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    Rate the Unit: Day 44 - Oscar

    in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

    Posted · Edited by Flashpoint_1230

    Oscar....Kieran's rival and a less fun, if more dependable character...

    Pros:

    Earth Affinity

    Nice speed growth

    Has a good chance of capping skill and speed stats

    Can do the Triangle Attack, though not immediately

    Cons:

    Causes chip damage at times

    Crappy speed cap (not his fault, but doesn't help)

    Gold/Silver Knights are less useful than comparable units in other FE games (same speed as Haar, but less strength, weaker weapon type, less defense...etc.)

    Oscar has an Earth support, which is great, but that doesn't always make up for his less-than-endgame worthy caps. Earth affinities are nice, but that shouldn't be the only reason why a character is brought into Endgame. A good fighter, but falls short by endgame due to shortcomings that are not his fault in general (bar the unreliable strength growth, which can be remedied with an energy drop...Though I'd rather use it on someone else).

    Bases: 7/10

    Growths: 5/10

    Main Story Usefulness: 6.5/10 (Won't set the world on fire, but is a dependable unit for most of the game)

    Endgame usefulness: 4.5/10 (Has the potential to fall quickly to SMs, and that darn speed cap...)

    Ease of training: 7.5/10

    +0.4 for Kieran/Oscar rivalry and Oscar's cool demeanor+ the fact that he came back to care for Boyd and Rolf...(Awww moment)

    Total: 6.5/10

    Rate the Unit: Day 43 - Boyd

    in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

    Posted · Edited by Flashpoint_1230

    What? I'm fine with you preferring TBs to Reavers for endgame, but how can you say Reavers deal "passable" damage to Auras, but TBs do well against them? They have the highest beorc strength cap in the game and enough speed to double with Nasir. A reaver with a brave axe is doing 16x2, assuming capped strength (though that's kind of unlikely but that's beside the point). With Nasir that's 16x4. With Ena or Gareth, Nasir and an A fire support that's 23x4 or a ORKO. Reavers with Urvan, Nasir, and an A fire support do 29x2. With Gareth or Ena, that hops up to 34x2. TBs with VK do 17x2. With Ena or Gareth and an A fire support that's 23x2. With the brave sword their damage output drops to 8x4. Yes TBs don't need Nasir to double, but they aren't outdamaging Reavers much, if at all.

    Because I didn't bring any dragons into the final chapter. Nasir got his Nihil ripped off and was benched. And I didn't want to waste BEXP or speedwings to get Ena or Kurth up to the point where they wouldn't get slaughtered by Ashera (happened that way on NM, if I remember correctly, so didn't want to take the chance on HM). And isn't using dragon bonuses a bit cheap? Even when I did bring the dragons (early endgame), they weren't generally close enough to the action to affect the frontline fighters. That's my own fault... I guess dragon bonuses would've helped, but it still only takes 3-4 turns to beat the Auroras and Ashera on HM.

    And Brave weapons? On HM? That gives like a 50% hit chance vs. Auroras/Ashera. All I know is that Nolan had 36 str and 35 speed, and did 17 damage to Auroras with Urvan. 17. With an SS weapon. The only upside is that he could actually hit the Auroras, unlike a certain blue-haired protagonist...Ugh.... Nolan was used to dispose of spirits... Actually, VK, DB, Rexcaliber, and Alondite destroyed most of the Auroras. And Ashera was easier to kill than them, so it didn't matter after that.

    It was my first PT after a long hiatus, so I might not have covered all my bases for HM endgame, but I got through it fine. I was just underwhelmed by "the strongest beorc unit."

    On a completely unrelated note, I was too busy thanking the RNG goddess for letting Miccy cap speed and most of her other stats w/o statboosters or BEXP for HM. Helped out a ton. Let her survive w/o Sothe's support in Endgame, which was good b/c he was too busy almost getting killed. :)

    Rate the Unit: Day 43 - Boyd

    in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

    Posted

    Reavers are among the best endgame clases anyways, so why not bring two?

    Play HM kid.

    Because they cause only passable damage to Auroras, though like I said, their high HP allows them to take hits well. And I'd rather take Nolan for his Earth affinity and better speed growth. Anyway, I found that Trueblades dish out more damage due to consistent doubling and Adept/Vantage/Astra, Rolf puts out more damage with the Double Bow, and Jill is fine for an axe user (with higher defense, too). Boyd is proven to be unnecessary and not much of a benefit. Heck, even Ike wasn't a use with his "I-have-a-52%-hit-chance vs. Auroras." But it's just personal opinion. I like Reavers and I like Boyd and Nolan, but I just found that Nolan was a better use in HM, so Boyd was just...eh.

    Bottom line: Personal opinion, I guess.

    Rate the Unit: Day 43 - Boyd

    in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

    Posted

    Oh, Boyd..... I love you and your siblings, but on HM, you shine a bit less than in other circumstances (that goes for Oscar and his crappy strength, too...No help on HM)

    Anyway...On topic:

    Boyd has a nice HP base and good HP growth, as well as a solid strength growth... Very nice (though Rolf's strength is higher...WTH). However, he doesn't reliably gain speed, which sucks on HM. 18 base speed is just a couple points too low. Even transfers only serve to give him a bit of breathing room, and there's little incentive to use more than one Reaver. But he's good once raised. I like Reavers, and their generous HP stat allows them to take Endgame blows (specifically Ashera's attacks) without too much worry. Plus, BoydxMist is one of my favorite pairings. Honestly, though, Boyd ended up being a good fighter on my PT, but not extremely useful into Endgame (#10 on my team for kills...Ended as a --/20/11 Reaver).

    Bases: 6.5/10

    Growths: 6/10

    Main Story Usefulness: 7.5/10 (Good as a wall w/ his high HP)

    Endgame Usefulness: 6/10 (No need for two Reavers, so....)

    Ease of Training: 8.5/10

    +0.5 bonus for Axefighter and BoydxMist

    7.4/10 ----> Round to 7.5/10 for final grade

    What would you prefer for a 3DS FE?

    in General Fire Emblem

    Posted

    FE12 has Casual Mode and you create your own character. I think that's to attract new players.

    Yeah, but Monshou no Nazo is the most popular FE in Japan, so I'm sure that Nintendo thought it would sell just based on nostalgia alone. I'm saying that even though FE11/12 contain variable difficulties, the gameplay is so archaic that it might not appeal to new players, unless it was their first FE.

    What would you prefer for a 3DS FE?

    in General Fire Emblem

    Posted

    I had expected FE12 to be localized by Christmas, based on FE11's release schedule, but it didn't happen. It could probably be chalked up to Nintendo's focus on the 3DS at that point.

    That being said, I wouldn't give up on it. New Mystery has sold 270,000 in Japan, roughly even with Shadow Dragon. Shadow Dragon sold 250,000 in the Americas, so that's a worldwide total of 520,000 just for SD. Not bad. However, I do believe that Nintendo dropped the ball with FE11 and FE12, as new players are not likely to want to play an archaic remake of a twenty year old game. SD was my first FE, but the more I got into the later FEs, the more I disliked SD.

    Anyway, I'd really love a new 3DS FE with graphics reminiscent of FE9/10. The maps could resemble FE11/FE12s, but the battle animations could be in 3D.

    Friday

    in Entertainment

    Posted

    This song is hilariously bad. :D

    But she can't really take the blame for most of the song's pitfalls (I heard her sing the national anthem on GMA, and she wasn't half bad. It's just that she makes her voice all nasal in 'Friday.')

    So, I just got in a car accident.

    in General

    Posted

    Hmmm... I've never gotten into an accident, but does it ever annoy anyone else when people merge right in front of you WITHOUT using their turn signal?! Or is it just me? Seriously, it's like they're asking me to run right into their rear bumper.

    What grade are you in?

    in General

    Posted

    I found that ACTs were pretty hard... And I thought I did great on the SAT writing essay till I saw my grade on it XD

    Better than me. I didn't do mine till senior year =D

    The ACTs sound difficult simply because they're a different format (and they have a science section) when compared to the SATs. The essay portion is what I'm scared of for the SAT. See, the PSAT didn't have an essay, so I got a great score on it. I'm aiming for a 2200 SAT. Should be doable, considering that I was expected to get a 2120 back in October. Just gotta' bump up that math score a bit (my worst area).

    That also means that I should probably start studying or something. XD.gif Maybe not.

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