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Kanna would lose her most vital tool (her dragonstone) as a dreadfighter so thats iffy. Subaki has naturally high Defense and strength as well as skill so those would definitely help him excel as a dread fighter. Only issue is that he has no experience in swords or knives

I know in Awakening you can make a promoted class go backward to their unpromoted class (ex:Hero a Mercenary). Can you still do this in Fates? Because I dont see the option or appropriate seal to do so.

I mean I can see why some people might not like it, the story relied alot on coincidental happenings, deus ex machinas, and stuff like that but I think it has a lot of good going for it and I appreciate their eagerness to evolve the series in terms of story as can be seen by Fates. In my honest opinion Radiant Dawn and Sacred Stones have the best stories of the entire series and Awakening ranks somewhere in the middle. However in terms of gameplay and other features like supports, marriage, and children I think Awakening places in the top 3 alongside Sacred Stones and Fates

I dont mean to come off as aggressive either I just notice very often theres a trend now where a game comes out and is well received and a bunch of long time fans in the minority of the fan base take to forums like these and begin to nitpick it apart just to be different and edgy when there really isnt any significant issue with the game. I never understood that. Sure every game has faults but all in all this is a good game that deserved the high ratings and reviews and as a very long time fan of the series I love how its evolved and grown into a much larger game. I personally really hope that they bring it back to consoles one day as well as keep it a good handheld game. Its obviously alright to not like a game but the OP asked why everyone hates it and I answered him with facts when I said that the vast majority dont hate the game and the group here that do are a minority and shouldnt be considered as representatives for the entire fan base. Personally I thought it was awesome how the story jumped around and wasnt focused on one big enemy the entire time, that seemed cool to me. My only guess for why some people dont like it is because it drew from a few deus ex machinas to solve its plots and at times things turned out a bit too convenient

I actually really enjoyed Phoenix mode for one reason. Flying through the game. After I beat the game once and really absorbed the story on classic I wanted to go back and fill my other save slots with files where I paired different units, filled support logs, etc. So being able to get to the endgame as fast as possible without ever having to reset a difficult mission was awesome! Phoenix mode is for speed runners, people who just want the story, people who are trying to hit endgame really fast so they can develop a good castle and do multiplayer battles, people who accidentally deleted their save and want to get back to end game quickly, etc. Sure phoenix mode doesnt affect you guys but it affects people like me who have been playing since 2002 and would like to try out different scenarios on different files without the hassle of accidentally losing a unit and having to reset a chapter. Its also nice for people that just want to try out the story and play the game for the dialogue and characters and not for the strategy. It was a very smart move to add it in and I know many people who began playing FE because they felt like they could enjoy it now that they didnt have to reset a chapter over and over again.

You have this mixed up, the people picking apart insignificant "issues" are the elitists. Ive been playing Fire emblem since 2002 and Awakening is by far the most positively received FE title other than Fates. Dont be that hipster guy that tries to be edgy by talking bad about a terrific game that literally saved the entire franchise. I do accept your opinion, my point is that youre a very small minority and the poor OP thinks everyone hates this game because hes in the forums with the .0001% that feel the need to pick it apart.

I love Awakening and Ive never heard or seen a single person that dislikes it until now. Jeez I didnt know this fanbase was so nitpicky. Just ignore the minority .ooo1% that you have here that are complaining about nothing, its a great game.

Anyone have news on how this is doing? Feels like ages since we got a progress report.

Youll have to wait for emulators and ROMs to catch up to the 3DS era first. I dabbled in ROM hacking for the GBA games and technically speaking ripping the Olivia animation from Awakening and inserting it into Fates shouldnt be all too hard if a proper tool can be made to do such a thing. In the past Nightmare and Feditor handled the job but the animations were much much different and are reliant on 3D models and not sprite sheets. As for inserting her into the story and giving her dialogue that also isnt hard if someone can create a Feditor with a text changing ability. I completely added in Leila as a functioning character with dialogue and purpose in FE7 and it only took about 3 hours. So just wait for the Emulators and ROM hacking folk to catch up and create tools and Im sure youll see a playable Layla in no time. It should be noted that itll probably be many many years before this becomes a reality. 3DS emulators are currently in a very early stage due to encryption difficulties.

Oh sorry I havent tried PvP just castle battling. I wonder if you could, per your example, equip the Azura only skill on Corrin if you beat him in his own castle. Thatd be interesting. And yeah itd need to be an easy seize castle with stats like those! That Azura sprite looks awesome though, wish it was a class.

I haven't played Revelations, are there full support conversations between Hoshido and Nohr characters? Because if so then Im sure thats where alot of the focus was placed as far as writing went.

Hmm but lets say you win, could you buy his skills and equip them to your characters?

Oh ok that makes alot more sense. I remembered Human-Anankos saying that he saw a vision and the trio would die if a daughter was born from Dragon-Anankos. I assume thats also along the same lines?

When did the newer FE games get hate? They have insanely high ratings, reviews and really positive fan responses. I personally think the newer FE games are better than the original because of how far theyve developed characters and story and also how varied and strategic the gameplay is. But yeah conquest is my favorite route :)

When did the newer FE games get hate? They have insanely high ratings, reviews and really positive fan responses. I personally think the newer FE games are better than the original because of how far theyve developed characters and story and also how varied and strategic the gameplay is. But yeah conquest is my favorite route :)

Its my favorite path :) If you played Awakening then its a must buy because of the easter eggs in Selena, Odin, and Laslows supports. Also the characters (in my opinion) are alot better, they each have their own personality and the medieval feel hits home with classic fire emblem fans as well. The story is also very interesting and the twists and sacrifices that you have to make clearly effect your character and if you want a more dark and twisted story then definitely go with Conquest. Oh and I forgot to mention the maps are way more challenging and interesting. Each chapter has its own gimmick that you can use to add a ton of variety in your playthrough, this also holds true with the child chapters

First things first I havent played Revelations yet, just conquest and birthright. Im going to be buying Revelations in about a week so please don't post an Revelations spoilers, just talk about the small portion in the Hidden Truths DLC. Now on to what is confusing me about the DLC. Costantly Dragon Anankos mentions that Lilith, Corrin, Laslow, Odin, and Selena will die no matter what path is chosen. Ive noticed that Lilith has died in both paths and Corrin technically dies in both paths for a brief amount of time until his friends resurrect him. But Laslow, Odin, and Selena never die and so I'm confused about why Dragon Anankos keeps saying that they're prophecied to die, whats that about? Is it addressed at some point that I don't know about? Am I missing something? Why does Dragon Anankos keep saying that?

They treat Glen pretty bad in Sacred Stones, they treat Astram poorly in shadow dragon as well and they also waste Geoffrey, Volke, Sothe and Bastian in Radiant Dawn. Oh! And Raven isnt given much to work with either.

http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=51163&hl=I have a guide for this very purpose, it should have alot of information for you on elibian nights. Ill be updating it again soon with the new release. There are a few outdated pieces of information as I decided to finish updating it with the full release and not the beta.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. It says Raven is at ease after Hector offers to rebuild Cornwall so it would end up being more of an alternate story than an alternate ending since the story opens with his conversation with Hector. Either way Im excited to see what Arch has planned

@Chocolate Kitty, The guy who posted above me has it spot on. There are so many people on these forums who treat feedback, or constructive opinions as an attack against the creator of the project. This game would be very different if the community wasn't here to voice their opinion. Everybody was respectfully giving their opinion, no reason to get heated about this.

@Arch, well the official character endings are that Heath moves to Ilia and becomes a mercenary, Raven vanishes/comes to ease with the massacre depending on supports, and geitz wanders aimlessly for a land to "call his own" ;) if you wanna get technical with the lore here. I for one like the idea of an alternate ending for Raven which follows the ending where he comes to grips with the cornwall incident and becomes a mercenary with Lucius/his A support ending

I got an instant game over during chapter 11 when I moved uther next to madelyn, no idea why but as soon as I selected 'wait' i got the game over screen

The only tweak Id say is that you should even out the enemy units. You have random mega units in there who come out of nowhere with abnormally high stats who can solo half my team

Great game as always. Im on chapter 5 though and other than the starting side of the map being flipped Im not sure where the changes are, have I not progressed far enough to see them yet?