whase Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Classic/Normal. I will probably restrict myself to no grinding maps and minimal use of the turnwheel (just for 1% crits and allied forces messing stuff up). I usually enjoy FE best giving myself restrictions instead of letting hard mode do it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHawlucha. Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Hard/Classic; cannot wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloom Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Seeing everyone playing classic making me feel bad, maybe I'll go normal/classic and save a lot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modirufa6317 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Hard/Classic. I'm also thinking of doing it without time rewind and no resets But with the apparent low nbr of units available, this may be a bad idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siskan Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) Hard. As for Casual vs Classic, I believe my profile should answer that. Though I'm not sure how I feel about Hard missing out on the free battles. As long as it's once a week and not unlimited, I'd like to have them. I prefer the difficulty level to only affect enemy levels/stats, amount, classes and weapons etc. Not gameplay. Spoiler (This is a funny quote from the crossover game Project X Zone 2, where Segata Sanshirou lets Chrom know his opinion. Although it stays true for how I enjoy Fire Emblem games, I don't enforce that view on others). Â Edited July 10, 2019 by Siskan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessAlyson Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I'll start on Normal as usual, with Casual mode. I have no patience for multiple resets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technoweirdo Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 From the sound of things, Lunatic won't be available at launch, so I guess Hard + Classic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Xavi_ Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Normal Classic first run (three routes) then Hard Classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayra Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Bloom said: Seeing everyone playing classic making me feel bad, maybe I'll go normal/classic and save a lot... No need to feel bad; playing what is most fun for you is the most important thing! With that said, this might be a good "safe" opportunity to try out Classic. Even in classic, you have the option to rewind turns; that should make classic less punishing and cause much fewer resets than other FE games (bar SoV). If it works like Fates, you can also drop the difficulty from Classic to Casual whenever you want, but you can't do so the other way around. So if you end up disliking Classic, you can move back to Casual instantly, but if Casual-with-rewind turns out too easy for you, you can't move back to Classic on that save file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Bloom said: Seeing everyone playing classic making me feel bad, maybe I'll go normal/classic and save a lot... Don’t bow to possible peer pressure. Play what’s comfortable for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azz Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Normal/classic like I always do. I might try hard eventually and if I do, I’ll play casual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siskan Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Bloom said: Seeing everyone playing classic making me feel bad, maybe I'll go normal/classic and save a lot... I also agree that you shouldn't feel pressured to play Classic. But I'll explain why I like it. It applies to the whole battles, but especially bosses. When the stakes aren't too high you might end up playing very sloppily. At least in my mind that becomes boring as you don't need to pay too much attention and make an effort. Now think about bosses, I mean you will likely have most of your units left at the end of each battle playing casual anyway. So now that you're facing the boss with a bunch of your units left and don't have to worry about them getting defeated, you can just send them in for a hit and if they lose you send the next unit essentially kamikaze style until the boss gets down to 0HP. This completely eradicates all challenge a boss offers, as I see it. I also agree with everything Ayra said. There are ways to balance the challenge Classic provides if you find it too harsh. But if you prefer Casual for whatever reason, go for it! If that's how you get the most enjoyment out of the game, there's absolutely no other option regardless what other people think or how many they are. : ) I only provided my view on Casual in case you were wondering why some people prefer Classic. I imagine that if you feel pressured it's likely because people are too busy trying to tell you that you aren't doing it right. I think the Supor Robot Taisen series does a much better job at making your moves matter despite lacking Permadeath by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyTheBoiThe6th Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 Thanks so much! It sounds like Hard/Classic is the most popular opinion, so I will go with that because most other people here are more experienced than me. 16 hours ago, Bloom said: Seeing everyone playing classic making me feel bad, maybe I'll go normal/classic and save a lot... Don't sell yourself short. Play the way you enjoy the most! You have that privilege as a gamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanima Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Normal/Classic on my first playthrough, so I cam fully get used to the mechanics. Then I'll switch over to Hard on my second run depending on how much of a challenge normal was for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ririn Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I'll probably go Normal-Classic with limited use of the rewind feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Branniglenn Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 18 hours ago, Bloom said: Seeing everyone playing classic making me feel bad, maybe I'll go normal/classic and save a lot... Let me be the odd one out and say Classic is great. Fear of consequences spurs you to learn the mechanics and the Turnwheel is extremely good at covering up the occasional lapse in judgement. Playing a different way can lead to a deeper appreciation of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikethemaster2018 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 casual mode for me the game 200 hours no body go time for all that might as well play it safe. unless there people on here who are neets. than go ahead and play to your heart content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NegativeExponents- Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I always do hard and classic when available so I'll be doing the same here too. The sole exception being my first run of Awakening where I did Hard/Casual because Casual was new at the time and I remember going something like "I always reset when a character dies anyways so might as well" but then I found myself constantly not caring about the choices I made and simply going "eh, if they die they'll just come back anyway" which cheapened the experience for me and also made the game feel a lot easier than it should've been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iavasechui Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 (edited) Normal classic on first playthrough. Never actually used casual... I did use Phoenix a few times but that was to rush through birthright/conquest to use corrin marriage to get skills on characters that I didn’t want to marry in revelations to be able to buy them back in the actual classic playthrough. Even with Phoenix mode and skipping all cutscenes this took to long XD Edited July 11, 2019 by iavasechui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flere210 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I am starting to dislike the concept of a non ironman classic but at this point i am too much of an elitist to play casual, so it's going to be hard classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 It's a bit of a contradiction in that I don't play Fire Emblem hardcore permadeath when it's that mode that utterly makes games like XCOM for me. I guess the difference is that on one side you have a fixed story that continues at the same pace regardless of your losses, as opposed to having an organic, largely self-determined story where the losses can actually completely change the direction of the campaign. I pick Classic nonetheless, but have no compunction against the liberal use of the turnwheel, and I don't feel the slightest bit bad about abusing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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