Florete

7, 10, 10, 10. Getting the ball rolling? I don't care what you like or dislike, but if this topic has any chance of staying civil, lines like this will not be acceptable.

You weren't successful. So don't forge? I usually forget forging even exists in Awakening because it isn't that important. If you want to tackle Lunatic+ without any limitations, that's your own prerogative; suck it up and do what you need to do. You're complaining that you have chosen to do extra stuff in an entirely extra mode, a mode which probably isn't even available until you've already beaten the game once. I don't think you've paid attention to what either Arvilino or I said. Yes, My Castle grants bonuses. No shit, we're not denying it. This does not mean it is required. You called it "must-play content." That is wrong. It is only "must-play" if you want to use absolutely everything the game gives you, and that is a choice on you as the player. More options being available does not mean you need use them. Have you actually never played a game that you didn't use everything it had to offer, especially an RPG? You can dislike the feature and criticize it all you want, but calling it "must-play content" in any way is false. You're complaining about it being able to make an unlockable difficulty easier. That's ridiculous. If you're going to criticize it, at least leave it at how it panders to otaku and makes the game too easy rather than "Well, I'll need it to make the hardest difficulty as easy as possible." Because you will most likely be able to play through lower difficulties without it and not even notice. I must also ask: Are you against the entirety of My Castle, or just one or two specific aspects (like face rubbing)? Managing the castle, so long as it's simple and doesn't require a lot of investment, doesn't seem like something to complain about. The hot springs and face rubbing I can understand disliking, but you're going to have to explain a little more if you're against the whole thing and want me to take you seriously. For the record, I'm not getting on your case for being negative. There are many others who are negative about certain things and I don't say a word to them. I'm getting on your case for having poor logic and misguided complaints. In addition, I think it stands to reason that people with the same opinion won't argue with each other on said opinion.

Got my Inkling Girl today (I don't even have Splatoon lol). A friend got a Marth for me and is still holding onto it for now, but I'll have it when I next see him. And the hunt for Lucina continues...

Did you even read Arvilino's post? Can stuff in My Castle give you an edge? Yes. Does that mean you need to do it all? No. And I find it highly doubtful that choosing not to rub a character's face will make the game oh-so-much harder in the end. This kind of side content is usually easily skippable and doesn't ultimately impact the game much. It appears, so far, to be that way here. Do you think Pokemon Amie is must-play content? Or the multitude of other mini-game stuff in recent Pokemon games that I don't even remember the names of because I never bothered with them, like Super Training (oh, I remembered that name)? Dislike it all you want, and I'm sure there's an appropriate way to criticize it, but calling it must-play content is not the way.

SoC saves the day again. Where would we be without you?

Ha, no one who picks their side for just the art has any power over me.

Does this mean there's a dude with a small butt named Rabbattack?

He's doing them on request, and he hasn't done a ton. If he goes long enough I could see Dixie Kong and Daisy showing up, but I doubt he'll ever end up doing Vaati.

Sigh...Yes, Ana, I know, but for the larger majority of his existence, he is not. Not only was this completely not the point of my post, but much of the actual point of my post was to tell people not to get picky about things like this, so I'd appreciate if you didn't do just that.

It's the logical conclusion of what you said. What makes weather different from any other potential mechanic they could add in? Why would they fuck up weather specifically? You said you "don't trust them" on it...but you would trust them elsewhere? On what, and why?

"Lord" can refer to one of two things in this context: 1. Literally, a character of royalty. Most FE protagonists qualify as this, as well as others, such as Lilina, Sanaki, Elincia, Lucina, etc. Ike does not qualify for this. 2. The protagonist and other prominent focal characters. These are the characters in FE games the story focuses on, are force-deployed for the duration of their story (and maybe some extra), and give a game over upon defeat. I'm pretty sure Ana is talking about the latter. And I'm betting Paper Jam knows this and is just messing around. "Lord" is just the term used for these characters because it was always their class until Ike came along. Everyone in the fandom knows how we refer to these characters, so please don't be cheeky about it.

Raven has more than enough Speed to counteract CON problems. If you're comparing him to Bartre, Raven's Speed lead is way bigger than Bartre's CON lead.

You're stretching more than Wii Fit Trainer. Unbreakable weapons would be more like Pokemon attacks not having PP anymore. Unbreakable TMs is more like if we had assignable skills in FE that can be given to everyone simultaneously. This is called "playing an RPG." This is called "playing a video game." Never mind the fact that the games are still vastly different in mechanics and presentation. "Becoming the same thing"? That's ridiculous. There are a few similarities. That's all.

As long as it's with the ideas presented and not just a decrease in movement range, because that's just annoying and pointless. Buffs and debuffs to specific stuffs I could see working. So, what, you never want IS to try anything new? They'll just fuck anything up? Sheesh.

Yes. Lol, I wasn't being that serious. I'll almost definitely still pick Nohr for reasons stated, but information obtained in those first 6 chapters could potentially sway me. I just found it kind of funny how so many were choosing for aesthetics or mechanics instead of immersion. Looking at it that way, people who aren't deciding until they actually reach the critical point are probably doing it the best by my own logic!

The point is these characters joining your team. The story doesn't care how long you get to use them. But Awakening has plenty of post-game content anyway with its DLC and just the way Paralogues work in general (you can literally save up to 25 maps as free post-game content).

Everyone else is saying things like "Hoshido for ninjas!" or "Nohr for Camilla!" You and I seem to be the only ones with an actually good reason for the side we're picking. Shots fired. For reference, this was mine:

Ana, you're lucky Tang got here first. I would have warned you. What do people think of the game so far? I'm delaying buying it until I hear good things about it. I'm not sure I'll like it, so I don't want to drop $60 unless I can be sure.

Ha.

Considering this was announced for Japan...(it's the 30th in Japan now, though it wasn't when you posted this) I'm guessing, if this remains Japan-only, that it will be a fairly small direct with not a ton of information, especially with E3 coming up. I'll pass and read up on the info later.

I like the addition of Gardevoir and Lip. Not so much the addition of Tingle or the lack of Wolf and Dixie Kong (and 4 reps for DK is definitely not too much). Not really sure about the likes of Eevee over Charizard or Mewtwo. Also not feeling three FE mono-sword users.

All these examples being listed are more likely coincidence rather than influence, if some are even things that are new to If at all. Awakening had some of those. Demoiselle, Avoid +10, Outdoor/Indoor Fighter, etc. Having two skills per class probably just required them to make some filler. This is definitely not unique to VC.

While it might have been the result of something very wrong, the truth is that my family in Nohr are the ones who know me and raised me. Regardless of anything else, they are my family and they are the ones I fight for.

The obligatory. That thing hasn't been edited in years and I doubt even I agree with half of it anymore. This is news to me. I only mentioned Sumia in the other topic because I find most people see her as better than Cordelia. I don't think there's anyone I find particularly underrated, except maybe Lyn.