[Hello, Hi, Hey: I'm $$$ richh]

How it's a play on カイン and アベル, it also kind of works in English but not nearly as well.

Ninja Hatt :(

[Fire Emblem 1 in Jap... Oh, boy. Gonna need some help on this one!]

The enemy AI always prioritises going for Marth if it can, so that can be abused to certain extents (e.g. enemy archers/hunter will never go after your fliers if Marth is in their range).

[Top Ten worst characters in Shadow Dragon]

Funny thing was Lorenz was actually decent in FE3 thanks to the non-diminished experience, star orb, and Gradivus all obtained around the same time you get him. Just slap the Gradivus and star orb (Gradivus gives him a x2 EXP rate and the star orb increases his growths by 30% AND prevents weapon durability loss) on him and he will level up nearly instantly and max most stats. It's just useful since only generals can use lances in the final chapter since it's an indoor chapter and they are the only non-mounted class that can use them.

EDIT: I know that was a bit off topic, but I needed to say it after seeing him bashed so much.

Funnily enough, Lorenz is just about the best candidate for killing Medeus quickly in FE3 0% growths. Since you don't have time to visit the secret shop (warp uses are too valuable) you'll only get two energy rings, and as you have to attack Medeus from 2 range, the only three units that can get to 38-39 attack (to deal 4 damage against him) are Dolph, Macellan and Lorenz. Lorenz has the upper hand thanks to being prepromoted and having base Gradivus access, only requiring the two energy rings and one speed ring to deal that much and double. Afterwards he can just chug down as many secret books as he quickly can to improve his crit chances. Generals are somewhat rare in efficient play, so it's nice to see Lorenz get his day in the sun in one game, at least.

[Revising PKL's H2 0% run]

Just tested it, the unit gets their action back and retains both their items and the RP boosts.

Should probably clarify that I skip enemy phase'd through Normal to find that out, but I seriously doubt any changes were made to Aum beyond it being unavailable on H3/4.

[The RNG in this game...]

i've had the feeling it uses a single RNG for this game just because i'm replaying FE6 for my boyfriend, and its hitrates and this game's hitrates are pretty similar.

FE6 uses 2 RNs though, unless that wasn't what you were getting at.

[QOTD IV!! 884: Who should be next QOTD master and why, or should it die?]

I've seen much more Star Was than Star Trek but the Star Trek that I did see I enjoyed more.

[Which Japanese Fire Emblem games do you well enough to play in their original language?]

I've become pretty used to FE3's JP interface by now, and the games from FE6 onward would probably be intuitive enough. I know almost no Japanese proper, but can read hiragana and katana which helps a little bit with unit/weapon names and such.

[Video game music]

Sugiyama's symphonic battle theme renditions are always nice. Has all 3 of the original battle themes of the game, and I especially like the treatment Evil One gets here.

[If you could give a score on 100 to each Fire Emblem?]

FE1: 60

FE2: 55

FE3: 70

FE4: 75

Haven't played enough FE5 as of yet to say anything conclusive.

TRS: 80

FE6: 85

FE7: 75

FE8: 70

FE9: 70

FE10: 80

FE11: 85

FE12: 90

FE13: 80

[Unpopular opinions that you have for Fire Emblem]

There hasn't been a bad FE game.

[Hello, Hi, Hey: I'm $$$ richh]

^I like FE13, but the arbitrary target number of sales they set for it were fulfilled by just about any other FE, so it would've needed to perform exceptionally bad to not keep the series going.

[QOTD IV!! 884: Who should be next QOTD master and why, or should it die?]

Informaatiotaloustieteen piirissä syntynyt agenttiteoria jakautuu kahteen suuntaukseen, positivistiseen agenttiteoriaan ja päämies-agentti -tutkimukseen. Ensimmäinen on keskittynyt lähes yksinomaan tutkimaan suuryritysten johtajien ja osakkeenomistajien välisessä suhteessa ilmeneviä agenttiongelmia ja niiden ratkaisuja. Jälkimmäinen teoriasuuntaus tarkastelee agenttiongelmaa laajemmin erilaisissa mahdollisissa päämies-agentti -suhteissa (Eisenhardt, 1989). Agenttiongelma voi ilmetä yritysjohdon ja osakkeenomistajien välisen suhteen lisäksi muun muassa vakuutusyhtiön ja vakuutettujen, pankin ja lainansaajien ja yrityksen ja työntekijöiden välisissä suhteissa (Mas-Colell, 1995). Tässä luvussa tarkastellaan nimenomaan yritysjohdon ja osakkeenomistajien välisessä suhteessa ilmenevää agenttiongelmaa.

[Video game music]

I have a thing for tracks with procedural gimmicks.

[Well, hi %)]

Здравствуйте и добро пожаловать в лес, though my Russian is pretty lacking as of yet and I don't wish to butcher any more of the language. :p Hope you enjoy your stay!

[Favorite JRPG battle system(s)]

Dragon Quest VI/VII, favored over other DQ's for their vocation system.

qft

Shoutouts to FFX and SMTs with press turn systems as well.

[General US Politics]

If media try to paint Rubio as a "moderate alternative" to Trump and Cruz then there's something fishy going on, y/n?

Deeming him as intrinsically a moderate obviously makes it a misnomer (especially from an European viewpoint), but I can see why it's justifiable when compared to someone like Cruz, for instance. But that's not a matter I really want to take a stance in, I'm just saying it was all in all a significant victory for Rubio (as Sanders' strong performance was very reflective of recent polls, afaik).

[General US Politics]

But he quite frankly was, given what the expectations were. Not everything has to be pinned onto an alleged mainstream media conspiracy.

[Minimum Wage: Helpful or Harmful?]

ain't it a lovely phase

[QOTD IV!! 884: Who should be next QOTD master and why, or should it die?]

I don't like stacking on layers that much, so I'll usually just go with a heavy coat, scarf and gloves unless it gets to -30C or so, in which case I'll put on anything woolen, cover up everything except my eyes and hope my eyelashes don't freeze together whenever I blink.

[Minimum Wage: Helpful or Harmful?]

jesus christ

[Favorite/Least Favorite Mechanic?]

DSFE reclass and FE3 (or FE1/4, to a lesser extent) weight are ones I tend to wish were present whenever they aren't. Not too fond of either MUs or Gaiden summoners.

[FE5 PM 0% growths, SSS rank with commentary (complete)]

FE3 also allowed you to trade as many times as you wanted, as long as you remained on the same tile the whole time. I suppose it's more a remainder from there since it's the same engine, rather than something implemented for FE5 specifically.

Looking forward to it, as always!

[General US Politics]

What's to be taken from the article is that the way Sweden lists rapes (and how high Swedes in general see the threshold to report such a crime to be) is different from most countries, not to mention that they go by a somewhat wide definition of rape. I acknowledge that Sweden's history of immigrant integration hasn't always been that great of a success story (Malmö has some notable examples), but 'the rape capital' is a claim to be taken with a grain of salt.

Regardless, this is getting off topic. I can't say I'm necessarily a socialist, but I haven't really taken that much of an effort to see what the other Democrat candidates have to offer, so eh.

[General US Politics]

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19592372

Didn't necessarily want to get into this, but the link is worth posting whenever 'the rape capital' comes up.

[Is it just me or are a lot of units really useless in this game?]

I really wouldn't put on them on the same level with Michalis. The recruitment convos and the fact that you have to essentially work your way up their 'hierarchy' to persuade all of them justify it well enough and make sense to me.