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Spoilers I guess? So... Why did Est leave after the War of Heroes ended? Was that ever explained in FE3 or even 12?

You got me, you got me good. Bravo.

Oh it does, and it's actually pretty sweet if the opening is anything to go off of.

Gotta translate, Thracia 776 WATCH OUT.

I, Shouzou Kaga, the shapeshifting master of tactical simulation unleashed an UNSPEAKABLY CHALLENGING GAME in Japan only. But, a foolish translator; wielding an English patch stepped forth to oppose me. *Luxifer Angel patch, Shaya patch, blinkers87 cleanup patch* Before the final blow was stuck, I tore open a portal in time and flung them into the future, where my games are Japan only. Now the fool seeks to return to the past and undo the game that is SHOUZOU KAGA.

I like the randomness of the actual games to a degree, but skills add more to that randomness, and I just feel they're unnecessary. I honestly might as well, since I've pretty much given up all hope of getting Hector, Camilla or Minerva.

I feel bad for the guys who have put in actual money into getting what they want, with no results. Skills just complicate things more than they really need to for me. It's just really disheartening when people who aren't even familiar with the characters are getting units they aren't familiar with or don't want, yet you actually need a certain kind of unit to take on the lunatic maps, you just get trash you either have or don't want. I have literally pulled three Barsts in one day, and got two Odins just now. I like Barst, but I cannot stand Odin. I'm getting to the point where I might just train up the original characters and forget about summoning.

Am I the only one who can't stand how unbalanced this game feels? Or how some skills just break everything? Or how the draws feel like they're purposefully giving you stuff you don't want? I haven't given the option to draw a green unit in probably a month.

What kind of unlockables/post game content would any of you guys hope to see? Personally, I'm hoping for a port of the OG Gaiden for those curious enough to check it out. I remembered the Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles did something like that with both the original Rondo of Blood and a redubbed Symphony of the Night, and since the original Gaiden never left Japan, they could include that for those curious? It probably won't happen, but it would be an interesting idea. What have you guys got in mind?

Thanks boss.

Does Gharnef still leave after around turn 5? And does he move at all, like in FE3 Book 1 and FE11?

Don't forget that Mr. Sable Order/Black Knight Camus himself is the leader of this army. The chapter where you finally fight him is both a huge pain and a great joy to play.

So when enemy thieves raid chests, do they drop their items after defeat or are they gone forever?

Sorry man, haven't gotten to it yet. Busy with college this week. I'll get around to it within the next few days.

Their promotion gains are also really good, so it almost makes up for the fact they're so terrible.

When do you need it? I was thinking of heading back to FE1 and beating it for reals.

You could try putting them on a fort near a thief and just let said thief wail on them. Once they hit level 10, get them a Guiding Ring and promote them, you don't need to wait until level 20 in this game.

Is the exalted time finally arriving?

Found this typo in the beginning of chapter 10. Very minor but I figured I'd bring mention of it.

Luckily my Ced now has 2 more points of Magic than Julia and I have one use of Silence left, so keeping her at bay while someone deals with Manfroy shouldn't be much of a problem. When I get the chance, I'll do some arena rounds with him to get some more cash to get back the two uses I spent. Do staves stay in your inventory as broken items like physical weapons do? Or is it like FE3 rules and they vanish?

Unpromoted Julia right now has 23 magic, same as Ced. Is there really no way to promote her once you're in the final chapter?

I don't have Nosferatu, sadly but according to the wiki I can buy a silence staff in the vendor of chapter 8. Don't items from vendors stay in all shops until you buy them?

Since Manfroy captures her in chapter 10, would it be wise to have her promoted before chapter 10 or wait until after she's been re-recruited in the final chapter?

Well, one instance was in Conquest, when the Nohrian army is marching through the Hoshidan capital in the opening of chapter 24. The citizens watching in fear and heckling at Corrin while Hans and Iago keep them at bay with intimidation tactics just feels very fitting and well done. Not only that, how often are you on the invading side in a Fire Emblem game? For example, when Bern was making rounds in Binding Blade, or Akaneia invading Aritia in the earlier chapters of Mystery of the Emblem. The picking between the family that raised you and blood family thing was honestly fairly interesting too, even if Birthright didn't do much other than make Corrin out to be some justice seeking fool, bent on taking down Garon. I loved how Conquest was the clear morally wrong choice, and everything was done to try and make things work out and they don't. There's genuine conflict going on with Corrin. He/She knows what they're doing is wrong, and they want to make things right, but because of the circumstances, they don't, and that's entertaining and enjoyable. I mean, Birthrout sort of had that, but it was less actual moral problems and more "Oh god what about my siblings, what if I have to fight them." I genuinely wish Elise didn't sacrifice herself like that, that way we could have our FE standard "Long, draining battle with the Camus" archetype.

-I don't think Path of Radiance is as great as everyone hypes it up to be. As a standalone game, it's pretty fun and worth the play, but as a Fire Emblem game, it just feels lacking. Both in story and gameplay, it just didn't do very much for me. -Fates story is not bad by any means. In fact, it's really rather good. Conquest was great and goes into a lot of issues that most Fire Emblem games (at least the ones I've played) don't cover very well or at all. -The original Mystery of the Emblem is one of the best games in the series, due to the fact that anyone can be viable with the star shards and a little bit of work, and for the fact the story is so well written even with its simplicity. Akaneia as a whole was great.