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My guess is new players. I remember having genuine difficulty getting great badges early on....

I don't know. On the one hand, it's super random how and when we get orbs. On the other hand, banners are released so slowly that as a F2P player, I stockpiled over 200 orbs in one month, spent them all, and have now gotten back to 170 orbs again. And in terms of 5 stars, I've got 2 Hectors, 2 Reinhardts, Ike, Ryoma, Kagero, Alm, Julia, Pieri, Ogma, E!Lucina, E!Xander, E!Chrom, which is a pretty good number. So... I guess I'm ok with it as is? Edit: Plus, 4 stars are so easy to get a hold of that I can just use hero feathers to supplement anything I get there, such as Eirika, Nowi, or Klein.

Lol. That's be funny. mine definitely updated though.... hmm... I'm on 1.3.0 maybe I did clear my cache... Huh. Ok, nvm. That was weird...... it made me wait like half an hour while it updated. And I did log in earlier today..

Just got a 500 megabyte update. Largest one yet. Something big's coming but.... What?

It was new, I believe. The next banner should be coming in 8 days. And only two banners have been found in the data, wedding and "triangle" banner. (Triangle banner seems likely to be a cocurrent one, like Hero Fest)

Agreed. Either they will do established canon pairings (Marth and Caeda, Pent and Lousie, etc.) or it will just be based on (likely predicted) popularity. I don't really feel like they have the authority to add to the canon in this game.

It's certainly doable, but as other people pointed out, you're expending a ton of resources for results you can reach much easier other ways. The only thing this really accomplishes over quick riposte is letting him double on attack, rather than defense, which given his tanky nature, doesn't add a ton.

https://rocketmo.github.io/feh-damage-calc/ This is the best tool for this kind of thing. You can set up multiple rounds of combat and calculate exactly how each bit of damage will work.

Don't be scared. Ike in a tuxedo. Could totally be a thing. Be excited.

He technically has more speed and the same strength thanks to Regal Blade giving him +2/+2, which means he's at 34/37 to her 34/36. Now, this does only apply while the enemy is at full hp, but, on the other hand, it always applies while the enemy is at full hp, on both offense and defense. So, even if he's being attacked by Linde, he'll still get the benefits. Agree with you on life and death though. Fury is a lot safer on him.

I'm interested to see the math on how much more of a hit Lucina can take than he can. Because if it doesn't make a significant difference, he may actually be just outright better than her, and stat-wise, she was at the top of the swordy food chain. Other than Ike or Ryoma, there really aren't any generalist sword users around these days. Eirika is used, obviously, but she's a support unit more often than an outright attacker. I don't think it matters a ton, since I'm not swapping out Ryoma for him, and I can't imagine anyone else doing so either, but he'll probably be necessary for the next arena season. Probably.

This. I'm so doing that too.

Interesting. Good to know. Yeah, so far, Lloyd seems like a slightly better Lucina. He trades 5 defense and 2 less hp for 10 more resistance and 1 more speed. The big loss for him is not having effective against dragons and renewal 2 combo.

I can't decide between fury, darting blow, or life and death. probably not life and death, he doesn't need any less defense. darting blow gives him a whopping 43 speed on attack, but fury would let him have 40 on both attack and defense.

Yes. Hugely. His max res is 30. Only Eliwood and Fir have higher res for sword units.

So, terrible artwork aside, lloyd seems to be an actually good unit. he's tied for fifth highest speed in the game, and with regal blade's effect he jumps up to third, surpassing linde and lucina before applying skills like fury and life or death. He also comes in at eighth highest attack, which jumps up to sixth, again with regal blade's effect. So, he can out speed lucina and tie her for damage, as well as ryoma. Not to shabby.

Lol. I can only agree with you on point 4. But I think that just proves it more true. To each their own. I often see stuff in banners I just don't want. Why bother pulling then? But you know what? If your strategy works for you, then that's fine.

Yes. Look, I'm not going to complain about anyone adding anything to Fire Emblem. Casual mode, Phoenix mode, throw in whatever you want. It doesn't matter since I won't play them anyway. Just don't ever take anything away and we'll be good.

I think it's unlikely they'll do something that's sole purpose is to let people spend less orbs, but you never know. In all honesty, I think this is likely to happen once they've released a lot more units. There's a huge disproportion in terms of unit distribution right now, with games like Thracia 776 having just two units, FE 6 having 3 or 4 (not counting GHB units, which can't be summoned anyway), and games like Fates or Awakening having significantly more. So, this will probably happen eventually, but not any time soon.

We still haven't gotten his stats yet? Hmm. They're getting better at withholding. He seriously could be amazing. If Regal Blade's ability works like Celicas, but without the damage and using enemy hp, and if he has the stats (36 or higher speed), he could do some serious damage. With Desperation and Darting Blow 3, he could go up to 44 speed when attacking a full health unit (38 on defense), plus get an additional 4 from spur or hone, bring him up to 48. Of course, he could also have 30 speed and just be ok. Or 26 and be useless. Too hard to tell.

Yes, though it requires you to have some rather exacting set ups. You need to have a lot of tanky units, often with pretty specific IVs. Units like Julia, Zephiel, Hector, Effie, Xander, Felicia, etc. are all amazing tanks in most situations. The key weakness is that they are all weak against specific types of offenses. Phys tanks are weak to magic, and magic tanks are weak to phys. Also, "effective against" bonuses can often wreck your set ups. You need to have a good balance to make it work, which can be hard to get intentionally.

Really? I've got, like, 3 of her. I wish I had 3 Lon'qu's instead, but that's how it goes. And Felicia is one of the free units, so everyone can easily get 2 of her, plus now we've got an additional one from quests. And Klein, is of course, obviously good, I'm just saying if you pull colorless hoping for him, you're gonna get a lot of Marias.

The Rules of Summoning: 1. NEVER PICK COLORLESS The only exception to this is if it's a Takumi or Klein focus and you really want them. Even ignoring how bad most of the units are, there are literally no good skills that you can inherit from any of the colorless units. 2. If you know you want something, only pick that color. It's always worth it to spend more orbs and maybe get something you want than to spend less orbs and get something you definitely don't. 3. Ignore the Fodder For example, on the current banner, there is literally no point in picking anything other than red. Boey and Mae will be demoted to 4-star almost immediately after this, just like Soren and Titania, just like pretty much everyone else before, so you'll definitely get plenty as you try desperately to get something more valuable. 4. Plan in advance, and be happy with what you get Don't be constantly trying to pull from every banner. Some banners will contain units that are obviously worthless (like the Alm banner). Just ignore those. Save your orbs, and know that you'll eventually get those units accidentally while trying to pull something else. Furthermore, this game is pretty balanced, to the point that you can make almost anything work if you put effort into it. There will always be better units, but so far, they're never that much better. Sure, Reinhardt is better than Olwen, but if you only have Olwen, you can definitely make good use of her.

Is it just me, or is there a TON of unrequited love in Fire Emblem? Nobody ever seems to end up with the person they want unless they're the main character or an extreme secondary character. Not just Hardin, but Nyna as well. She gets rejected twice (although the second time is more of a self-rejection) Ishtar, Linoan, the list just goes on and on.

Poor Lyon... unrequited love. See what it does to people? Turns them into demon lords. Same thing happened to Hardin.