[Official Pull Topic]

14 minutes ago, Alkaid said:

Unfortunately the quality hasn't been good either. I missed the vast majority of the units I wanted this year and most of what I did get is -atk/-spd. Out of the 51 units I've pulled only about 20 are new units from 2019, the rest just pity breakers like Sword Rein and Brave Hector. Legendaries also fared no better than the regular banners, like last week failing to get legendary Ryoma again with 350 orbs. (just got 2 Ikes and a Tiki, my least wanted things on the banner) Not much luck with 3-4* stuff either. I've really needed some basic Fury and WoM fodder and the 1 Hinata and Cain I got while going for Ryoma were the first I've seen since June.

I had hopes of trying to +10 a 5* exclusive this year, but that dream was squashed when over the summer it took 500 orbs to get 1 copy of Naga for AR(obviously gave up trying for a second), 250 orbs for a -atk Summer Laegjarn, 250 orbs to not get Tibarn from the August hero fest and 400 orbs to get 1 merge for Brave Camilla(-spd) and 2 pity breakers. I've considered quitting a few times but keeping hoping things will turn around, but that has not been the case. Only thing going well is AR rankings, but I'd gladly trade my competitive AR throne streak for better gacha luck.

Yes, that sounds pretty rough, sorry to hear. It's a shame I can only wish you better luck and recover like I did. I know I'd be pissed at those expenses with nothing to show for.

I just made a quick count of my aimed-at summons. Out of the 103, 18 were aimed for, the rest came along randomly. And while a significant portion of it became useful somehow, contributing to me not being disheartened, it's still interesting how few were actively sought after while pulling. Luckily, fodder exists and AA can always use more counters for some seasons. Regardless, I can imagine some of the pain you're experiencing. Heck, I am on the same boat of not giving a damn about AR anymore where Id trade ranks for better pulls. I meander somewhere in the top 5k most of the time and haven't changed my defense in ages, don't care about aether on stupid maps with stupid, unbalanced units, and don't even bother using escape ladders half the time I probably should when losing a unit.

In short, FEH, gimme 4 more Myrrhs (and some Fortify Fliers fodder), keep the random summons if you want, and I'll be happy, thank you.

[Official Pull Topic]

17 hours ago, Alkaid said:

103 this year? Man, tell me where you're finding the luck for those pulls, I'm feeling pretty devastated with the gacha this year. I went and counted my own and I've only gotten 51. I can't seem to get anything in a reasonable amount of orbs anymore.

I've always been quite lucky with the quantity, which is the main reason why I started counting this year, to see how far my luck goes. Qualitywise I wanted to make a comparison to last year, because of the aforementioned bad luck in a 6-monthish period (last year is where I felt like you now. It was horrible and I almost quit for being so disappointed with my pulls). I definitely beat that, not a very hard task, but will also be looking closely at the list at the end of the year for a final assessment while also posting my pulls in detail here.

If you have truly half of what I got with F2P orbs, then it seems that you are indeed quite unlucky with the numbers (or me ridiculously lucky, or both), however, maybe your quality is good? As in, you get what you want when you aim for it? That's something I suck at, I can't even pull a freaking Caeda anymore. Regardless, I know how it feels and I truly despise gacha (will never start another one in my life) and if I weren't at a point where almost nothing mattered anymore beyond collecting for the heck of it and bias (colosseum and AR are covered) then I would have quit long ago as I don't want to "keep up" with atrocious gacha systems.

[New Heroes Banner (Desert Mercenaries)]

I hate this duo-unit very much, as it makes Lyon/Fomortiis far less likely to happen for quite a while if ever....

Reeeeallly uninteresting banner skillwise, I'm fine with the additions of characters, though (except the duo, as mentioned). At least I don't have to summon for Lyon, the unit is called Ephraim, so I don't need him according to my own arbitrary rules.

Well, good. One less banner to be disappointed by its summons 😄

[Official Pull Topic]

Quite the painful summons since last time I posted. Pretty much nothing good. No Halloween Nowi that I would have liked (sure, still got some days, but its all a waste till now, so I'm not having high hopes), no Alm merge, neither Leif nor Tiki (all would be great or new), nothing on the numerous banners since Halloween Hectors banner except for insta-manuals. The only thing worth something, I guess, is a random Idunn on the Valentia banner with the tickets and some few orbs to get Caeda copies (continuing the struggle of my past post). Ouch, those are the times the game really hurts with its blandness. No good modes running atm, nothing exciting around the corner, same old weekly and bad chores (lol at the cavalry quests), and nothing to build up or expand upon.

Reminds me of the dreadful half of last year where I summoned nothing of what I aimed for. Hopefully this won't be a repetition of that. Don't think I'd take it this time around.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I cared so much for her and her +Spd asset I forgot to update my counter... lol

2019 5* count (no guarantees/TT): 103

[Official Pull Topic]

1 hour ago, daisy jane said:

 

LOL i felt like that for such a long time. Caeda took forever to show up for me at times and when i did get her she was -atk which made it even worse. She'll show up for you though, I know it. 

In the grand scheme of things I'm sure you are right, and she will reappear at some point, probably with some Bantu on the side as well. Patience in gacha just ain't my strength tho, that's for sure, so I wonder when I'll start wasting again. I also admit that it is a very weird problem to have.... Hector being mere consolation for a 3/4* unit that isn't coming. What has gacha done to me?

[Official Pull Topic]

Is Caeda just.... gone from my summoning pool? I wasted orbs on reds since I do not know when, using Hector/Lilina this time as a consolation prize if I don't get her.... and I actually got them at 4% while only pulling Raighs, Sophias, Raighs, Chroms, Raighs, Tikis, and Raighs. I wish I had kept note on when I started wasting orbs on red just to get Caedas for my Flier teams.... and I'm almost at a point to waste 20k feathers and grails for this nonsense. Of course Hector is +Spd/-Def (lol), so he might just be Distant Counter fodder, tho I guess I should keep him for his uniqueness.

Sigh.... back to waiting for more orbs on another banner with a red unit.

2019 5* count (no guarantees/TT): 102

[Hall of Forms: The FEH Roguelike mode]

38 minutes ago, mampfoid said:

Finished chamber number 20 and ...

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Nothing? Really?

 

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What did you expect, exactly? You got the last orb, and some useless animation like the "dip in the water" from tap battles would have been as pointless as ever. Maybe you wanted some additional dialogue between Thorr and Loki? Might still happen at the end of the event for everyone to see.

 

[Fire Emblem Heroes General Discussion and Links]

I answered Bunny Hat on today's quiz, because it was the first option, while the video in the tweet had the Finery as the first showcased accessory... so I, like a doofus, automatically picked the first option, which is wrong. Guess, I should care a bit more before answering, but it seems we will still answer it correctly as a group.

[Hall of Forms: The FEH Roguelike mode]

As with AR during its inception, this mode has huge potential of being really fun and a great addition to the game. I'm just afraid they might turn it into trash - again, like AR - if they decide to make weird decisions. Right now, it's the most fun I had with the game since.... quite some time ago. The stamina system bugs me (I want to continue playing all the time, but can't), so I hope they will improve on the mode in the future.

Please, IS, don't screw it up.

[Heroes' Epithets Meanings Compendium!]

8 hours ago, Ice Dragon said:

I think there are only a few cases in English where you'd actually be expected to specifically use the version ending in "-woman" instead of the version ending in "-man" when the gender of the person is known to be female, such as "businesswoman" and "policewoman". In most cases, though, I find that the use of the "-woman" ending is unnecessary even when the person is known to be female, and there are some words where I'm not even sure the "-woman" ending even results in a real word. At the very least, most of those just sound awkward and maybe even a slight bit pretentious. English is not strongly gendered (even if some people want it to be).

Or maybe that's just me and the people I hang out with.

Nah, I agree with both of you. I could have been a bit smoother with the translation and just make it sound right from the get-go. Markswoman is such a niche case, I could have dropped it immediately. Admittedly, gendering words is way more prevalent in German/French, with the latter especially having an increased concern of pointing it out in many job descriptions where it wasn't before. I'll try and be more authentic with the rest when I get to it.

[Heroes' Epithets Meanings Compendium!]

10 hours ago, Sweet Summer Tana said:

It doesn't make sense to me to translate Schütze as marksman in one case and archer in the other. Marksman is more of a Scharfschütze, not a simple Schütze.

The Black One.

I'd still translate that as little or young princess. Considering that Maria is not an adult yet, it is very improbable that "kleine" describes her height. When used in the context of children, it's about age.

For the Archer/Marksman difference. I think I just quickly decided to use Archer on Clarisse to not use 'Markswoman', as it didn't sound smooth when translating with the Adjective. I would, however, argue that marksman is still correct for 'Schütze'. It's not always a single, correct answer. Personally, I use 'Sniper' for 'Scharfschütze', but 'Marksman' works as well.

'The Black One' is correct as well. I guess I thought of titles like 'Gandalf the Grey' and just wrote 'The Black', but I can admit to the correction being better in hindsight.

As for the Princess, that is the reason we paraphrase and don't translate literally in a lot of cases, but I'd argue that terms like 'small one' are used the same way in German as in English, i.e. referring to the age and not the height. Yet again, I don't mind the correction too much, especially since I do prefer 'Little Princess' in this case; a literal translation of small + the possible context of age.

[Official Pull Topic]

A decidedly more enjoyable summoning session on this fine day. After wasting all my orbs up to 4.50% after Fallen Berkut to get a merge for PA!Olivia, I got three 5* units in three summons today. Pretty nice!

Kind of the game to not make me feel too bad about not getting rid of Olivia's trashy SPD-flaw. Sanaki from todays banner (neither green nor blue orbs, so I'm fine with it). Went straight for the quest orbs to pull green on the mythic banner and got Yune on the only green orb from the first circle and Spring Veronica on the second one with also only a single green orb. Very appreciated to get actual targets. Having G Duel Flier ready is nice (even with Duo units coming), while Yune is new and very welcome in my collectio . So I will admit that this banner has been nice to me. Shame about Olivia, but now I might be able to save up orbs once more. Additionally, a Hrid on a greenless circle some days ago is also some fine fodder, while a single merge copy for Myrrh (Myrrh/Nah/Idunn banner) is also way better than last time she came around and I got nothing.... Now for this joy to continue with the new mode, Tower of Forms.

And with that, I passed the 100-mark for this year!

2019 5* count (no guarantees/TT): 101

[Heroes' Epithets Meanings Compendium!]

19 minutes ago, Guill0 said:

about that one I got influenced by the english version and the translator made the matter worse...

please ignore my take for this one.

And do you have an idea about why they used so many uncommon words in the french translation?

I'm french but I had to look for some of them in a dictionary.

As my father always says, 'French is the language of exceptions'. The amount of times there is no actual equivalent translation from one language into French and vice versa is surprisingly high. One has to paraphrase a lot to make it useable (either through "sounding right" or, in this case, to fit the UI) and simple translators are prone to give mismatched results. French, however, has a huge repertoire of words it can use to avoid that, so my guess is that they just tend to dig a little deeper into uncommon words to have a satisfying result.

With that said, I'd never claim to be 100% certain with my translations as even the French themselves are masters at colloquially misusing their own language due to it being rather difficult in practice.

EDIT: Also, as a side note, gentleman for 'gentil' isn't even wrong, but the context isn't really Voltaire's 'gentil homme', nor the gentleman of 'gentilhomme', but more Draug's kind nature. I can see where the confusion came from, tho. French ain't easy.

[Heroes' Epithets Meanings Compendium!]

Alright, here is my take for GERMAN/FRENCH epithets:

World of Heroes

Spoiler

Alfonse, Prince of Askr
German: Prinz von Askr -> Prince of Askr
French: Prince d'Askr -> Prince of Askr

Alfonse, Spring Prince
German: Frühlingsprinz -> Spring Prince
French: Prince vernal -> Vernal Prince (vernal as in 'springlike'. Seeing that vernal isn't often used in either language and it actually keeps the same meaning, one can go with Spring Prince to facilitate things)

Sharena, Princess of Askr
German: Askra. Prinzessin -> Askrian Princess (I feel they changed this one compared to Alfonse only to fit in the title more smoothly)
French: Princesse d'Askr -> Princess of Ask

Sharena, Spring Princess
German: Frühl.-Prinzessin -> Spring Princess (Frühl. is an abbreviation of Frühling = Spring)
French: Princesse vernale -> Vernal Princess (same as Alfonse, can be facilitated with Spring Princess)

Anna, Commander
German: Kommandantin -> Commander (explicitly female in German)
French: Commandant -> Commander

Bruno, Masked Hare
German: Maskierter Hase -> Masked Hare
French: Lièvre masqué -> Masked Hare

Veronica, Brave Princess
German: Prinzessin Mutig -> Princess Brave (yes, Brave is used similarly as if it was her name/title)
French: Brave princesse -> Brave Princess

Veronica, Spring Princess
German: Edler Frühling -> Noble Spring
French: Princesse vernale -> Vernal Princess (same as Sharena?)

Fjorm, Princess of Ice
German: Eisprinzessin -> Ice Princess
French: Princesse glaciale -> Icy Princess

Fjorm, New Traditions
German: Wissbegieriges Eis -> Inquisitive Ice (hard one to translate, as 'wissbegierig' means to be thirsty for knowledge. Looking up for a good equivalent term really only leaves 'inquisitive' to keep its meaning and keep it short, but one could paraphrase is as Knowledge-seeking Ice.
French: Princesse festive -> Festive Princess

Fjorm, Bride of Rime
German: Frostige Braut -> Frosty Bride
French: Mariée des glaces -> Bride of the Ice (originating from an icy place) OR  Ice's bride (possessive form, belonging to ice)

Gunnthrá, Voice of Dreams
German: Traumstimme -> Dream Voice (literal) / Voice of Dreams (clean) - also used to describe a 'dreamy voice', but in the context of Gunnthra, not so fitting, imo
French: Voix onirique -> Voice of dreams (onirique is rarely used and makes it a bit weird to translate, but compared to German strictly has the former meaning of being a voice heard in dreams)

Gunnthrá, Year's First Dream
German: Neujahrstraum -> New Year's Dream
French: Rêveuse glaciale -> Icy dreamer

Gunnthrá, Beaming Smile
German: Warmes Lächeln -> Warm Smile
French: Sourire radieux -> Radiant Smile (not far off from Beaming tbh.)

Hríd, Icy Blade
German: Eisige Klinge -> Icy Blade
French: Lame glaciale -> Icy Blade

Hríd, Resolute Prince
German: Prinz der Vorsätze -> Prince of Resolutions
French: Prince résolu -> Resolute Prince

Ylgr, Fresh Snowfall
German: Frischer Schnee -> Fresh Snow
French: Flocon de neige -> Snowflake

Ylgr, Breaking the Ice
German: Eisbrecherin -> Ice Breaker
French: Vague de fraîcheur -> Wave of Freshness (basically summer breeze freshness)

Surtr, Ruler of Flame
German: Feuerherrscher -> Ruler of Flame (Fire Ruler sounds stupid, and Fire Lord is close, but not quite)
French: Souverain du feu -> Ruler of Flame

Laegjarn, Sheathed Steel
German: Besonnener Stahl -> Level-headed Steel
French: Écrin ardent -> Ardent Casket - This one is weird to me. Ardent exists in English as well, but écrin means something like a box/encasement to contain something - often jewels -, however, in the context of a blade (her english text uses "sheath"), it would be 'fourreau'. I feel like this one is kinda off.. 😕 My guess would be a nod at her keeping her passion in her heart, even in her unfortunate circumstances - her love for her sister, mostly. Ardent Sheath is what I would have guessed

Laegjarn, New Experiences
German: Neugieriges Feuer -> Curious Fire
French: Écrin festif -> Festive Casket (same as before, Could be Festive Sheath)

Laegjarn, Burning Sun
German: Glühende Sonne -> Incandescent Sun
French: Soleil brûlant -> Burning Sun

Laevatein, Searing Steel
German: Sengender Stahl -> Torrid Steel (not far off Searing tbh)
French: Lame ardente -> Ardent Blade

Laevatein, Kumade Warrior
German: Kumade Kriegerin -> Kumade Warrior
French: Kumade ardent -> Ardent Kumade

Laevatein, Bonfire's Blaze
German: Strandfeuer -> Beach Fire
French: Braiser estival -> Summer Braising (another weird one, braiser totally being a French word describes a specific way to cook up a meal, and definitely useable for Bonfire purposes at the beach. One could also make a connection to Brazing, since we are talking about Laevatein and metal being her thing, normally.) Probably the most unsure one yet.

Helbindi, Savage Scourge
German: Wilde Geißel -> Wild Scourge (Savage not being far off and sounding better)
French: Fléau infernal -> Infernal Scourge

Helbindi, Seaside Scourge
German: Geißel d. Strände -> Scourge of the Beach
French: Fléau côtier -> Coastal Scourge

Eir, Merciful Death
German: Gnädiger Tod -> Merciful Death
French: Mort clémente -> Merciful Death

Loki, The Trickster
German: Die Gaunerin -> The Trickster (This one bugs me, as I have learned to use "Gauner" for criminals, as in hucksters, not just for playing some tricks, but I dont think it fits Loki)
French: L'illusionniste -> The Illusionist

Loki, Spring Trickster
German: Frühl.-Gaunerin -> Spring Trickster (same as above)
French: Illusion vernale -> Vernal Illusion (Springlike Illusion)

World of Mysteries

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Marth, Altean Prince
German: Alteas Prinz (not Bräutigam) -> Altean Prince
French: Prince (not Marié) d'Altea -> Prince of Altea

Marth, Altean Groom
German: Alteas Bräutigam -> Altean Groom
French: Marié d'Altea -> Groom of Altea

Marth, Hero-King
German: Heldenkönig -> Hero-King
French: Roi-Héros -> Hero-King

Jagen, Veteran Knight
German: Altgedienter Ritter -> Veteran Knight
French: Os d'acier -> Bones of Steel

Cain, The Bull
German: Der Stier -> The Bull
French: Voix du roi -> Voice of the King

Abel, The Panther
German: Der Panther -> The Panther
French: Écu d'Altea -> Altea's Shield

Draug, Gentle Giant
German: Sanfter Riese -> Gentle Giant
French: Gentil géant -> Kind Giant (one could assume gentil to be the French version of gentle, but it's not quite the case)

Gordin, Altean Archer
German: Bogen von Altea -> Bow of Altea
French: Archer altean -> Altean Archer

Luke, Rowdy Squire
German: Vorlauter Knappe -> Impertinent Squire
French: Apprenti dissipé -> Scatterbrained Apprentice (this one is hard to translate. It's describing an apprentice that doesn't study properly and is chaotic in his thoughts)

Roderick, Steady Squire
German: Ruhiger Knappe -> Calm Squire
French: Apprenti studieux -> Studious Apprentice

Norne, The Volunteer
German: Die Freiwillige -> The Volunteer
French: Volontaire -> Volunteer

Caeda, Talys's Heart
German: Talysherz -> Taly's Heart
French: Cœur de Talys -> Heart of Talys

Caeda, Talys's Bride
German: Braut von Talys-> Bride of Talys
French: Mariée de Talys -> Bride of Talys

Ogma, Loyal Blade
German: Loyale Klinge -> Loyal Blade
French: Lame fidèle -> Devoted Blade

Barst, The Hatchet
German: Die Hacke -> The Hatchet
French: Hachette -> Hatchet

Linde, Light Mage
German: Lichtmagier -> Light Mage
French: Mage de lumière -> Light Mage

Linde, Summer Rays
German: Sonnenschein -> Sunbeam
French: Mage du soleil -> Mage of the Sun

Jeorge, Perfect Shot
German: Der Schütze -> The Marksman
French: Tireur précis -> Precise Marksman

Astram, Midia's Hero
German: Midias Held -> Midia's Hero
French: Héros de Midia -> Hero of Midia

Michalis, Ambitious King
German: Der Ehrgeizige -> The Ambitious (One)
French: Roi ambitieux -> Ambitious King

Minerva, Red Dragoon
German: Rote Dragonerin -> Red Dragoon
French: Carabin rouge -> Red Carabinier (Weird choicee - Carbine is 'Carabine' in French, while 'Carabin' is a student in medicine. Historically, it did mean a soldier wearing a carbin, but I'm still surprised by the choice here.)

Maria, Minerva's Sister
German: Kleine Prinzessin -> Small Princess
French: Sœur de Minerva -> Minerva's Sister

Palla, Eldest Whitewing
German: Erste Schwester -> First Sister
French: Sœur aînée -> Eldest Sister

Palla, Eldest Bun-Bun
German: Erstes Häschen -> First Bunny
French: Ainée vernale -> Vernal Eldest (Springlike Eldest)

Catria, Middle Whitewing
German: Zweite Schwester -> Second Sister
French: Cadette -> Younger Sister

Catria, Spring Whitewing
German: Frühl.-Schwinge -> Spring Wing
French: Cadette vernale -> Vernal Younger Sister (Springlike Younger Sister)

Est, Younger Sister
German: Kleine Schwester -> Younger Sister (Could literally mean 'Small Sister', but in the context of the trio, it refers to the age)
French: Benjamine -> Youngest

Merric, Wind Mage
German: Windmagier -> Wind Mage
French: Joyeux mage -> Joyous Mage

Hardin, Dark Emperor
German: Dunkler Herrscher -> Dark Ruler
French: Sombre empereur -> Dark Emperor

Camus, Sable Knight
German: Der Schwarze -> The Black
French: Chevalier noir -> Black Knight

Sirius, Mysterious Knight
German: Mysteriöser Ritter -> Mysterious Knight
French: Chevalier mystère -> Mystery Knight

Sheena, Princess of Gra
German: Prinzessin v. Gra -> Princess of Gra
French: Princesse de Gra -> Princess of Gra

Tiki, Dragon Scion
German: Die Göttin -> The Goddess
French: Fille dragon -> Dragon Girl

Tiki, Beachside Scion
German: Strandgöttin -> Beach Goddess
French: Dragon balnéaire -> Sea Dragon

Tiki, Legendary Dragon
German: Legendärer Drache -> Legendary Dragon
French: Dragon légendaire-> Legendary Dragon

Tiki, Torpid Dragon
German: Ruhender Drache -> Resting Dragon
French: Dragon assoupi -> Dozing Dragon

Nagi, Dragon Avatar
German: Drachenmeisterin -> Dragon Master
French: Reine draconique -> Draconic Queen

Bantu, Tiki's Guardian
German: Tikis Beschützer -> Tiki's Guardian
French: Gardien de Tiki -> Tiki's Guardian

Katarina, Wayward One
German: Unberechenbare -> Unpredictable One
French: Stratège indécise -> Indecisive Tactician

Clarisse, Sniper in the Dark
German: Dunkle Schützin -> Dark Archer
French: Archère fatale -> Fatal Archer

Legion, Masked Maniac
German: Lachende Maske -> Laughing Mask
French: Dément masqué -> Masked Maniac (Dément could turn into 'Moron', but I think it's more about his crazy nature than anything else)

Navarre, Scarlet Sword
German: Rote Klinge -> Red Blade (Obviously, Scarlet Blade works as well)
French: Épée taciturne -> Taciturn Sword (person of few words/rarely speaks, basically)

Phina, Roving Dancer
German: Tanzvagabundin -> Dance Vagabond
French: Danseuse errante -> Straying Dancer

Wrys, Kindly Priest
German: Sanfter Priester -> Gentle Priest
French: Soigneur altean -> Altean Healer

Athena, Borderland Sword
German: Grenzländerin -> Borderlander
French: Lame des confines -> Borderland Blade

Gharnef, Dark Pontifex
German: Dunkler Priester -> Dark Priest
French: Pontife maléfique -> Ominous Pontifex (going towards Evil Pontifex)

 

That's all for now. I'll continue when I have the time.

Also, the other Fire Emblem worlds are joining in at some point, I presume?

[Potential Feh Channel?]

1 minute ago, Von Ithipathachai said:

But something about this goes a step too far.  At least the playable kid characters in Fire Emblem usually have some combat training.  Lilina here is just completely unnecessary and I'm surprised more people don't find it questionable.

The questionable part becomes entirely irrelevant when one thinks about the reason why it happened. Seeing Hector and Lilina together is pure fanservice that will be appreciated by many. It's a ficticious world that doesn't try to be ultra-realistic and remains, for the most part, super light-hearted, so there aren't many obstacles to make the fanservice come true. This is even more the case with this game, as it is a spin-off, not bound to be as canonical/serious with every step. I would even bet some fans would argue there is no safer place for Lilina than with her overly protective Daddy, that's the level of severity we are dealing with here. Just enjoy the rare moments between characters not often depicted in the main games (main reason they added special dialogue between the two. Some fans crave for more.), if that is something you care for, of course. Same applied to Halloween Nowi, who was just wearing her regular outfit in a witchy alternation, while Bride Sanaki looked cute like a flower girl without any of the weird implications people made about her.

Simply put, it's not that big of a deal and will not make people think it's ok to bring children onto the battlefield in real life.

[Potential Feh Channel?]

They had to ruin the start of a genuinely fun-sounding new mode (except for the stamina, limited-time part - seems like it would be a fun mode to play whenever one wants, with less/no rewards obviously) with the introduction of new garbage unit type that makes duel skills look even more pathetic, stinks of cash-grabbing, and are even more broken in use, just to continue the trend since the very first winter banner, where balance became more and more of an afterthought to keep things sparkly and exciting to keep people pulling for more.

The "it won't affect us/only the whales" argument is dubious at best, as the thresholds shift and the nuisance of all the competitive modes become more and more of an obstacle to play them and have fun with the game, its primary function for the consumer. And if those skills are useable in AR, where you don't need +10 merges to compete, well then....  . Nah, those Duo-units are, to me, as garbage as Mythic heroes forcing me to bless units for one mode, making it a liability for the Colosseum (in my case forcing me to bless and summoner support a unit to Light when I had planned to put it on an Earth team with an Earth legendary and without summoner support; a plan I had to throw out the window, just to keep my sanity in AR.).

As for the rest, nothing bad, just bland. Crops and Dining Hall seems like bread crumbs (The amount of harvested Dragonflowers seems really underwhelming, we'll see if they are even noteworthy). Harvest Festival seems pretty standard, I'll take the free stuff, but nothing exciting to discuss (those daily maps are as boring as just picking up Feh's mail; one just has to pay 15 stamina more every day). Halloween characters are good additions - perfect fits in design/theme for Ilyana, Dozla and L'Arachel, btw, I'm not incapable of praise for nice things. Though aesthetics have never been much of an issue with FEH, except maybe borders of Tier 4 skills, some artwork being wonky, UI decisions, etc., but nothing dealbreaking. And.... that's it.

I hope I'll enjoy the Tower of Forms as much as I'm imagining it. #DeathToStamina

[Heroes' Epithets Meanings Compendium!]

As a Belgian guy (French side) living in Germany, I might take a look at all of them in German and French this weekend or something if no one else is found beforehand. Might be pretty fun.

[Fire Emblem Heroes General Discussion and Links]

5 hours ago, BoaFerox said:

Are we sure they didn't just word it poorly and they really mean there will be only two Røkkr in rotation each round? I feel like battling two Røkkr at once would require some interface changes, has there been any datamines that suggest this is the case? I really hope we don't have to fight two at once, that sounds incredibly annoying.

That is indeed quite possible, after looking at the detailed description in my language (German), they use the word "battle" as the term to describe one of the three two-days periods for every Rokkr event, not every instance of fighting (which I intuitively call battles) . So I might have misunderstood the notification, which I truly hope, since fighting two of them at once would be beyond annoying. I will be patient and wait before spreading more possible misinformation.

Having only two Rokkrs per period would facilitate facing against the optimal foe, so I would welcome it, though I can also imagine occasionally having two really bad picks as well.

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Hmm, Rokkr-Sieges might become one of the most obnoxious things of this game, depending on how horrendously unfun battling two of them at once will be. Obviously we will have to wait, but annoying Rokkrs switching places left and right and doing AoE damage all the time, while trying to keep the minions at bay sounds like a nuisance. I mean, I never liked the mode, but at least I could tolerate it before.... kinda.

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Ugh, I hate to sound so ungrateful, but random 5* aren't really doing it for me at the moment. I just want one copy of PA!Olivia and at least one copy of Myrrh, not the recent free pull Deirdre on her banner, free pull Karel today and random ass Fallen Berkut on.... uuh... I forgot where he came from, but I think it was on the Arcanea banner when there were no greens. I don't care about any of those, especially Karel who has nothing of interest in his kit.

I'd even be content with Caeda copies that have mirculously disappeared from my pool for some reason.

2019 5* count (no guarantees/TT): 96

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Didn't expect any unit in the full circle, but got Ishtar (+HP/-Res, whatever) regardless, so it's a nice surprise (wish that luck was there for any Myrrh copies, oh well). Rest was the usual uninteresting manual candidates (henry, roderick, olivia and uuhh... some healer).

I have loads of dancers now, so I don't know if I really want to keep her, but she is a competent unit, so I'll probably have her around as long as no one REALLY needs Swift Sparrow 3 or her C-Skill (Something Order).

2019 5* count (no guarantees/TT): 93

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God dammit, been writing down this years pulls while claiming to not count guarantees and TT units, but I've had the free pulls from the anniversary in the list all along.... Removing Summer Leo, Dancing Micaiah and the one L!Azura pull from the total number.

Then I add the pulls out of boredom today from the quest orbs (don't care about the upcoming dancers at all, surprisingly), and it's a random Lugh (immediately foddered to Aversa to give her Res Up+). Don't care about the lost HM feathers on him since I now gave my Arena team all the relevant buffs with this last sacrifice. Also Brave Eliwood, making Alm the only Brave I do not own, but one that will surely appear at some point or another.

Still, my counter technically went down this time, ha.

2019 5* count (no guarantees/TT): 92

 

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I'm really glad this legendary banner is super uninteresting for me. Wasting all these orbs just to have another copy of Brave Camilla and to get rid of any -Spd/-Att flaw from the first summon was not planned, but I finally got her again today, and since that copy has none of the two undesired flaws, I can even keep the first one as fodder (though she is kinda hard to use properly for it. Only certain units want Att/Spd push 4, and, through simple bias, I kinda want to give it to regular Sakura, but she still needs either wrathful or dazzling staff and I can't give any lower levels of either skill to her, so I'd have to choose only one and I don't like that idea).

Since my last post here I got a free Lute on her recent banner (I like her, so I welcome her into my collection) and a random M!Grima instead of Hector today. Not complaining here; finally getting rid of his Res-superbane while adding another point in his Att-superboon feels really good.

2019 5* count (no guarantees/TT): 93

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8 hours ago, Vaximillian said:

Pair-up arena is always awful, nothing new or different this week.

I found this one particularly.... bothersome. I agree that most Allegiance maps are annoying, but with Aether Raid being as aggravating as it is I can still dig some challenge here and there when it's not as obnoxious as AR. This week, however, with those crumbling walls pushing me into corners with reinforcments spawning right behing me was quite difficult for scoring high without more helpful assists (screw Flying Nino for example). Maybe that's just me.

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This weeks Allegiance map is awful, at least for my team. I had to sacrifice 2 points of my total score just to have one dance more instead of the useless buff skills, for I was unable to get all kills with the correct units otherwise. I don't mind a couple attempts, but with the restriction of being able to use support units from friends only once a day it got annoying this time around. Hopefully those two points won't be the sole reason for falling off Top 1k, but I really don't want to retry it without that extra dance.