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    Byleth End Game Class Build

    in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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    Currently on maddening planning to give my Byleth EO with sword prowess, hit+20, darting blow, death blow and that +3/-3 dmg to allies skill. This way I hope to make my Byleth an ally phase attacker and healer, as I worry I might not have enough healers. Reading through this thread has made me doubt my build, but it's too late to change now. Hope I can make it through, wish me luck. =X

    Who wants to list their favorites?

    in General Fire Emblem

    Posted

    For the games that I have played:

    Spoiler

    FE - ally - enemy

    6 - Ellen - Brunnya
    7 - Erk - Nergal
    8 - Lute - Lyon
    9 - Ilyana - Oliver
    10 - Ilyana - Oliver
    11 - Caeda (because reclass) - Gharnef
    12 - Katarina - Eine
    13 - Robin - That lady that's basically a worse version of FE8's Selena
    14 - Ophelia - Leo?
    15 - Mae - Jedah
    16 - Marianne - Hanneman

     

    Who should use these weapons?

    in Fire Emblem Heroes

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    What seem like clear choices (or just wishful thinking) to me:

    Spoiler

    *Lady Blade - Emma (cipher original)
    *Aureola - Saint Elimine / Yodel
    *Apocalypse - Niime
    *Rex Hasta - Darin (marquess Laus)
    *Rienfleche - Uhai
    *Luce - Kenneth
    *Wishblade - Levail
    *Double Bow -  Shinon
    *Baselard - Heather
    *Matrona - Lekain
    *Ashera's Staff - Sephiran
    *Balberith - Izuka
    *Sword of Seiros - Seiros
    *Spear of Assal - Cichol
    *The Inexhaustible - Leonie
    *Axe of Ukonvasara - Lorenz

     

    Which route was your favourite in FE: 3 Houses?

    in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

    Posted

    1) Verdant Wind
    I enjoy Claude's character the most, and I enjoy lore dumps. Also that last chapter is my absolute favorite, as well as the cutscene that follows it. (Which includes my favorite line in 3H.)

    2) Azure Moon
    Unpopular opinion, I don't like Dimitri's dark days. They just came out of nowhere for me and I still don't think I get it. Other than that, great route, with some of the best mind blown moments.

    3) Silver Snow
    I know, another unpopular opinion, but I really enjoy lore dumps. Missing a real main character is not so nice though.

    4) Crimson Flower
    I disagree with pretty much everything she does. I understand her reasoning, and agree with most of it. But her conclusions and actions I could never condone and I hate myself/Byleth each time I support any of it. (Which is too bad because Edelgard is a cool unit to play with.)

    Quarantine Birthdays

    in General

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    Happy birthday!

    My birthday was May 13th, and usually I celebrate by inviting a large group of friends to play tabletop and roleplay games. Obviously this year that didn't happen. In the Netherlands there's a rule that you can only have 3 people over to visit max. So I celebrated my birthday over multiple days inviting a small group of friends and family each time. It was plenty of fun and hardly missed my usual plans.

    Obviously I made sure ahead of time that if anyone would be feeling ill, had a cold or was in contact with anyone who had Covid, it would be best if they stayed home. But luckily nobody in my immediate surroundings has had any contact with Covid yet.

    How come Promoted Dark Magic users can use staves?

    in General Fire Emblem

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    (Hope two weeks is not a necropost, but I feel like I have something to add so I'll risk it.)

    I believe it was Knoll who explained it best, Light vs dark magic is not a case of good vs evil, it's about where the magic comes from;

    - Light magic comes from belief, believing in a higher power gives the spells their power.
    - Dark magic comes from understanding, knowing the workings of the world gives spells their power.
    - Anima magic comes from the spirits of nature, whatever that may mean.

    We know from Micaiah in the prologue of RD (and the silence staff) that magic requires spoken word, spells. My bet is that each school of magic has a slightly different language. This explains why not any magic user can just pick up any kind of tome, you can't just read what the pages say without learning the language. (Unless you're Nino and simply remember all the words written in it phonetically.)

    In RD, besides having a cutscene where Micaiah uses offensive magic, we also have a scene where a staff is used. Now if I remember correctly, Rhys doesn't say anything while using a staff, no spell of any kind. (currently can't check so I hope my memory isn't failing me.) This sort of makes sense to me as staves don't have written text like tomes do. This could mean that anyone with a high enough feeling for magic can use staves, there is no new language to be learned. 

    Let's just explain staves being silenced by a silence spell by saying, it's magic?

    I know this is a lot of cross-lore speculating, but it makes sense to me. dark mages start by only learning the how of magic, but while working with it develop a feel for magic and get to use staves. Clerics would be learning less about the technicalities of language and more about the feeling that comes with it, but later in their careers as church-people they learn to read the magic of the goddess.

    List 2 changes you'd make to your 1st Fire Emblem Game

    in General Fire Emblem

    Posted

    My first FE (that I finished) was FE8;

    1) Quality of life updates
    Speed up, animations, voice lines, etc.

    2) Support system changes
    Supports are built by deploying characters together on a map, like FE9. More than 5 supports are possible (though some supports can lock others, like Lute's A support with Artur locking Lute's support with Kyle). Maybe even have supports have actual influence on the stuff happening in the support, like maybe Neimi's character model normally has a mirror on her belt, but after the support with Artur wherein she loses it, it's gone. (No clue if that last one would be too much work for too little effect, I just think it'd be cool.)

    That's only 2 points right? =P

    Does Anyone Else Get Tetris Effect But With Fire Emblem?

    in General Fire Emblem

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    Had to look it up.

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    The Tetris effect (also known as Tetris syndrome) occurs when people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to pattern their thoughts, mental images, and dreams. It takes its name from the video game Tetris.

    I mean, I don't think so, but I've been playing FE for over half of my life so it could be without me noticing?

    What would your response be to units leveling up army wide?

    in General Fire Emblem

    Posted

    I'm also one of the people who think a bonus experience system with a level cap would be the best solution for FE. If the level cap is based on what chapter you're in and is always just low enough that your main units won't be able to profit from it at all, you shouldn't run into the problem that all bexp is always going to the same units.

    About leveling up army-wide, it reminds me of what DMs do in D&D campaigns I play in. End of the session everybody simply gains the same amount of XP, or even simply gains a level during story points. While this is a very fair way of playing, I do miss the possibility of leveling mid-fight so now you're stronger and can suddenly change your strategy. Not saying I don't understand this choice within D&D, because level ups can take a while over there, but in FE I'd really miss that.

    What topic can you go on for hours, but no one really cares to listen?

    in Far from the Forest...

    Posted

    Lore. Mostly Fire Emblem but also Avatar the Last Airbender, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and Gravity Falls.

    If I ever ask you if you mind spoilers, say yes, or I'll explain the entire plot in detail to you.

    Usually I only do this when someone says "it's been a while since I've seen/played this, I forgot most of the plot."

    Oh also, if people ask me about science and my thoughts on the mysteries of the universe, but that happens less often. Plus I'd probably be wrong on most things I say.

    Favorite Fire Emblem Lord?

    in General Fire Emblem

    Posted

    I like Ike. Story- and characterwise Ike is my favorite lord. I like how he's not royalty by birth, it's a refreshing tale. Plus he's straightforward yet kind, and has some of the funniest lines.

    As for gameplay, I really like Ephraim since I like infantry lance units. Claude would be second as a bow lord is very interesting.

    How do you think avatars should be handled?

    in General Fire Emblem

    Posted

    On 4/2/2020 at 3:38 AM, Hawkwing said:

    If the avatar is a lowly soldier who would be just another unit in a different game, then the direction should instead be on seeing a war through the eyes of the ones fighting it. The player may be the leader of a squadron, but they shouldn't be the second-in-command of the king, queen, prince, or princess. There should be a sense that while you may have a direct impact during battle, you can't do anything about the overarching story since it doesn't focus on "you".This would be a good compromise between making the avatar "insignificant to the plot" while also not just being a single unit you can change the hair color of.

    This would be a really cool concept for a Fire Emblem game and I hope they will some day do this.

    Other than that, I very easily identify with an "avatar". Whether you give me Byleth, Robin, or even Ike, if you tell me "hey this is you" that is all I need. (I know Ike isn't an avatar, but to me he feels almost as much of an avatar as Byleth and Robin did.) So I don't mind Nintendo/IS/KT calling them avatars, but they may just as well have been regular characters, it's not like the "choices" added much to the game.

    Now don't ask me what a "real avatar" means, but giving actual choices sounds like a fun idea. It's not like FE needs it though, I'm currently replaying FE6 and deciding paths on what units you are training sounds like a much more fun decision making mechanic. (Not saying FE6 did it perfectly, but it has more potential and I'm sad they didn't use this again.)

    The Fire Emblem 3 Houses General Questions Thread

    in Fire Emblem: Three Houses

    Posted

    56 minutes ago, Dayni said:

    I'm also curious as to how people are getting characters to the highest weapon ranks, as I've been a bit limited there sadly.

    Mostly NG+ that lets you buy back your weapon rank. Otherwise place the goal for that weapon rank as the only one and only use that weapon type. With plenty of training you might get there, though it's generally not worth it.

    The Elephant in the Room: Beorc and Laguz lifespan inequality.

    in GameCube and Wii Era

    Posted

    I'm going to throw in another strange point for this conversation; If a Laguz and a Beorc have a child together, the Laguz loses their powers to shift. Not just for the female who carries the baby, as we see with Almehda, but also for the male, as we see with Lehran. Does this happen upon birth or at the start of the pregnancy? I don't know. I see no possible biological reasoning for this.

    Which leads me to say, the shifting of the laguz must be a magical thing. Perhaps that's why we never see any laguz using magic, maybe all their "magical essence" is placed into their shifting ability... and maybe also into their lifespan? A branded baby  might magically take some of their laguz parent's shifting magic, giving them additional powers on top of the Beorc ability to use magic? Idk, trying to explain magic is a slippery slope for stories that have a soft magic system.

    10 hours ago, Acacia Sgt said:

    For whatever reason, their evolutionary paths likely took the form of altering the rate of decay. For Laguz it went even further, since the different tribes have different lifespans, too. That's why I question the Zunanma living as long as Laguz, because why then the Beorc evolved to live less?

    It's been a while since I took biology, but there are plenty of animals that evolved to live shorter. Something about a higher speed of reproduction and thus a larger variation in the gene pool. More variation leads to more easily surviving through a crisis (Like that time all banana trees of one kind went extinct rapidly from a fungus due to no variation in the gene pool, don't know the full story). Someone with more knowledge of biology could probably explain this better, but I know it is a thing.

    Who has the most cipher cards?

    in Fire Emblem TCG

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, SynthGreen said:

    But I try to stay in a “at least it was here” mindset. 

    I try to stay in a "I will keep playing this game even if no new cards are coming out" mindset. 

    Heroes has been getting a bit boring to me for a while now, and I'd never spend money on a gambling game. At least Cipher stopping saves me a lot of money, I guess.

    Who has the most cipher cards?

    in Fire Emblem TCG

    Posted

    7 hours ago, SynthGreen said:

    this could change in series 20-22 as the last 3 packs aren’t released from what I saw

    Set 20 is out. Sadly, there's only 2 more sets to go. 

    Set 21 will feature three houses, binding/blazing blade and heroes, I doubt any of those will be taking the most cards prize.

    Set 22 will be all colors, which probably means all the popular kids get in. Doubt this changes much either.

    Who has the most cipher cards?

    in Fire Emblem TCG

    Posted

    I guess you should define your terms, and then look through the cipher wiki. I suggest sticking to the lords and important characters, since side characters usually don't get a lot of cards. I'd suggest counting Marth, Corrin, Ike, Chrom and Lucina, doubt there's anyone with more cards.

    I do believe the wiki is up to date though, haven't been following blue cards so I wouldn't know about Olivia.

    Favorite Fire Emblem Cipher cards

    in Fire Emblem TCG

    Posted

    My favorite is still B03-001SR Ike. It was the first set I bought and I got his SR, later this card was also my first autographed SR+. I love his lord outfit from PoR.

    I still play him in my Ike deck, even though I'm pretty sure playing a third 6/4 Aether Ike would probably be stronger. (I run 15 Ikes in that deck, so plenty of choice either way.)

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