty doesn't rise any time soon, I might just give up on it like I gave up on Three Houses, and move on to Radiant Dawn inmediately. I suppose I could give the Japanese Maniac Mode a shot, but I've seen gameplay of it, and frankly? More enemies that are just as weak doesn't seem like it'll make a difference. In fact, it sounds more boring, because it'll take longer to do the exact same things. So yeah, Tl;Dr: fun game at first, but it becomes so, so, soooo easy that it stops being fun. Out of curiosity, what difficulty did you play the game on? I have heard that Radiant Dawn is much harder, by the way. Especially at the beginning, although I believe that's because few of your units are good. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Jesus, so many? I never thought much about it, but I never had the impression that this game's playable cast was so huge... Well, you have benched several of the more broken units, and there are two routes. Heck, I forget about characters all the time outside of battles. Then again, what haven't I forgotten about this game? College and work have done numbers on me. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: A fun little tidbit. Allow me to provide another one! It appears this may've been a fluke, because Berwick Saga only has 13 female units out of 35 playable characters. Oh, well. If there's something to commend about "waifu emblem", balancing the gender ratio of playable units is one of them. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: In the Middle Ages of Anime? I think it's more like a periscope. As in, he sticks his head out the top of the tank. His neck is long enough for that. Well, the commander does actually have to stick their body out of the tank in order to look around. Even in modern tanks, visibility isn't the best. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Hey, don't let me dissuade you from getting the game. I'm in the minority here, everyone else loves the game. And I'm the weirdo who loves DSFE and KagaSaga, so it's not like my opinion holds any water. I plan on getting it eventually, and Three Houses is definitely on the list of games I'll get when I inevitably buy a switch even though I said I would do that two years ago. I'm just not as excited about the game as some others are/were. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Nah, if your laptop is going to explode, it wouldn't be worth it. You just need a better computer! Go on, go on, get searching. You must play Berwick, no matter the cost! Of course you would find some workaround. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Hmmm. I'll keep this in mind. I wouldn't say it's an "OMMYGOSHMUSTPLAY!!!" kind of game, but if you are interested in a more challenging Fire Emblem experience, it's definitely worth a look. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Questions? Approach? Launch? P A L ? ! This guy's too much. Super Baby Method?! I love that you can almost grasp the plot of these games through Snake just asking questions. Found another one, by the way. Except with more yelling and participants. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I can only imagine the game would be softlocked if, for some reason, one sent Renee with Runan and had her warp him up to the hill. That, or Runan shows that he could always climb mountains and walk on water, but neglects to do so normally so that the enemy has a fighting chance. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I see. Could be, could be. I frankly feel the 3H magic system to be way too good. Siege tomes don't destroy games because they're extremely limited for the most part. But in 3H, if you use the right mages, you'll get like 4 meteors every single map. You barely even need warp to warpskip in those situations. I'll admit that it makes inventory management less tedious, but it comes at the cost of difficulty. Since when hasn't magic been good in Fire Emblem? 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I like it. So do I. Helps show how deranged Duma has become, and fittingly makes his attack more concerning when the music kicks in, as he's one of the stronger Fire Emblem bosses. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It is kinda difficult, yes. But it doesn't matter, in that game, it's the generics that do the fighting. I wish. Never really got to the point where my forces were strong enough to fight for themselves. Should probably try giving the game another shot. It's been a while. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Because more often than not, fictional characters don't develop ever. Eh, I suppose it depends on the story being told. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ah, sneaky. Quite, quite sneaky. I like it. Deception has it's place on the battlefield. Indeed, more than most strategy games give it credit for. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Help? Come on, Snake isn't that foolish in the second game! Granted, he's only playable for one or two hours, but still! 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I mean, he's bleeding out from his head. Spare him some mad rants. Fair enough. Blood loss can cause loopiness, right? 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: None. None is the amount of expandable he is. His size remains static throughout the entire game. I meant to say expendable. Although a tank being able to cover more than one square could have its uses. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: In other words, God supports domestic abuse. Check. ... There are several ways to respond to that. What I will say is that context is important. Genesis takes place before Exodus, before God gave Israel His laws and commands. When Jesus paid for our sins on the cross, we no longer had to sacrifice animals as sin offerings; we could ask for forgiveness directly from God. Abraham lived in a time when it was common for people sacrificed their children to "gods" in return for more children, cattle, land, what have you. God would not ask of us to kill our children today to test our faith, but we may need to turn our back on friends and even family if we begin to place more importance on human things than on God. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I find it rather sad that this still isn't as long as the intro to this update. I didn't write the passages word for word. If someone was curious about reading what I did, then I gave them the chapters I looked at, so they could read and decide for themselves. 12 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Because Kaga does not like to waste time investigating his biblical references. Unfortunately, few people do. 12 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I mean, I'm a millennial teen and my voice has a strange range, from sounding like a deeper Snake to squeaking like an anime girl. My advice is that you just imagine this voice. The voice in terms of sound or punctuation? 12 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ernst Badass "Badass" Badass. Fitting 12 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You didn't even mention the worst part: his huge crit gives him a very significant chance to delete my units in one swift stroke. Right. I have not made a habit of consistently looking at crit rates yet. 12 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Fun fact: he's one of the only two Gold Paladins in the entire game. The other one is Narron, after promoting. The promo gains of that class are so crazy, they singlehandedly turn little growth unit Narron into the best unit in the game, bar none. In the ending sequence, if he's recruited and alive, Narron is told that his father was a General of Canaan. He isn't told the name, but well, I think we can all guess who it is. I can only say, it's only right that a badass of Ernst's caliber would give birth to a unit so broken, I went as far as to recommend people not to vote for him because he'd make the LP boring. I had to look up who Narron was. Fitting, that one of the most powerful units in the game is the son of the hardest boss in the game. Narron Badass has an interesting ring to it. On a random note, Mintz gloves are huge. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It's really strange. Why would they design him like that? To make an oblivious player underestimate him? If Sammo Hung is anything to go by, never judge weight in a fight. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: A small hunter girl from Salia. As opposed to a professional (well, quote-on-quote) knight. Why is it that half the little girls in my army are killing machines? It shows Mintz humilty, so I don't mind. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ah, the catchphrase that I more or less have abandoned. What a shame... There's always the chance for it to come back. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: So what you're saying is, divine punishment is in order for our beloved baldie? No. I'm saying that it is unwise to make promises you do not intend to keep. If there are heavy consequences for not keeping your word to your neighbor, how much more the God of the universe? It is better not to make the vow at all, than to make one and then not keep it. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I... To be entirely forthcoming with you, I'm glad we never did get to find out. Wise. Dwelling on what-could-have-been's distracts from what we actually have. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: "No me lo puedo creer" is just "I can't believe it", I do not see where the problem is. Aye, that is true. The rest of what you said, on the other hand... 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It's like in Three Houses where Yeah, I know of that sequence. I also love how you summarized it. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: As if anybody cared about Hagar. Still, one less death looks better on your resume. Not a whole lot, but it's something. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It seems as though Leonie didn't want to cause Mintz more pain by having him watch Hagar die in front of him, so she did her best to finish the battle quickly. An odd instance of coincidental gameplay-story integration. I dig it. Ernst took a powerful hit that would have killed most men on the spot, and yet he died standing. Badass. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Yeah, no joke. It took me a long, long time to be done with the battle. And I was speeding up the emulator constantly! Normally it would've taken even longer! DANG! Wonder what the poor souls who played this game without speed-up had to go through... 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Maybe Ahab was a deeper villain, but this guy has, bar none, my favourite battle and death in the entire game. Barbarossa comes really close, but... I don't think he quite beats Ernst. In my eyes, Ernst won first place, and Barbossa a close second, but they both broke the world record. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Mostly awesomeness. That was awesome. Awesome indeed! Yeah, awesome! Awesome, awesome, awesome! 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ah, you refer to when I said that this whole part of the game was epic, "except for a tiny snag"? Yeah, I was actually talking about this whole part of Runan's story, not this chapter alone. This chapter is flawless. The tiny snag will come up in a few updates from now. Ah, I see. I was wondering if it was simply the fact that Ernst had to die, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see what the only flaw in this section of the game is. 10 hours ago, The Roger The Paladin said: Are you asking why Hawkwing would have to help Snake (who isn't the main character of MGS 2) or are you asking for help because you realized he even kills people in pacifist runs, albeit by accident? Hey, it was only ONE GUY that I killed by accident! And that section of the game I had to resort to using the sword since the tranquilizer pistol wasn't cutting it. The rest of the adventure was death-free! It helped that holding up enemies (getting close enough to an enemy and then pointing your gun at them will cause them to freeze and put their hands up) was fun in its own right; the New Game + rewards for doing so were just an added bonus. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Oh hey, it's... you? Oh, good. It's not a character I've forgotten. I hope. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Hold on a moment... A prince of Canaan? Canaan only has three princes: Arless, Barker and Julius. Ah, yeah. Time for Runan to be told everything we already know. Woohoo. There are advantages and disadvantages to the black screen of exposition skipping. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ergh... Eugen? How do you know this? I thought just five minutes ago you had no idea he existed... Hmmm... Maybe the weird disappearing act that was done earlier was Eugen trading spots with his alternative universe self, who knew about this information? 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: After his tragic death at Nolzeria, he became a symbol of hope and freedom to the people of Canaan, rivaling even that of Carluon the Great. Once all of Canaan knows that Arless's son has come to restore the kingdom, there will be no stopping his return. The portrait got a laugh out of me, as did the name. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: And now they've just swapped sides of the screen for no reason. What in the world is going on with this scene? Either this is a programming error or a strange attempt at conveying a three-way conversation. Which is pretty odd considering the game already has several of those. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Oh yeah, that'd be a really nice symbolic thingy! Except for the part where Guenchaos arrives with Neyfa and history repeats itself. Ah, but if it comes to that, I'm sure Norton could tank Rachis, no problem. Unless plot shenanigans happen. Because villains seem to get most things done via plot shenanigans in these kind of games. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Nolzeria... It may be ruins now, but there's no place that I'd rather end this war. I have no objections to his friendship, but until the two of us actually have the power to declare peace between Reeve and Canaan, it could only be a symbolic gesture. What of Prince Barker and Prince Julius? What do they think of this plan? Runan the realist. Ever the thoughtful balance. 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Oh, dear. Eugen's trying to give tactical advice. Quick! Do the opposite of what he says! 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: No, stop trying to play tactician, Eugen! You're awful at it! We aren't in any hurry! With Ernst and the brunt of Canaan's army dead, we shouldn't have a problem simply laying siege on Reeve to give Sennet at least a few days! We can also try to sit down and negotiate with Julius this way! You just want to spill blood for the heck of it, now! Also, did you say "princes"? There's only one prince in Reeve! Barker left before we even arrived! Are you drunk, Eugen?! Maybe it's Eugen from the future that came in when Eugens sprite mysteriously disappeared, trying to warn against stalling for something? 13 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: As always, it falls upon Runan to take Eugen's craptastic plan and make something salvageable of it. I still feel we're being a wee bit too hasty, but all right. At least he wants to give them the chance to surrender. If it was up to Eugen, we would torch Reeve and call it a day. Something tells me that Runan would make a great diplomat. Taking what others want and spinning it so both sides are addressed. 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I'm just wondering where she was. Was she just standing there the whole scene? Did Eugen keep her in his pocket? Also, why isn't she saying anything? Is she unconscious, or just too mad to speak? Probably wherever they decided the first captive should be kept. Verna probably just recognized Stephanie immedietly when they brought her forward. Speaking of which, it seems that Runan's army is a lot more competent with paying attention to prisoners than Holmes crew. Then again, Stephanie and Zeigs power levels are also drastically different, so maybe it's not the fairest of comparisons. 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Short but sweet, these sections were. 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: First Corps, eh? Gonna guess Barker's personal forces are the Second Corps, then. Reminding me even more of Fantasy General. Once again, more fantasy videogames need to separate their armies into corps. 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You know, this joke would've worked a lot better if this update was just the title and the boxes, instead of having a thousand paragraphs about stuff nobody cares about in between. WE CARE!!! And this joke is hilarious, although I can see how it could be a pain to make. Also, is your Google Mario themed? 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I don't want them to get involved. Most of them are injured and recovering. With Ernst gone, we haven't got the manpower to hold off the Reevan advance. Ernst was so badass, they could unironically refer to a single soldier as "manpower". 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: They may be lying in wait to ambush. We can't be careless. I'd hoped to avoid fighting in the city. I didn't want to involve the citizens... I have a feeling this maps "gimmick" with either involve ambushes or civilians. Or both. 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...well. Of course. 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Julius... Why won't you understand? I love how mercilessly direct the game is about this. They don't tip-toe around the issue: Julius promises his love that he'll be all right, and just a minute later it's deadpanly confirmed that it was a big fat lie and that he's going to die. By my hand, no less. Aye, it is a nice change of pace, and it helps that much of the game has built up these battles. 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Damnit, man. Now we've got to kill another sympathetic character. I've seen Canaan be described as "a nation of Camuses", and I don't think there's a better way to do it. What a damn tragedy, this country's story... oh, well. We must sadly kill Julius. Join me next time, and we shall do just that. I just hope we won't go on to murder Barker afterwards. Farewell until then. "Nation of Camuses" is a pretty appropriate description. It seems to be where all the good ones went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 15 hours ago, Pengaius said: Unless you have a physical copy of Radiant Dawn, I'd advise to just not play it, the difficulty settings are mistranslated and the game is a b-star-star-star-ch to emulate on anything that is not a proper gaming PC. I have two... it's a long story. Suffice to say I came into a better condition copy for cheap (that is complete in box) but couldn't bring myself to get rid of the lone CD (it lacked my mother had to have shipped from the other side of the continent due to difficulty finding a copy at the time. Sentimental reasons basically. Sometimes I feel minorly guilty at keeping two of a rare game, but I tend to have a hard time parting with gifts. 15 hours ago, Pengaius said: You gotta beat the game a bunch of times to get the *real* ending I thought you only had to do it twice? I'd swear both "super secret characters" were second run on. 16 hours ago, Pengaius said: Act 3 has you jarringly switch perspectives every few maps, making you wait to use stat boosters and you might forget about them. Not to mention in act three your own units from the other perspective appear as enemies... meaning you have to fight your own trained guys... who have whatever weapons and stats you got onto them. Which makes some painfully easy because you didn't bother to train them and other's juggernauts of your own making. Mind it tends not to be as bad as that may sound. Because A.I. 10 hours ago, Hawkwing said: So... Dread Fighters, except with a different name because they didn't want to smear the image of the original Anti-Magic Pirate Ninjas. I guess my point is Dread Fighters tended to be some of the best endgame units and a clear upgrade to the other sword wielding classes despite being sword-locked in Gaiden/Echoes... and Mortal Savants, despite having access to both black and white spells tend to be mediocre at best and inferior to some of the classes on the tier before. So smear is accurate. 10 hours ago, Hawkwing said: ..You did this entirely to make a song reference, didn't you? Actually, the song reference came from the joke. Just this once. I wanted to make a joke about Funky Kong's unusual military motiff in DK64 (something that's gotten me ever since I was a kid, because it seemingly came out of nowhere and was never referenced after the game), and next thing I've got a setup for a DK rap reference and I can't stop myself. I am the prick who came up with the notion "Earthbound 64" got it's development shelved after Itoi had the idea for the "PK Rap", and they needed to let him get it out of his system. Hence waiting for the GBA to unleash what would be Mother 3. 10 hours ago, Hawkwing said: If there's something to commend about "waifu emblem", balancing the gender ratio of playable units is one of them. Yeah, but that's mostly by necessity. After all, it would be an error to lock you out of most of the child units because there weren't enough parents to go around. Not that you can't get locked out of one (or two) by having your Robin/Corrin be the wrong gender and marry someone from the cast that can have kids but isn't the decider parent. 10 hours ago, Hawkwing said: Hey, it was only ONE GUY that I killed by accident! And that section of the game I had to resort to using the sword since the tranquilizer pistol wasn't cutting it. The rest of the adventure was death-free! It helped that holding up enemies (getting close enough to an enemy and then pointing your gun at them will cause them to freeze and put their hands up) was fun in its own right; the New Game + rewards for doing so were just an added bonus. Eh. I'm not blaming you. Spoiler I went into "Blood of the Eagle and Lion" in my Blue Lions run planning not to kill any named characters except Hubert, Edelgard and Claude in the event it turned out they didn't retreat. (they do of course). Next thing I know I've killed every Golden Deer not named Claude, Hilda or Marianne (two of which retreat and the third was on my bench) and Bernadetta to boot. I still feel bad about that. Less so on being told that if you somehow don't kill Bernadetta, Edelgard turns her into a suicide bomb.... which I can't verify, but if it's the case she kind of shot up my list of despised (playable) Fire Emblem characters to the point Peri, Oliver and Tharja have competition. 11 hours ago, Hawkwing said: Also, is your Google Mario themed? Pretty sure that's Luigi. It's Green and the mustache looks smoother. Also this is Ruben. 11 hours ago, Hawkwing said: "Nation of Camuses" is a pretty appropriate description. It seems to be where all the good ones went. When you think about it... aren't most generic enemy soldiers Camuses themselves in a way? A number of them are likely only loyal to their country as opposed to evil. A true Camus is just the one that stands out in combat compared to anyone else who won't be recruited. Or maybe I'm overthinking the canon-fodder. After all, you really can't recruit everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rubenio Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 Part 68 - A great person. Look, everybody! It's raw, unedited footage of an occurrence so rare, I just had to record it! Macellan is about to kill a dragon! In his join chapter! In Hard 3! Can you believe it!? I sure couldn't, but if it means I can use him... go on, you bald bastard, get yourself a lev-- ... Awesome level, Linde. I knew I could count on you. And that, my friends, is the Shadow Dragon experience. I love this game. Sure glad I dropped 10~ chapters of Path of Radiance, all of Radiant Dawn, and 3.05 out of 4 Three houses routes to play this one yet again! The saddest part is that I wasn't even being sarcastic. I don't give a damn what anybody says, DSFE are the best FE games ever for me. Damn: Spoiler On 8/20/2019 at 4:54 PM, BrightBow said: Well, the first thing to keep in mind is that the difficulty levels in Radiant Dawn were renamed. Easy is Normal. Normal is Hard and Hard is Maniac. Because apparently someone thought it was more important to match the naming scheme in the localized version of PoR then what's actually in the game. The game is most certainly harder then PoR. Though you can still expect a massive drop in difficulty once you reach part 3. It picks back up in Part 4. But Part 1 still is the hardest part of the game by a fair amount. I see. On 8/20/2019 at 5:30 PM, The Roger The Paladin said: I discovered that the final boss of the Golden Deer route (who inexplicably has the only SWAMP map I've encountered between two routes) is similarly durable Reveal hidden contents due to having the crest of flames (so he heals based on his damage output and sometimes cancels any attacks you may do), 1-2 range, gambits, the ability to move once attacked, a ton of prt and rsl so a lot of my units couldn't damage him, a ton of attack, a goddamn aoe combat art, the ability to double most units, an ability that makes him heal from the swamp (which can thankfully be drained by meeting certain conditions) 128-ish HP, and enough hit you can't even dodge tank him absolutely safely. Hell he even avoids a fair bit. So what did I do? I said "well, thank god I'm not doing a no divine pulses run, because someone would be dead now that I've failed to finish him the first round). Then I proceeded to have Raphael take advantage of the fact he had a sacred shield that prevented him from being hit with a crit and his own aegis ability and high defense. Everyone else backed off, and Raphael kept going using that art that made him heal half his health until he managed to proc that 48 crit (two tries) I used some gambits to lower his health, then took a chance on lysithea's 97 % chance of hitting with Miasma and not dying on the counter thereby. So basically it was almost a Rapheal solo. Almost. Thank god for that Ochain shield from Ferdinand's paralogue not being crest locked. Not quite Ernst... but perhaps the closest thing we'll get in a mainline Fire Emblem. That's fun, but I know who the boss is, and despite the fact that I know next to nothing about the role of said boss and how he came to be where he was for the final confrontation, I will blindly claim that Ernst is still far superior in every way. Now that everyone hates me, I will proceed to do some research on the boss, so that I can seriously claim that Ernst is still far superior in every way. ...yeah, preeeeeeeeeeeetty sure the final boss of the GD route makes no sense. Ernst is far superior in every way. I dig his backstory, but he should not have been the final boss. I read it as concern for your sanity, but either way. Yeah, same, I just wanted to make the obvious reference. Since she didn't take the bait, I will continue it here. I AM the Administrator! No, Ruben, that's a guy called Joshua (I'm pretty sure (this is not Eclipse's dialogue, this is me(if it wasn't obvious enough (I should probably get back to it)))) It's treason, then! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I love that frame of Palpatine I swear, he looks so dumb. I don't understand why there aren't more memes using this. Don't worry about it. I'm feeling a little that way because of two things at the end of the Golden Deer route. One being the last map being a damn swamp. The other being a story element that rubbed me the wrong way. I'll let people wonder about that. Ahhhh, lemme guess, it has to do with the boss's identity? Like I said, I know who it is, and even tho I don't know the context, I can say that it sounds extremely stupid. Meanwhile I've stuck largely to the class I had in either route, taking a couple exceptions in either route (Flayn, Gilbert and Hanneman in one, and Ingrid, Annette and Catherine in the other) Ingrid at the end of Golden Deer was a Goddess who couldn't be struck by anything short of the final boss on enemy phase. And 53 rsl? Even the endgame magic users couldn't harm her. Her only moments of vulnerability were when she had to attack something instead of waiting at the end of a turn. Wish I'd had that luck with her, but to be fair, Seteth was just as awesome as your Ingrid. Reveal hidden contents Claude's BL fate isn't so bad when his endings (at least the ones I've seen) in GD all inexplicably seem to be him leaving Fodlan. I got the paired ending with Lorenz where it turns out he left to take over as king of Almyra so the two places could be at peace. Only ones who married that run were Seteth (who was used mainly as an Adjudant) and Catherine. Go figure. Well Ignatz did too.. but that was to Raphael's sister. Dorothea had a solo ending that mentioned she got married. Still feels in poor taste for one of the main characters to just Spoiler Up and leave, for seemingly no reason. It screams "play the other route to find out!", and I find it to be rather self-defeating, personally. Well to be fair TRS had enough legal issues without putting Pyramid head mid-game. Pissing off Konami as well as Nintendo. Remember Juliattisnacordst. He may've passed, but he lives on in our hearts, and in all those legal documments that Kaga buried in his backyard. I nicked what I could remember (seeing as it was 2001 when it aired off memory) and improvised the rest from a song off the Disney's Hercules cartoon (the saturday morning one not the movie) from the episode with Typhon. I'll see if I can find it, but every time I search it I end up with "That''s not how the story goes" from the Series of Unfortunate Events netflix series. Which is somewhat fitting because it's an unfortunate event I couldn't find the original to do it properly at the time.... and it turns out I got most of what I had identical while cutting out two thirds of the song. Go figure. Maybe some time I'll redo it wholesale. Please do, we can never have too many songs from you. I'm personally of the opinion it has it's flaws... like bad flaws. But then so do all the games in the series. Yeah, that much is true. It's comedy gold when a game does something that makes little sense for the sake of the story. At least... it is for me. Yeah, I get what you're saying. My favourite is when people die but don't get killed. It happens in Three Houses ten times, and it pissed me off more and more each time. You know what? I'm testing this when I get there. Even if I have to do the chapter that Garo deserves to be immortalized in song for without warp-skipping. Oh, no. Please don't do that to yourself, man! Are you asking why Hawkwing would have to help Snake (who isn't the main character of MGS 2) or are you asking for help because you realized he even kills people in pacifist runs, albeit by accident? Accident? Pretty sure the best horror game is Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. Because it fakes out your memory card being corrupted to mess with you. Can any other game scare you like that? Making you think you have to start all over again? On every game you have files for on that card? Well, I do know that I watched Petscop 1 through 5 I think? Just a couple weeks ago in the dead of night, and I legit could not sleep well. That hadn't happened for years. Fucking thing is way too tense. Problem is, now that I've ran out of episodes, I've encountered a similar situation as with Berwick. Except I at least know that Berwick's almost guaranteed to be finished by next year. Petscop could very well have already ended and we'll never find out... Well... that says a lot about Eugen's judgement on Narron. Maybe he just didn't see anything special because he was blinded by his own badassery? Judging a unit's performance could be classified as tactics talk. Now, remember that Eugen can't tactics. Would that make me quadridextrous or something if I can write legibly with either hand or either foot? Nah, that just makes you amazing. I care about Hagar because I need to make Funky Kong jokes. Well, then. Joke away. Mostly because it's not, after all Ernst is still the only Ernst. I just mean the fact a lone Berseker held off an army at a chokepoint (why are Berserkers never that good in Fire Emblem?) until underhanded tactics that defy the weapons triangle (if axes beat lances, why was he dealt with by a spear?) allowed someone to strike him from beneath the bridge. I mean, that's by the Anglo-Saxon account at that. So his damn enemies recognized it as a historical feat. One complaint I've often seen about the Fire Emblem games is it often showcases individual exceptionalism that is unrealistic... but this guy sort of did the same sort of job you'd expect of a tank in the series. Albeit ending in his own death. But you know. Point is maybe instead of whining about fictional characters being better than a normal man will be, one should aspire to be the best they themselves can be. Either way, it's a pretty rad story. Is it bad my first reaction to a knight on a pegasus was "Oh. Sasha's just come to escort his soul to Valhalla", seeing as at this point I legit think of her as somewhere between a Valkyrie and the Grim Reaper? You're the expert on viking history here. Please do let me know if there ever was a female goddess of death and war crimes. Eugen is apparently a lot more knowledgeable than he lets on. His lapses in judgement are because he's actually spent so long playing dumb so as not to give away that he is secretly a deity that he sometimes acts more inept than he means to in order to hide what he knows that he shouldn't. Here he slips up and accidentally reveals knowledge he should not have had. Bwahahahahahahah... Eugen is love, Eugen is life, is what you're telling me? Eugen is a harsh God. Then again given Gods in the series tend to be manaketes, and manaketes tend to go mad... and my username used to be Mad Manakete.... and where was I going with this? I think Eugen is a dragon. He punched a (transformed) manakete in the face once and stole its dragonstone, and then he convinced the stone to work on him through sheer willpower. Yeah, but why is Zeiss in the prep screen? Ahahahahahahahahahahah... you arrived late with that one, but boy did it put a smile on my face to see it. It should have been Julius Palace. Ach! I knew I'd forgotten something. Still, I wanted it to look as legit as possible, and editing the chapter card's fancy text would've been difficult without ruining everything. Besides, I already spent long enough on the member card. Eclipse, you should reward my efforts by requesting that it's made into an actual option for every user! I am sure everyone will want a Julius card! TRS!Julius, that is! Hey, while we're on the subject of member cards, I've noticed that a lot of you have different titles on 'em, like "Hero" or "Greil Merc". Is that something that you earn somehow, or can you change it somewhere? Because I've never been able to figure it out. Been here for, what, 4 years already? I know I haven't been the most active member ever, but it feels a little disheartening to see that, after all this time, I am still a member among heroes of all sorts. Is it because of all the blood on my hands? I know I must've killed some higher-up's favourite, but... oh, dear... maybe one of them loves Lugh... please tell me it's not the case... That said, this is art. Inevitably I'm showing my friend who doesn't even play the series. Hahahahahah, go right ahead! Tell me the reaction. Come to think of it, Canaan and Camus both start with Ca. Coincidence? I think so. Do we begin to pronounce it "Canoo" now? To be fair, isn't the difficulty curve of most Fire Emblems kind of "it's highest in early chapters when your guys are still untrained, drops in the middle as they come into their own, and rises back up again for the last so many chapters because by now your guys are hitting caps and can't get stronger than the game intends for that point"? Not that there aren't exceptions, but that's generally how it seems to go. More or less, yes, but I've never seen so sheer a drop as Path of Radiance's. On 8/20/2019 at 6:25 PM, BrightBow said: Not the way Radiant Dawn does. For example, for part 3 the game just gives you +15% hit and avoid for everyone deployed entirely for free. And you go from Micaiah, the commander who may as well have 1 Hp and 0 Spd for all the good her bases and growths do her, to a commander who practically erases anyone getting close to him with a thought. I understand. Ike's getting benched, then! On 8/20/2019 at 8:20 PM, eclipse said: Sara cares not for you petty insults, since one of the things she wields is a "gun", something that would confuse the everliving daylights out of the entire FE cast. 😛 But you see, Tom and Hagar have something called "tank", which is bigger than "gun" and hence invalidates it. No, but seriously, Sara what? Fairly sure it started with "win", but I cannot remember. And, while we're at it, what game is she from? ...Sara Valenstein, okay! I was... completely off the mark, but I'll spin it around and say I was too humble to use all of my brain power on this, so I'm actually awesome. Why, yes, I actually did detective work to find out who she is, solely to make that shitty-ass, low-effort meme above. Putting effort into making a low-effort meme has to be the most hilariously dumb thing one can do. As for RD, Part 1's difficulty comes from the initial units, who are more-or-less the equivalent of base Donnel cloning himself before he runs off into a bunch of competent enemies. Micaiah's niche is either patching up her underlings or erasing things from a safe distance with Thani. Of the weaker guys, Nolan's the safest bet of the bunch - Edward is a coin flip, and Leonardo is worse than Tomas (and I made Tomas work dammit). Sothe can hold his own, at least. I think you've heard the rest of the memes, and they're memes for a reason. Once you get past Part 1, it'll be smoother, up until the beginning of the end (you'll know when it hits), where things can go sideways quickly if you're not on your feet. Hmm, I see. Well, I also made Tomas work, so I suppose Leonardo might be my go-to guy? On 8/20/2019 at 10:57 PM, Pengaius said: Unless you have a physical copy of Radiant Dawn, I'd advise to just not play it, the difficulty settings are mistranslated and the game is a b-star-star-star-ch to emulate on anything that is not a proper gaming PC. Ah, not to worry. My computer can take it, just as it can take Berwick. Frankly, I've had more of a problem trying to understand the control scheme. It's so... schizophrenic! At first, I thought I just had mapped the keyboard poorly, but no! It really asks me to input button combinations just to see somebody's statsheet! I'll have to try a simulated controller when I get the chance... Also a few gripes (from what I've read and seen in let's plays and the like) The story isn't that great as it almost totally relies on the player having played PoR (which you have so it's not as big an issue, but the story doesn't really stand by itself) Story doesn't matter. Dawn Brigade are horrible units, Greil Mercs destroy every map I used Tomas, man. Tomas. In FE12. You think that's a dealbreaker for me? the whole act 2 is literally filler Eh... okay, this one might be a problem. Act 3 has you jarringly switch perspectives every few maps, making you wait to use stat boosters and you might forget about them. That actually piques my curiousity. The Laguz Royals make almost all of your trained units worthless I can't remember if you were around for FE12 (maybe at the very end?), but you definitely watched me play FE6, and you're watching me play TRS. At this point, do you still truly believe I'm about to lower myself to using some overpowered royals? Fuck no, I'm taking Nealuchi to the endgame if I do end up playing Radiant Dawn. You gotta beat the game a bunch of times to get the *real* ending I thought you just had to beat it once, and then you can spare Pelleas and Lehran. Then you have to support Ike with Soren in both games to get his backstory, but I don't think I'll be able to figure out how to transfer on Dolphin. tldr: don't waste 60+ hours of your life on that game. That's a bit harsh. Tell you what: I'll play Shadow Dragon again, and when I feel like it I'll give Radiant Dawn a try. On 8/21/2019 at 4:32 AM, Hawkwing said: Well, I wasn't expecting an update that fast. Especially since I was planning on quoting what someone else said first, as well as addressing some of the mistakes I made in my original post. Joy. Yeah, that was quite fast. If Echoes had more resources and money, I hope they would put it towards making the edits they wanted to regarding the story and having more voice acting, because I'm tired of hearing complaints about the narrative. Also, to fix the clipping kinda wish they would use it to make the amiibo more unique. Such Link being a myrmidon but with the hat, Hylian shield, and Master Sword, or Breath of the Wild Link being a bow knight. The Star Fox crew would be mercenaries but with their unique jackets and scarfs. Ness would be a mage, Zelda a Saint or Priestess, Pit a Pegasus knight, and so on. That'd be fun. Not to mention, I'd get to revive my experience with Mario and Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (read, Luigi wins while the others help him slightly). I'd buy the game only for that. Would asking which side is the good guys and which is the bad be too much of a spoiler? I mean, what do you think? Allcapsperson is obviously the baddie here. One of the top villains in Berwick, too, in my opinion. They made me hate them in ways few villains have managed. That's quite the achievement. There is, however, a person I hate more in Berwick. But that's a story for another day. Huh, so New Mystery of the Emblem uses rankings. I forgot if they dropped those in the Tellius games or Awakening. Maybe they dropped them in Tellius, but there is no questioning that they took them up again in FE11. Out of curiosity, what difficulty did you play the game on? Hard. But that's a lie. It's more like "requires two braincells to be steamrolled". I have heard that Radiant Dawn is much harder, by the way. Especially at the beginning, although I believe that's because few of your units are good. That's nice. I've got to say, after playing two really easy games in a row (3H and FE9), with nothing but a single Berwick map in between (it was one of the toughest chapters I've seen in the game, though, so there's that), it's really refreshing to play Shadow Dragon and be challenged again. I don't give a damn what people say, you can't go wrong with some good ol' DSFE. Well, you have benched several of the more broken units, and there are two routes. Heck, I forget about characters all the time outside of battles. Then again, what haven't I forgotten about this game? College and work have done numbers on me. You never forgot about the Mintz jokes you started. You also inmediately recognized the Royal Historian of Wellt, shockingly enough. Everything even remotely relevant, though? Erased from your mind. If there's something to commend about "waifu emblem", balancing the gender ratio of playable units is one of them. Frankly, I think I prefer quality over quantity. Berwick's women are awesome, for the most part. There are a couple of snags (literal couple, there's like 2 women who aren't great in the game), but aside from those, they're all a bunch of badasses, as units, as characters, and sometimes as both. Meanwhile, Fates has a gallery of cheap prostitutes in what barely qualifies as armor. Well, the commander does actually have to stick their body out of the tank in order to look around. Even in modern tanks, visibility isn't the best. That's why Hagar became a tank driver. His neck works for the job. He was just bluffing when he said he can't see anything. When noone's looking, he does this: I plan on getting it eventually, and Three Houses is definitely on the list of games I'll get when I inevitably buy a switch even though I said I would do that two years ago. I'm just not as excited about the game as some others are/were. That's wise. Too much hype will only lead to disappointment. Case in point, me after the earlygame. Also me after the Path of Radiance earlygame! Of course you would find some workaround. Count on Serenesforest's biggest Berwick fanboy to find a workaround to get people to play Berwick. Now go, play Berwick Saga, or face the consequences! I wouldn't say it's an "OMMYGOSHMUSTPLAY!!!" kind of game, but if you are interested in a more challenging Fire Emblem experience, it's definitely worth a look. Perhaps, one day. I have to say, the character designs really throw me off. And there are people who say that's better than Shadow Dragon? People have no taste... says I, man whose favourite female is Malice. Super Baby Method?! How Senator Armstrong's confrontation would've been like had he been facing Snake instead. Nanomachines, son! SON?! They harden in response to physical trauma! PHYSICAL TRUAMA?! Ergh... yes! You can't hurt me, Snake! HURT YOU!? What did I just say? SAY?! ...okay, you know what? Fuck this, I'm going to kill you now. KILL ME!? I love that you can almost grasp the plot of these games through Snake just asking questions. Yeah, you kinda can! Found another one, by the way. Except with more yelling and participants. Ah yeah I've seen this one! That, or Runan shows that he could always climb mountains and walk on water, but neglects to do so normally so that the enemy has a fighting chance. That'd be... oddly in-character. Since when hasn't magic been good in Fire Emblem? In Tellius it had lacking might, in FEDS is was rather underpowered to compensate for everyone's lack of res... there have been a few games. So do I. Helps show how deranged Duma has become, and fittingly makes his attack more concerning when the music kicks in, as he's one of the stronger Fire Emblem bosses. All in all, very unique final boss theme. I wish. Never really got to the point where my forces were strong enough to fight for themselves. You have to keep upgrading them. High enough level, and you'll be a force to be reckoned with. Should probably try giving the game another shot. It's been a while. I tend to get bored by the conquest part of the game, where it's just idling as you wait for castles for be seized. That's the worst part of the game for me, sieges are horrendously designed. Eh, I suppose it depends on the story being told. It kinda does, yes. Deception has it's place on the battlefield. Indeed, more than most strategy games give it credit for. Friendly remark that Berwick Saga sort of has instances of deceit being used by both friends and foes. Come on, Snake isn't that foolish in the second game! Granted, he's only playable for one or two hours, but still! I'm not saying he's foolish, he's just confused. Fair enough. Blood loss can cause loopiness, right? Yes. Further blood loss has a high chance to cause DEATH. I meant to say expendable. I know, I know, I was just messing with ya. Although a tank being able to cover more than one square could have its uses. No joke, Tom would've been choking those points like no others. ... There are several ways to respond to that. "Fasteriskck you, Ruben, you went too far this time. I'm not reading a single more word that you write. You're going to hell", perhaps? Yes, I agree. What I will say is that context is important. Genesis takes place before Exodus, before God gave Israel His laws and commands. When Jesus paid for our sins on the cross, we no longer had to sacrifice animals as sin offerings; we could ask for forgiveness directly from God. Abraham lived in a time when it was common for people sacrificed their children to "gods" in return for more children, cattle, land, what have you. God would not ask of us to kill our children today to test our faith, but we may need to turn our back on friends and even family if we begin to place more importance on human things than on God. Hmm, I see. I didn't write the passages word for word. If someone was curious about reading what I did, then I gave them the chapters I looked at, so they could read and decide for themselves. Perhaps I should read the Bible one day. I've heard it's got a lot of gore in it. If nothing else... Unfortunately, few people do. Hahahah, yeah. Everyone loves using biblical names for the biggest chumps. It an obsession second only to using spanish words as names. The voice in terms of sound or punctuation? Everything. Use Dr. Wahwee for everything. Fitting Cops never fine him, because after hearing his name, they shed a manly tear and let him through. Right. I have not made a habit of consistently looking at crit rates yet. An ironman run or two should do it. As I always say, I also never gave much of a damn about them before. Now? Hohohoh, boy. I love using Matthis, but those 2% he faces against everyone in Shadow Dragon are... oh, my goodness. I had to look up who Narron was. Fitting, that one of the most powerful units in the game is the son of the hardest boss in the game. Narron Badass has an interesting ring to it. Funny how being so powerful caused him to be completely irrelevant in this LP. On a random note, Mintz gloves are huge. Hahahah, yeah, he does have pretty big hands. If Sammo Hung is anything to go by, never judge weight in a fight. Sammo Hung = Chinese Ernst. Can I just say I love how throughout the entire first battle he took exorbitant amounts of punishment and he didn't seem to give a damn, yet the other guy takes a single body slam and he's already as weak as his opponent? It shows Mintz humilty, so I don't mind. I suppose it does. There's always the chance for it to come back. If I remember to use it! No. I'm saying that it is unwise to make promises you do not intend to keep. If there are heavy consequences for not keeping your word to your neighbor, how much more the God of the universe? It is better not to make the vow at all, than to make one and then not keep it. Let's see what the good ol' Royal Historian does, then. Wise. Dwelling on what-could-have-been's distracts from what we actually have. Yes... Aye, that is true. The rest of what you said, on the other hand... I am unable to see the problem. verga nf (tipo de mástil) yard, yardarm n Un marinero se cayó de la verga. A sailor fell off the yard (or: yardarm). Yeah, I know of that sequence. I also love how you summarized it. I hope it wasn't too obvious that I didn't like that scene in the slightest. To be fair with the game, though, Spoiler Jeralt's death was something I found to be surprisingly good, despite the fact that it was so absurdly obvious. I loved that they actually acknowledged Byleth's Return to the Past shenanigans. Also enjoyed Spoiler Rodrigue's death in BL because even though Byleth doesn't use Divine Pulse there, it actually makes sense that he wouldn't. They both clearly understood what the man's sacrifice was supposed to achieve, and so Byleth let him do what he had to. What I did not love was how they handled Spoiler Thales, who is actually Lord Arundel in the BL route. You actually do kill him, but you don't know you have, because his true identity isn't ever revealed. I actually only found out much later on by accident, on the internet. How stupid is that? Still, one less death looks better on your resume. Not a whole lot, but it's something. My resume's unsalvageable at this point, man. What's one more body going to do? Ernst took a powerful hit that would have killed most men on the spot, and yet he died standing. Badass. I mean, remember all those guys Leonie headshotted and that was the end of them? Ernst survived exactly that, if only for a little while. What a man. DANG! Wonder what the poor souls who played this game without speed-up had to go through... My first playthrough was like that, because the first emulator I tried didn't have a trottle function. I can only say, it's a complete non-issue with the right emulator, but the OG experience can get really painful. The game is not quite as slow as PoR, but it's close. Sometimes, emulation is just better. In my eyes, Ernst won first place, and Barbossa a close second, but they both broke the world record. My thoughts exactly. That it is! Ah, I see. I was wondering if it was simply the fact that Ernst had to die, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see what the only flaw in this section of the game is. It'll come up in the next update. Hey, it was only ONE GUY that I killed by accident! And that section of the game I had to resort to using the sword since the tranquilizer pistol wasn't cutting it. The rest of the adventure was death-free! It helped that holding up enemies (getting close enough to an enemy and then pointing your gun at them will cause them to freeze and put their hands up) was fun in its own right; the New Game + rewards for doing so were just an added bonus. Getting people to surrender in games is always awesome. Whenever I play Perfect Dark for the N64 (with a special emulator configured to make it control like a normal mouse-and-keyboard FPS) I always enjoy shooting people's guns off their hands. Sometimes they start punching you, or pull out a hand gun, but the wisest of mooks just give up. It's great. Oh, good. It's not a character I've forgotten. I hope. I mean, she appeared a couple updates ago. It'd be worrisome if you forgot. There are advantages and disadvantages to the black screen of exposition skipping. Yeah... Hmmm... Maybe the weird disappearing act that was done earlier was Eugen trading spots with his alternative universe self, who knew about this information? Pffffffft... okay, this is canon. The portrait got a laugh out of me, as did the name. Thanks! I tried. Either this is a programming error or a strange attempt at conveying a three-way conversation. Which is pretty odd considering the game already has several of those. I think it's most likely that Aethin made a mistake here. Not that it's too big. Guess we can add this to the list of fixes for when he is done with Berwick! Thus far, the list has all the typos except The Roger The Paladin (I'll never forgive you if you fix that one, Aethin), the slaver not dying canonically, Lentzenheimer's face, and Eugen punching Holmes being just off-screen. Unless plot shenanigans happen. Because villains seem to get most things done via plot shenanigans in these kind of games. Well... we'll see. Runan the realist. Ever the thoughtful balance. Yeah, Runan's an awesome leader. Quick! Do the opposite of what he says! That's kinda what Runan did. Maybe it's Eugen from the future that came in when Eugens sprite mysteriously disappeared, trying to warn against stalling for something? Maybe while they were setting up to hold a siege, Ernst's corpse just stood up and started killing everyone out of the blue. Eugen from the future used his many superpowers to return to the past, and while Runan was receiving exposition from Verna, he quickly buried Ernst under a layer of cement. Something tells me that Runan would make a great diplomat. Taking what others want and spinning it so both sides are addressed. That's Runan in a nutshell, yes: a realist who doesn't let that override his ideals. That's why it kinda annoys me when people compare him to Leif. Sure, they look alike, but that's where the similarities end. Runan and Leif are complete opposites when it comes to personality. Probably wherever they decided the first captive should be kept. Verna probably just recognized Stephanie immedietly when they brought her forward. Speaking of which, it seems that Runan's army is a lot more competent with paying attention to prisoners than Holmes crew. Then again, Stephanie and Zeigs power levels are also drastically different, so maybe it's not the fairest of comparisons. Keep in mind that Zieg was saved by the most powerful witch of the realm warping in and out, and that Zieg himself is rather strong even though I didn't train him. Still doesn't make any sense that nobody was there to at least try swinging a blade at her, but... Short but sweet, these sections were. 't Yoda, you ain. re still cool, you a. Reminding me even more of Fantasy General. Once again, more fantasy videogames need to separate their armies into corps. It's a really nifty detail, I agree. WE CARE!!! OKAY!!! And this joke is hilarious, although I can see how it could be a pain to make. No joke, I had to spend like 15 minutes toying around with the HTML code to make the necessary edits to the page. And then I refreshed it by mistake and all the work went away, so I had to do it all again. Also, is your Google Mario themed? As The Roger has already pointed out, it's Luigi. Do not make the mistake of confusing them ever again. Or else! Ernst was so badass, they could unironically refer to a single soldier as "manpower". And it'd be the reality. He was hilarious! I have a feeling this maps "gimmick" with either involve ambushes or civilians. Or both. Hmmm... not quite. You'll see. Of course. What a shame... Aye, it is a nice change of pace, and it helps that much of the game has built up these battles. Yes, this is what the whole game has been leading up to, as far back as when we were dealing with His Chancellorness Codha in Wellt. Well, Runan's route, but Holmes's route is so irrelevant, we might as well not count it as "the game". "Nation of Camuses" is a pretty appropriate description. It seems to be where all the good ones went. No joke. There were some black sheep among them (Pavlov and Carnell), but for the most part, Canaanite enemies have been extremely sympathetic. Remember Seamus? I never forgot. On 8/21/2019 at 3:42 PM, The Roger The Paladin said: I have two... it's a long story. Suffice to say I came into a better condition copy for cheap (that is complete in box) but couldn't bring myself to get rid of the lone CD (it lacked my mother had to have shipped from the other side of the continent due to difficulty finding a copy at the time. Sentimental reasons basically. Sometimes I feel minorly guilty at keeping two of a rare game, but I tend to have a hard time parting with gifts. You bastard, you're the reason prices for old games are skyrocketing! I demand that you sent the game to me for free post-haste! Not to mention in act three your own units from the other perspective appear as enemies... meaning you have to fight your own trained guys... who have whatever weapons and stats you got onto them. Which makes some painfully easy because you didn't bother to train them and other's juggernauts of your own making. Mind it tends not to be as bad as that may sound. Because A.I. That sounds... completely awesome, to be honest. Actually, the song reference came from the joke. Just this once. I wanted to make a joke about Funky Kong's unusual military motiff in DK64 (something that's gotten me ever since I was a kid, because it seemingly came out of nowhere and was never referenced after the game), and next thing I've got a setup for a DK rap reference and I can't stop myself. I am the prick who came up with the notion "Earthbound 64" got it's development shelved after Itoi had the idea for the "PK Rap", and they needed to let him get it out of his system. Hence waiting for the GBA to unleash what would be Mother 3. That's an awesome theory. Here's one of my own: Flint is a young Eugen. It's like, the prior step to being Galuf, which led to being Eugen. He's led a pretty busy life. Yeah, but that's mostly by necessity. After all, it would be an error to lock you out of most of the child units because there weren't enough parents to go around. Not that you can't get locked out of one (or two) by having your Robin/Corrin be the wrong gender and marry someone from the cast that can have kids but isn't the decider parent. FE games these days... back in my time, you didn't have kids, you killed kids to unlock Etzel! Eh. I'm not blaming you. Reveal hidden contents I went into "Blood of the Eagle and Lion" in my Blue Lions run planning not to kill any named characters except Hubert, Edelgard and Claude in the event it turned out they didn't retreat. (they do of course). Next thing I know I've killed every Golden Deer not named Claude, Hilda or Marianne (two of which retreat and the third was on my bench) and Bernadetta to boot. I still feel bad about that. Less so on being told that if you somehow don't kill Bernadetta, Edelgard turns her into a suicide bomb.... which I can't verify, but if it's the case she kind of shot up my list of despised (playable) Fire Emblem characters to the point Peri, Oliver and Tharja have competition. Ah, yes. The oh-so-advertised gimmick of Three Houses. I can only say that I did not give a damn when a certain girl died protecting Claude's incompetent, useless, dumb, Holmesey ass. Or when I had to one-shot a certain Death Knight killer with Leonie. I know it breaks everyone else's heart, but the thing failed completely to faze me. Mainly because I never did think much of the students. Had they forced me to kill Hanneman, THEN we'd be talking. Pretty sure that's Luigi. It's Green and the mustache looks smoother. Yeah-- Also this is Ruben. Pffwahahahahahahahahahahahah! I love how even in this forum that has nothing to do with Luigi, I'm known to be a Luigi fanboy. Is it truly so obvious? I don't even have the Luigi profile picture I made for my steam account here! When you think about it... aren't most generic enemy soldiers Camuses themselves in a way? A number of them are likely only loyal to their country as opposed to evil. A true Camus is just the one that stands out in combat compared to anyone else who won't be recruited. Or maybe I'm overthinking the canon-fodder. After all, you really can't recruit everyone. I'd like to see a FE game where randos get names and faces. Maybe all of them would be difficult, but a few each chapter, to humanize the enemy a bit. Oh! Guess what game did it first! Yes! It's Berwick Saga! Boy, do I love that game! It: Spoiler Julius. Julius is really easy if you know what you're doing. He wasn't kidding when he said they were undermanned: he's got exactly 6 mooks, not counting the Archer and the Ballistician who can't even move. You know who else had 6 mooks? Russ, the oddly handsome boss of the first chapter. Well actually, he had 5, but hush. Still, Julius really doesn't need any help. You'll see why, later. This chapter's basically a glorified boss fight. And it'd be a mighty tough one, if it wasn't for something else that we'll see later on. This chapter has a lot of surprises waiting to be discovered. Not much else to say, really. Healer will graciously hand over his Paces a-Hundred Yet Still I Cure to Sasha when she gets to him. Buncha houses to visit, and an arena, but there won't be time to put it to use. Blue house teaches Gladiator, which was already completely useless in chapter 8. This is the last arena of the game, so... yeah. Why waste a skill spot on that? Oh, and no, you cannot spare Julius by seizing behind his back, like Xyon. The objective is to kill the boss. Because TRS isn't done being an asshole yet. Here's Theodora's statsheet. She leaves before the map starts, but you can check her out in the prepscreen. She's nothing special, really. Let's begin the haul. Gimme goodies! The usual house theme doesn't play here. Instead, what we (well, I) hear is... one of the themes for bad guys speaking? Well, I don't care why you're here, just try not to cause us any trouble. It doesn't matter to me whether you win or the Empire wins. It won't change a thing. What, were you expecting me to give you something? This isn't a charity, bub. Now hurry up and get out! ...well. Sierra, try this one. I'll thank you not to disgrace this upstanding capital of Reeve with your trifling squabbles. The fact that rebels like you even call yourself(sic) Reevans is an embarrassment to this city. The Imperial army may be disgusting, but so are you. You barbarians would do well to kill each other off. ...I am shocked and appalled. Please be a good person. This is why I hate nobles. You all think the law doesn't apply to you. Get out of my house, now! And never come back again! So, yeah. This is this chapter's gimmick. Everybody we're liberating is a stuck-up jerk. All of the enemies are heroes. At any rate, we're moving. How cute. In the building to the east, tension is brewing. It's actually the game providing their very own Minion Misadventures for once! Lovely. Are you General Lawrence? ...no, of course not. General Lawrence wouldn't be foolish enough to grow such a stupid mustache. But at least it's more consistent than Rodrigue's. Sorry Rodrigue, love ya man, but it had to be said. We're not supposed to talk about this... But yes, that's his intention. But don't worry, all of his veteran soldiers will be staying with him. All the veteran soldiers are exhausted from their last battle! He can't send us away now! We need to stay and help out! You have to survive. Live, and serve the fatherland. If you understand His Highness's feelings, then don't die in vain in a place like this! And just let the prince die in vain?! I can't do that! I'm staying right here! Everyone else feels the same way! You fool... And so, a bunch of the troops who were supposed to retreat emerge from the barracks(?). Nobody has any portraits, but I've always assumed the General is uglystacheman, and the lone Cavalier's his hotheaded subordinate. In any case, this is a whole troop of generic Camuses. The General can pose a decent fight, but the others are complete scrubs. Complete scrubs who refuse to let their prince die alone... motherfucker... they're going to make this as hard as possible, aren't they? And we aren't even getting started, oh no. The real heartbreak will happen next update... Runan begins working on Julius's misguided troops. San grabs a pilum and finishes him off. Let's keep checking out the houses. Just for the heck of it, if nothing else. These guys are so irrelevant, I couldn't be bothered to make them portraits. They should thank us for softening up the Imperials for them! You couldn't soften up Julius if he stripped naked in front of you and asked you to punish him for being a naughty boy. And knowing him, I'm fairly certain the roles would be reversed if it ever came to that. Not that it would. You both are hideous. It's a damn shame. Anyway, that guy from last night barely put up any fight at all. No matter how many times I hit him, he just kept crying for his mommy! I'm telling you, man, these Imperials are all a bunch of wusses. So what's that make your total now? I'm up to four. I've only gotten three so far. I didn't realize we were competing, or I'd have killed a few more! Can I kill these two now What's up with the service here? Don't you please know we're saving your country here?! Show us a little respect! And bring out the booze! Don't talk like you're some kind of heroes! You're just a couple of murderers! You're not fighting for anything. You're just preying on the weak! Don't you feel any regrets at all?! Something's wrong with you! Don't act like you can compare at all to what the Champions of Yutona are doing! You're nothing! What did you say to me!? Hey, Mintz. Are you going to do something already? Play it cool, man... Some of those guys from the Champions just showed up here. Let's not make a scene... Dammit... I'll remember this! And that's the end of the scene. Is this really what we're doing here? Giving lunatics an excuse to look good while murdering people? Numbers. Numbers I can understand. Oh, in the name of-- Son of a-- ...let's just get insulted some more, shall we? Finally! Somebody nice around these parts! You gonna give me sumthin' or what? See this lovely shield? With this in hand, even Julius's attacks would be nothing but mosquito bites to you. It's beyond priceless... But for you, I'd be willing to part with it for 10000G. So, are you interested? ...get the fuck outta here. I know it's your house, but get the fuck outta here. Don't be a fool, my friend. You lot don't stand a chance against Julius, not without adequate defenses. You'll wish you had this! Allow me to doubt it. I mean, compared to Ernst, how strong can this sheltered princeling be...? ...oh. ... So yeah. Julius. He's invincible, because he has a nosferatu lance. Not to worry, though. I said two updates ago that he's vastly easier than Ernst, and I stand by my words. This chapter isn't done pulling surprises on us yet... Right. Pathetic. Pathetic... sigh... The level 2 Cavalier leads the charge? Oh, for the love of God... I'll try to make this quick. Oh yeah, and this is the last batch of reinforcements. That's literally it. They truly were defeated when Ernst fell-- excuse me, when Ernst died. Standing. What's going on now? Oh, lordie. More ugly maniacs. None of you are General Lawrence, that much I am sure of. BLONDE IDIOT*: Just hear me out. Why don't we use this as an opportunity to throw our weight around? BLONDE IDIOT*: Not the Empire, you idiot! The other side! Those Imperials are all cowards. Runan's army is obviously going to win. So if we help them out, I'm sure we'll get a handsome reward! We might even be made knights! REDHEAD OF THE EYEBROWS WITH GIGANTISM: That's not a bad idea! All right, let's do it! BLONDE IDIOT*: Okay, it's decided! Everyone, get geared up for battle! Don't let a single one of those Imperial bozos leave with their life! *Not Holmes. Look, bandits. They're actually green bandits. They'll be helping us out by being torn to shreds by Julius. I am dead fuckin' serious. Speaking of, both him and our protagonists will be reacting to the latest development. Ergh... look, Julius, I hate to break it to you like this, but... nobody's retreating. Everybody is dying a pointless, pathetic death here for you. Please surrender...! I'll deal with them myself. Tell the other soldiers to continue making their way along the line of retreat. To think that I'd have to taint this holy spear with the blood of mere bandits... Gladiators from the local arena, it seems. They're attacking the Canaanites. Do you think they're trying to show us their support? Maybe, though not for the reason you think. Gladiators kill for sport, money, and fame. They wouldn't just suddenly start fighting for the sake of justice. They're in it for the reward. So they're hoping I'll repay them for their troubles, is that it? That, and there's always valuables to be scavenged off of dead soldiers. As usual, the gameplay-story integration is on point here: all of those assholes have Mug. Which, in turn, means they'll destroy our fighting prowess if they get too close. To put it bluntly, they're just hungry hyenas taking advantage of the situation. What a horrible bunch... Most agreed, milord. Though it doesn't change the fact that for now, they are our allies. Blistering barnacles, Eugen! You fuckin' savage! I don't know who's worse, them or you! I can say that I do like you a lot better, though. Never change, man. Even if it would be for the best. Eugen... These guys are what negates the map's difficulty. See, Julius is actually going to begin moving now. He'll charge at these idiots, and he'll make mincemeat out of them. This'll result in the destruction of the Canaan Spear. Reduced to only the literal worst weapon in the game, he won't be able to fight well at all. That's when we'll be jumping in for the kill. Why, yes, this map more or less requires that you kick the Canaanites while they're down, and that you utilize underhanded, honorless stratagems in order to beat the only menacing opponent. In other words, you need to be an integral dickhead to win this one. I can only imagine how proud Eugen will be after we win. Anyway, I wouldn't want to pull Julius too soon, so let's make very sure to stay clear of his range. Also, Esther takes Canto. Let's get yelled at, shall we? ...Yes, as you can see, my house isn't that great. Did you come here just to ridicule me like all the other wealthy people do? Or are you waiting for me to fork over some gold? Well, you're not getting a penny! I tried helping Lord Gramud's army, and look what happened! I'm not falling for it again! Now, get out! What a nice fellow. Speaking of nice fellows, Hagar gets experience. Bastards! It does not matter how strong you are! Even if it costs us all our lives, we will fight for Prince Julius! Guaaahhh... Prince Julius... I am... proud to have... served... That brave youth died for this. For memes. What a terrible way to go... I do suppose we can now conclude that FEWOD was wrong, though. If his speed growth truly is 5%, then I am the luckiest man in the world, and as we all know, that's not at all who I am. The Mage didn't want to come to us. Therefore, we shall bring the battle to him. Don't worry, Kate can Canto out of Julius's range. KATE! THIS IS MISERABLE ENOUGH WITHOUT YOUR HELP! Well, that's it for the Mage, at least. Let's see what this fancy building has in store for us. More insults? Oh, no, it's just a cleric with a more pleasant and interesting design than any of the playable healers, aside from Lee and Renee. Prince Barker used to be our benefactor, so we've done fairly well until now. But after the Imperial army retreated, the other citizens came and raided our coffers... It is worrying that this does not surprise me. It's horrifying, but surprising? Not at all. The children haven't had anything to eat since yesterday... Please, save these poor souls... Aww... well, I've been berated, insulted and offended by your neighbors all day, but that doesn't mean I'm about to do it to you in return. 'Sides, you guys are friends of Barker, and Barker's awesome, so how can I refuse you? Oh, thank you, thank you! May the Goddess bless each and every one of you! That actually has an effect, unlike Footballman. If the unit has any cursed weapons (that is, a weapon that reached 100 kills and gained the devil effect), they'll be wiped clean of the loathed risk of self-destruction. It's... not useful at all, but hey, I wasn't about to let those off-screen orphans starve. Anyhow, that's that. Sheesh...! That's too close for comfort. He must go west! West! This happens. One of Julius's guys fights the gladiators. Brave man, brave man. I hope Julius makes it in time to save him... only so it's... me, that gets to kill him... urgh... Meanwhile, Hagar is getting assaulted. How can he dodge with a neck like his? Let alone the tank! This one also attempts to kill Hagar, to no avail. His defense is the only good thing about him, why are they all going after him...? Yeeey more vultures! This is Julius, folks. If he was allowed to have a fair fight, the LP would be over right here. Meanwhile, this is our marvelous allies. Nngh... Julius, please... handle them already! It's around this point that I realized "hey, Sasha also has Mug! I can have her steal the long range heals!". After Ernst, our supply could use the boost. She's just as horrible as those brigands from the colosseum... The Sylph strategy. More reliable than... basically anything else, but not even remotely as reliable as I'd like. So let's just have everyone escape his range. Those bandits are so weak that I doubt he'll go after anyone but them, but still. Best be prudent. Visiting time! Let it also be a nice person, like the good nun back there. Don't give her a penny, got it? Wait, what? Why? I hope I haven't made a mistake... She's a traitor who's been cooperating with the Empire. ...come again? I saw it with my own two eyes! Barker himself went into that place and donated a huge sum of money! I mean, yeah. Barker's a great man. He didn't want the kids to starve to death, and neither did the nun, so she of course accepted the money! What is so despicable about that? I don't follow your logic, green person... It makes me sick how all these churchy types have no sense of loyalty to their country. ... ... MONSTER WHO DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE BEST NPC: Tell Lord Runan to do us all a favor and arrest them. And don't forget to reward the one who reported them, eh? ...yeah, sure! I'll reward you all right. I'll have the princess of Wellt herself pay you a visit so she may give you what you deserve for your "great" deeds! And then, I'll feed what's left of your corpse to the ra-- no, wait, how cruel would that be!? The poor little rodents would get such an indigestion! I don't think even acid would want to burn you! Piece of filth! Monster! Bougainvillea! Lily-livered bandicoot! Nest of rattlesnakes! Freshwater-spaceman! Jellied-eel! Artichoke! Squawking popinjay! Moujik! Dunderheaded coconut! Scorpion! Diplodocus! Insolent porcupine! Twister! Anthropithecus! Subtropical sea louse! Blithering bombardier! Pariah! Biogas! You... you... you... tttffffffffgghhhhh...! Son of a bitch, that was the most despicable fucking villager I've ever seen in anything! Why are we saving these idiots?! Living under Julius's reign is too good for these heaps of garbage! At any rate, it's done. Rrgh... Julius can't reach... what a shame. This guy goes down. Wrong place, wrong time, man... I'm so sorry. Yes, advance. Advance toward your impeding doom! Julius actually has this line for the gladiators. He's far more respectful when fighting us. There goes two uses. 18 to go, and he'll be 'vincible. Well, at any rate, I'm glad we're putting these guys down so fast. Better us than the hyenas... This guy can't move. Poor bastard... HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH 5% CRIT AAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUURGH!! I know we are doomed. Yet... I suppose it matters not. Come. I shall take you on! G-Guh... good. Gaaah! Cutting it too close, too close! You're made of paper, girl! ...THIS DOES NOT HELP! Ah. Well, there we go. Thanks. Kate managed to dodge with the heaviest bow in the world weighing her down? Impressive! Hey, if I needlessly risk San's life again, I can feed the General kill to Hagar! I'm so dumb... what was I thinking?! It's done, and nobody died, so we're good, I guess. But I must not take such risks... Hrgh! May you... live on... Prince Julius... Cool. And now, for the grand finale! Is it too much to ask that the grand finale hits Julius? Pfft. What a stupid question. Aura rain kills one of the stragglers and sets the rest up to be killed by Hagar. All right. TRS Mages really do have it rough, when this is "all right" for them. Leonie will stand there to draw the enemies away from San's spear, while Mintz deals with the inmobile Archer and Esther, with the ballista. God, all the levels we've gotten thus far have been horrible! Hagar stole all the luck for himself, and he's only got 3 movement! ...Sasha! Oh my God, does he have Miracle or something? Miracle doesn't exist in this game! Finally, geez! Tried to get away from Sasha's wrath... but you cannot do that, it's illegal. Another turn gone by. I don't know what's stupider: the gladiators just nonchalantly running past Julius, or Julius letting them. Good, the trick worked. ...66.66% of the trick worked. Oh my God. I haven't seen this many bad levels since the last time I played Shadow Dragon. In other words, a few hours ago. I've ended up benching Lena for Maria of all people, because I swear to God, she got like, no joke, 8 empty level ups. Base warp isn't that valuable when I have another 3 units that can do it better. Macellan is a completely different story, though. I've used all the natural Generals in FE11 except for Draug (because he's boring, bite me), and in my experience, Macellan trumps all the rest. I swear, he's good, I swear he's good. He's better than Dolph. He's got 6 more levels than him right now, and he has 2 more points of strength and luck! Totally outclassed, Dolphy. Also, Macellan's weapon rank is really good since I spent 30 turns having him throw javelins at Priests. Anyway, back to this. That will not save you, I am afraid. Hagar's blood thirst cannot be quenched so easily. He's loyal only to himself, because he is stupid enough to be swayed by the promise of hot chicks. Speaking of stupid, Julius kills a stupid. Well, that's it for the rookies. Now we wait for Julius to break his lance on these idiots. Yeah. So... huh. Ah, a distraction! He actually has a unique sprite, with a matching red cape and a badass mask for the wyvern. No, we don't. Why do you think we're only attacking from over here? Pffft! He actually hit. Hysterical. Ah, don't be angry, Jules. Here, let me help you purge those asshats. Yeah, there we go. That was fun. Well, turn 10. Guy's trying to escape. I doubt Julius will let him. WHAT ... You know what hurts the most about this? This is entirely my fault. I should've known this'd happen. Lee has worse defenses than the gladiators, and he gets one-shot. Of course Julius would go after him. I have no excuses. I am to blame for this, from start to finish. I took too great a risk by mindlessly leaving my units among the rabble, and now I am paying for my carelessness. I-I just wanted one, man... one LP where I didn't have to... ... RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHH!! GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!! DIE! DIE, DIE, DIE, DIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! NGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH! N-NNGH...! ... Yeah. Fuck that. If it was anybody else, then fuck me. But I am not going on without a healer. Enteh does not count for reasons we'll discover in a couple of updates. I've lost all of my healers to my stupidity, and so I am forced to resort to... this. Wooooo breaking the ironman! Always love to do this. Sure feels great to spend two years writing LPs and utterly fail every single time! Why is it that all the times I've done this, it's because I left a squishy in the range of the enemy for no other reason than being A TERMINAL FUCKING STUPID ASSHOLE BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I HATE MYSELF! In order to avoid getting away with this completely scot-free, however, I will implement a penalty: due to being too injured, Lee will not be able to fight ever again. He'll be a staffbot and nothing else. I know, it's a poor excuse, as that is how I mainly use him these days, but I have to do something to somewhat salvage my ego. In a brilliant move that is quite befitting of me, I completely forgot about this idea until turn 4, and then proceeded to forget again till turn 14. He didn't fight at any point, so the penalty stands, but you've got to admire my ability to wake up in the morning with the amount of dead cells I carry within my skull. Please pretend that I did this in the prepscreen. And that he isn't actually in this map, for story purposes. I didn't have him do anything, anyway, so it's totally like he's away being patched up... right? Right? Uuurrrkkk... I'll spare you the details. I'll just be retreading my steps, with minor deviances here and there. Suffice to say, the army's working to make me feel less bad by making the reset change nothing at all. ...Kreiss this is not the time to be kind AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Good. All I deserve. Here you go. Please pray to some deity so they concede me a brain. Not taking any chances this time. Should never have taken any chances. We're staying far, far away from the action while Julius ruins his weapon. You know what would've been really funny? If San died here this time around. Now wouldn't that have been just a bucket of laughs! Absolute riot. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Stop! Why is the universe rewarding me!? ...life truly is a bitch, ain't it. Spend all those chapters playing by the rules, and as soon as I break 'em, I get all the levels. Or maybe this is just pure probability and I'm making a mountain of a molehill. Either way, thanks. This hasn't gotten any less annoying. This happens again... This, too... Hagar puts Pavise to good use, and gets... An all right level up. This'll serve him well as a Ballistician. Nice, a staff. A staff for the healer that should by all means be dead... Another level while we wait. His defense cap is 30. I'll be surprised if he gets 5 more levels. Few of these dastards left now. One guy goes after Runan. He scores the kill alongside his green twin, stealing it from Hagar. Frankly, I think we're better off this way. Okay, now that there's no more enemies to pass the time, we wait. A bunch of skipped waiting later, Julius only has one use left. He came a bit too close for confort, but thankfully, everyone was able to escape. Wait, what? Why's he using his slim sword already? No, man. Use the good spear so I can move on from this horrible chapter of my life. Thanks. And now, to wait while he finishes off-- wait, wait, what? Did that one really just attack him?! Pfhah! As expected. All right, that's it. Time for the great confrontation, now. How I wish this was the first time I'd seen this quote. Drat, missed. Fun fact: I forgot to move Sasha away from there, that's why Norton's hitrate is so low. Aren't I just great? At least he didn't get crit or anything. Julius needs 3 crits to fell Norton, which could've happened very easily right here. Boom, there we go. Julius manages to break Norton's shield. It does not change a thing. He's on the ropes now...! Eh. Worth a shot. This has gone on long enough, Prince Julius! Surrender the palace, and you can live! Please, return to Canaan! Save your breath, Lord Runan. I will not change from the path I've chosen. And I won't go down without a fight! Oh, well. That went about as well as I thought it would. In more ways than one. Why do you have to be like this, Julius... This sword is so useful, I swear. I haven't used it nearly as much as I probably should've. Damnit, could you please stop proccing Adept against everybody? Literally has not failed to Adept once! Dude! I swear to God, if this works, I'm going to die. Thought not. There we go. Finally! If you're wondering, Mug does not work on special weapons (the ones with a star), so if we had given the kill to Sasha, she would've only gotten his shittier stuff. Sierra needs the experience more than anybody needs a worn-down slim sword. Julius drew the short straw when it comes to deaths. Ernst and Barbarossa got special death quotes and cutscenes solely for their deaths, but this guy falls like a regular boss. A little underwhelming, but thinking about it, I suppose the whole point of this chapter is that this whole situation is crap and this death, completely meaningless. Ah, well. It's been a dreadful trainwreck of an update, but don't let that distract you from the fact that we just gave Julius a pathetic, pointless death, so we could save that guy who hates orphans. What an absolute tragedy. ...this is an absolute tragedy of a different sort. Prince Julius... Why... Be careful, Lord Runan! This woman is Julius's right hand! She might be concealing a blade! She called herself a knight of Canaan... At ease, Eugen. I don't believe she's here to fight. This may seem like a pointless remark, but keep in mind that most Imperial assholes refer to it as, well, the Empire. It's the likes of Mintz and Ernst that call it Canaan. What is it you want from me, Theodora? Please... Would you give me Prince Julius's body? I want to bring him back with my own hands, and reunite him with his beloved Canaan. You have my gratitude, Lord Runan. Now then, I beg my leave... She moves to the tile where Julius died, and then leaves. Always love when these games play with their overworld sprites like this. Then there's Berwick, where every single scene takes place in overworlds. Anyway, that conversation with Theodora was pretty good. To compensate, here's Oblivion-tier dialogue. Regardless, we mustn't let what's happened spoil the occasion. We have achieved victory, milord! Let us return to the royal palace with our heads held high! Runan heads to the palace, and the update ends. We'll resume tomorrow, where we'll meet one of this game's more... questionable? characters. Don't let that discourage you from reading it, though, because the update will also contain Eugen Moments, and one of the top scenes in the entire game. Look forward to that. And also the other guy, he's fun to hate. In any case, 'till then, I fare thou well, readers. Death count: Attrom Juliattisnacordst Sharon Krishna Indiana Jones Lee The Roger The Paladin Lionel Letena Lee *Non-canon*Resurrected Reset count: 3 (Runan: 1 - Katri: 1 - Holmes: 1) Dishonorable reset count: 1 Dullahan's done with my incompetence: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightBow Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) Situations such as these make me regret that the game doesn't have any cool voice lines like "Pick a god and pray!" when killing some fuckers. 59 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said: Julius is really easy if you know what you're doing. Julius: Now Ruben, that's a really nice Ironman run you got going there. Would be a shame if something happened to it.Theodora: My apologies, sire: But these days, don't you say: "I'm about to ruin that man's whole career!" in situations such as these?Julius: You shouldn't chase after every fleeting trend, Theodora. The classics are classics for a reason. 59 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said: He actually has a unique sprite, with a matching red cape and a badass mask for the wyvern. His entire class is unique. Normal Dragon Knights cap Skill and Speed at 20 and 21 respectively. Instead he got them both at 25. 59 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ah, not to worry. My computer can take it, just as it can take Berwick. Frankly, I've had more of a problem trying to understand the control scheme. It's so... schizophrenic! At first, I thought I just had mapped the keyboard poorly, but no! It really asks me to input button combinations just to see somebody's statsheet! I'll have to try a simulated controller when I get the chance... Okay, this shouldn't be a thing. I guess the game thinks you are using a Remote without Nunchuck? Radiant Dawn supports just about any controller possible for the Wii. Remote with no Nunchuck, Remote WITH Nunchuck, Classic Controller, Gamecube Controller... Unless it's Remote only, there shouldn't be anything like this. Edited August 24, 2019 by BrightBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmont Osborne Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 12 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: That's a bit harsh. Tell you what: I'll play Shadow Dragon again, and when I feel like it I'll give Radiant Dawn a try. I would actually really enjoy seeing you play RD blind. It's probably my favourite FE game and knowing you, you'd put together a pretty solid team (I wouldn't suggest playing it Ironman on your first playthrough tho). Also I would have a reason to resume playing my RD Normal Mode file and finish the game once before I die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: That's fun, but I know who the boss is, and despite the fact that I know next to nothing about the role of said boss and how he came to be where he was for the final confrontation, I will blindly claim that Ernst is still far superior in every way. Now that everyone hates me, I will proceed to do some research on the boss, so that I can seriously claim that Ernst is still far superior in every way. ...yeah, preeeeeeeeeeeetty sure the final boss of the GD route makes no sense. Ernst is far superior in every way. I dig his backstory, but he should not have been the final boss. I would have agreed without argument. He's interesting from a gameplay perspective... and from a backstory perspective. From a "fitting final boss perspective" it feels like canned evil. He's actually more out of place than the random Fire Dragon at the end of FE7, because at least you knew Nergal's goal was to open the Dragon's Gate so there was a story reason beyond Spoiler Ancient seal on Nemesis chained up coffin breaks because Thales nukes his own goddamn base (because ancient technology included missiles go figure) in the most shark-jumping moment in the whole damn game so far for me. Seriously, I have two more routes to go and I don't have the will to do it after that. I'm a damn completionist and still tempted to declare "Blue Lions best route" and end it there. I inevitably won't without playing the other two, but could you blame me? 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ahhhh, lemme guess, it has to do with the boss's identity? Like I said, I know who it is, and even tho I don't know the context, I can say that it sounds extremely stupid. Well, I just summed it up in the above. It's not so much the fact he's the final boss, but the way he's sort of rammed back into the story at such an odd angle. By such an odd thing. It just feels... surreal. 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Please do, we can never have too many songs from you. I'll see what I can do. But I had another idea. Just want to see if someone is in this update. Odds are he's not... but you never know. 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Oh, no. Please don't do that to yourself, man! I don't know. I'm the type of nut who beat Ghosts n Goblins and Battletoads on Cartridge. I mean, beating Ghosts n Goblins is pretty much about not quitting until a bunch of random factors go your way. Battletoads is about not quitting until you learn and master a pattern of inputs. I'm sure one of the two skillsets will help. Maybe. 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Well, then. Joke away. 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You're the expert on viking history here. Please do let me know if there ever was a female goddess of death and war crimes. The vikings definitely had a Goddess for death. Hel, as it goes. She was the daughter of Loki and ruled over the frozen land of the same name where men who failed to die in battle were sent upon death. She was depicted as a beautiful woman... on one side. On the other, she was a rotting corpse. Her involvement in war crimes is debateable at best. She had a hound named Garm (you know, like that axe in Sacred Stones) that served a similar role to cerberus. Also in her domain was the Nidhogg (remember the bow from Sacred Stones?) a dragon that sought battle with the Eagle atop Yggdrasil the world tree. If we were going down alternate paths, there was also the Valkyries, though not technically major deities. They rode winged horses and searched the battlefields for brave warriors to take to Valhalla at the moment their death was ordained. Among the number you have the likes of Brunhilda (most well known for the Ring of Nibelung story), Sigryn and Mist. Take your pick which Sasha resembles more. Because I'd say there's similarities and differences in both. 14 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I think Eugen is a dragon. He punched a (transformed) manakete in the face once and stole its dragonstone, and then he convinced the stone to work on him through sheer willpower. Or insulting it until it gave in. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ahahahahahahahahahahah... you arrived late with that one, but boy did it put a smile on my face to see it. Like the whole point wasn't to make a throwback to an old running gag well after everyone thought it was finally done. I've been waiting for this. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Hahahahahah, go right ahead! Tell me the reaction. God damnit. I forgot to do this in the meantime. Mind there's been some... tragic events in reality. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Do we begin to pronounce it "Canoo" now? What about Canonymous? I mean it's no less stupid than the Camus pronounciation. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Eh... okay, this one might be a problem. To be fair, Act 2 is like, five chapters. It's the shortest act by a fair margin. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: That's why Hagar became a tank driver. His neck works for the job. He was just bluffing when he said he can't see anything. When noone's looking, he does this: You killed me. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: In Tellius it had lacking might, in FEDS is was rather underpowered to compensate for everyone's lack of res... there have been a few games. Also Fates kind of nerfed it to make up for the fact that it was so broken in Awakening that you could basically switch everyone to Dark Mage and Noseferatu tank the whole damn game. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: in the BL route. You actually do kill him, but you don't know you have, because his true identity isn't ever revealed. I actually only found out much later on by accident, on the internet. How stupid is that? Yeah... I had that whole experience myself. I mentioned this in another thread. The fact I'd played two routes instead of one and that was still not mentioned in either bugs me to no end. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I think it's most likely that Aethin made a mistake here. Not that it's too big. Guess we can add this to the list of fixes for when he is done with Berwick! Thus far, the list has all the typos except The Roger The Paladin (I'll never forgive you if you fix that one, Aethin), the slaver not dying canonically, Lentzenheimer's face, and Eugen punching Holmes being just off-screen. Well, we know my name would make less sense to everyone if he does. So again... 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You bastard, you're the reason prices for old games are skyrocketing! I demand that you sent the game to me for free post-haste! Postage to Spain? While I'm broke from vet fees. Not likely. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: That's an awesome theory. Here's one of my own: Flint is a young Eugen. It's like, the prior step to being Galuf, which led to being Eugen. He's led a pretty busy life. Spoiler Was he wearing a bald cap then? Also, I always figured Flint was descended from Ness and Paula. Why? He has a rusty old Franklin badge and his kids have PSI powers that's why. It'd also be just like Porky to pick out Ness' descendant to use for his masked man given he was fixated enough to keep his damn yo-yo in a case in Thunder Tower. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ah, yes. The oh-so-advertised gimmick of Three Houses. I can only say that I did not give a damn when a certain girl died protecting Claude's incompetent, useless, dumb, Holmesey ass. Or when I had to one-shot a certain Death Knight killer with Leonie. I know it breaks everyone else's heart, but the thing failed completely to faze me. Mainly because I never did think much of the students. Had they forced me to kill Hanneman, THEN we'd be talking. Depended on the student. I'll admit I took more pleasure than I should have in killing Hubert (the for real time), and though I didn't initially harbor ill-will, after a couple gimmicks related to her Petra had became victim of my ire. Also I still have no love for Lorenz. Less contempt than I had prior to seeing most of his supports... but I still think he's a pompous twit. I'm largely indifferent to Linhardt, and the first time round I detested Hilda and didn't give a damn about Lysithea (supports changed one... gameplay changed the other. You work it out). On the other hand, the likes of Ferdinand (being my first student killed), Bernadetta (she was too innocent), Raphael (his death quote about his sister got me), Ignatz (again too innocent. He didn't even want to be a knight), and Leonie (because I was specifically told by Jeralt to look after her and I felt like a traitor) all affected me to some degree. Despite that... I fully intend to go Black Eagles with no survivors from other houses. If I'm being a villain, I may as well go all the way. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Pffwahahahahahahahahahahahah! I love how even in this forum that has nothing to do with Luigi, I'm known to be a Luigi fanboy. Is it truly so obvious? I don't even have the Luigi profile picture I made for my steam account here! Pretty sure you did include it in one of your interviews though. I still maintain my argument Mario and Luigi are the Cain and Abel archetype for the Mushroom Kingdom and Peach just utterly fails at SRPG planning. Also she relies way too much on her Jeigan despite him already falling off (Toadsworth). 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: We're not supposed to talk about this... But yes, that's his intention. But don't worry, all of his veteran soldiers will be staying with him. All the veteran soldiers are exhausted from their last battle! He can't send us away now! We need to stay and help out! You have to survive. Live, and serve the fatherland. If you understand His Highness's feelings, then don't die in vain in a place like this! And just let the prince die in vain?! I can't do that! I'm staying right here! Everyone else feels the same way! You fool... You know, this minion misadventures feels more tragic than funny. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: See this lovely shield? With this in hand, even Julius's attacks would be nothing but mosquito bites to you. It's beyond priceless... But for you, I'd be willing to part with it for 10000G. So, are you interested? ...get the fuck outta here. I know it's your house, but get the fuck outta here. Sick Eugen on him. He'd kick him out of his own house and not one person would fault him.. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: BLONDE IDIOT*: Okay, it's decided! Everyone, get geared up for battle! Don't let a single one of those Imperial bozos leave with their life! *Not Holmes. I love how that had to be clarified. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Blistering barnacles, Eugen! You fuckin' savage! I don't know who's worse, them or you! I can say that I do like you a lot better, though. Never change, man. Even if it would be for the best. Eugen... These guys are what negates the map's difficulty. See, Julius is actually going to begin moving now. He'll charge at these idiots, and he'll make mincemeat out of them. This'll result in the destruction of the Canaan Spear. Reduced to only the literal worst weapon in the game, he won't be able to fight well at all. That's when we'll be jumping in for the kill. Think about this. Eugen just made a brilliant tactical decision. By screwing over a "potential ally". Eugen did tactics well, and even picked who he'd screw over well. 15 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...Yes, as you can see, my house isn't that great. Did you come here just to ridicule me like all the other wealthy people do? Or are you waiting for me to fork over some gold? Well, you're not getting a penny! I tried helping Lord Gramud's army, and look what happened! I'm not falling for it again! Now, get out! I actually feel sorry for this guy. He tried being a good gift giving npc, then got screwed over and mocked. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It's around this point that I realized "hey, Sasha also has Mug! I can have her steal the long range heals!". After Ernst, our supply could use the boost. She's just as horrible as those brigands from the colosseum... I'd like to dispute this... but I can't come up with an argument. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ... MONSTER WHO DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE BEST NPC: Tell Lord Runan to do us all a favor and arrest them. And don't forget to reward the one who reported them, eh? ...yeah, sure! I'll reward you all right. I'll have the princess of Wellt herself pay you a visit so she may give you what you deserve for your "great" deeds! And then, I'll feed what's left of your corpse to the ra-- no, wait, how cruel would that be!? The poor little rodents would get such an indigestion! I don't think even acid would want to burn you! Though if she killed this guy I guess it'd be a start. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Oh my God, does he have Miracle or something? Miracle doesn't exist in this game! Maybe she had a hint of remorse at killing a healer. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I've ended up benching Lena for Maria of all people, because I swear to God, she got like, no joke, 8 empty level ups. Base warp isn't that valuable when I have another 3 units that can do it better. I've half done that. Except I just kind of switched Merric from mage to healer, went without a mage for a while, and then switched him back to sage when he promoted because Sages are better than bishops anyway. So he ended up pulling double duty late game. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I-I just wanted one, man... one LP where I didn't have to... ... RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHH!! GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!! DIE! DIE, DIE, DIE, DIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! NGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH! N-NNGH...! ... Yeah. Fuck that. If it was anybody else, then fuck me. But I am not going on without a healer. Enteh does not count for reasons we'll discover in a couple of updates. I've lost all of my healers to my stupidity, and so I am forced to resort to... this. Well, I can't blame you for the dishonorable reset. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Be careful, Lord Runan! This woman is Julius's right hand! She might be concealing a blade! I feel like this is Eugen channeling Merlinus. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Runan heads to the palace, and the update ends. We'll resume tomorrow, where we'll meet one of this game's more... questionable? characters. Don't let that discourage you from reading it, though, because the update will also contain Eugen Moments, and one of the top scenes in the entire game. Look forward to that. And also the other guy, he's fun to hate. In any case, 'till then, I fare thou well, readers. Well. He's not in the update, so I might hold off on that song. Besides I'm not in the most upbeat mood tonight. For those who are worried about that, I'll sum up in a spoiler tab. Spoiler To save anyone worrying seeing as I've been hinting at it... one of the dogs died on Friday morning. He was two weeks off turning 16... so he was pretty much ancient by dog standards. He simply went in his sleep. I should know. I was actually with him at the time he stopped breathing. As much as I miss him, I'm happy that he went peacefully. Kind of a rare day that Lee dying (even non-canonically) fails to phase me... but I can only mourn so much at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Since the Ironman has been broken, your "punishment" is to play RD next. Blind. And use Leonardo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmont Osborne Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) 17 hours ago, eclipse said: Since the Ironman has been broken, your "punishment" is to play RD next. Blind. And use Leonardo. Lyre might be worse. I mean, everyone in Part 1 can be easily grinded up to speed with ease in 1-E (Glare a priest + keep hitting the priest with someone who is loaded with weapons). Not quickly, mind you, but I don't think we care about turncounts here. (Also, may I mention that Part 2 is probably in the better half of the game for me) Edited August 26, 2019 by Goddess Serra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 8/26/2019 at 6:33 AM, Goddess Serra said: Lyre might be worse. I mean, everyone in Part 1 can be easily grinded up to speed with ease in 1-E (Glare a priest + keep hitting the priest with someone who is loaded with weapons). Not quickly, mind you, but I don't think we care about turncounts here. (Also, may I mention that Part 2 is probably in the better half of the game for me) Nah, Leonardo. I'm still mad at him for dying in a stupid way in Part 4 of my final RD run ("final" because I was too disgusted to go on). Lyre, at least, gets a short phase where she's almost decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rubenio Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 Part 68 - The prince and the pauper. Look, it's more footage the likes of which you've never seen! Macellan has been promoted! He's the worst General I've ever used in this game, but he's there! I think this is a new low for me. What do you think? Is this better or worse than using both Hagar and Tom in the same playthrough? Guh: Spoiler On 8/25/2019 at 1:15 AM, BrightBow said: Situations such as these make me regret that the game doesn't have any cool voice lines like "Pick a god and pray!" when killing some fuckers. Hah, those are cool. Julius: Now Ruben, that's a really nice Ironman run you got going there. Would be a shame if something happened to it. I both love and hate the fact that this could be done due to the recent developments.Theodora: My apologies, sire: But these days, don't you say: "I'm about to ruin that man's whole career!" in situations such as these?Julius: You shouldn't chase after every fleeting trend, Theodora. The classics are classics for a reason. Is it bad that I can totally see Julius saying something like this? His entire class is unique. Normal Dragon Knights cap Skill and Speed at 20 and 21 respectively. Instead he got them both at 25. He cheats, it's only fair I cheat back, right? Right? Okay, this shouldn't be a thing. I guess the game thinks you are using a Remote without Nunchuck? Radiant Dawn supports just about any controller possible for the Wii. Remote with no Nunchuck, Remote WITH Nunchuck, Classic Controller, Gamecube Controller... Unless it's Remote only, there shouldn't be anything like this. Yeah, I was trying to emulate a sideways wiimote and nothing else. In hindsight, I probably should've tried a classic controller, or... really, anything but just a wiimote. On 8/25/2019 at 1:09 PM, Goddess Serra said: I would actually really enjoy seeing you play RD blind. It's probably my favourite FE game and knowing you, you'd put together a pretty solid team (I wouldn't suggest playing it Ironman on your first playthrough tho). Also I would have a reason to resume playing my RD Normal Mode file and finish the game once before I die. Interesting idea, but I'm fairly certain Berwick Saga has first dibs on my next LP. I've taken a liking to playing the more obscure games of the series (I mean, FE12 is as obscure as it gets, alongside the original Gaiden and BSFE - which was remade in FE12), and showing off TRS to an audience largely consisting of people who haven't played it has been quite enjoyable. I'd love to do the same with a game so intricate and deep as Berwick. 'Sides, it'd be good publicity for me Aethin when the full translation is released! Not to mention, since it'll probably still take a few months, the timing's perfect to allow me some time of respite before going back to the fray. Oh, and there's always the chance that it'll get someone to play Berwick, just as this seems to have gotten some to play TRS. All is right for me to play Berwick Saga! On 8/25/2019 at 4:57 PM, The Roger The Paladin said: I would have agreed without argument. He's interesting from a gameplay perspective... and from a backstory perspective. From a "fitting final boss perspective" it feels like canned evil. He's actually more out of place than the random Fire Dragon at the end of FE7, because at least you knew Nergal's goal was to open the Dragon's Gate so there was a story reason beyond Reveal hidden contents Ancient seal on Nemesis chained up coffin breaks because Thales nukes his own goddamn base (because ancient technology included missiles go figure) in the most shark-jumping moment in the whole damn game so far for me. Seriously, I have two more routes to go and I don't have the will to do it after that. I'm a damn completionist and still tempted to declare "Blue Lions best route" and end it there. I inevitably won't without playing the other two, but could you blame me? That's... oddly like what Barlowe does in Order of Ecclesia. Only Barlowe nuked himself instead of his base. Well, I just summed it up in the above. It's not so much the fact he's the final boss, but the way he's sort of rammed back into the story at such an odd angle. By such an odd thing. It just feels... surreal. Yes, that's my problem with it too. I'll see what I can do. But I had another idea. Just want to see if someone is in this update. Odds are he's not... but you never know. Hmmm... now I wonder who it is. I don't know. I'm the type of nut who beat Ghosts n Goblins and Battletoads on Cartridge. I mean, beating Ghosts n Goblins is pretty much about not quitting until a bunch of random factors go your way. Battletoads is about not quitting until you learn and master a pattern of inputs. I'm sure one of the two skillsets will help. Maybe.Goodness gracious... madman! Pffft. The vikings definitely had a Goddess for death. Hel, as it goes. She was the daughter of Loki and ruled over the frozen land of the same name where men who failed to die in battle were sent upon death. She was depicted as a beautiful woman... on one side. On the other, she was a rotting corpse. Her involvement in war crimes is debateable at best. She had a hound named Garm (you know, like that axe in Sacred Stones) that served a similar role to cerberus. Also in her domain was the Nidhogg (remember the bow from Sacred Stones?) a dragon that sought battle with the Eagle atop Yggdrasil the world tree. If we were going down alternate paths, there was also the Valkyries, though not technically major deities. They rode winged horses and searched the battlefields for brave warriors to take to Valhalla at the moment their death was ordained. Among the number you have the likes of Brunhilda (most well known for the Ring of Nibelung story), Sigryn and Mist. Take your pick which Sasha resembles more. Because I'd say there's similarities and differences in both. Hel is an appropriate name for Sasha. Instead of being beautiful on one side and rotting on the other, she's a cute little girl in one side and a fucking maniac on the other. Or insulting it until it gave in. A very Eugen move. Like the whole point wasn't to make a throwback to an old running gag well after everyone thought it was finally done. I've been waiting for this. Hahahahahah... God damnit. I forgot to do this in the meantime. Mind there's been some... tragic events in reality. I'm truly sorry about your dog. It's never pleasant to lose a pet. At least he went peacefully. What about Canonymous? I mean it's no less stupid than the Camus pronounciation. I mean, technically Camoo is right, but it just sounds a whole lot more natural to me to say Camus. I know it's wrong, but what can you do. To be fair, Act 2 is like, five chapters. It's the shortest act by a fair margin. I understand. You killed me. Thanks! That's exactly what I wanted to do. Also Fates kind of nerfed it to make up for the fact that it was so broken in Awakening that you could basically switch everyone to Dark Mage and Noseferatu tank the whole damn game. Hwahahahahah... infinite reclassing is too much fun. Yeah... I had that whole experience myself. I mentioned this in another thread. The fact I'd played two routes instead of one and that was still not mentioned in either bugs me to no end. Damn... Well, we know my name would make less sense to everyone if he does. So again... Hahahahah, well, it could be a cute reference to the history of the patch. Postage to Spain? While I'm broke from vet fees. Not likely. Dammit, man! How expensive can it be!? Give the game! YIELD IT TO ME!! Reveal hidden contents Was he wearing a bald cap then? Also, I always figured Flint was descended from Ness and Paula. Why? He has a rusty old Franklin badge and his kids have PSI powers that's why. It'd also be just like Porky to pick out Ness' descendant to use for his masked man given he was fixated enough to keep his damn yo-yo in a case in Thunder Tower. Well, your theory isn't incompatible with mine. Spoiler Also, Eugen grew his hair. He punched his own head until it yielded the strands. Depended on the student. I'll admit I took more pleasure than I should have in killing Hubert (the for real time), and though I didn't initially harbor ill-will, after a couple gimmicks related to her Petra had became victim of my ire. Also I still have no love for Lorenz. Less contempt than I had prior to seeing most of his supports... but I still think he's a pompous twit. I'm largely indifferent to Linhardt, and the first time round I detested Hilda and didn't give a damn about Lysithea (supports changed one... gameplay changed the other. You work it out). Good points. Yeah, I don't see anybody feeling bad about killing Hubert, guy's a glorified boss that's playable in one route. On the other hand, the likes of Ferdinand (being my first student killed), Bernadetta (she was too innocent), Raphael (his death quote about his sister got me), Ignatz (again too innocent. He didn't even want to be a knight), and Leonie (because I was specifically told by Jeralt to look after her and I felt like a traitor) all affected me to some degree. Despite that... I fully intend to go Black Eagles with no survivors from other houses. If I'm being a villain, I may as well go all the way. I actually spared Raphael. I could've killed him, but chose not to, because he was a bit too out of the way and Dimitri had already made it to the boss. Lysithea and Bernadetta had to go, though, and later Hilda died before Seteth could make it to Claude's irresponsible ass. Would've loved to murder Petra for cheating (seriously, I'm still not over the "boss has no movement range till you walk closer" thing), but I prefered to just end the boredom that was that map. As for Ignatz, Dorothea and Leonie, I recruited both of them, so it didn't matter. It was really funny to find out that Ignatz is a terrible Mage according to people, because I used him as one and he was amazing. Out of all my mages (Hanneman, Dorothea, Annette, Manuela and Ignatz himself), Ignatz was the only one with enough speed to double reliably. That's one thing I both love and hate about Three Houses: pretty much any combination of classes and characters is viable, but precisely because of this, the game is absurdly easy if you go for the strongest builds. Heck, it's already piss-easy without following the meta! Pretty sure you did include it in one of your interviews though. I still maintain my argument Mario and Luigi are the Cain and Abel archetype for the Mushroom Kingdom and Peach just utterly fails at SRPG planning. Also she relies way too much on her Jeigan despite him already falling off (Toadsworth). Does that mean I use a good unit in Luigi? 'Cause that annoys me, but not enough to start using Waluigi. You know, this minion misadventures feels more tragic than funny. That's because it is. Sick Eugen on him. He'd kick him out of his own house and not one person would fault him.. Bwahahahahahahahah... Eugen's a legend, man. I love how that had to be clarified. Well, of course. I've described Holmes as such multiple times before. Think about this. Eugen just made a brilliant tactical decision. By screwing over a "potential ally". Eugen did tactics well, and even picked who he'd screw over well. Oh, whoa. It didn't occur to me, but yeah, he actually did something right for once! Is this character development? I actually feel sorry for this guy. He tried being a good gift giving npc, then got screwed over and mocked. Yeah, out of everyone in the town aside from the nun, he's the only one who isn't mad for the sake of being mad. I'd like to dispute this... but I can't come up with an argument. Believe me, I would like to dispute it as well. Though if she killed this guy I guess it'd be a start. Yeah... fuckin' asshole. Maybe she had a hint of remorse at killing a healer. More like the guy's got the moves. Fear is a great motivator! I've half done that. Except I just kind of switched Merric from mage to healer, went without a mage for a while, and then switched him back to sage when he promoted because Sages are better than bishops anyway. So he ended up pulling double duty late game. I instead used Maria. Which is a bad idea on an entirely different level, but at least now I don't have to use Elice for the Aum. Well, I can't blame you for the dishonorable reset. I can. That was a huge blunder. Uuuurrkk... I feel like this is Eugen channeling Merlinus. Hahahahahah, right, I didn't realize it, but that's a very Merlinus line! I can forgive him, though, because unlike Merlinus, it's not all he says ever. Well. He's not in the update, so I might hold off on that song. Besides I'm not in the most upbeat mood tonight. For those who are worried about that, I'll sum up in a spoiler tab. Reveal hidden contents To save anyone worrying seeing as I've been hinting at it... one of the dogs died on Friday morning. He was two weeks off turning 16... so he was pretty much ancient by dog standards. He simply went in his sleep. I should know. I was actually with him at the time he stopped breathing. As much as I miss him, I'm happy that he went peacefully. Kind of a rare day that Lee dying (even non-canonically) fails to phase me... but I can only mourn so much at once. Once again, my condolences. On 8/26/2019 at 1:20 AM, eclipse said: Since the Ironman has been broken, your "punishment" is to play RD next. Blind. And use Leonardo. What a shame I fully intend to do Berwick when the translation's finished, eh? Instead, I could punish myself by having to promote Adel when I play Berwick. If that doesn't sound too bad, let me tell you, it'd probably be easier to get Sophia to level 20 promotion in FE6. I'm not kidding. On 8/26/2019 at 6:33 PM, Goddess Serra said: Lyre might be worse. I mean, everyone in Part 1 can be easily grinded up to speed with ease in 1-E (Glare a priest + keep hitting the priest with someone who is loaded with weapons). Not quickly, mind you, but I don't think we care about turncounts here. Heck, let's throw Meg into the mix as well. I've heard she's awful. Also, Oliver. Although he's powerful enough to kill endgame bosses by whacking them with his staff, so I'm not sure about this one. 23 hours ago, eclipse said: Nah, Leonardo. I'm still mad at him for dying in a stupid way in Part 4 of my final RD run ("final" because I was too disgusted to go on). Is this the time I say PEMN? Lyre, at least, gets a short phase where she's almost decent. I don't think I like her design. She's like, not-angsty Lethe. Meh. Urgh: Spoiler Last time, we killed Julius and officially ousted Canaan from Reeve. Today, we're going to meet a great character. Watch well. You might miss him. Aristocrats? Well, what do they want? Nothing good, I'm sure. They're most likely just trying to get into your good graces, Lord Runan. Now that a Reevan is back in power, they're hoping you'll restore them to their old positions of authority. They're shamelessly self-serving. Damn, shots've been fired! Yep, you guessed it: this is another great scene for Eugen. Even if you're right, we can't afford not to see them at this point... Let them pass. Yes, milord. Ah, there he is! Isn't he just marvelous? Even from just his portrait you can tell this guy's a sleazeball. What even is that jacket? It's like, yellow, until it's not yellow anymore and is instead an abstract painting. Oh, and that is very obviously a wig. Count Tatus? I didn't think you were still alive. I managed to escape the prying eyes of the Empire, and I hid myself in the castle town until today. These last two years have been difficult. How can you expect people like us to rule effectively if you soldiers won't do your job? You'd do wise not to let such a disgrace happen ever again, Lord Runan. ...well, there's one good thing about his existance, at least. I can just hear his voice cracking like mad here. Oh, and in case you were wondering, Eugen doesn't appear again in this scene. The absolute madman actually did go fetch a servant! So, what is it you want from me? Hmph... I've come with news of great importance to all of Reeve. With the return of Princess Maeve, the Kingdom of Reeve can be fully restored. ...excuse me, come again? I seem to have missed that last part... As you have been her protector for so long, I came here as a courtesy so that you could offer us your blessing. She's 15 and you're like 80 years old, bald, and completely irrelevant Is that so? What does Her Majesty think of this? WHAT!? What is wrong with her!? Really...? You have no objections, I trust? Then please, join us in the throne room. Right... I like how Runan's thoroughtly confused by this whole situation. Not that I can blame him. ... Your Highness, this is Lord Runan, son of Duke Gramud of Razelia, and the one who liberated this royal castle from the clutches of the Zoa Empire. You do know that we've been fighting battles together for months, right? She took part in the liberation of the city! There's no need for any of this! This is standard procedure! It is traditional that Her Majesty's visitors be introduced before her! We cannot abandon the good ways of the past! But isn't it usually a page or a servant of that sort that does the introductions? What does that make you, Count Tatus? ...well, that is... ergo... er... Lord Runan, I have come across this mop! Where's the slimy toad?! Get that thing away from me, you lowlife! Aaaaaiiiieeeeee! ...what even is happening anymore? He has requested to be granted an audience with Your Highness. Friendly reminder that this is all happening like 10 minutes after the battle. When did she change into that? I like to think that Tatus just popped out of the sewer, grabbed her by the arm while Runan was distracted by Theodora, forced her to change, half-assedly proposed and then ran to get Runan's approval. Enteh didn't turn into Mousa because she was afraid she'd hurt Runan. Or that Eugen would hurt her. By the way, this is hilariously awkward. In case you didn't notice. Runan's death glare probably isn't helping matters. Ahem... Her Highness wishes to express her joy that you have remained so steadfastly loyal to the royal family of Reeve. As fiance to Her Highness, I also wish to express my gratitude to you, and it is my sincere hope that you will continue to endeqaevor in your loyalty to us. Wha... What did you say, Lord Runan?! I could never swear loyalty to a man like you, Tatus. H-How dare you! You don't approve of our engagement?! Of course not! I will accept this! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahah! Fuck me sideways, Runan, you got some balls! Now KILL HIM! KILL HIM WITH THE LUKUUD!! OR BETTER YET, CALL EUGEN BACK HERE SO HE CAN EMOTIONALLY TORTURE HIM!! Why, you insolent brat...! That's enough, Count Tatus. I understand your plight, Lord Runan. But Count Tatus is the only surviving member of the branch families, and thus the only eligible candidate. I like how she just proposed to Runan right under the toad's nose. She also has some balls, after all. Everyone in this room has more balls than the toad. Heck, I'm fairly sure even Toad from the Mario series has more balls than the toad. B-But Your Highness, that simply will not do! As I have said before, it would be unthinkable for a princess to marry someone as lowly as a mere nobleman with only a maternal connection to the royal line... If you ignore all precedent and make this boy king, our ancient traditions will be lost! Hey, guys? I think this guy may be worse than Richard. Whoa. Lord Runan, when we first arrived here at the capital city, I realized just how little I knew about my own country. The wealthy have become greedy and self-absorbed, without any sympathy for their fellow man. It is truly a pitiful sight. I realized that in order for our holy kingdom to survive, I would have to prune away the brambles that are choking its life-blood, the common citizens. ...naaa naaa nanaaaaa naaa... oh, do excuse me. W-What are you saying, Your Highness...? Oh, for fuck's sake, will you just shut up? Don't you realize they've forgotten you exist? Do as you will, then, Lord Runan. Once Nolzeria is at peace, I will return to my clerical duties at the Water Shrine. I only ask of you this one thing: Please, do not desert Reeve. I beg of you, Lord Runan... That was all sorts of disturbing. Can the next scene be more uplifting, please? ...ominous music... the Canaanhall... "Patricide"... Oh, no. This is Emperor Bahanuk of Canaan, folks. Barker... you... Forgive me, Father... I will be with you soon. Y-You... fool... That's been Emperor Bahanuk of Canaan, folks. Yep. The big emperor guy Bahanuk, who in most FE games would've been the final boss of the bad ending, is introduced as he's being killed by his own son, who would've been the boss of the previous chapter in most FE games. Marvelous. His full portrait isn't even seen at any point, and due to my Bloody Death Portraits™ gimmick, we don't even get to see his normal face at all. Here it is. You like it? Good, because we're never seeing it again. Carla!? So you were... Here the whole time, yes. But I was certain Julius was going to be the one to kill the old man... It's all the same to me, though. You... You were waiting for us to kill him? Of course. He stopped being useful to me many months ago. And now, the Kingdom of Canaan shall finally come to its inevitable end. Arless, consumed in the flames of the dragon Mousa... You, executed for murdering the Emperor... And Julius, who as we speak is destroying himself out of shame for his inaction... Praise be to His Excellency, our great Pontiff Guenchaos. Shut your mouth, witch! I'll kill you where you stand! As Empress of the Zoa Empire and consort of the late Emperor Bahanuk, I hereby sentence you to death, Barker of Canaan. Shit, I can't see this ending well...! Duck! Barker! Damn, that left him with one HP! But surely, that means he can still fight...! ...no, Barker! You were my favourite... Oh, you. You're so going to die! Ergh, when the game lets me kill you! But, on the bright side, at least Barker will get to see, before he dies, that... They've won. Sennet made it. Carla!? The witch who killed my mother... Well, isn't this sweet? It really is the kid from all those years ago... Did you come to avenge mommy, boy? Come and try me, then! Give me your best shot! Carla!! I'll kill you! Don't be a spoilsport, Temujin. Long time no see, by the way. You've certainly looked better. Carla... You were such a sweet child... and now you're a murderer. A few gray hairs and wrinkles are nothing compared to what's happened to you. How dare you look down on me! You're a traitor, Temujin! You threw away your comrades for your own selfishness! Better than abandoning my child and murdering my love for Guenchaos's sake... Or am I wrong, Carla? Shit, she just got destroyed. You're awesome, Temujin. Now she just needs to be physically destroyed! But you guys can leave that to me. Hmph... I will take my leave for now... Enjoy what little time you have left, traitor. It doesn't matter if I kill you now or not. You will all be consumed by the black rain of Gerxel when he rises again! Fat chance, bitch. You still need two more princesses, and they're in another castle. Well, that's her gone, at any rate. I like how Alfred, Karina and Stephanie are just standing there saying noth-- ...shit, Stephanie... ...ah, fiddlesticks. What's wrong, Stephanie? N-No... Father!? I came here with Sennet... But Father... Sennet...? It's really you... isn't it...? Yes, Uncle Barker. It's me. Please, try not to speak. We'll get one of our clerics to tend to your wounds... No... It's too late... I'm beyond saving now... Don't say that! You can't give up, Uncle! And so falls Barker, last prince of Canaan. I love this scene, even if it's horrible. I always expected to end up having to fight Barker. Instead, I'm fairly certain he was five minutes away from being playable, or joining Sennet's team at least. What a tragedy, this whole country's story. What a God damned tragedy. Oh, and immediately after that? We get to watch Runan being all angsty because of the business with the toad. Joy. Are you speaking of what occurred at the royal palace with Count Tatus? Gee, you think, Eugen? Yes, I am. It's true, I don't want to be king, but I never said I wanted nothing to do with her... And is marriage so trifling to her that she would settle for a man like Tatus? What is going on in that girl's head? Is this her way of getting revenge after taht argument we had? Hardly, Lord Runan. I think this particular matter has caused Lady Enteh much grief. As princess, she is but a figurehead, but as queen, she would have the power to effect real change. While she could not fully make her feelings known with Tatus in the room, I think she was trying to reach out to you. I like that Eugen needs to spell this out to Runan. She literally begged him not to desert Reeve! Calm down, dude, you're usually so rational! You must talk to her, milord. Lady Enteh had a truly miserable upbringing, both as a prisoner and a princess. She sees all the corruption in the aristocrazy, but she has no say in how the country is run. You, however, being a first-born son, have had an extremely privileged life. Your father groomed you luxuriously, and you wanted for nothing. I believe Lady Enteh holds a grudge against you because you are not concerned with the kingdom's politics. Then again, what do I know...? I've said this before, but it begs repeating, my favourite part about this game has to be how the guy-lord-talks-to is an actual character. Malledus was not, Merlinus was insufferable, Seth was completely boring outside of gameplay... some were okay, like Titania, but even they pale in comparison to Eugen. Heck, as much as I fawn over Berwick Saga, even Ward doesn't compare to Eugen! He's awesome. He adds so much to the quality of the writing, even if he isn't that important in the grand scheme of things. And this isn't even just Aethin working his magic on the script, either. This was already in the old translation, even if it was bad and ugly. Eugen is great. In my humble opinion, of course, but... damn, can anyone really disagree with me? Ergh, when he's not trying to strategize. I... I couldn't blame you for disagreeing there. That's absurd, Eugen. I'll have you know that I bear the responsibility of becoming Duke of Razelia. Razelia is mine by birthright! He couldn't do that to me! I assure you, he could. Such is the authority of the king. And that's why you mustn't let that incompetent buffoon take the throne. He's half the reason Reeve is in such terrible shape today. Not to mention his wanton persecution of Zoans and the constant betrayal of the trust of other nations... it's no wonder Bahanuk turned on Reeve. Precisely. And under men like that, it's always the powerless, the common citizens, who suffer the most. Lady Enteh knows this all too well, so she has solicited you for help. That's enough, Eugen. I'm done talking about this. ...... Man, this whole plotline came out of nowhere, but I like it! Ah, but don't despair, Eugen. I'm sure killing God with the powah of friendshit will bring these two together. If "God" even comes to be, I mean, Gerxel still needs two princesses. Verna! Do you bring news from Sennet? Yes, I've just come from Canaan. Prince Sennet has taken the Canaanhall and he has declared the end of the Empire. All of Canaan is rallying behind him. Didn't come without cost, though... Now, since both Reeve and Canaan have been reestablished, His Highness requests that the official peace negotiations be held, as was agreed earlier.Very well. HOLD IT! ...what now, Count Tatus? As future king of our proud nation of Reeve, it falls upon me to conduct the discussion of the terms of our bitter enemy's surrender, the lowly Canaanites, under whose tyranical rule we have suffered for such a long time. Please, remain here and keep the princess safe until the day of our wedding comes to pass! ...Lord Runan, who is this? Nobody, that's who. ...YOW! IT'S AN ENEMY AMBUSH! ENEMY, ENEMY! GENERAL EUGEN, KILL HER! KILL HER BEFORE SHE TOUCHES ME! I'll kill you if you don't shut your trap and get the hell out of here! H-HOW DARE YOU THREATEN THE CROWN!? I'LL SEE YOU HANGED FOR THIS! Where's my mop? Do you recall where I left it, Lord Runan? By the door. A-AAAAAAAAACK! LEAVE ME ALONE, TRAITORS! ...well, anyhow. Eugen, we're going to Nolzeria. Get the soldiers ready to depart. Right away, milord! I'll come along as well. Monsters in Nolzeria? That looks like a filler chapter to me. I suppose walking to city hall and signing a paper would've made for a dull chapter. HP 55% - Strength 25% - Skill 40% - Speed 35% - Defense 22% - Magic 22% - Luck 35% - Mastery 35% Verna is the last new unit we'll get that isn't a Gotoh. She's an underleveled Pegasus Knight whose joining time is extremely unfortunate, because the next chapter is the last outdoor chapter of the game. That's all of her mount's availability. Beyond that, she'll have General movement without the bulk of a General, so yeah. She's also worse than Sasha. The most interesting thing about her is the Salia Spear. It's basically the Gradivus plus a brave effect. Absolutely amazing. This lance is going straight into Kreiss's hands, since he's the one and only unit that will be able to use it beyond the next chapter. Like so. I also buy a replacement silver bow for Leonie, hand Runan a smith's hammer to fix the levin sword, and buy a stash of silver and steel swords in preparation for the endgame. And with that, let us hurry onwards, to the We just have to make it to the ruins of Castle Nolzeria, right? It shouldn't be that difficult. Yes, milord. It shouldn't be far now. Prince Sennet is likely already there. Wait a minute... Lord Runan, isn't that Lady Enteh? Has she been following us this whole time? Because I have an obligation to see this through to the end. I can't run away from it any longer... Run away...? The peace that Reeve and Canaan could have had was wiped out because of me. This is my penance for my crimes. You're wrong, Enteh! It wasn't you, it was Mousa! You weren't in control! I'm a cursed woman, Lord Runan. It's as my father said... I brought misfortune and pain to Reeve, and it's my fault it was destroyed. Blistering motherfucking barnacles, Enteh! Then again, I suppose she does have about five separate reasons to be depressed right now. Fuckin' toad... as if she didn't have enough problems already! She runs to that building, and disappears. Lord Runan... She can take care of herself. Let her be alone for now. What are you talking about? Didn't you hear what she said?! Yes, milord, I did. But if you don't let Lady Enteh confront her past, things will only get worse. But she didn't do anything wrong! She has nothing to attone for! In Lady Enteh's mind, she and Mousa are one and the same. She is the one who killed your father. And unless she comes to terms with that fact, her smile may never return. But she wasn't holding the Ring of Reeve... She was being controlled by Guenchaos. Doesn't she realize that the guilt is not hers to bear? Eugen: poet, philosopher, psychologist, certified badass. Then what should I do, Eugen? How can I help her face it? I don't know, Lord Runan. For now, I think it's best if we focus on the task ahead of us. We have a treaty to sign. ...mostly certified badass. Sure, let's just leave the plot-vital Shaman that could end the world if Guenchaos got a hold of her, all on her own, in a monster-infested place! That won't go wrong at all! Not a chance! Pah... Well, at any rate, that's it. With all of Canaan's major figures other than Sennet dead, only Gerxel remains unaccounted for. Let's hope they don't crash this party... next time, we meet up with Sennet, sign a peace treaty with the new Canaan, and hopefully, Stephanie won't try to kill us again. Goodbye, and fare well until we meet again next time! Death count: Attrom Juliattisnacordst Sharon Krishna Indiana Jones Lee The Roger The Paladin Lionel Letena Lee *Non-canon*Resurrected Reset count: 3 (Runan: 1 - Katri: 1 - Holmes: 1) Dishonorable reset count: 1 Dullahan's done with my incompetence: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightBow Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Poor Bahanuk. Lotz in PoR has more lines then he got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Runan is good with a sword, and awful with women. Thank goodness Eugen's there to guide him~! (tee-hee~!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: He's the worst General I've ever used in this game That's an interesting qualifier. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: That's... oddly like what Barlowe does in Order of Ecclesia. Only Barlowe nuked himself instead of his base. True.. but in Barlowe's case the container had been shown the whole game. So you knew it was there. Also Dracula had a history of resurrection spanning 20+ years of games. And Barlowe always planned to resurrect Dracula... albeit his orginal plan didn't involve his own death. Not to mention in doing so, he technically achieved his goal of resurrecting Dracula. It was Dracula who fucked up his side of the deal. Spoiler Nemesis coffin is not shown until the cinematic where his fist strikes through it all of a sudden. Likewise, Thales never intended to resurrect Nemesis (well perhaps while he was nuking the base, but that's debatable. It could have been a "I'll take you all with me" that got fucked over by Rhea's intervention so he was the only named fatality. The fact Nemesis is apparently absent in the Church route which is apparently similar supports this). His goal was the destruction of the Church of Seiros/any spawn of Sothis pure and simple. Then there's the fact that he never achieved that... unless you side with Edelgard perhaps... in which case he's still screwed over according to the endings. Imagine being a villain so lame you get dealt with in the ending text. Thales? More like Fails. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Hmmm... now I wonder who it is. If the song was a parody of the Duck Tales theme entitled "Luck Fails", would it give it away? 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Goodness gracious... madman! Well... Ghosts n Goblins is almost a family tradition. Given my mother was so handy with the series... at least Ghost n Goblins and Super Ghouls n Ghosts. Never saw her beat regular Ghouls n Ghosts. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I'm truly sorry about your dog. It's never pleasant to lose a pet. At least he went peacefully. It happens. My biggest concern was for the other labrador. He's blind, and had, up until now, known few days of his entire life (perhaps a couple weeks when he was born and a couple days when one of them was with a vet overnight) without the other. I feared the shock would be too much for him given on those nights where they had been apart previously, he'd taken to howling. But this time, he seems to understand what's happened. Even their rooster pal is having issues with a stress-related condition that started when the other dog died. He's being treated for that. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Well, your theory isn't incompatible with mine. Hide contents Also, Eugen grew his hair. He punched his own head until it yielded the strands. Let's go one further. Spoiler Codha is Porky at a different phase in his time travelling between being "fat kid" and "used up old body in a machine". He targetted Wellt because of Eugen, as Eugen was of that bloodline. Fat blonde guy with funny face and no death in story? See. It's Porky. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Good points. Yeah, I don't see anybody feeling bad about killing Hubert, guy's a glorified boss that's playable in one route. Given even his C&B supports with Byleth are him threatening Byleth not so subtly/trying to think of ways to assassinate him... he's not a very saveable character. When you're more edgy than the Navarre archetype for the game... 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Does that mean I use a good unit in Luigi? 'Cause that annoys me, but not enough to start using Waluigi. Like Waluigi would even be recruitable. Too irrelevant. I mean, the main reason people want him for Smash is because of the "Waluigi Time" strips in Brawl In The Family. Guy can't even get a role in Luigi's games as a secondary antagonist (which ironically, I think would be the best use for him). 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Oh, whoa. It didn't occur to me, but yeah, he actually did something right for once! Is this character development? Either that or my theory was right and he was pretending to be bad at tactics the whole time and just let it slip. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Believe me, I would like to dispute it as well. I could try "they're on the wrong side of history" but that's such a cop-out because it's more attacking the characters of those Sasha kills than actually explaining why she's looting the bodies. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Hahahahahah, right, I didn't realize it, but that's a very Merlinus line! I can forgive him, though, because unlike Merlinus, it's not all he says ever. The use of the word channeling was also intentional... given Merlinus being decapitated. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I managed to escape the prying eyes of the Empire, and I hid myself in the castle town until today. These last two years have been difficult. How can you expect people like us to rule effectively if you soldiers won't do your job? You'd do wise not to let such a disgrace happen ever again, Lord Runan. Maybe if you lick this dude if you can like get buzzed and stuff. Keep Hagar away man. That's some gnarly junk. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...well, there's one good thing about his existance, at least. I can just hear his voice cracking like mad here. Oh, and in case you were wondering, Eugen doesn't appear again in this scene. The absolute madman actually did go fetch a servant! Eugen is a classic. I'm sorry. I think I like this one better than the Holmes punch. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: But isn't it usually a page or a servant of that sort that does the introductions? What does that make you, Count Tatus? ...well, that is... ergo... er... Lord Runan, I have come across this mop! Where's the slimy toad?! Get that thing away from me, you lowlife! Aaaaaiiiieeeeee! Runan didn't even get time to get out a Runan-smile before Eugen interupts with a mop. Tatus better watch it or Eugen will mop the floor with him. 11 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Friendly reminder that this is all happening like 10 minutes after the battle. When did she change into that? I like to think that Tatus just popped out of the sewer, grabbed her by the arm while Runan was distracted by Theodora, forced her to change, half-assedly proposed and then ran to get Runan's approval. Enteh didn't turn into Mousa because she was afraid she'd hurt Runan. Or that Eugen would hurt her. So it's like Phantom of the Opera minus all the singing and squeezed into a far shorter and more comedic time-frame? Tatus probably had a song prepared based off the theme song and everything... then couldn't get the words out. 11 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I like how she just proposed to Runan right under the toad's nose. She also has some balls, after all. Everyone in this room has more balls than the toad. Heck, I'm fairly sure even Toad from the Mario series has more balls than the toad. They just haven't dropped yet. 11 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I like that Eugen needs to spell this out to Runan. She literally begged him not to desert Reeve! Calm down, dude, you're usually so rational! Can't decide whether this was meant to be your thoughts or whether Runan's split personality is getting worse. 11 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: aristocrazy Is it bad this typo actually fits? I mean really well. Them aristocrats are crazy. 11 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...Lord Runan, who is this? Nobody, that's who. ...YOW! IT'S AN ENEMY AMBUSH! ENEMY, ENEMY! GENERAL EUGEN, KILL HER! KILL HER BEFORE SHE TOUCHES ME! I'll kill you if you don't shut your trap and get the hell out of here! H-HOW DARE YOU THREATEN THE CROWN!? I'LL SEE YOU HANGED FOR THIS! Where's my mop? Do you recall where I left it, Lord Runan? By the door. A-AAAAAAAAACK! LEAVE ME ALONE, TRAITORS! I did say Eugen would mop the floor with him, but this is taking it further than expected. 11 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Lee could not Leeve even at the cost of a Leesurely retirement. 11 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...mostly certified badass. Sure, let's just leave the plot-vital Shaman that could end the world if Guenchaos got a hold of her, all on her own, in a monster-infested place! That won't go wrong at all! Not a chance! Pah... Well, at any rate, that's it. With all of Canaan's major figures other than Sennet dead, only Gerxel remains unaccounted for. Let's hope they don't crash this party... next time, we meet up with Sennet, sign a peace treaty with the new Canaan, and hopefully, Stephanie won't try to kill us again. Goodbye, and fare well until we meet again next time! Eugen botches strategy again? If sticking with my theory, he had to. He'd been a badass for a whole update and had some sound strategy last update. He'd have gave himself away without a major gaffe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interdimensional Observer Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 (edited) On 8/29/2019 at 2:45 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Is this better or worse than using both Hagar and Tom in the same playthrough? Tom has a use! So someone told me, and so it proved true! Take him to an Arena, Fort Ligria is fine. Give him lots of bows, or have a man man the Armory for infinite Irons. Teach Arena Fighter to Tom. Fight only non-Mages/Sword units at the Arena. Watch as enemies deal pitiful damage outside of Crits to Tom. If any damage at all. Watch Tom kill said enemies. Watch Tom earn you 500 Gold or more per fight. Watch your funds worries gradually disappear. Add Dance to accelerate this process. I guess you could try Enarmor/Enpower too, but anyone if they worked could use those effects. Tom doesn't call for them to win in the Arena with few worries of death. Despite starting much later than you, I've almost finished (up to C39) TRS for the first time myself. Not Ironman, and not having the albatross of a LP to make certainly speeds things up. Good luck with your remaining fights! -Unless you have finished the game already and just haven't posted it. Edited September 1, 2019 by Interdimensional Observer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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