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Well, in PoR, he would have been seen as the sword knight because Gatrie was the lance knight and Brom was the axe knight. In Radiant Dawn, Meg replaces him as the sword knight, but I would be appalled if such a useless, annoying, unlikeble character made it in over literally anyone else.

I think it will be the opposite. As they are having a Smash finalists tournament early in, I'm expecting Smash to be the opener. A closer should be a mic drop. We already know about Smash. We generally know what to expect with Smash. Unless Smash Switch is going to have a huge surprise (like a mode on par with Subspace Emissary) to talk about, it won't make a great closer. I'm expecting to see either Fire Emblem, Pokemon Switch (2019 release), or Metroid Prime 4 as their closing mic drop. Fire Emblem makes the most sense in this regard as they can finish with an announcement that it is coming soon. It could be within months of E3, if not announced for an E3 day release as some studios like to do.

Ike and Soren may have ties to Daien, but they still have their own Crimean-tied faction. It is unnecessary to throw Ike/Soren alts into the mix for Daien or even Crimea when there are still unreleased Greil Mercenaries. Tauroneo would probably be a sword wielder, not a lance wielder. Lance wielding knights are more common in the franchise and Tauroneo has equal ranks in both swords and lances with both in his starting inventory. That said, I find it doubtful that Tauroneo would make it into that banner in the first place. If he is a sword, he'd probaby lose to Zihark. If he is a lance, he'd probably lose to Jill. I would expect Pelleas to be a TT reward because it somewhat fits with his unusual method of recruitment as a 2nd playthrough hero. That could potentially open up a slot for a second red or blue in the banner, thus giving Tauroneo a potential opening.

My mistake. I'm not actually talking about Safeguard in this case. Though Safeguard is a very small example of something that objectively should not be happening - new skills which are identical to and objectively better than existing ones without buffing the existing skills to match. It doesn't actually matter that the color of Vidofnir and Safeguard are different. Weapon stats are meant to be identical to their equivalents on other weapon types: we don't see different stats for Wo Dao and Harmonic Lance, for example, because that would be bad game design. The only acceptable exception to this is if we are talking about entirely different classes of characters: such as ranged weapons having lower stats than their melee equivalents. Vengeful Fighter was the one I was really addressing here. It's one of the worst possible examples of power creep. It is an incredibly overpowered, enhanced version of an already strong skill (Quick Riposte), and it is exclusive to armor teams, which are already significantly stronger than they should be because of repeated power creep. Using it as a justification for power creep in another area of the game is not really a good argument.

Is that really a justification for gross powercreep though. It's a fact that armored units have been getting a lot of favoritism which has pushed them far above the power curve. Conversely, infantry units have consistently gotten the shaft to the point that only the very strongest of them are relevant. They don't even have unique team buffs yet outside of Infantry Pulse.

From Geneology: Levin (deserves Legendary status) From Blazing Sword: Pent Louise Nergal (deserves to be a GHB) From Sacred Stones: Cormag Duessel (deserves to be a GHB) Knoll From PoR/RD: Sephiran (deserves Legendary or GHB status) Dheginsea (deserves Legendary status) Tibarn (deserves Legendary status) Naesala (deserves to be a GHB) Nasir Reyson Lethe Ranulf Volke Shinon Haar Pelleas From Awakening: Basilio Panne From Fates: Rinkah Kaden Keaton From SoV: Mycen Conrad

Want to say: "What an incredible looking world this game is set in!" "A Tellius prequel? Take my money!" Don't want to say: "Oh, joy. They've split the story into 3 games and an expansion pass." Expect to say: "Oh look... it's Archanea.... again."

I agree. But I would then question it: why remake Gaiden at all? The gameplay is broken and basic to a degree that, as stated, requires a complete redesign to be at all compelling. They kept the story and characters in name, but even this was fleshed out and changed enough to essentially be a brand new setting. Why not just make a new setting with new maps at this point? I'd certainly have been happier if they had.

I'm not sure that an actual fun game was even possible. Gaiden's maps were quite frankly so barebones and poorly designed that to make an actual fun Fire Emblem game out of the experience would require completely scrapping the original game in everything but characters and story. Would it even be a remake at that point?

I love Fire Emblem Warriors though. Yes, it has room for improvement, but for someone who plays Warriors games, FE Warriors is in so many ways a step up in polish and quality than the standard for that genre.

Keep in mind that the game may not be showcased during the E3 direct on June 12. It may be revealed during the subsequent 3 day Nintendo treehouse.

I prefer infantry lords. I don't like the trope of switching infantry lords to mounted ones.

I prefer infantry lords. I don't like the trope of switching infantry lords to mounted ones.

I can't believe Ike lost to a Legendary Compass.

Point taken. I had just always associated Pelleas with the color blue - namely because he wears it and I associate dark magic with blue/purple. I avoided Kurthaga because.... I dislike him. I consider him to be useless and uninteresting. I kind of consider both Dheginsea and Altina to be worthy of a legendary slot, and I highly doubt they'd release two legends at once. I also laughed at Reliable Turncoats. I just thought of it and had to post it.

Sorted by banner. My most desired characters are in bold. Yes, I'm aware I have a Tellius bias. I don't care. Tellius has the most characters, and most of them are more interesting than in other games in the series. Redeemers of Grado: Cormag (Sacred Stones) (5 star) (Flying lance) Knoll (Sacred Stones) (3-4 star) (Blue tome infantry) Natasha (Sacred Stones) (3-4 star) (Infantry healer) Duessel (Sacred Stones) (GHB) (Axe cavalry) Heroes of Crimea: Kieran (Radiant Dawn) (3-4 star) (Axe cavalry) Astrid (Radiant Dawn) (5 star) (Bow cavalry) Bastian (Radiant Dawn) (3-4 star) (Green tome infantry) Geoffery (Radiant Dawn) (5 star) (Lance cavalry) Renning (Radiant Dawn) (GHB, fought as Bertram) (Sword cavalry) Heroes of Daein: Jill (Radiant Dawn) (3/4 star) (Flying lance) Zihark (Radiant Dawn) (3/4 star) (Sword infantry) Haar (Radiant Dawn) (5 star) (Flying axe) Tauroneo (Radiant Dawn) (5 star) (Armored sword) Pelleas (Radiant Dawn) (TT reward) (Red tome infantry) Heroes of the Laguz: Tibarn (Radiant Dawn) (5 star) (Flying green claw) Reyson (Radiant Dawn) (5 star) (Colorless, no-weapon flying) (Weapon slot replaced with selectable Sing buffs) Tormod (Radiant Dawn) (3-4 star) (Red infantry mage) Stefan (Radiant Dawn) (5 star) (Infantry sword) Ena (Radiant Dawn) (TT Reward) (Red breath infantry) Dheginsea (Radiant Dawn) (Legendary) (Armored red breath) Reliable Turncoats: Volke (Radiant Dawn) (5 star) (Dagger infantry) Shinon (Radiant Dawn) (5 star) (Bow infantry) Nasir (Radiant Dawn) (5 star) (Blue breath infantry) Naesala (Radiant Dawn) (GHB) (Flying blue claw) Sephiran (Radiant Dawn) (Legendary) (High attack staff infantry)

I would be down for an Awakening remake if it came with much more content. I'm of the opinion that there is nothing inherently wrong with Awakening's story, but it required more time to build itself up. It lacked proper foreshadowing and the Walhart arc diverted focus from the main plot without having enough time to be developed in its own right.

Maybe not. He's a more legendary unit than Jagen and Gunter in universe, given that he's one of Grado's 4 generals. He's also not the designated Jagen of his game (that goes to Seth, despite his great scaling potential). If not a banner unit, he'd make a strong candidate for a GHB, perhaps alongside a Grado Traitors banner (Natasha, Cormag, and Knoll).

How about Duessel?

That is with the assumption that being in Fjorm's family would make him water. Gunnthra was wind. He could be earth or even fire if they want to spread the OC's between elements.

He fought hard, and he will be missed. Totalbiscuit seemed to always be honest and likable from my perspective, and I never understood why he had a hatedom. He was much less of a firebrand than other youtube personalities and would usually take a centrist perspective. Regardless, best wishes to Genna. Hearing them together was always a happy experience, and I can't imagine what she's going through. No amount of preparation can soften that kind of loss.

Which games in particular are performing poorly? Thus far, the only KT games I own on Switch are FEW and HW Definitive Edition.

I used to just snipe the desired colors. However, I find that this tends to not give me the desired units (perhaps the game determines which units you want by what color you roll). It also tends to result in a shortage of diverse units. Ie: I lack in green and colorless units because desirable green and colorless focus units tend to be so rare. These days, I try to go for full sessions. I make an exception when I absolutely don't want the focus units of a particular color (ie: I really hate Nowi, Elise, and most seasonal units).

Very excited for the game. I'll be picking up the Switch version.

Yes, with two caveats: 1) Prf/legendary weapons should have unlimited uses. 2) 1 use should = 1 fight, not one attack. Running out of durability mid-fight is enfuriating and adds tedius micro-management to equipment.