Seafarer

Using Xander without Siegfried is pointless, though. It's not a resource that can be allocated elsewhere; it's something only he can use. It's like saying Lewyn isn't as good as people say because he's comparable to other units if you take Forseti off him (i dont know if he is this is just an analogy). Taking away something that makes Xander good in order to declare him lesser than another option isn't intellectually honest. I like Spear Master Hinoka. Master Ninja Xander has also done well for me, though it requires A+ Kaze.

Congratulations, your hyperbole made me spend five minutes staring at a cartoon woman's breasts, trying to decide whether the artist actually sneaked in defining nipples through the cloth, or whether it's just the way the light falls. Based on the fact that Fire Emblem humans apparently don't even have nipples, I'm going to go with the latter.

For clarity, Reddit says this banner is referring to Close Guard and Distant Guard, not Guard, based on the Japanese event calendar.

I got Darting Blow 4 on Boey and Ragnarok [Brazen Atk/Spd] for Celica. I've only done three battles so far, but the novelty of having these expensive skills available to me is really cool! EDIT: Also this is about a specific mode, so should it be in the War Room?

The thing about this is that most people are really bad at interpreting probability information. 2-RN skews towards human misapprehensions, so actually makes it easier for the player to make informed decisions based on the numbers they see. Sometimes the truth is less helpful than a useful lie. That said, I don't care one way or another. I'm not the sort to get mad about a 99% missing, so I'm quite happy with 1-RN.

Year 1: 15th of November. Year 2: 23rd of October. It's anyone's guess which (if either) this year's will line up with, especially since the monthly banner patterns have changed each year.

I mean... it's not quite impossible. I manage all three of those things (although I only just hit T21 AR two nights ago, so I guess I'm interpreting "rank high" fairly broadly). Speaking of which, I hit AR T21 this week! I had an almost-perfect offence season, only missing one Aether structure, and defence was kind, with only three losses, only one of which was the full -80. Nino makes a surprisingly good tank. Now it's time to relax, switch my defence map to a free win, and be content.

This is accurate. There's been a lot of misinformation floating around on this one. Also, @Dogla this kind of quick question should go in the General Questions thread.

The bolded ones don't match up with my experience: Bernie gets no levels, and Hilda gets +1 (on Normal, btw). The others all match what I've recorded (though I haven't checked re-recruits yet, due to doing minimal recruitment for my first runs). @GinRei The Ferdinand/Lysithea and Caspar/Mercedes Paralogues are not available on Crimson Flower. Nor is the Rhea one. All of these deal with situations that logically don't arise if you're on Edelgard's side.

You get a second Knowledge Gem after C11 if you save all (some? not sure of the exact requirements, since I've never lost any) the Crest Stones.

Nah, they aren't. I did a fast re-run of Azure Moon (skipping all cutscenes), and Sothis didn't show up as an option when the time came to choose S-support. So I picked Linhardt.

...after he proved himself useful with his information. Besides, he wasn't the only commander at the Last Bastion (he isn't even marked as a boss!), so it wasn't necessarily total trust even then. In Act 3, it's unreasonable for them to send him to the front lines against his former allies, because he defected a matter of days beforehand, as opposed to Act 4, when he's had an entire season (canonically 90 days or something - that's in the Valentia Accordion) of providing good intel.

Given that Claude and Byleth both read the diary and don't comment on his surprising age, it seems likely that nothing of the sort was in there. I have an unanswered question about a very unimportant thing:

I was under the impression that the existence of Delthea and Luthier's powerful magical bloodline was a secret known to the kings of Zofia and their closest advisors, which presumably made its way to Slayde from Chancellor Desaix... but I can't find a citation for that. The most likely reason Slayde survived, though, is that, in Gaiden, he retreats and is never heard from again if you kill Fake Desaix. Instead of making two branches for whether a relatively minor villain lives or dies, they just decided to have him live either way and implicate him in something that didn't previously have an explanation (then he shows up at the end so you can still have the satisfaction of ending his smug smirk). And he has every reason not to appear in the Delthea part of the plot, given that he's an obviously-untrustworthy defector from the enemy side. He's not the kind of person you'd immediately throw back into the fight, lest he sell you out as easily as he sold out to you. (We can only speculate on Desaix's motives for not trying to make use of Delthea.)

They used Slayde as a reason why Tatarrah of the Duma Faithful somehow knew where to go to kidnap a powerful mage girl, and he shows up at the end on Rigel's side, showing us he's a self-centred opportunist. Not sure how that's "do[ing] nothing with him". I wish the Desaix thing had been changed to "oh no I shall retreat", since that's popular among modern FE bosses. EDIT: Oh, the sword thing. Well, everyone knows how to use swords, because everyone can become a villager or is Alm/Celica. Doesn't seem reasonable to me to suppose that Rudolf can't; it's just that he doesn't in gameplay because of his class. He must have used a Pitchfork before going to fight Mila. Valentia is objectively cooler than Valencia.

Against reds, like Nah, Brave Lance+ / Triangle Adept 3 / Galeforce Cordelia with base-kit TLB!Mia support (Witchy Wand and Hone Fliers), while Reinhardt and LH!Azura run around handling the reinforcements. This gets 200,000 on turn 7 quite reliably. I'm thinking that something similar with Cherche should work for blues, but that's higher-investment, and I can't afford it right now.

Moving this here due to not being on-topic in the other thread: It is implied that Claude interrupts you partway through reading the whole thing. Honestly, having a scene of Byleth reading all of Jeralt's sappy lovesick entries would have made the game worse, not better. As for his "true" (which I take to mean exact) age, why would Jeralt write his age in his diary, especially if he'd already forgotten it?

Nothing prevents him from having his own weapon and a transform ability.

I mean, he used to have a dragonstone, so they can just be like "this is Xane from 500 years ago and he looks exactly the same because manakete". Or they could make him a Sword Fighter, like he originally was, preferably with an Assist that mimics his transformation ability somewhat.

You said: they keep trying to use the trust fostered between them and their siblings to sway them over to their side but it doesn't work they betrayed the very trust they trying to use *** Leo holds back and lets Corrin kill him, even though he could easily stop them: Leo: Heh, I don't doubt your ability to hurt me, dear brother/sister. Go on. Kill me. End this battle, just as you wish. Corrin: ... Leo: What are you waiting for? I'm not helpless, even in this position. I could kill you right now with a spell. Make your move. Corrin: No... Leo: Why? What's wrong with you? Corrin: Me? What's wrong with you? Why haven't you cast your spell? Then he admits he never hated Corrin, even after they went to Hoshido (bold mine). There's no mention of betrayed trust, only conflicting loyalties (between Corrin and the Nohrian royals): Leo: I never hated you. Not...not ever. I was jealous at times, sure. You were always Xander's favorite. And Camilla...she always doted on you so... Corrin: I understand. There's no need to say anything more. But, Leo...please. Please join us, Brother! Help us put an end to this war. Leo: You're asking me to betray my father. And Xander. And everyone else... How can I do that? I can't hurt my siblings! I won't do it! That looks a whole lot like "using the trust fostered between Corrin and Leo to sway him to their side" (or at least, away from the opposing side) to me. *** As for the rest, that's the point. Corrin changes a bit during the prologue section, then doesn't change on BR/RV. The change from "Garon is my daddy and everything is good" to "Garon is suspicious and worthy of mistrust" doesn't take place in BR, but in C5. I suppose I should have clarified what I meant by BR!Corrin. If I had more time, this would probably be something I'd dig into further, but I don't, so I'll leave it there. I look forward to seeing your thoughts on Revelation.

1. While it felt a bit odd coming off 3DSFE, I got used to it. It usually takes me a while to get used to new FE soundtracks anyway, so there's no major difference here from my perspective. Slightly related: I like the way that most or all of the support themes are based on Life at Garreg Mach Monastery. 2. Uh... The Edge of Dawn, People of the Marketplace, Life at Garreg Mach Monastery, Scales of the Goddess, Beneath a New Light. Chasing Daybreak grew on me, and Roar of Dominion was sufficiently intense on my first playthrough that I commented on it to my friend. But number 1 is one of those first five four. (i really like beneath a new light ok) 3. Haven't beaten Verdant Wind yet, so I'll just say that The Apex of the World is currently beating A Funeral of Flowers. Neither of these comes close to Twilight of the Gods, though, or even Id (Purpose). 4. Fódlan Winds (Thunder) just isn't great, due to the lack of the melody. Fortunately, you don't have to hear it much, and it just blends with the Rain version. Other than that, nothing's been terribly grating. 5. Not a chance. Echoes and Shadow Dragon say hi. Even original Gaiden is probably a bit higher thanks to its strong melodies. Fates, Awakening and even Heroes have more themes that I'll catch myself humming, though they're probably about equal to TH overall.

Hah, how'd I miss that? Thanks.

Something odd just happened. The Heroes' Path wanted me to unlock a unit's potential, so I did my +Atk -Def Thea, but the game doesn't seem to have removed Hero Feathers for the promotion. Has anyone else had this happen?