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Seeing as the Pokemon company have made a habit of ignoring the "third" versions in the remakes, I bet they will just ignore BW2. The main exception to this being Crystal with Heart Gold and Soul Silver, but Crystal is also the final version which changed the story the least out of all of them.
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On 4/23/2024 at 1:35 AM, Venger_06 said:
I finally started what take my leave for: Persona 3 Reload.
Still, kinda feel bad for not starting a series replay before it.I'm currently in July but I can already say that it's a practically perfect remake. They fixed all the problems of the original without changing the core of the game, and to boot in general Reload is more difficult and better designed than 5 Royal.OOoh, have fun. Persona 3 is by far my favorite of the Persona games, and it sounds like it is going well for you! I haven't gotten around to getting the remake yet (and will probably wait til a Steam sale to do so), but it is nice to hear good things about it, which will hopefully encourage other to experience its fantastic story.
On 4/23/2024 at 2:22 PM, Interdimensional Observer said:FINALLY began Berseria. Could've started in the morning, but let it pass me by and began sometime after 2 in the afternoon.😅
I played only for an hour-forty (stopping at the first inn)
Nice to see you get past that apathy barrier to actually start a game. I know I have been putting off a game or two for no real reason myself as well...
plus I should probably get around to updating the TeeHee madness linked ironman LP...
On 4/23/2024 at 2:22 PM, Interdimensional Observer said:The entire time outside of the opening, I had the volume set to 0. Voice-acting... it doesn't unnerve me, not sure what word I'd use, yet when a story is only beginning, for some reason, it's easier to get into things if everyone is muted than not. -Not that I should do this, but I do, sometimes.
I know I have a tendency to mute games as well, usually so I can put some other audio on in the background (like a video essay, or pod cast or something). Plus I would feel bad if the game audio bothered anyone else in the house.
On 4/23/2024 at 2:22 PM, Interdimensional Observer said:At a point during the prologue/flashback stuff, I went a step further and started mashing through text, only sometimes catching the gist of what was said. Now, the flashback is pretty short, I was done with it in 50 mins, this wasn't Graces's child arc, which was a tad overlong. Nonetheless, even on the scene that ends this prologue, I was doing semi-furious skipping through text. Which sounds... utterly insane. Why would I do that, when this establishes the lead and what drives them forward?🤨 -Well, I just did.
When a JRPG's story is failing to catch your attention to the point you are mashing through text, that tends to be a bad sign for the story... Although perhaps I shouldn't over generalize like that. I know there are games where the gameplay is what shines so you mash through the story, or it is a story you know like the back of your hands, so you can mash through the duller parts.
On 4/23/2024 at 8:33 PM, Acacia Sgt said:Well, that was fun.
I'm tempted to start Secret of Mana already. Hmm...
I know I love the original back in the day, although it was funnest when I could talk my brother into playing it multiplayer (tragically I never had the adapter to play it three player...). It is the game I think of first for the Action RPG subgenre, and it is a great example of it at that.
The SNES really was a golden age for RPGS.
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20 hours ago, buttmuncher.ops said:
i bet your name is a shoutout to Eldigan. in indignation you shake your head? why i say Eltoshan, is beyond me, right. as you look at my Member Badge, one more time
The Eltosian part of the name is an old translation of Eldigan's name, from before there was even a translation patch that reached the ending, let alone successfully translated the ending itself.
15 hours ago, buttmuncher.ops said:apologies if my tone seemed rude haha. but i really, really enjoi dat dere roleplay my ninja, hahaaaa
No worries. I don't think I followed it all perfectly, but the playfulness of the word play made it clear the tone wasn't meant to be cruel.
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I find it a bit unlikely, as it is rare for Fire Emblem to have more than two games in the same setting, and we already have Three Houses and Three Hopes. If they were to do it, my guess is they would either go the route of Gaiden and look at another part of the world (like Brigid, Dagda, Almyra, or perhaps somewhere beyond that), or the Awakening way and look at Fodlan in a very different time period, like the ancient War of Heroes, or some war far in the future.
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You are a rather memorable member, although I don't think I personally had many notable interactions with you.
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On 4/16/2024 at 8:11 AM, Etrurian emperor said:
The exception being Sylvain who's a flirt because he's the worst.
In an odd way this exemplifies why I find this topic far less interesting. I was trying to remember who this character was as a character that I might mention in this thread, but it is a character I dislike enough that I literally could not even remember which game they were from, let alone what they were named without someone else mentioning them...
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On 4/12/2024 at 3:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said:
I mean, I cared enough to put make her a portrait and put her in my bad guys hack lolI may have to play this hack, although I have never really gotten into any FE hacks.
On 4/12/2024 at 7:13 AM, Nauriam said:I also want to mention Ronan who has a total main character look, but is just hilarious across the board stat-wise. If only Kaga had invented magic bows yet. I think Ronan's 3 movement stars, 3% movement growth, and general silliness is very charming.
Ah a classic. I know the youtuber Mekkah is open about him being a fan of Ronan as well. I have always made it a point of using a different bow unit each run for funsies, so I know the shenanigans Ronan and his high movement stars and growth can get up to.
On 4/12/2024 at 8:05 AM, Fire Emblem Fan said:Another minor character I really like that I want to highlight is Isadora. She's criminally overlooked among the other Blazing Blade characters. She's a really fantastic character with a multitude of surprisingly varied supports, they range across several different topics that are all personal to her and really define her character. She's one of the most developed characters, but it's understated and hidden because she's a minor character and by the time you get her, you'll probably already have Kent, Sain, or Lowen trained up.
I am glad someone gave her a more thorough mention, beyond my little one line note about liking all the Kinships Bond units was not enough.
On 4/12/2024 at 8:41 AM, Saint Rubenio said:The Fates bossmen are funny because I find them all to have just plain better designs than the playable cast of Fates. Same for the generics. Then among the playables, the Corrinsexuals have better designs than the non-Corrinsexuals, who in turn tend to have better designs than the royals. It's like the more important you are in Fates, the worse you look lol
Anyway, all this to say, yeah, Candace is really cool. Again, we need more unconventional designs, body types, imperfect people. Variety is the spice of life, dammit!
Despite not having used them much, I have a real soft spot for a fair number of Fate's capturable bosses. A fair number of them have some really silly thing of note about them, but two I think I will briefly highlight are Nichol and Gazak. Nichol I just find hilarious for how unabashedly and comically evil he is. The man's death quote is literally: "So hope triumphed in the end? Not cruelty? It seems I backed the wrong horse. Alas, no turning back now...". Why this literal cartoon villain is recruitable in any way is baffling in a hilarious way. As for Gazak, I love how he is just casually name dropped in the middle of a paralogue he isn't in, because the noble Arthur is mistaken for this villain because they have that same distinctive cleft chin, despite them in all other regards looking nothing alike, they don't even have the same skin tones to them. Honestly I could add little thing that make me like quite a few of the capturable bosses, but I will stop it off with these two for now.
On 4/12/2024 at 6:32 PM, Fire Emblem Fan said:With Selphina, there isn't a whole lot to go off of simply because Thracia 776 was before the era of support and/or base conversations, and a lot of the cast only got a few lines of dialogue, if even that. But Selphina was lucky enough to get a little bit more. She has a history with Finn through Ethlyn, and her attitude towards him makes her stand out, whether or not the attitude is justified. She gets just enough in the game that I can get to know her character, enough that she leaves some sort of an impact. She's cool.
Another unit I came to appreciate thanks to my insistence on using a new bow unit on every Thracia 776 run. She was the bow unit on my ironman run of Thracia, and she made it all the way to the last chapter, before the last great bloodbath of the run, but her death helped secure my bloody victory. Also, I do kind of like when Fire Emblem includes married characters in it, and her marriage to Glade is an interesting little detail for the both of them.
On 4/13/2024 at 1:55 PM, Etrurian emperor said:In Engage it would be Morion and Seforia, to the point I'd probably have preferred them over their kids. Morion's weird contrast between being a warmonger while at the same time a really chummy guy is interesting, and its actually quite sweet how the ultimate macho man is so loving towards Alcryst who's anything but. I think he deserved better then become a moron and die.
Seforia meanwhile is a character that just seems a ton of fun which we didn't get to see much of since she stays in the castle all the game.
It is utterly baffling that Seforia isn't a playable character. They would barely have to change anything at all, and as it stands, she is just forgotten by the story for no reason.
As for Morion, I find him to be a fascinating character due to how the more toxic and positive aspects of masculinity class within him. It is very clear that fatherhood has brought forth this conflict, for example we can see him push past his obvious discomfort with talking about feeling for the sake of helping his children. We hear about him being a monster on the battlefield, a monstrous beacon of masculinity, but we only see the deeper strength of a loving father. It is a tragedy that he can not escape those toxic threads, as he willing kills himself by walking into what he knows is a death trap (he even takes multiple measure to make sure his death wont materially impact his children...), because to do otherwise would be "cowardly".
On 4/13/2024 at 11:00 PM, buttmuncher.ops said:for riders in the sky, i have a soft spot for Est as i actually trained her against all advice. really needed to know what the triangle combo was about on my first playthrough of my first FE. in addition, i remember that either her or her sisters having some drama with Abel & Cain. by comparison, the royal family of Minerva & Michalis was Always Sunny, I'm Sure
I am surprised I am not seeing more Est like characters showing up in this thread, but it is nice that the original is getting a bit of love in here. Also you might be thinking of how Abel marries Est between Shadow Dragon and Mystery of the Emblem, although thing don't end up going all that well for the couple.
On 4/14/2024 at 10:46 AM, ping said:I'd like to bring up a very minor Genealogy villain in Clement, one of the squabbling nobles in Agustria. The guy has a total of four lines, but still manages to stand out as an enemy that isn't exactly devious, nor this noble Camüh whose loyalty forces him to fight against our hero. He's just an unfortunate guy at the wrong place at the wrong time: He observes a brewing fight between Heirhein (Elliot and his father
MarsailleBordeaux) and Nordion (Eldigan) and prudently decides to see who will have the upper hand before deciding who to support. The problem: Sigurd is present and he won't go until he has seized every castle in a 100-mile radius. Clement thinks there is just a squabble between two neighboring noble families... and the next thing he sees is a foreign invasion literally at his doorstep, he feels forced to defend against it (I mean, understandable), and five minutes later, he has a Silver Sword in his gut. Poor guy. I just think that, in a series full of dastardly curs and noble Camühses, it's beautiful to see a guy who just takes the worst possible moment to be smart and cautious about something.Yeah Clement is a great little "villain", destroyed by what would normally be a very healthy sense of caution. I agree whole heartedly
I guess I can add a few more to the pile here with FE7's Legault. Its his history with so many of the villains so very interesting, as despite his very minor role, his past as a former Black Fang member gives him a boss quote with almost all of them, which gives us an insight into what they were lie before Nergal corrupted the organization. Plus facial scar are a fascinating feature to me that I regularly add to characters when I am able to.
Here is a rare Awakening option added to the mix, with Kellam. I love the joke about him never being noticed, and all the little ways they commit to the bit, by hiding him in the background of an early scene where they know most people will miss him, to the way the enemy AI of his join chapter even ignores him makes it all the more hilarious. I am not the biggest fan of a lot of the Awakening character's gimmick, but this one is a grade A bit, and I almost feel bad for breaking it by talking about him.
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On 3/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Shrimpica said:
O.o wat
Say....
Did i miss a secret here both in FE4 and Engage?
This little secret is hidden where Palmark roughly reaches in the original before handing over the Tyrfing. As for FE4 the only real secret on this map is if Seliph personally kills Arvis, he can wait near the water to have a scene with the spirits of his deceased parents.
On 3/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Shrimpica said:This has been the longest i went FE-less in years. Let's see if i even remember how to FE xD
That is an ominous statement to make in an ironman.
On 3/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Shrimpica said:
He get's bow access O:
Lessgo
They are being rather faithful to Shadow Dragon generals with that move.
On 3/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Shrimpica said:"He got seal STR'D, that sux" i said
Lmao
Your Draug is such a beast.
On 3/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Shrimpica said:>Paired up with Sword master
>Gets doubled by Armor anywayTopest of keks
And Draug evades by jumping in the air (Sniper Animation) with his fucking armor xD
I mean look at this monster doubling everything on top of that strength and defenses (even resistance).
On 3/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Shrimpica said:
Ayy
Wow, giving Mercurius a ranged exp boost, such an interesting improvement. Nice of them to give a nod to its old Mystery of the Emblem exp boosting effect with this one (although they probably got the reminder from Engage's revival of that old effect...)
On 3/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Shrimpica said:Some food arrives...i wonder if i can show off triangle attack 🤔
As a massive fan of the Triangle Attack, I am looking forward to it
On 3/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Shrimpica said:
I love the smell of Triangle attack into Galeforce
OMG, what a way to improve Est, and you could setup some real impressive multi-Triangle attack turns with that skill and some creative unit placement.
On 3/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Shrimpica said:
AYO!
Est still has that old Est-y growth rates as well. What an amusing little unit they have made here.
On 3/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Shrimpica said:
...OOPS
That was a very stupid miscalculation lol...that's what i get for opening doors like that...
F for Minerva in the chat. For some reason i was sure she would survive lol
...Oof. Killing off not only my favorite character from Shadow Dragon, but also one of my most consistently used units that is difficult to replace.
Seems Ivy is doomed to never make it through an Ironman with me.
On 3/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Shrimpica said:
Tfw
...Wow, the man is already a speed demon, and now this?
On 3/27/2024 at 5:02 PM, Shrimpica said:
Canceling Mind control changes clothes?
It is a clever use of the FEH art there, as she goes from the FEH version of her that is specifically the mind controlled version of her to a more normal version.
On 3/28/2024 at 5:41 PM, Shrimpica said:Welcome to Ballista Hell
I thought that was the Wooden Cavalry chapter a few maps back.
On 3/28/2024 at 5:41 PM, Shrimpica said:Took out Paladin on EP, Lena escaped a lethal 47 *phew*
Yikes, another close call...
On 3/28/2024 at 5:41 PM, Shrimpica said:😮
It also repairs all equipemt in a character's inventory damn
To be fair, not all equipment in this hack even has uses, so I guess they felt the need to boost it a little because of that.
On 3/28/2024 at 5:41 PM, Shrimpica said:
Oh fuck. FFFFFFFFFFF. Sorry Eltosian for killing both Ivy and Hortensia. Fuck.
Eh, I doubt I would have used her anyway...although that does now make it literally impossible for me to have a flying mage.
On 3/28/2024 at 5:41 PM, Shrimpica said:They fucking moved over fire.......There was also miracle as fail safe (Lck x 3 here, and hers was through the roof...but the enemy brought her down to exactly 1 HP lol)
Yeah that is rather understandable, as I would not have expected that space to be traversable by non-fliers either.
On 3/28/2024 at 5:41 PM, Shrimpica said:
I love Triangle attack
It really is fun to setup and use.
On 3/28/2024 at 5:41 PM, Shrimpica said:...and i missclick and wait with him Fuck. But i clear the enemies near him.
Another spooky moment, but at least it was early enough in the turn to fix things before enemy phase.
On 3/28/2024 at 5:41 PM, Shrimpica said:
>Boss Moves
Bruh
Taking cues from New Mystery's chapter 2 I guess...or perhaps FE1's chapter 22. For some reason Macedon was always the most willing to have bosses abandon their castles.
On 3/28/2024 at 5:41 PM, Shrimpica said:Afaik reinforcements stop after boss dies.
At least this little oversight didn't end up biting you in the butt.
On 3/28/2024 at 5:41 PM, Shrimpica said:...Secret Shop only has stat boosters...I nab dual Yumi instead.
And I am guessing there weren't even boots there to lure you into spending.
Originally my plan was to do quite a few of the paralogues here, but I think I will save most of them for after I decide which of Veyle or Mauvier ends up replacing Ivy...but I did decide to do one before the main chapter, so its time for Eirika's paralogue
SpoilerBut first we have a bit of necessary costume changes here, which was a good excuse to buy the new outfits, and
I let Rosado curl up with this cute little woolen outfit
And I let Lindon get some similar, but far starker digs than what he was wearing before.
And one last minor change by making our master chef Bunet into a bit of a pirate.
We also have some Arena levelups to get through, first Merrin continues her murder filled levelups
While Timerra gets one that is a bit underwhelming.
What a strange way to describe the last chapter of the game. Usually that is one where things are wrapping up, returning to normal, not changing drastically.
Its even a bit odd that they chose the last chapter to represent Sacred Stones, as I think its the only one they did this with. It almost feels like a bit of an indictment of that game, as the last chapters tend to be iconic for most of these games, and that they couldn't find any other iconic maps to call upon for the paralogue...I guess it isn't as bad as poor FE7 which got snubbed entirely.
Oh Eirika, Lyon was long gone well before you got here, this is just where you removed the monster wearing his skin as a coat.
This is such an odd sentiment to see given the way the time crystal moves things away from permadeath in this game, as it captures something far more resonant with an ironman run with this line.
Its easy to forget that Eirka's ring is both her and Ephraim, so its interesting to see the idea that the two blend into eachother mentally like this,
These two ring changes are a bit obvious given my deployment choices (Louis coming back and getting his ring, with Bunet sitting things out so his ring goes to Alfred).
With Eirika on the field, and losing Ivy just before she could claim the Celica ring, this seems like a good temporary finger for her ring.
And here we have our starting placement, before jumping right into the gameplay. Side note, I rather like that we start in the boss's place instead of the players, with Eirika starting where she should. It is kind of a shame they didn't do that reversal with any of the other paralogue maps.
I open with some longbow chip so that
Louis can...miss the kill actually.
I decide to make sure Merrin covers this front with the fog before committing to a Louis dance
Which actually does get the kill this time.
Although I trade switch him over to 1-2 range before getting to enemy phase
As I stay out of Dragon range while baiting in as much as I can with my defensive and dodge tank turn 1.
And Louis does his job just fine, although is just getting in a little bit of chip
While Merrin even manages a kill on one of her targets.
Although she did leave one for her friend and princess Timerra to kill.
On the other end TeeHee kills one
With a crit to avoid even the chance of a counter.
I have Anna get in a bit of chip and break, but that proves a bit unnecessary in the end
As I have Fogado grab the kill for cantering reasons (as I would otherwise have to move Merrin's fog machine early to escape Dragon range), and
He even gets a crit kill to ensure Anna's chip was useless.
Although I did skip past Rosado grabbing this kill between those two attacks.
Merrin's avoid should be good enough that she doesn't have to worry about the Dragon's range there
While Louis charges a but ahead to get in some chip before cantering out of Dragon range, but much farther ahead than the rest of the army.
As most of the army is still stay close to the starting position.
Merrin is dancing in the fog
While Louis shows that regular tanking works almost as well.
I open with Timerra cleaning up another of her knight's foes, which also commits me to killing a Dragon.
So I let Framme break it, so I don't have to suffer any of its defense ignoring attacks
So Fogado can pound it with heavy ranged chip
So that Lindon can become a Dragon slayer.
On the other front Rosado picks up another kill from Louis's refuse
Anna also goes for a ranged break before cantering past the great wall of Louis
While Merrin goes in to choke a point with the fog
And Louis uses Anna's chip and chain attack to get a more comfortable kill
For even more defense on our great wall here.
I also spend a freeze so I can deal with one of the two thieves racing south next turn.
But there are also some foes coming up the skirt of our formation, so I send a small force to deal with them, and I am going for a bit of enemy phase chip to start that off.
As it halves one of those foes immediately.
Merrin enemy phases are so routine that I almost miss the first of them here
But I do catch an image of the other one attacking her just fine.
Having the boss announce anything is a bit spooky, but
She is just warning us about some flying reinforcements that are a comfortable distance from out army.
Although it is time to deal with those thieves, with a 20 range Astra to snipe the one I didn't freeze (fun fact, I need the 20 range so he could use TeeHee's personal to get the kill here)
Although I need to cut my way through the enemy formation a fair bit to reach the frozen thief, and this opens up enough of a hole
That Louis can engage into the move for the opening chip on that thief
For Rosado to finish it reliably.
Just in case I have Lindon heal up Louis's chip, as he will be a part of holding the coming line
As Merrin is standing right beside him with the fog rolling in.
Although I have left one enemy behind my lines, and while Timerra gets the break here, but I decide I need to deal with the rear before figuring out how to finish this.
So Panette deals the rest of the damage on the one she chipped on enemy phase, but she is just shy of cantering into chain attack range of the other
Although TeeHee can get in enough chip that Alfred
Can get a perfectly reliable kill with TeeHee's personal (otherwise I would have to risk a miss of some kind...)
With that I can dance Lindon into the kill of this last foe behind our lines
Before Framme finishes the turn by healing Panette up to full.
Although Louis is drawing all the enemy phase action this turn.
I open the turn with Lindon getting in some chip so that
Rosado can open up a hole in the enemy formation that lets
Louis circle around back for this beautiful 4 foe Override.
And I do so with the Ridersbane so that Anna can snipe this ki-
I guess a dance can let Lindon deal with Anna's miss instead.
Although with those enemy fliers coming in, I use a chain guard to prepare some enemy phase chip
And I decide to prepare the doubles for maximum damage next turn.
All that is left to do is let the fog roll in for enemy phase.
Louis and Merrin don't have the best of enemy phases here,
Although Timerra gets some nice chip in on her protected enemy phase.
But even with a Sandstorm proc, she was just shy of the enemy phase kill and has to cleanup here on player phase.
Anna then pops one flier like a grape
For about the best level she could get for the weapon she was wielding.
Fogado turn another into pink draconic goo
Although we do also have a wolf to deal with, and Panette goes for a lot of chip with positioning for a chain attack.
I go for this heal to cover a rather unlikely scenario
But at least it get him a nice little healing levelup
As Framme now survives a double miss enemy crit. I an not that unlucky, and get the easy kill instead.
I let Fogado claim the dance for the last flier kill
That gives me enough breathing room to starting breaking through the front I have blocked up here, and with Rosado grabbing this ranged kill
I can press in a little with Louis to try for some chip on the wolf, before missing and cantering back
So Merrin can trade equip him a stronger enemy phase weapon
Before fogging thing back up.
In retrospect I should have been paying a bit closer attention to enemy weapons, as a double crit from these Smash weapons
Could have actually killed him (admittedly that is just shy of 1 in 250 odds, but I have lost units to worse crit luck before). Also it was entirely an accident that a double smash wouldn't break my formation here (Lindon blocks him from being pushed back again, although the fog was probably enough to keep that from becoming a disaster even if he was pushed back again).
Although with the second one actually missing this is even more speculative.
Merrin meanwhile deals with them just fine.
I open player phase by roasting one of these smashers in its shell
He even crits the kill to really show off his creative cooking skills.
Anna pumps out enough magic damage to kill another
I am so used to Dragons not being weak to Dragon effective weapons (instead needing a fell dragon effective weapon 🙄) that I almost forgot this would work. That deals with the other Dragon on the field, and really opens up my options.
I have Louis just pop vuln to heal
Before I have Lindon roast the last armor with a dance.
Rosado goes for some chip on that last wolf there, and the only damages it with a Dual Assist proc
But that is enough to get the chip exp for this nice little levelup here.
With a little more fog thrown around, things are going rather well so far.
Although the dodginess of this last wolf is getting on my nerve at this point
In retrospect, I do slightly regret killing both the thieves before either could open a door, but I have Merrin go for the open here, trusting in the rest of my army being able to kill the wolf.
And I open the wolf hunt by trying for this bit of chip that sets up more reliable chain attacks in the future, and instead get a Hero Dual Assist+ double chip instead
And in similar fashion I only get in 3 rounds of chain attack damage in with this attack (Dual Assist+ is a very funny skill)
And thanks to weird Dual Assist+ luck, this is actually the kill here
And I am pressing in a bit to secure the treasure, and kill the
Freezer sitting in the treasure room.
Speaking of which, Alfred opens with some nice chip on that freezer
This proves to be a bit of a mistake though, as missing the kill and taking the effective hit means
I have to expend a warp use to fix it.
Really TeeHee trivializes the thing all on their own.
Fortunately Eirika's main forces haven't started moving yet, so I can
Grab the loot, and spend a few turns
Repositioning to go for the other chest
With Lindon getting a healing levelup along the way before
Another group of fliers spawns in from the other side to harass us.
Seadall gets a level while dancing my troops around, but
I am waiting a bit before positioning for the new fliers
And I open next turn by opening the other loot door
And funnily enough all the new fliers have magic weapons, so it makes sense to enemy phase them a bit with
Old man Lindon here, who does a fine job of it
Although just like the last treasure room, this one also has a freezer
And with Eirika's army moving, things are going to get uncomfortably dicey here.
This time I engage Rosado so that two elwind hits can't kill, and this deals enough
That a Warp Ragnarok will finish it off
With a lot of hard hitting mobile mages in the mix, and Merrin frozen, I engage Lindon's Micaiah powers to drop a massive obstruction to add a little protection to her
I do still have those flier to deal with as well, but with a dance
I have enough bows to
Destroy them all in one turn.'
And I end up breaking one obstruction with this bit of Fog generation, but she is going to need it, as the enemies will break through those obstructions
Sorry for the dutch angle shot here, but its the only way I can show my whole army at this rate, as we are in a horribly spread out position.
Merrin does fine against the melee enemies, but
The mobile mages do hit hard enough to taker her out, but this first one misses, and the obstructions were enough to keep the rest from reaching
But there are still enough of them to wipe us out, and Eirika has a perfectly accurate super, so I open by trying for this mass freeze here
Which both hits them all, and earns him this fantastic levelup.
And that lets me safely go for some ranged chip from the room,
Which lets Framme grab the kill, with both having the Canter+ to get as far as I need them to for my plans with Merrin.
With Panette only having regular canter, she secures the treasure instead, while
Merrin can get in some chip (which kills with a Dual Assist+ proc from my hero), as all the melee foes in range are frozen, and the mages aren't effected by the fog, and she can canter back
In a way that is both blocking the door, and out of range of the third mage, so she isn't risking death by doing this. Admittedly I did mess up my Panette movement in a way, as I wasn't planning on leaving her in mage range, but it should still be fine
As I am intentionally baiting the mages in a way that should keep them from concentrating their fire, with
Anna in range of exactly one mage (the one furthest back that couldn't reach Merrin)
Exactly one mage in range of Timerra here, and
That leaves one for Panette. Now even if she did proc the 1% crit, and a second went for her instead, she would have been saved by hold out, so I wasn't punished for my minor mistake before.
That is a bit annoying, as I really didn't notice I left her in range of this, but it could have been much worse.
Now I the turn open by finishing the last mobile mage here, which then
Lets me proc Merrin's super to freeze the rest of the dangerous foes on the map.
And I go for some free chip on Eirika here
Which also triggers this adorable little battle convo.
Although it is setup as if I just kept Eirika on Rosado, which is distinctly not the case.
Rosado is just too cute.
Sorry to say it, but your inability to counter is far more embarrassing for you Eirika.
I then let Fogado break her first health bar
For a kind of meh levelup overall.
Now this might seem like a really weak option here, but
I am rolling for the Sandstorm procs, and I get two of them
For a strength levelup on her...thank goodness.
And it is time to press in with a goddess dance
Which earns a nice enough levelup from it.
Although that is mostly to start dealing with the rest of her army, as she is restrained for this turn.
As these two future rules wipe one off the map each.
Lindon is pulling this just because it is the last turn I can, and it is worth a fair chunk of experience.
Before I let Louis break another of Eirika's healthbars
For this hilarious Speed and Luck levelup on the lumbering giant.
Fogado goes for some long range chi-
Or he gets a bit of turnabout on the killer edge by getting a crit kill instead.
This was a bit of a mistake though, as it basically ensures I will end this map next turn, and I could have squeezed a little extra exp if I could delay the map by another turn.
As there is a group of reinforcement on the bottom of the map right now that are mobile.
Also the freezer decide to use a physic instead
Which was not enough to save it from Fogado's bloody bow.
Especially when it crits.
And with a dance he can even wipe out one of the immobile healers.
Although I can't quite reach those mobile reinforcements in the back with enough fire power to really defeat them, with Alfred getting in a bit of chip with his "super" here,
And even with creative use of swap
To squeeze in one extra attack here, it is not enough.
I reach a point where I have to end the map
In a way that triggers another battle conversation
I guess this is getting them a boss kill, so they are kind of right.
Another true statement, as TeeHee still is one of my strongest units.
Fair enough, Fogado generally does a very good job, and I used his engage rather well this map.
🙄 of course they have to inflate Ephraim's ego.
...Boy that statement conflicts strangely with the game, as Eirika having to learn how to handle thing without her brother was a bit of a thing in Sacred Stones. Then again they had to make Ephraim such a Gary Stu that her rescue attempt on him gets reversed into him saving her.
...sigh.
Honestly, I don't think I have used Eirika well enough for her to have saved me all that much. I like how I am using her, but Framme is useful in a lot of way other than combat, and while Eirika help makes her combat hilariously powerful, she often finds other uses for her turn.
...Dragony, Oh Merrin, don't ever change, that is adorable.
Next time I will be doing a story map, promise.
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3 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:
. -But the original Star Fox was on the ultimately-2D console of the SNES, and 64 on the wholeheartedly-3D N64, big difference IMO. I think the choice was justified.
The original Star Fox on SNES was 3D though, one of the first ever, and literally the first Nintendo game to use polygons. It was a revolutionary game thanks to the Super FX chip the thing had.
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10 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:
-You've trashed literally the only Star Fox game that all the franchise's fans can agree is good.
Alright, time for a controversial Star Fox take, but I always found Star Fox 64 to be too similar to the original on the SNES to ever be all that impressive. It always felt more like a remake than a game of its own.
1 hour ago, Lightcosmo said:I actually have no idea. Fox is in it, to say the least, so it clearly counts! lmao
I only watched it played once, so I really can't say, I just wanted to mention it! XD
The comment was rather funny as Star Fox Adventures was perhaps the most controversial of the Star Fox games for the very reasons IO mentions, and a lot of die hard fans utterly hate it for shifting Star Fox away from the genre it started in. My personal opinion of the game is that it is a fine game, nothing spectacular, but it gets a lot of undeserved hate due to it being called a Star Fox game.
1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said:Canada is in America. I am technically correct!
To quote a fantastic video essay by Bobbybroccoli: "...the Canadian identity, if there is such a thing, is one defined in opposition to the United States"
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1 hour ago, Shrimpica said:
Rest is for the weak, Ciel
1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:...But the process of reorganizing these thoughts into something more readable for others felt like too much effort.😅
Even in this form it is an interesting little read through...although I get it. I remember never getting around to responding to Jotari's themes thread for a similar reason. The thread I was delaying this time was just because I had to tell myself to stop gushing and just push something out (which my little venting here actually got me to do with my new minor character appreciation thread).
Also I think I will hide away all my comments on the spoilered stuff in my own spoiler tab.
Spoiler1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:May as well have been a prince then, as Persis looks bigger than Crimea on the beta map.
Oh how much is Ike a noble discord would be gone with this princely revelation.
1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:As for Mist, her Making Of profile indicates Ike would’ve been injured at some point, when and how is unknown. Most certainly temporary, I can’t see it being permanent, Mist nonetheless would’ve stepped into the main protagonist shoes, she was perhaps going to be our female Tellius lead, not Elincia as she pseudo-is, nor Micaiah as she came to be. Given the family mystery at the heart of the Beta Tellius story, her having a greater role could make sense.
I would have been down to have a generation 2 style permanent protagonist change. Let Mist be the new lord after Ike's execution 😛
1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:If the Black Knight didn’t kill Ike’s papa, then what other reason would he have to exist? As the mysterious servant of some figure in the shadows? That’s the only other role he has in the final product.
Thus, without additional evidence to the contrary, I doubt the Black Knight existed in Beta Tellius.
They could have just gone full Darth Vader then, with the Black Knight having the big reveal that yes, he is Ike's father...
1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:(although that’d ruin the perfect Beorc-Beast-Bird-Bragon setup of Lehran and the Three Heroes)?
Bragon...lol. I don't know if that was intentional or not, but I think its funny either way.
1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:Oh, and Beta Tellius has a much bigger Phoenicis, but no Kilvas. The islands that became Kilvas certainly existed, just as part of Phoenicis. No Kilvas… it isn’t that important for Tellius as we know it. We lose a few Raven encounters in the midgame, we lose the rivalry between Tibarn and Naesala, and we lose a Blood Pact. Kilvas as a later addition makes sense. An attempt perhaps to add some flair (along the lines of the Kingdom of South Thracia?)?
It was always a bit weird how only the Birds split up their kingdoms like that unlike the Beasts and Bragons...although you do touch on that a bit later I guess.
1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:We also need to address the matter of how Beta Elena, if Lehran’s descendant, was adopted by him. She couldn’t have been a baby/young child at the Massacre, unless it was further back in chronologically.
Even in the original it felt like they were fudging the timing of thing with the apostle and massacre incident, so I don't see how this would be all that different.
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Now I don't want to anyone mentioning any character you could even pretend to consider a main character or even major in this thread, this for all those Brom, Vander, and Matthis lovers to gush about their favorites minor characters that no one else seems to appreciate. Obviously this is also an excuse for me to talk about a bunch of minor characters that I appreciate, and this is a place for all of you to do the same...yeah might have gone a bit overboard below, but its fun to talk about the units you like that aren't important enough to generally get much attention from others.
Lets start with one that I am probably the only person that has ever cared about them, the minor villain from Genealogy of the Holy War's chapter 4, the mercenary leader Lamia. The vicious leader of an all female mercenary band (the game even brings out all the obscure female enemy sprites just for her little band), famed for their ruthlessness, and being one of the few minor bosses with a unique face sprite (although it is speculated that it might have originally been planned as a face used for a younger Queen Hilda...). She is just plain cool for such a minor villain.
Moving onto generation 2, I have a soft spot for the substitute unit Asaello, the hitman of Connacht. With such a title, one may think I am fawning over minor villains again, but this hitman takes such an ignoble path to help feed the orphans that he grew up with, and has always had a soft spot for children. As someone who also has a soft spot for children, I can kinda relate to the guy. It is a down right a shame that he was cut from Thracia 776, as he would have fit in there perfectly, but they didn't want to imply too much about Thracia 776's continuity by including the replacements...
Next comes a hero from Thracia 776 with Miranda, and with her being the princess of Alster with a noticeable impact on the plot it might seem like a bit of a cheat, but she is not only exclusive to the least popular route of Thracia 776, but also generally considered a difficult to use unit, and much as it pains me to say it, she is. Really she shouldn't be an optional character, as she makes Leif's disastrous attack on Alster make so much more sense. She has a lot of fun spunk to go with her fiery magic, although it is really tough to get her off the ground.
Another Thracia unit, its time to talk about the oft overshadowed Eda. Poor girl had to come with her top tier prepromoted brother Dean, so no one looks at this young dragon rider, but she is still a flier, and a cool little dragon rider, and I have trained her enough to see her become a powerhouse on her own. I kind of pity her really, she gets unfairly overshadowed by units Thracia showers with gifts, and she is constantly putting the feeling of other above her own, following her brother into exile, and in her ending sacrificing her joy to help Altena.
I am going to cheat a little here, as I would be remiss not to mention my love of the Triangle Attack of Ostia, the three great generals Bors, Barthe, and Gwendolyn. This poor trio always gets trash talked, with the dutiful Wendy oft called one of the worst units in Binding Blade, but they can combine their powers into the automatic hit and crit of a deadly Triangle attack. That isn't to dismiss the over protective big brother she looks up to so much, or that loyalist of knights Barthe. What can I say, its fun to setup the right positioning to maximize my number of triangle attacks, and the more restrictive movements of an armored knight just makes it all the more satisfying when you can setup multiple in a turn due to the extra planning needed.
In a very similar vein, I love New Mystery's Axey boy trio as well, with their silly names, and the jokes about people not being able to distinguish Cord and Bord, with ol' Barst as a bit of an outlier. There the lack of the rescue command adds a whole new layer of difficulty to the setup for them to make thing all the more fun, and they hit some impressive benchamarks with the triangle attack as well.
Time for another trio, as I like all the units you recruit in Blazing Blade's Kinship's Bond. I rather like dragon riders, and that split haired Heath was the first one I ever got the chance to use. As for Rath, the quite horse archer that defies discrimination is an interesting mix that appeals to me. Finally a quick word on Isadora, but it always felt a bit funny that she felt more like a friend of Eliwood's mom than him, and discovering her fiance latter in the game was an interesting detail to stumble upon. I know I am rushing a bit here, but I have been rambling on way too long already.
I think I will jump ahead a few games before getting to New Mystery of the Emblem, with another edge case here, of my little prince, Yubello. A bit of a cheat again as he would be royalty if emperor Marth didn't take all the crowns for himself at the end of New Mystery. He is just my little boy, who can be the best mage he wants to be, and I care about my little boy far too much not to mention him a fair bit here.
It is time to jump ahead to the end of things with one from Engage, my Bouchy Boy. He grew on me, I started using him just because he was one of the more functional axe units, but I found a man that loves reading, even genre's generally seen as very feminine like romance novels, and is sensitive enough to cry when he needs to. Plus he has a fun personal skill if you use him after the early game.
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I have tried looking, but I haven't been able to actually find the odds anywhere, and am sadly throwing in the towel. What I do know is that all the vending machines outside the Fortuna Offices have three possible drinks you can get from them randomly (and it is easy to look up which three). As for the Fortuna Offices from what I can tell there are two rolls, one where it determines which three Drinks are possible for them, and then the roll for which of those three you actually get.
On 4/10/2024 at 7:22 AM, Crows n Murder said:With the amount of money you get late in the game, is their any value to repeatedly buying drinks to try to get a better choice?
There are only two reasons to do so, first there is an achievement for having gotten all 11 drinks at least once, and second each drink gives different units a temporary luck boosts, but the Muscle Drink EX is the only one that gives everyone a luck boost, and is only available from the Fortuna Office vending machines, which makes it by far the rarest, but best of the drinks to try and get.
Its sad how little information I could find. This game is so underappreciated, which I am putting a bit down to it not doing a good job of telling people what it is. I don't think it does a good job of capturing the feel of either Fire Emblem or SMT, but instead really successfully captures the feel of a Magical Girl anime, and I really appreciate it for that odd niche.
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On 4/10/2024 at 12:15 PM, Armagon said:
My plan later today is to backup my Pokemon Moon save, transfer my friends to Home, then restore that save. Because Pokemon Moon is the last Gen they can all be together.
The sad consequences of Dexit, so many old pokemon friends can't be together in the newer games...
23 hours ago, Armagon said:Is it me or has this chat been in a lull lately?
Yeah, I know I have been a bit quite...not that I tend to be the loudest around here at the best of times. I tend to be rather socially passive.
22 hours ago, Newtype06 said:Rate my V
I like the fiery red hair, and the sprinkling of freckles was a great choice. Also I like that the outfit looks functional enough that I could actually believe they would be swinging a Katana around.
23 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:I meant to start something else today that'd trigger discussion here, but... delay delay delay is me.😆
I know what you mean, I have been planning on creating a new topic for like three days now, and I keep wasting time, and putting off what will be a fun little thread.
20 hours ago, Armagon said:I've noticed it. It's not just Guardian, Sooks has been gone for a while too. Benice as well even though his name does pop up in the lurking.
Yeah, I miss them too. At least with Benice I feel like I got a sense of farewell, and I know they are going off to college for better things, but I still miss him a bit. @GuardianSing it felt like left out of the blue, leaving mid Genealogy playthourgh, and I was rather looking forward to hearing their thoughts and comments on that game, as well as Thracia afterwards. Theoretically their profile indicates they have been lurking a little, which makes me think it might just be computer troubles or something.
Although on the otherhand part of the benefit of the internet is that you can just become something else, or simply fade away...
10 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:I tried Discord a couple times, the flow doesn't jive with me. Responding to anything written three minutes ago might as well be necroposting there. Toofastformewhocanspendanhourwritingameticulouswalloftextheretokeepup.
Yeah I know what you mean. Discord is far too quick for me, about the only thing I use it for is voice chat with IRL friends where some are too far away to meet.
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Dratini has always been my favorite pokemon, I even dressed up as a Dratini for Halloween once as a little kid, and have a very old plush, and even a Dartini hat that is now way too small for me. They are the first baby dragons, and such a little cutie, and I love them.
Another favorite is Umbreon, which is still my favorite of the eeveelution. I named one of cats as a kid Umbreon, and she was a real sweetheart, and the pokemon will always make me think of her.
I have a soft spot for the 6 Smeargle challenge (first saw Pikasprey do that one, and tried two for myself), and I still think of my favorite little Smeargle, ol' Euripides. I was naming each of the Smeargle after different notable masters of different art forms, as this poor Greek playwright of a Smeargle was the one stuck with just charm as his first move, and it made him the absolute hero of the team, often having to sacrifice himself to ensure our team of artists could make it though tough early game fights.
I have a very soft spot for Dunsparce as well, due to a Crystal Nuzlocke, where I lucked into the 1% Dunsparce encounter at the very beginning. It being a female when I had a naming theme of Zelda characters, it felt like destiny, we had Zelda the Dunsparce, and I decided then and there to try and make her the hero of the team, and much to my surprise, I discovered that Dunsparce is actually excellent in Gen 2 early game. Rage is secretly a busted move in that gen, and she wrecked the first 3 gyms easily thanks to that, adding dig was enough to crush gym 4, and with a bit of careful team support, she was able to carry us all the way to the last Gym, although due to some technical issues, I never did finish that run (I was using a kind of janky DS emulation of GB game, which janked out a little bit when preparing for gym 8...)
I have a bit of a soft spot for Slugma and Magcargo for two reason, the simplest of which is that my first wild shiny I caught was Magcargo (in Heatran's den), and it was my favorite starter from what is my favorite Pokemon hack, the Pokemon Emerald Trashlocke hack, which simply made the game harder by just changing which pokemon to are available at each part of the game to pokemon that are rarely used for being weak (and keeping you from access the TMs from the game corner).
Honestly, I could keep naming a bunch of gen 2 pokemon, it is my favorite generation, and there were a lot of fun pokemon added that gen, plus they didn't feel the need to powercreep everything back then so they could just be a bunch of weird little pokemon. I do mean this, I am willing to go to bat for a LOT of gen 2 pokes, almost all of them are fantastic little guys, and I am showing significant levels of restraint here.
Togekiss became another favorite of mine thanks to Sunnyside, a Serene Grace Para-flinching Togekiss, which was just a fun thing to play with, and a hero of my HeartGold playthrough. Heart Gold was such a love letter to Johto, and Sunnyside the Togekiss is a memorable part of that lovely experience.
I need to mention what I originally called my Z-Team, as I was planning on using a team with one of my favorite pokemon for each generation for the 6th gen game that never was. Fortunately I got impatient, and fell in love with how diverse the pokemon available in Kalos were, that let me make the team without much serious transfering (and breeding). It was a combination of good, and favorite little pokes, and each are a line worth mentioning with the end team having Dragonite for Gen 1 (and I have already gushed about my fav Dratini), Tyranitar for gen 2 (it was one of my brother's favorite's of the generation, and it makes me think of him), Gardevoir for gen 3 (honestly it is a shame how horny weirdos have made people so judgmental about liking Gardevoir), Rotom for gen 4 (I am a fan of ghost types, and this ghost in the machine is so cool with their multiple forms, and it earned its extra prominence with the Rotom-dex), Volcarona for gen 5 (this moth of the sun is really cool, and even as a little Larvesta those flame like offshoots combines a coolness with its natural cuteness), and last, but for a certainly not least, Aegislash (little Honedge is so cool, and as the kind of nerd that liked swords, a haunted sword is a pokemon that is right up my alley).
Goomy is a friend shaped blob of goo of my favorite type, which made me a big fan from the start, and Legends Arceus making them a secret slug Drgaon is great, love that line of adorable goo(f) balls 😛 .
Klefki gets complained about way too much for such a cute little goofball, and I will defend the little keyring. People would lambast them as a sign of Pokemon running out of ideas when the first generation had things like Magneton...
Rowlet might be my favorite starter at this point. That cute little leaf bowtie on that adorable little owly boy is the best, and them becoming a ghost archer, it feels strangely linked to me. Getting to use them again in Legends Arceus was just icing on the cake for the little hero.
I can't help it, I am going to add even more weird dragon types to the list with the lovable bully burning Drampa, the dragon grampa that makes everyone think of Falkor and randomly normal type.
Mimikyu is a pokemon I have such a soft spot for. The little ghostie fella just wants everyone to love them like they do Pikachu, and I am ready to give them the biggest hugs, and all the praise for the little cutie.
The fact that they made multiple apple dragons feels like a present just for me, but I want to just emphasize my favorite of them, the utterly absurd Appletun, the applepie Dragon. I love that goofball so very much.
As many complaints as I have about gen 8, they went out of their way to make multiple pokemon just for me, with Sinistea as another cutie. I live on tea, and ghost is my second favorite type...
I love weird Dragon types, so Tatsugiri, the Sushi dragon is such a pokemon made for me. The little cuties even have different forms with such bold personalities to their designs, I just love the little things. Heck they even got a notable appearance in the plot of gen 9.
I am sure I could find even more pokemon to gush about if I tried, but this seems like fair number to bring up for now.
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Time for some controversial Pizza opinions, Pizzas are at there best when there are both meat and vegi/fruit/mushrooms, when it is a more rounded meal. Really the only wrong way to make a Pizza is when you forget to put all the tasty things on it by pretending a cheese pizza is a real Pizza. Also what is probably my favorite basic Pizza is a Hawaiian plus bacon, so that is where I lie on the Pineapple debate 😛
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On 3/31/2024 at 11:48 AM, Imuabicus der Fertige said:
I propose the erasure of the Skill/Dex stat in future entries.
It serves no other purpose than a lil boost to hitrate, a lil bit of crit and the activation rate of skills, the first of which is dictated by weapon stats and weapon ranks, the second is, well, also tied to weapons and more to wepaon ranks and activation rate for skills... lmao. IS isn´t leaning hard enough into activation rates to not require stupid amounts of investments to make them worthwhile.
Removing it would make weapons and weapon ranks more meaningful and would either force the removal of procc skills, or having them be reworked, maybe in a system that involves activation boosts like Quixotic or new one, again, tied to weapons. All the things it does, something else holds more or the same amount of sway over and the one thing it does have going for itself (well, outside of Luck procc skills) is just kinda not great. As such, why not get rid of this redundant survivor of the 1990s? Lay ´em to rest.You could give this idea a bit of a test run by hacking every unit in S.o.V into a magic class (or just hack as many pitchforks as you need to do that, or just only using magic units I guess although that is a bit restrictive), as the accuracy of magic in that game is untethered from skill.
On 4/3/2024 at 10:12 AM, Zapp Branniglenn said:I'm sure they can think of some way to make Skill as good as the other stats, point for point.
Although I think it is time to drop an unpopular opinion here, I don't think all stats need to be equally valuable. How many points of defense equals a point of speed is a silly question, even if one of them is generally better than the other, because we don't play these games in general, we are forced to play with the specific things we have. As long as there are situations where the less useful stats have a solid use it all ends up alright. Take what are generally seen as the two worst stats, luck and skill, starting with skill. Having too little skill is still a notable detriment of reliability as you suddenly risk misses that you might otherwise need, and against particularly dodgy enemies (or those that are taking advantage of strong terrain buffs) you will really appreciate the extra accuracy, plus being able to get a timely crit is more useful in practice than it sounds like on paper. As for luck, the ability to avoid crits can be utterly vital against some enemies, and having a luck low enough that generic enemies have small crit chances against you, suddenly pushes an otherwise great enemy phase unit into a more passive role. These stats have their uses even when they aren't always appreciated.
20 hours ago, Imuabicus der Fertige said:By removing DEX/SKL and correspondingly elaborating on a Weapon Rank/Weapon Triangle System, Weapon stats (Really? +5 hit diff, per ranks?) and more elaborate skill systems you´d make CHOICE more interesting, rather than the brittle swiss army knife stat Dex currently is, which can be increased by, oh boy, +2/5 and whatever Rallie we want to use.
How would this change make choices more interesting in any way? It sounds like you just limit the amount of choice you have by removing the ability to use units with skill stats and weapon levels that differ from eachother. A unit that has more weapon options but is less reliable vs a unit with more restrictive weapon options but is more reliable with chances for extra damage is the interesting choice this change would removing with this change.
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14 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:
And without that daydream, now I'm just left feeling some despair, some frustration at having broken my self-promised "book something" end-of-the-month deadline. I found what seemed like a perfect counselor that'd put me on the assembly line to speedy existential contentment- explicitly expertise in helping autistic people with life transitions, yay!😄 ...But my insurance ended up being a form of Medicare despite the private company name on it. And Medicare being gov't insurance means it ends up rejected by many therapists, including The One.☹️ I only have myself to blame, since if I had a job with private coverage, I likely wouldn't have been rejected ...but would I even be in this situation, then?
🫂 Its a shame to hear how the American medical system screwed you. Hopefully you find the help you need soon.
12 hours ago, Capt. Fargus said:Daughter checks into the hospital sick. Mom visits every day for about 4 days. Daughter’s friends call mom April 1st and say her condition took a big turn for the worse and daughter died. Mom gets to the hospital and they all appear and say April fools
Mom hasn’t spoken to daughter for 2 years
Little brat needs the shit slapped out of her for that prank IMHO
Some people can just take a joke too far, to the point where it is just plain cruel. It reminds me of a story where a few guys pranked one of their friends who was having enough financial problems that he was on the verge of losing his house, into believing he had won enough prize money to save things...
11 hours ago, Acacia Sgt said:TIL that Lumera also follows the wine/grape naming theme that Lythos has. As her Japanese name, Lumiere, is also a Wine Brand. In Japan, despite the French name.
Château Lumière | Winery (vivino.com)
Now, remember that one-shot I wrote, where I gave Alear a half-Fell half-Divine daughter? Aurora was the name I choose. I chose it for its meaning/ties to light, as Lumera's name is. Well, it turns out...
Turns out there's a grape also named after Aurora. And get this, it's a hybrid grape.
You couldn't have written it better even if you tried.
10 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:However! Starting in the late 1850s, something nightmarish-yet-fascinating-in-retrospect happened in Europe. A species of aphid called "phylloxera" crossed from North America to Europe, and began devouring the roots of Old World grape vines. In about a decade-and-a-half (into the early 1870s), French vineyards began suffering grapevine casualties upwards of 50%. Since these vile bugs were native to the Americas, European vines had no resistance. It was a crisis threatening the existence of the entire wine industry. While some employed harsh chemicals to stave off the devouring swarms, what proved most successful was something very different. They would graft American grape roots to European grapes. North American grapes had evolved resistance to phylloxera, and phylloxera only attacked the roots. Grafting roots did nothing to affect the flavor of the traditional European wine grapes, so it was a win-win. Though some opposed grafting, it is indisputable that American bottoms + European tops is what saved the global wine industry from extinction.🍷
What a fun little bit of historic information on a topic I had heard nothing about before. It reminds me of why I like video essays so much, they are often filled with such random information.
10 hours ago, Shrimpica said:it's 17 months, right?
Right?
The pandemic so thoroughly broken my sense of time that I am tempted to believe that.
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22 minutes ago, Crows n Murder said:
I can ask questions here, right? I'm new, scared, and want to know how to use spoiler tags. Speaking of things I don't know, is their an efficient way to search for things? I don't think trawling through every post on this site is humanly possible, but I don't want to ask so many questions I annoy people... (・・;)
I will start by saying that I only use this site on the computer, so I don't really have the know how to explain things if you are using the site with mobile, but I will help as much as I can.
Spoiler tags are rather easy to use, if you hit the little eyeball symbol at the top of the box you type your response in, it will create a spoiler box for you
SpoilerThis is some example text.
Like seen above, and you can click on the space within the box to start typing within it to create the text that the spoiler box will hide. If you see one in a post you just have to click on it to expand it out to reveal its contents.
As for searching, there is search bar near the top of the screen on computer, which you can use to search the forum (which does make me think you are on mobile...sorry I can't be much help there)
Finally, you don't have to worry as much about annoying people with questions on the forums, a lot of us are plenty happy to help out, so feel free to ask.
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19 hours ago, Acacia Sgt said:
Ah, I always wanted to play Ghost Trick. So yeah, quite convenient it did got ported to Mobile/Steam.
It comes highly recommended from me.
6 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:I've never actually played the game though, I guess I unthinkingly thought it was just not my kind of thing. ...But curiosity did lead me to read a summary of it years later, so the spoilers are fully known to me. -Though there always is the "it's not about the destination, it's about the journey" silver-lining spin.
Knowing the spoilers ahead of time is definitely going to change the experience in an interesting way, as the game is very, very, very aware of where it is going, and drops innumerable cute little hints that you only really get if you know the spoilers ahead of time. You really get an appreciation for how cleverly it uses the narrator being unreliable to both establish, and keep the rules of the world consistent, while still letting the narrator's assumptions mislead you. There is something magical about getting to the end of it blind, but there is also a lot to appreciate playing it with foreknowledge as well.
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23 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:
Not sure what to start/play today. My 🐶 is feeling okay now with the help of medication, though it's obvious their days are numbered and what exactly will end them. So I feel like I can start something new that isn't pure-gameplay and not have it contaminated by the sting of loss. Yet I'm still undecided.😅
Hopefully the little friend has a comfortable end.
Morbid as it sounds dogs and mortality makes me think of Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, a fantastic little game with my favorite videogame doggie in it (the little Pomeranian is literally my favorite character in the whole game). If you haven't played it before, it is well worth playing, and in spite of being one of the best games nobody played in its original DS release, it has gotten a odd revival after the fact with well received releases on Steam and on smart phones.
16 hours ago, Lightcosmo said:Reverie update says "rebalance English voice lines". Like, what does that mean? Were some voices too game-ruining?
Presumably they mean rebalance the audio of the voice lines. In all likelihood that means the voice lines were either way too quiet, or way too load compared to the music and sound effects before, or perhaps that the volume of differing voice lines were too inconsistent with eachother etc.
15 hours ago, BrightBow said:And maybe pref weapons not breaking at 0 durability is a thing now?
That would be a very nice improvement for that game, and how good the pref weapons tend to be...
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Alright, I decided to save more paralogues for the next stretch, its time to finally reach the next checkpoint.
SpoilerTime for a few things that I have put off for too long.
First off with some forges...although on second thought, I think I will skip over the rest of the forging images, as they aren't all that interesting. I end up boosting this knife, one of my Longbow, a Radiant bow, and Ivy's Fire tome.
I also finally get around to dressing up the old people. Usually I like giving people glasses, but I like the way the colors of the mask go with this emerald coat on old man Lindon over here, and the white lining fits with his white hair as well.
I end of giving this snowy lady this nice little snowy outfit for her.
I also decide to change up Rosado's fashion again for funsies. As you might be able to tell, I think the Solmic fashions go well with Rosado, although thinking about it after the fact, perhaps I should go with a more Elusian style in honor of lost friends...
Alas this is the only arena level up I get this time. I do end up having a bit more prep to do, but what really got that started was a good long look at my ring choices, so we have a little bit of story to get through first.
With Zephia scolding the two hounds we let scamper off with their tails between their legs.
Good point Griss, but she didn't even manage to steal any, so its just losses all around.
You sweet summer child
...that gets immediately bitch slapped by Zephia, so I suppose in a sense you were right, as your punishment is coming from her and not him.
Nice clap back there Marni
But Zephia is really trying to push all the blame onto Veyle, when she is the one that was tricked. Admittedly the fact that Veyle's voice gave the trick away before the reveal (thus preventing me from being fooled) may be skewing my opinion of it a bit.
Alas Mauvier's attempt to take all the blame
When he very, very obviously doesn't deserve it, fails to accomplish anything, both of them are to be punished
And Zephia was a liar the whole time, so he couldn't have protected Veyle with his failed martyrdom even if he wanted to.
Press X to doubt kids, because I certainly don't believe this off screen excuse for her actions with the magic hat.
You saw it here first, that giant magical fire attack leaves our punished hounds just "out cold". I guess she set the giant incinerating fireball magic to stun or something...
You would think Mr. Salivating for punishment over here would learn that fucking up gets him what he wants after that display, but
He does his job to a t, as the loser TeeHee is about to be unmasked by this goon.
Don't worry TeeHee, facing Veyle is next chapter 😛
It is nice to see our protagonist trying to learn from their mistakes, although as we will see next checkpoint, that theoretical caution doesn't end up amounting to much.
Although that is a nice bit of callback, to reminisce over the last emblem to return.
Again it feels like these moments should be preparing for the chapter after this one, but perhaps they thought it would be too on the nose to get this foreshadowing immediately before the big defeat. Also, while I get that they mean we haven't recovered all the Emblems lost that day, we have recovered and grown stronger in a lot of other ways, so this feels a little flat.
Time for another big battle of just corrupted and hounds, now with more Fog of War instead of nasty Miasma,
I guess this is a bit of a homecoming for Ivy, but with all the people that make the place home absent, it certainly doesn't feel that way.
It is nice to see Griss so up front about the fact that we get Celica back by defeating him this chapter. No guessing if they will escape with or without the ring this time.
Although it is getting to the point that we are basically overwhelming them with our ring advantage at this point.
Take a chill pill on the suicide threats there Grisle...
It is getting a bit old how they all insist talking about Veyle has to wait til after the battle, but I guess I better get to it...or at least get to my more last minute prep work
Because it is time to take a long hard look at my party, and realize that the unit that makes the most sense to add to my army after Zelkov's death is actually Lindon. I put it off for a bit (as I have my army set for max deployment, and we are still at least one chapter away from that being the norm), but looking at who would make good use of the Micaiah ring really cemented it. Framme has Eirika for the funny punchy powers, I am saving Celica for Ivy, and putting Micaiah on anyone without a staff rank means I can't use her powers for Rescue and Warp staff uses. Additionally I have been really wanting another magic focused attack, and having a third healer for the three lane back to the future map makes sense from a army composition perspective anyway (the very three lane focused miasma chapter had that feeling too, although I cheesed one lane with the fog to ignore that issue in the end). I guess this decision may be making @Saint Rubenio day a bit.
This ring change up is probably expected, and showing that Rosado is being deployed this map
I am not sure if this will end up being Roy's final wielder, but it made a bit of sense with who I am deploying this chapter
Whereas this ring change up is more a result of the rather limited (comparatively) deployment slots, as there is only one slot more than Emblem rings at the moment, and giving the dancer an extra point of movement (and even more with an Engage if I need it) is a use for Sigurd here.
Speaking of which, this is the deployment I decide upon for this chapter.
Although I go back and get Canter+ on all those that can afford it, most notably I got it on Framme, Seadall, Fogado, Rosado, Lindon, and of course TeeHee.
I do fiddle a tiny bit with starting position as well
Sadly Griss's taunt is only true the first time
As he vanishes into the darkness...
But as a Micaiah boosted Illume reveals
He appears in the same Sombrom be damned place every time.
After marking his range, I open by breaking this hard hitting axer
Add in a bit of chip with Rosado before
finishing with Timerra
There is also this horse mage solidly in Griss's attack radius, and with Fogado being the only one with the range and canter+ to attack him and escape Griss's attack-warp radius, that means I start with this round of chip (which chronologically happened before I killed the axie, but it makes more narrative sense to...)
It makes sense to use the dance to have Fogado finish it all in one go (...show both attacks together rather than split like how I did it in the gameplay).
On the other side, I have Bunet go for the opening hit on this swordie
But after literally all the attack made so far miss him, I am starting to worry this guy might survive the player phase
I guess I can forgo fogging to finish things with Mer-
I guess TeeHee just had to come in and laugh at my worries with this crit kill here.
Sadly the fogging I earned hinder my foes movement enough that there will be no enemy phase action today
Although some thieves did spawn in to keep me moving
And not all our foes are idle, as this bulk crit axe has come close enough for Panette to go for another break
In retrospect, this was a bit of a wasted attack, as-
Oh right, the battle convo first. Well in this case filling you with arrow holes doesn't really fit any of those guesses, but the real kill would probably fit the mash as
With double reposition support
Framme can punch a whole health bar away by her lonesome.
Which breaks a purple gem to boost Griss, but also
Ends the game of hide and seek before it even begins. They should had a few possible starting positions for him, which he would randomly be at, to at least make it a little more interesting on future playthroughs, as that rather fun little mechanic is to easily bypassed otherwise.
Timerra can then put the original well drop to good use killing the crit axe
Or would have if all the chain attacks hits, so instead ol' Lindon has to finish things.
On the other side Bunet is proving it is just not his day with another miss.
So TeeHee has to deal with the puncher
With another flashy crit to make up for all the ones Bunet has been missing this map.
But I finish the turn using my dance to get in enough chip on this silver puncher to
finish it on enemy phase, after some nasty punch damage.
I open next turn with a trap I was planning for the enemy entrap staff since the preps
Timerra then gets the break on this blader
Although Panette squanders the free hit from the break with a miss
So I use some ranged magic chip
And Fogado's deadly arrows to finish things.
On the other front TeeHee gets in some heavy chip on a swordie
And when the chips are down, Bunet finally pulls through with the kill.
I also use a Great Sacrifice for the exp (which also gets a little extra healing exp on Framme as well)
I am probably playing things a bit too safe on this side
While again the fog is too restrictive to allow any enemy phase on the other size.
The entrapper takes the bait, but in hindsight
I should have equipped Ragnell for more defense
As the magic damage enemy doesn't actually attack Rosado...although with them needing three crits for the kill (~1 in 4000ish odds) its not the biggest deal.
At least the dagger can't actually hurt us.
Now I open the turn by refilling Lindon's Engage Gauge, dancing him, so he can then
Engage Micaiah to warp this little army in
Although the kills here are a little dicier than I would have liked, Ivy hits this one
And Timerra gets the one Sand Storm proc she needs for this one
Which lets Rosado go for the easy kill on the entrapper
With Fogado finishing off the Wolf. Phew, that was a lot tighter than I thought it would be.
But I got all the kills I needed in the east
While Merrin is fogging up the west.
Although the thieves had raided their first treasures. Depending on where they escape to, thing could get a bit tight here...
I guess this is some safe chip
And it gets Merrin this fantastic levelup from it.
She even lucks into some extra chipping with this crit here.
Before slaughtering the horse mage.
Come player phase TeeHee can finish the critted Great Knight with effective damage
For even more speed on the levelup
I then proceed to make a bit of a mathematical error here as
Even with the TeeHee, and poison bonus on all the hits, the effective damage All for One at the end is still 1 damage shy of the kill.
Lindon gets his first levelup using another Illume staff
Although my first real action in the east is still rolling the dice as
The Dual Assist+ proc here was necessary for the kill.
Not surprisingly this misses...sigh, I guess it is time
To call in the doubles.
Its not exactly my best end of turn, but
The doubles soak up a hit
The Great Knight gets a free break on Bunet,
While the rest of the chests are raided, so I need to push on player phase
With Merrin pressing in deep with the fog
I wonder why this guy didn't go for the break on TeeHee during enemy phase.
Well, Bunet can finish off the one he just barely failed to before
For a rather underwhelming levelup,
In a way I dun goofed with my doubles placement last turn, as it let this guy claim the terrain he needed to dodge Rosado, although I do get some Dual Assist+ chip for my trouble
Fogado can then press in to dish out a lot of damage to this killer axe
Which he finishes with a dance.
I can't complain too much about a speed levelup.
I start trying to setup chain attack on this one thanks to that terrain boosted avoid
But against all odds and expectations, I actually manage to hit all those 30s for the kill here.
My luck giveth, and taketh...
This is a little reckless, but they can canter back into terrain, and
I was already planning on proccing the Great Sacrifice full heal.
Things are a little deceptive on this side at the end of turn, as its the fleeing thief that is "threatening" Fogaod at the moment.
Although things prove a bit scarier on the other side, as TeeHee revealed a second of these lancers, and without that Great Sacrifice before
Would have been at risk of dying if all the 24s hit.
So I open the turn by again refilling Lindon's Micaiah powers
And immediately reposition him to both safety, and back into dancer range
Although once again Fogado is banking on a dual assist+ proc for the ki-
I guess that works too.
More importantly, the theives revealed that they are far easier to catch than I was expecting, with them having to backtrack to their escape point instead of it being behinf the boss.
Violence is Framme's middle name.
Altough it is Rosado who gets the honor of the kill (and thus the securing of the treasure)
Although the real treasure was the sweet levelup from the kill.
On the other end, TeeHee secures a dangerous looking kill, but after cantering back into terrain
That is further reinforced with +30 avoid from the fog, TeeHee is now too dodgey to hit...
But I proc another Great Sacrifice just in case my math is off somwhere.
Also the combination of fog and Bunet's placement is slowing the thief down, in spite of its Pass skill.
Truely divine.
I really need to kill that thief this turn, so TeeHee opens by crippling it
With Bunet cleaning up.
So that Merrin can keep the fog up, making both her, and her subject of study beside her safe.
With this as his last turn of Engage, I figure I should use it now
And with a chain guard for safety, I can draw the central wolves towards my much stronger front.
Time for one of the larger enemy phases so far, which I then flub a bunch of screen shot on, missing the Lancer killing itself
And basically everything important from TeeHee dodging and chipping this axe
At least I get my act together after TeeHee, with Merrin dominating her axe foe
Timerra getting a perfectly safe enemy phase kill on the chipped wolf thanks to dual guard
For a solid levelup, that I still want to complain about becaus she really wants a little more strength
Before she gets a smidge more wolf chip in before the start of player phase.
And I open player phase with aggression in the west, Merrin killing one axe
With Bunet finishing the other.
The wolf hunt in the east opens with a bit of a barbeque, that is a bit shy of the first kill
Although I probably should have started with this Panette chip that sets up her double Chain Attack on the two wolves at once
That lets Lindon coast off the chain attacks to pop the corn of the most injured wolf
For his second levelup...and it seems magic is everything with him.
Rosado then misses the kill on the last wolf
So Timerra has to show off her wolf taming skills to pacify it.
But that does leave us with a rather boring enemy phase.
So I prepare for the enemy phase after that one with a Chain Guard on Panette
As I lure the last cluster of enemies right into my face.
With Panette opening with some nice chip.
The fact that the big boss masochist moved along with all of his hench zombies makes this a bit spicier
But I open with Timerra perfectly getting the kill on the chipped one
Alas, she misses here, but still wracks up a tiny bit of Dual Assist+ chip.
This hurts a lot, but I need to freeze Griss here, so I can deal with the minions now, and put him off for next turn.
More painful retaliation, but our little lady's punches are fatal.
Rosado can then use Canter+ to get in some serious chip on the backup punchers
For Bunet to then miss the kill.
I then let TeeHee slaughter the other healer. Remember kids you can't spell slaughter without laughter.
Ivy roasts the last pugilist, leaving the master masochist alone.
And Ivy become more physically tanky, and generally killy.
I break one last health bar before ending the turn off
With another Great Sacrifice from the oldest of men.
For a great little levelup.
Also of note, Great Sacrifice triggered Diffuse Healer, so Lindon was left with more than 1 HP afterwards, which is an interesting little interaction to keep in mind.
Seadall also levelups on the dance I use to heal Lindon back up to full
I decide to end the last turn by hitting Griss from a perfectly safe 3 range
Although that ends a bit sooner than I expected thanks to Dual Assist+ procs, as well as
A Grasping Void proc from Ivy for the kill.
...Sigh
Eh, I would have probably given MVP to either TeeHee, our little puncher, or maybe Lindon.
Welcome back Celica, Ivy has her finger all ready for your ring.
Griss has never heard of subtley has he.
She did know the old TeeHee a little, which I feel makes it a bit better than a hunch. Although I do like that she really isn't certain before, we are talking about someone she thought was long dead, and whom changed the color of an eye, and half their hair in the interveneing years.
With how Sombrom treats all of his kin, I don't know how you can imagine he is on the side of any of the fell dragon.
And now Engage circles around back to an old theme of Fates, is family forged in blood or bonds.
The camera is really hamming it up with the double dutch angles with this reveal.
Thank you Griss, someone finally points out that ol' Jagen here isn't old enough to know anything about our amnesiatic divine dragon here.
I do love how this is foreshadowed by Lumera not using an invocation to summon Sigurd, and how she instructs TeeHee on the importance of the thoughts and prayers they use to summon the Emblem at the begining of the game.
The poor little amnesiac doesn't remember what an adoption is...admittedly there is a little more too it, but I am getting ahead of myself here.
That is down right cruel Griss...unless...does he know about the plan for corrupted Lumera already?
That investigation and delaying action just cost you half your ring supply
But that might have been worth it. With such a ring desparity, you have to take risks to turn the tides, and if this fractures the Divine Dragons army into infighting with the rings, that would be a serious boon, and even if it didn't, the time and info bought with its loss was still worth something to the cause.
Usually I would expect that kind of logical cynacism from Timerra or Ivy, not Alfred and Diamant...
I have a fair bit of respect for TeeHee openeing up about what must be some raw fears here
Although I don't know why they would think red hair and eyes (how did they "see" that in a memory anyway?) would indicate they were a Fell Dragon. Neither Sombron or Veyle have the same eye and hair color as Fell TeeHee...
Time for TeeHee to bring up a smart solution to this little conundrum
And reveal that Sigurd was in on it the whole time 😛
TeeHee is really hung up on this question. I guess it is a bit different from Fates in the framing
As it is telling far crueler version of Conquest, where the thing keeping TeeHee from being a family with those of his blood is malice from them
But still with bonds of love forging the family they found with Lumera.
Although again there is a bit more too it, as Lumera when a step further with making TeeHee family
Again, a bit of solid foreshadowing here, but Sigurd gets a bit too heavy handed in explaining it to
the audienceTeeHee.That is a rather dark fate for our Emblem friends, that so many of them have suffered through the enslavement by Sombron's invocations...I guess we were a bit of a Liberation army for Sigurd here 😛
It would be kind of interetsing if one of the Emblems actually exerted that free will to defy us at some point, even if temperarily...
I guess Lumera did have blue hair and eyes, just a different blue from our TeeHee here.
What a cruel thing to do to her child. TeeHee having the power of a Divine Dragon, her doing what she felt was necessary to make them a part of the family, is part of what killed her. There is a sickening cruelty in that.
I almost wish they went the whole way with this, give all the surviving playable characters a moment here to affirm their willingness to stay with TeeHee. Perhaps it would get old eventually, but it would be in line with what a lot of Fire Emblem games do in the endgame...
I must admit, this feels a bit disengenous coming from Alfred. The dude claims to have befriended TeeHee while they were still a sleeping Dragon; was that all a lie, and you didn't care about them before? I guess the sappiness of it still fits with the Alfred we all know, but it still feels a bit off...
I do like this sentiment coming at this from the perspective of a strategy/tatcics game. Although it is also easy to see this as a bid for TeeHee's ring to become thier other half too 😛
And Timerra is coming in with the best take of them all. A bit of a cliche I know, but a good one.
The great Timerra takes just keep coming in, showing her to be not just the best designed character of Engage, but simply one of Engage's best characters.
And Ivy true to form comes in with a very practical take, to trust her gut instincts.
I forgot we got this last burst of gold. Unless a LOT more clothes show up in the shop this should last us to the end of the game (plus there are still paralogues to loot along the way for even more funds...)
Alright, that is a rather funny take from Hortensia...perhaps I will give you another chance one of these days.
How, our army searched this place just before that conversation for Sombron and Veyle.Someting TeeHee knew, although I can see why they didn't connect the dots with so much else on their mind.
It really was a fated moment, a setup for dramatic irony to come...
And so we come full circle, returning to Lythos, the land of the Divine Dragons, in the next climactic section, and checkpoint...
And so I have reached the next checkpoint. I think that just leaves @Shrimpy -Limited Edition- to reach the next checkpoint. The number of paralogues really slow things down through this section of the game, although with the next section being a dramatic two part for me, I have saved a few Paralogues to do early to keep it from going by too quickly.
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8 hours ago, BubbleOdyssey said:
In Fire Emblem Fates they brought back a bevy of old characters, as you all already know. They brought back Owain, Inigo, Severa, Gaius, Cordelia, and Tharja in some form. What characters would you like to see make a cameo in a possible new game? What characters would you hate for them to bring back? How would you bring those characters back in a natural way?
I do find it a little funny that you mention Fates, but not Engage with all it's returning Emblems...also the "return" of Gaius, Cordelia, and Tharja was a bit of a cheat, as they aren't the same characters, just parallel universe doppelgangers.
Although to answer the question, it is time to bring back Anna's counterpart Jake.
I would also like IS to show the same kind of guts Kaga did by making the incredibly obscure Shannam into a recurring character for the two Jugdral games. Let's see some more super obscure ones which you might not even see on your first playthrough, like having Karla return, or Stefan, or Illios.
5 hours ago, Etrurian emperor said:I think Alfonse, Veronica and Sharena could make good cameo characters in some form or another. Hopping between realms is kinda their thing.
On a similar note, Lucina's alter ego "Marth" as basically the hero of the Tempest Trials would make for a fitting returning character, especially if her cousin Owain continues world hopping too.
1 hour ago, Jotari said:Power Rangers did that for years with some of the most celebrated episodes.
Its nice to see more people talking positively about Engage like this😛1 hour ago, Jotari said:*Any of the Genealogy substitute units. These guys just don't have their own identities. I just made a thread talking about giving them more original backstories, but just plain using them again in a different context would serves to give them an independent existence. Especially considering, as, mostly commoners, they don't have the same ties to the setting that their noble counterparts do.
On a more serious note, this is one of the best suggestions yet. Lets see more of people like Asaello the hitman of Connact, little Charlot, or Jeanne.
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I am not particularly proud of how I did with chapter, as this one was rough...
SpoilerWho am I to turn down fashion advice from the nerdy Lucina.
The dashing young thief is ready to steal the hearts of all she meets 😛
I do also hit TeeHee's first level cap in the arena, so
That does end up costing me a Second Seal
And I get one last arena levelup on Framme as well. Nothing too exciting really.
I also make sure Merrin has access to Pair Up, that way she wont go down the same way Zelkov did. I do end up going back to do a little more prepwork before the chapter at large, but it was after getting a good look at the map, so I kind of feel a little obliged to keep things chronological and move onto the story.
With Zephia about tell the other hounds how her meeting with Sombron went
Oh you silly little masochist,
You aren't actually willing to fail thoroughly enough for daddy Sombron to punish you.
Only the hubris of a little fool who thinks she is above punishment would deserve it.
And Mauvier is starting to get a little protective of the true Veyle, after their first attempt to permanently remove her failed. I guess the cruelty of the new round of magics made him have a change of heart.
That does seem like an odd object to have, one would expect it more to work the other way around
I wonder how they even heard about that. Then again, it wouldn't surprise me if the randomly reviving miniboss wasn't killed again, and thus able to report back, and once again is too unimportant to even pretend to mention.
Yeah that boat that we got in spite of the main port burning down was a surprise to me too.
Alas this chapter we have to deal with the M & Ms, Marni and Mauvier.
And Mauvier is trying to delay Veyle's super brainwashing, hopefully long enough for us to save her, but...
She is straight up a liar.
It does seem a little odd that we only see that at this point, and not when the two of them had an opportunity to interact with eachother
She is really over controlling with the Hounds, especially
With how she claims they are her family. That is the kind of mentality that will make a very dysfunctional family...
Credit where it is due, they have been doing a nice job of setting things up for future chapters here, with a little hint for the checkpoint chapter.
As the saying goes
Ah the silence of the dead...
Well it wasn't able to tell you with its words...
Which means we have a tough chapter, especially with all that miasma swimming around.
Oh those poor naive princes, they think Sombron's goal is conquest...
If only we could skip this chapter, because the enemy warps are nasty...
It is interesting that Timerra is the one to bring up this objection. From before she was always the more callously practical one, but I guess she gets particularly defensive about her people (and thinks Ivy should be too)
But instead she is on the side of practicality...
Because she correctly reasoned that there is no one left to save.
And so did TeeHee.
I would say we need to pick out battles, but we get drawn into a battle here anyway.
Ah you soft little flowered prince, don't let them kill you innocently helpful nature.
I mean its not that surprising,
As they already have a B support with eachother 😛
Oh I wish...
As we are about to be forced to stay and fight those corrupted together with half the Hounds as well.
Hey now, I think the Miasma and Micaiah warps are far scarier...
I guess I appreciate the offer, but obviously the answer here is no.
Here we go...
I guess we have one last question of our own to ask, and while Mauvier is to the point of being happy to help
We got this little pest in the way
So it will have to wait until the end of the map.
And we got two particularly nasty rings to deal with this time as well.
Which the silly little fool stole from her master
And will definitely suffer for the hubris of it.
Now we have a few ring change ups to make, and its time to get Sigurd back onto my old friend Louis for this one.
Merrin becomes the Fog Machine for real this time
With Bunet reclaiming the Lucina ring from Merrin.
But with this as what I decide to go with for my deployment, I decide I need to go back for a few skills before the map
First putting reposition on a flier for some shenanigans on this map in particular
I then decide to spend the big bucks, by burning my last expert book, and 4 novice books on top of it to get Louis
A copy of Pair Up of his own for protection
I do also decide to burn my speed wing trying to get Alfred's mediocre speed over a threshold, but he really is behind on the speed.
Unfortunately this map is too big to catch my full opening placement in a single shot, but I did do a fair bit of fiddling
I open the map by burning a fair bit of Miasma away, while burning some near foes as well
And its shenanigans like this that made me go back for reposition.
I even use a bit of swap to get Merrin a little closer
To the central corridor I plan on letting her hold with the fog.
I use the other flame cannons to burn away some nearby miasma.
Before ending the turn.
Alas, Mauvier is going to make this chapter particularly annoying by teleporting a lot of cavs deep into our lines
I will also note that the three that burned are just Physicing eachother up.
Oops, I forgot to equip the avoid boosting dagger, so this one could theoretical hit. It obviously didn't, but lets not make that mistake again in the future
TeeHee did also draw some heat from the warpers, but managed to dodge the hit for pure punish
And its time to recruit the old lady.
Yeah, it has been a while since I saw, but in all seriousness
How? Her being recruited now in this dead port makes no sense.
Better yet, talking doesn't waste an action, so TeeHee can kill the one with audacity to attack them.
In retrospect, doing this so early was a little bit of a mistake, as
These guys are a lot tankier than I remember. I should be able to deal with this, but it will be tri-
Oh no...Oh no...I misclicked...I was just going to check if any of the Engage weapons would make a difference, but now I not only wasted this Engage, but he is 1 damage shy of the kill, and now I can't canter him where I need to, to protect my dancer. This might force into a position where I have to chose between a dead Framme, and a dead dancer...
Bunet, I could kiss you. Your random crit luck in this game has just saved my bacon.
So now I can Dance Framme, and she can
...Seadall, don't interrupt me with your pointless levelup, as Framme
Can get a damageless kill with her super, and everyone here should be able to survive the last of them. Admittedly if I hadn't misclicked my way into a lucky crit, I probably would have had to burn my 20 range Astra storm, but could have probably saved Framme's engage instead.
As I could have killed the one Panette chipped with this, and Bunet could chip the second so Framme could finish with just punches (Note I don't actually make this attack here, it is just to show how I would have escaped the position I was in before more reliably).
In retrospect, this was a bit wasteful, as those three main ones in the flames can just keep spamming Physics.
Back to less extreme situations, Alfred finishes off the other injured enemy in the center while putting a little distance with canter
While Ivy repositions another of the troops past the boat
And she can snipe one of those Physic bots trapped in the flame.
Speaking of which, its time to find out if they will prioritize healing, or throwing their spears
As we hit the end of the turn
Alas, they prioritize healing instead of killing themselves.
The last of those that spawned from the house surprises me a bit by going for Panette, but it does get the hit.
And the next round of enemies warped in emphasizes that I need to reposition Merrin to better control their movement.
These jerks are rather tanky...
Back in the south, Panette gets the guaranteed break
While Framme can heal her back up, before
Bunet finishes him
I tried to find give the kill to someone else here, but TeeHee had to finish it.
Hopefully this should hamper the warped troops enough to prevent them from heading south to annoy my main push.
I do also decide to leaver Timerra on the boat for a bit, so I can fire cannon the bosses when they spring, while sending Ivy to the north. There hasn't been much action in that direction, but eventually will be
But there is definitely far more heat in the south, and Bunet is drawing in
A wolf that can only just barely damage him.
Also one of the warper this turn was able to just about reach Ivy
But Merrin sees a little bit of action too.
This isn't that big of deal, but Timerra being able to get some range chip from the boat was just fun.
As Fogado doesn't need the help from his sister to finish him.
Stuff is finally happening in the north, and I want to burn the Miasma the lead foe is on, that way
Louis can get some serious chip before canter out of the flames
While there is a lot more action in the south, and I start with this break here
With one of them being a crit.
Anna finishes the wolf, and even gets a good levelup from it, but I am frazzled enough that I miss the image of it.
Panette did deal enough damage for Alfred to finish things with a Ridersbane
For a nice little levelup on him.
Truth be told, my positioning wasn't great with Panette's canter, so I needed the dance here for a bit of repositioning
This was a bit of a mistake. For some reason I thought the movement cost for fire was only two instead of three, which would let me finish off the two wolf in the back there fairly safely
And with that little mess up, I have to improvise a bit here with a break on the near one while cantering away
Which was another small error as if she stayed in the fire I could have setup a slightly better Goddess dance here, but I can get a bit of work out of it.
Without the miasma Alfred kind of wrecks the wolves with his Ridersbane
Tempted as I was to do that to the other wolf, the fire would prevent him from cantering back a space to safety, and I need just a tiny bit more damage
On this tanky fellow, and thanks to some Dual Assist+ procs, he even eeks out some extra damage here
Although I do need an obstruct use to hamper the other wolf now
Before Panette can kill off the nearby great knight.
In the north Louis is setup for an easy enemy phase kill, and
The only person in range in the south is Alfred
and as we already saw the wolves can't touch him
...ughh...looks like my Merrin position has been slightly off this entire time, as Mauvier is able to just barely warp a spave past her letting this jerk get a free hit on Anna.
It is very irritating that his body there prevents me from seeing the edge of his warp range even as zoomed out as I can, so I have to count squares instead, so I know I have to move Merrin down one space to block him from repeating that maneuver.
Now the flower prince can Ridersbane the one that warped in to a brutal death.
And I make another mechanical mistake here, as even though I hit the smash weapon here to try and push the wolf out of the miasma, you need to deal damage for the smash...
Which means I am just pulling back with everyone I can in the south.
In the north Louis is setting up for a bit more enemy phase chip
While the wolf takes the obvious free hit on TeeHee in the south.
Louis is trivializing thing in the nor-
Guh..Uh...*SIGH*. I can't believe I spent all the resource for the Pair Up on Louis, and then forgot to equip the Sombron be damned thing...That I got Reposition on Ivy right, and this one wrong makes this so very frustrating. This chapter has just been full of little bungles from the beginning of it.
Now that the wolf is out of the miasma, Alfred can skewer it
The north is a bit spicier, with Fogado finishing one of the chipped ones off
Although Ivy still needs to reposition him to safety afterwards.
In better news, Merrin successfully body blocked the warper this time, so Bunet can finish i-
Oh he missed...
But he doesn't the second time
For a fairly Bunet levelup.
Although that was the last of Mauvier's warps...
Although that means the only interesting thing that happens on enemy phase
Is Louis's chip fest.
But with him missing both, that is going to make this a little tight here. Fogado gets a lot of chip here
So Louis can go for a kill here
Which gets him a very Louis levelup from.
Which makes the kill on the last on very easy.
I am starting to reposition some of the southern army in anticipation of the bosses doing Something...but in the end it is a very boring enemy phase.
And now I have a dragon to deal with in the north, and opening with some free Override chip seems like a good start
With Fogado getting in just enough chip here so that
Ivy can finish the tanky beast before it counter kills her.
Although at this point more enemies are heading to the south, so I get the southern army back in position to deal with them
With Alfred in position for the enemy phase chip.
Although with Marni finally starting to move, things might get a little dicey.
Panette can open the turn by finishing the chipped foes
For a nice little levelup on her.
In the north I am just getting ready to go for the Dragon Shield house, while
While I pull back more in the south due to pressure from the southern Wyrm.
Although this time it is Bunet getting in the enemy phase chip
And this god of a man is determined to prove all the haters wrong with the most timely of crits.
Alright, I can't put this off any longer, as I need the Engage still going to get away with this...
Although I made a fairly clear mistake last turn. I should have Engaged and called the doubles with Fogado, as that would let him get a kill on one of these fools, with Ivy Repositioning him to safety afterwards.
Although the south has a wyrm to deal with, and wracking up the chain attack damage seems like the best route, so I get a tiny bit of chip here while I am setting it up
Similar sort of idea here, but much more chip
Especially when one of them is a crit. What is this monster of a man cooking with?
Regardless, Alfred gets the kill, with the crit from Bunet letting him avoid a counter
With Alfred getting a speed levelup from the beast.
Things are in a bit of a mess in the south after that wrym attack, but for some reason Mauvier and Marni are just wasteing time by clustering around the middle of the map for some reason, so I have the time to regroup.
But I messed up my calcs bad in the north. I miss read it, and though they only deal 5 a hit, so now
Even with one of the chain attack misses, Louis can die. Worse yet, if I had only not forgot to equip Pair Up, like an idiot, Louis would be fine. With the rest of the attacks hitting he is probably going to die.
Sorry Louis, I really failed you
I was entirely ready to catch an image of his death quote here. When it was happening I didn't even register that these guys hit 5 57s in a row to make it this close (with two of the chain attack missing to emphasize my weird luck).
He lived, by about as little health as he could, but HE LIVED. With that
Fogado can kill one, so Louis can use the last turn of Sigurd move to escape (and burn a vuln so I could enemy phase one if I wanted
Although I end up using a freeze to keep them from hitting Fogado, which might not have been all that necessary.
I also have TeeHee grab an Engage refill just in case I need a Goddess dance to deal with the two bosses.
I am out of enemy phase for now
That lets Fogado finish a chipped one in the north while cantering to safety
While I am repositioning the southern army. Also the enemy has decided to make a giant cluster in the middle of the map for some reason.
I also healed up Louis enough with Ivy for him to get some chip in
So come player phase I let him grab the kill.
I also start chipping away at the physicers in the center.
I really hope I can draw in that formation just sitting there in the Miasma. Something I did here really broke the AI of the big rescue-warp strat that Mauvier is supposed to do with Marni, as I now have this giant diamond formation in some impenetrable miasma...
Seems like the Physicers will kill themselves on enemy phase if their AI isn't telling them to heal.
In retrospect, I should have gotten kill before fogging up, but worse case scenario here is that he kills himself on Merrin on enemy phase.
And it earns Ivy a rare luck levelup
Its time to see if any of the enemy will leave their miasma dogpile to attack us
Phew. Looks like the AI isn't so borked that I have to slowly advance in with the fog. Well I guess I am still doing that, I just don't have to go as far this time.
I also figure we might not even be close enough to fire bomb the bosses, so I repo Timerra over.
I also start getting Louis in position to help bait together with Merrin
And it starts working almost immediately.
Fogado lucks into the kill a little unexpectedly here with some Dual Assist + procs
While Ivy gets a far cleaner kill on the one Louis drew
I am being even more aggressive with the Louis baiting here
And Mauvier finally uses his Rescue staff to unlock his movement.
Our baiters draw in another foe apiece
But now the only foe with magic damage can move, so I need to be a lot more careful with Louis.
I try to feed the wolf kill to Timerra, but
She had a miss so Anna picks it up instead
While Fogado again gets the dual assist proc to secure a kill.
With Mauvier (and presumably Marni) on the march, I am pulling back a tiny bit
Fortunately Mauvier is not a Mystic unit, so in spite of his bluster
So he can't touch our some wolf
This is why I was keeping Timerra back on the boat for so long (despite it being Ivy to pull the trigger), a beautiful little Flame Cannon hit on literally all the remaining enemies, two bosses included
With both flames an fogs restricting movement, its time to thin the herds a little
Showoff.
That is a second one dealt with, but in spite of what I said before
Mauvier still has an oppressive range, so I dance Alfred away
And it gets Seadall a garbage levelup
I then cover Anna with a chain guard, and trade her over to the strongest bow I can
As she is staying in Mauvier's range
And he goes for it. Tragically she doesn't quite have the power to finish the first health bar on enemy phase
While some of our other foes are still throwing themselves at our little fog wolf.
And with Marni separating herself a little from the pack, I can make a very bold maneuver. I start by letting Anna finish off the health bar she almost broke on enemy phase.
And she gets a bit extra defense and speed from it.
Which triggers him to get some silence immunity
Although the maneuver I am going for is switching from fog to freeze. Although this does mean I need to clear out that little box of troops there
I start with Ivy burning through one
With Fogado's Radiant Bow burning through another, and that lets me
Give Louis the override double kill
For another very, very Louis levelup.
That let me deal with Mauvier a bit more safely, and I let Anna break another health bar after a dance from an even safer 3 range.
Although that is all I feel safe going for at the moment
And then the last remaining enemies all perfectly lined up for a perfect Torrential Roar here.
After far too many close calls and never punisheds I intent to play things slowly and safely.
It is time to start working on Marni, and dealing with her means dealing magic damage, and she even gets enough Dual Assist procs that Marni has to live it on the Hold Out skill.
I am also playing it safe against Mauvier with another 3 range hit, but at this point
I can go for the kill.
Sadly we still got a couple chapters before you join us, so get out of here.
I also figured I should deal with the last of the generics while I am at it
As Panette crits for the kill.
And I have her canter into range to give her chain attacks against Marni, and after breaking the first health bar, Bunet will give his own Lucina assisted chain attack to cause of finishing things this turn.
Huh, a magic levelup is a bit of an oddity for him really.
I then let Framme use her fists to crush Marni's defenses
And with a crit, Marni again has to live it on the holdout alone.
And after so long sitting on the sidelines of the boat, I let Timerra finish the chapter off with a Quadruple Hit
Goodbye Marni.
The speed is nice, but I would like her to get a bit more from her levelups.
Honestly, I should have used Fogado's Engage a bit better this chapter, and while I understand the game missing this, Merrin's work in the center is probably a lot closer to the MVP, as I suspect it is her work that messed with Mauvier's trap.
*~*
And now we get one of the most powerful Emblems in the game, Micaiah and her staff manipulation. Perhaps I shouldn't dismiss Roy, as it is one of my favorite Emblems for units that need to catch up, which is something rather important for an ironman run.
But they can't fall here...
But first we get to hear the fate of TeeHee's little sister.
And it is dire sounding news, that falls a little flat after all of Zephia's failure in attempting the detruction of the good Veyle from before.
I guess Mauvier is starting to have doubts, and perhaps these feelings are a bit fresh.
It has been what we have been doing the whole time, why would we all change now?
And that is a far better reason to let Mauvier go this time, than we have had before.
They really are great Emblems to get back, but I must admit Micaih comes with a bit of a pickle of who to give it to for me...
That is a bit of a no brainer there Roy.
He sort of gave up on sovereign blood half way through the monarchs
And I guess moved on to consuming entire nations.
Although that is a dark veiw on things, that we are at the point of wonder if people even remain in a nation...
Time to drive those dogs into a corner...
We also get a sad reminder in the exploration section about Anna origin as a Elusian.
Phew...that is a really tragic thing to realize
Even the great cooker of crit feels the impact of this lost town, and he isn't even all that connected with Elusia. There is something so tragic about never having the opportunity to meet people you wanted to.
I am not quite sure whether I will do one more paralogue before reaching the checkpoint or not, but the end of section is finally in sight.
Teehee Madness 3 - Fire Emblem x Pokemon Linked Ironman!
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Really should have gotten this one out earlier, but playing through it was rather draining.
I open by using the arena to cap out Framme's level so I can
Reset her level without wasting any of the next (two) chapter's exp. Luckily enough she got a high yield match up on the first go, so I can
Get Alfred this underwhleming defensive one, and
A classic murder hobo special for Merrin. Getting the three levelup arena round before the next maps is nice. I also make sure to pick up some skills
Most notably spending two novice Books for Anna
To unlock the last upgrade to Dual Assist+ for my Backup units.
Also upgrade some Canter to the + on those that can afford it, and for similar reasons
Start buying Reposition on a few folks that can fit it in, on Rosado, TeeHee, and Fogado specificallly (but I will spare you more repetitive skill images).
Look Marni, I am about as surprised by this development as you, as nothing has really indicated we would be anything other than enemies before now, but I guess we have to choke down some sympathetic backstory for you moments before your death, so
We are chasing after the real bad guys with their refuse this time.
To an unjust extreme? More like a stupid extreme, as leaving the both of you in a state where you couldn't escape our army is about to prove itself to be the disaster it should be.
Don't worry too much Mauvier, TeeHee took quite a few courses from the Corrin naivete school (hence all the letting the defeated baddies go multiple times), plus we have the fire power to prevent you too goobers from causing much trouble on your lonesomes.
Yeah, I am not the biggest fan of this whole half baked friends to enemies thing with you, as they only really setup Veyle to make it believable...well I guess Mauvier has a believable conditional betrayal, as he is setup as the kind of person whose loyalties side with Veyle.
I do like this exchange though, with Marni recognizing what TeeHee is saying gently.
I do appreciate that they go through the effort of showing that we have clued our interlopers in on the whole TeeHee soap opera situation, before they start voicing their opinions on it.
They even get into some of the nitty gritty details like this. I rather appreciate that they aren't just skipping past this, and instead lets us see her reaction to this news.
It is odd that they left someone so in the loop behind, where they could be very easily captured...
It feels very strange to describe a land as wicked, but I guess that is his way of trying to distinguish the blessing of the Divine Dragon on the land from the blessing of the Fell Dragon.
It does come across as very odd that Lumera was using her Divine Dragon power to keep a literal land mass from existing.
It baffles me even further that they just left someone with so much vital information just unconscious in the middle of castle the enemy was about to capture. Why didn't the hounds have an escape plan for at least keeping the unconscious pair from being easily captured and interrogated, let alone easily betray them like Mauvier did, especially as the result of them being punished.
...Of course there are other worlds TeeHee, the Emblems have been talking about coming from other worlds at like every paralogue.
I guess it is nice that they drop this detail at least a little before it becomes relevant, and adds another reason for Sombron to call his last remaining daughter a defect.
It is interesting how they frame the summoning of Emblems on being dependent on the summoner remembering them. That is what TeeHee always felt to start their summoning, and here it is mildly tied to Veyle not being able to.
The cruel consequences of Lumera's hard won peace, even if she would have probably never wanted Veyle hurt, if knew about her at all.
It is funny how she is protected by villains that she would eventually end up opposing.
Also how she just casually power naps through the lifespan of the humans that first found her.
Poor girl was looking for comfort from all the wrong places, thinking that monster would act like a father.
They did mention an important ability she is missing, but as Sombron's noticeably lower skill at creating corrupted shows, these abilities don't seem as universal as Sombron thinks.
Plus he doesn't actually care about her having the character of a Fell Dragon, he would much rather just have a pawn than anyone as ambitious as he is.
She just did not care at about Veyle at all before now huh.
She really thought she was the only one of these villains with a tragic back story? You don't end up working for a world ending evil dragons because your life up to that point is going great...
She really got screwed by the patriarchal forces that favor boys over girls in an extreme sense here.
Its not a competition Marni, you don't have to compare your sorrows to hers.
Mauvier really failed to read the room with that one. What she needed more than a knight was a friend, and even TeeHee got a friend only shortly after they woke up.
It is a very toxic and dysfunctional found family you have built up in this one.
No TeeHee, that is just winter. I know you have enough amnesia that this is the first time you remember seeing the trees bare of leaves 😛
It is all coming full circle. Really it is a bit of a story telling cliche, so you shouldn't be that surprised TeeHee.
Honestly, not a terrible name for them.
What were you expecting when you abandoned them injured, unconscious, and undefended in the castle we were just about to capture. If you didn't want them spilling the beans, you should have either killed them, or dragged them with you.
Mauvier, you white knight shtick of trying to take all the blame for Marni didn't work last time, why do you think it would work this time?
She really is taking the Sombron view of family, that children should mindlessly obey their parents into death, and sabotage any effective effort by murdering their siblings.
Plus you kind of gave the sadistic game away with the last moronic round of punishments.
But now we get to meet the evil Veyle, taunting us all with her knowledge of TeeHee's relationship with her.
Really just giving away the secret of your mind control magic there, letting everyone know that removing or breaking the ugly horn hat will fix her. Also, does that imply the weird crescent moon horn helmet on your head is also a mind control device?
Really, were you drinking the Corrin Conquest kool-aid this whole time? You even recognize that the things you were doing were awful, does Veyle only deserve to be treated well if she has a sad back story.
This attempt at redemption feels so ridiculous, like she only now realized that other people might have had hardships in their lives, and thus deserve to be treated like human beings.
And then she tries to break the magical helmet on the person she is trying to free's head, by hitting it with an axe at full force. A very stupid plan, that would just as likely hurt Veyle than actually help, and the magic of the ugly horns
prevents it from sustaining damage...or at least only receive damage that is only noticed when it is convenient for the plot for people to notice the cracks she canonically put in it.
And then Zephia just guts the girl who sees her as family to her very face, killing her.
They are doing everything in their power to make sure we get Mauvier to join us in the fullest extent possible with this melodrama.
...I am sorry, this pose, and scene are just too goofy.
But we do get Mauvier to officially agree to join...as a green unit in the preps. Just give him a minute to go full blue on us.
Evil Veyle is really trying to twist the knife with these little guilt trips here, but TeeHee has the perfect shutdown for this
Right here.
Please, we never turned our back on Marth, we just haven't had the opportunity to rescue him yet.
I guess this is why Somron's forces failed so spectacularly in the past, what he thinks of as the character of a Fell Dragon is for his children to kill eachother, sabotaging his efforts with moronic infighting.
Alright, time for some ring change ups, first I am getting Eirika back onto Framme, but that does leave the whole Celica issue open again...
I guess this will have to do. She does have a fairly passable magic stat, and she doesn't have a dedicated ring at the moment either.
I also start using some of my spare stat boosters, as there is a notable difficulty bump right about here in the story. I am starting with these luck boosts on some of my lower luck units. The only person with worse luck in my active army is Louis, and his very high defense usually keeps that from becoming a major issue, and these two have fairly valid reason to be in the thick of things, and with more middling defense could use the crit avoid a bit more in my opinion.
Honestly, this is almost certainly a mistake. She is woefully behind on strength, and while this stat boost helps, she is probably too far behind to really save. I mostly just like her utility with her crit debuffing skill, and value as a backup unit. I guess the proc skill helps as well.
This is to balance TeeHee's defenses a bit, and make them even more of a mixed tank. Plus survivablity on the game over unit in any form is a good idea.
Thanks to the fog and Pairup, the most likely way for her to take damage is from magic, so boosting her res is an obvious move.
I was just thinking I would like a little better accuracy on Louis.
I do still have a pair of really good stat boosters left, but I was a little too indecisive to give them to anyone at this point.
After a long hard look at my army, it is sad to say that Bunet gets one last round on the bench here, before we get to the point in the game where max deployment is common.
And I do a little bit of fiddling with my units positions in preparation for turn one here. This is a dozy of a chapter, and I am a bit nervous as I ended up having to sacrifice Rosado the last time I ironmanned this chapter...but hopefully I can manage it better this time.
We also officially recruit Mauvier, although I am leaning more towards Veyle as my Ivy replacement, so I don't plan on using him much...
And I open with Lindon beautifully eviscerating this first armor in front of us.
Sadly my magic archers can't do that as cleanly, although Anna manages with a Dual Assist+ proc
And the even worse off Fogado
Lucks into a crit for a kill on his end too.
That leaves the archers ahead of us, and with Merrin going for the chip (and almost getting enough Dual Assist + procs for the kill)
TeeHee goes for some similar chip on the other one.
Fortunately Rosado doesn't miss the kill here, as it is getting hard to reach these ones in the back here (and the only way to deal with a miss is with my dance at this point.
The last of them is a very reliably kill, and Louis is even in position to
Canter ahead into enemy range in preparation for enemy phase.
Thanks to saving my dance, I can even get in
A bit of enemy phase fog action as well.
We have a fairly comfortable enemy phase setup here, with
With Merrin getting from free chip on the swordie
With Louis comfortably tanking his pair as well.
Although these things are still obnoxiously tanky, taking an effective hit like this...or would have if not for the save from a Dual Assist+
Which earns her a solid little levelup from that assisted kill.
On the uninjured one I have Rosado go from the safe break
This is a bit of a random place for me to do this, but I needed her to move (and setup her own enemy phase action)
So that Alfred could use her space to go for the kill. Alas the swordie is obnoxiously dodgy, but it doesn't end up biting us this time.
With Louis having missed one of his enemy phase attacks, the overwhelming murderlation powers of Framme proves necessary.
I guess I kind of wasted the break here, but she can chip and setup the easy chain attack kill here...but she gets the Dual Assist+ for the kill all on her own.
I am rather avoiding the dragons for now, but after
Merrin exactly kills all of the horse archers on enemy phase
I really don't have much else to do on my turn, other than take them out.
With both Dual Assist+ procs, and Sandstorm proc, she gets a LOT of chip in here
To the point that it is a much easier kill for Rosado here.
As for the other one, Fogado can clean it up after Alfred's solid round of chipping,
With Lindon getting this rather nice healing levelup as he helps Alfred with a Physic.
We are spread out enough that I don't try to bait in any of the Hound's formation ahead of us, as I don't want to bite off more than I can chew on this map
Especially when I know a fairly sizable chunk of reinforcements are coming on this map. Admittedly this is the more manageable group of reinforcements, at this point they are coming in a number and rate that I can handle, so I have an enemy phase planned for them.
With Louis getting in a bit of free chip here
And at least Fogado deals a lot of damage to his.
But committing to this plan will bog us down for a fair number of turns here, as they keep coming each turn. I should be able to handle what is here, and setup some enemy phase action for the next group (like with this fogging here).
Alfred finishes off the archer that Fogado chipped rather nicely
Which lets our archer get in some heavy chi-
With how much crit he had there, that wasn't all that surprising.
On the other front, Louis goes for even more chip on his enemy phase foe...but he gets the Hero Dual Assist+ proc for the kill.
While Anna shows us some rather fortuitous numbers here, able to reliably kill, and tank the Thoron mages from three range with no assistance from support skills...
And gets a very well earned levelup from it.
Needless to say, after seeing that (and some healing)
I let Anna pull that trick off on enemy phase, with some support skills just to slightly reduce the damage.
While Merrin does some great work on the next archer coming in.
And Anna still has the health to go for a hat trick of 3 range Throron kills.
And she earned this solid round of healing after that one.
I let Rosado pick up this kill here, mostly for
The nice levelup from it.
...Yeah, Framme is a bit of a monster at this point.
We are handling things well enough that I let Fogado go for some free 3 range chip on one of the ones that just spawned
But after this lucky crit, instead of setting up for the enemy phase
I can dance for the
Entirely free kill instead.
He can even canter out of range of the melee one on that side, with Anna all ready
For another repeat performance on the mages.
You have earned this fantastic little levelup so much, for hitting these benchmarks so perfectly.
Back to player phase, and Fogado sets up the kill
Nicely for Alfred, without any crits to kill it off early.
For a fabulous levelup on the lad.
Perhaps I should be spreading the exp on this side a bit better, but why fix what ain't broke.
Plus the mages are winding down enough that Louis can get repositioned into some enemy phase action this turn
With just some fog prep on the other front.
I swear I remember these reinforcements run out at some point...
I have a strong sense of deja vu...
It feels like I have done this all already
Although this time Framme gets a superfluous crit to try and spice things up for us.
With Rosado claiming another injured archer kill as well.
Which encourages me to actually spice things up on the other side, with Panette going for the break on the one Louis injured
And I let Timerra get the mage kill this time
With Louis finishing the injured spearman off.
For a LOL speed levelup.
But with that we have finally broken through that first wave of reinforcements, and I am ready to bait in the hounds on my next player phase.
Starting with a chain guard to protect
Little Anna from the might
Of a charging Zephia,
I even luck into keeping my guarder healthy thanks to her miss there.
We have a lot of foes to deal with this turn, so I open with an engage to wipe out one of Griss's health bars
Just one more map of hounds to bring that back down to 0.
Framme than continues her streak of brutal one-rounds with her punchies
With Fogado taking full advantage of his effective damage.
...That is rather underwhelming.
Very similarly, Anna uses effective damage for a clean one shot with the radiant bow here
With Merrin having to clean out one of the mages.
For the second kinda meh levelup of the turn.
I might regret not saving this for the boss rush at the end, but it would be very difficult to finish this force off without popping my goddess dance here.
I guess all these meh leveups have had some effective speed in them.
Framme claims another easy one round after the the dance
While this is to get Panette back to full health to trigger
The extra hero chain attack on the two bosses in range
And thanks to a Sandstorm proc on top of that, our desert princess claims the kill on Griss here...or not quite kill I guess, as this hound still gets to slink away here.
Really the extra chain attack matters more for making this kill more reliable here
With Fogado using them to claim the honors on taking down the last health bar on the last of the bosses in the middle section.
Although that still leaves one last foe
For Panette to one shot to avoid even the counter.
I even have the luxury of making sure the dragon moves a little with the fog.
And Seadall gets a levelup as well, although his levelups barely matter.
We made it out of that turn safely
Especially with the dragon unable to pierce the fog. As for how to deal with this dragon
I do a bunch of gratuitous setup
To get Rosado the one round on it for funsies
And a fun little levelup as well.
Although some wyvern reinforcements are now coming from the rear, so I send Merrin back a little to fog up their progress.
While try to bait in the enemy with a dropable dagger, but despite my memory of the group in the back by the boss moving at some point, it simply does not take the bait
Merrin meanwhile does her job fine
And even kills one a little early with a crit. I hope you all don't mind me saving a little space by not showing all the wyverns wasting their time attacking her...
As I have her pull back and fog again to finish the rest of them off on enemy phase. I haven't really focused on it yet, but these fliers are a bit of a herald for some far more overwhelming numbers of reinforcements coming in, so it feels like I am on a bit of a timer.
And I am utterly wasting that precious time by trying to get the boss's group to actually move. I have some vague memory of them moving last time I did this map, but my efforts here utterly fail, as I squander this Astra Storm here.
In retrospect I should have used it on the Entrap staffer instead.
Sadly I am looking at the annoyingly dangerous one in front of me, that has to fall to finish this chapter.
Alas I try to pointlessly bait them one more time here, but I at least setup well for plan C...before messing all that planning up trying to go for a hasty plan B, but that is a tale for next turn
As before that Merrin gets this fantastic levelup enemy phasing all the remaining wyverns.
Here comes the failed plan B that forces me to make a worse version of plan C, as I was hoping the doubles being in range of both Veyle, and the Entrap might bait the group into doing something...
I almost bungles this map worse than last attempt where I thought I could actually weather the overwhelming hoard of reinforcement, whose attack range is already pressing in on us from every side...
But now I have to go from the desperate move of plan C, a Micaiah warp, into a dance for a second Micaiah warp to hopefully get enough fire power to wipe Veyle off the face of the earth. Unfortunately that means I have to deal with her obnoxious terrain, and the doubles mess up my second warp formation a little
But Lindon does get an effective double speed levelup from the warping.
And I open with a move from one of the ones not warped in, as Anna goes for the kill here so she can canter into chain attack range of Veyle for more damage build up as I go for the kill
Here is one of the surprising way the doubles messed me up here, as I wasn't actually expecting one of them to be warp, and pushed to the other side of Veyle, so I can't go for the Override without messing up my positioning with Panette. I did get very lucky to actually land his actual hit here, so it was accidentally a net positive, but the override would have been much more reliable damage...
And that is low enough that I can go for the kill with just the chain attacks here, and that is enough units setup around her that
The Lucina super proc (that also positions me for another chain attack) is almost good. It is sadly not enough for the kill, but is still a solid chunk of damage...
Unfortunately Fogado can't reach Veyle this turn, so the most useful thing he can do is try for a lucky kill on the enemy that drops something, but I am not that lucky.
Alas, I can't keep holding back with Mauvier, I need someone to trigger the chain attack damage to bring her down to her last health bar.
Plus he has a convo with her, where she is still trying to manipulate Mauvier by pretending she is the real Veyle.
But he isn't swayed at this point.
...Is that true, does Mauvier never call the evil Veyle by her name? I might have to look back through my screenshot, but I was not thorough enough with the story to really confirm it if he actually did (but I might have still lucked my way into a counter example that proves he didn't).
Not even Griss would consider that a reward.
That is such a weird thing to say while fighting her body.
🙄
Things are getting a bit tight, but as long as either the main attack hits here, or both of the chain attacks do, I can secure the kill here.
Which lets me go for some ancillary moves, like letting TeeHee try for the weapon drop. I do slightly regret not trying to see whatever special convo the siblings have with a Levin Sword, but getting an items seemed like the better play
It even gives them the chance to show off with a critical kill.
I can also get in a bit of extra experience with Timerra on this last turn
Which earns her this effective double speed and defense level, which is kind of nice (although she still would love a little more strength)
Thankfully I managed to wipe Veyle out with the double Micaiah warp gambit, with this certain super proc to confirm the kill. There were some real lucky hits in there, but I did have a little bit of wiggle room with TeeHee's attack, all things considered.
...Phew, that ending there really took a lot out of me. It seems the ending of this map is always really stressful.
And little Framme is ready for even more punchy murder with this levelup.
Honestly I am tempted to give the MVP to Micaiah for the double warp at the end alone, or maybe even the brutal pugilism of Framme, but the fog isn't a terrible pick either
It seems Framme managed to punch some sense into Veyle with that last hit, as she is back to normal
And Marni's death wasn't in vain, it just wasn't a complete success.
And then TeeHee makes the same mistake villains in Dragon Ball tend to, not immediately using the wish they unlocked when they collect all the MacGuffins , and instead giving others time to steal it from under their nose.
As evil snake daddy is here to steal
And prove quite definitively why he isn't on the side of any Fell Dragons other than himself.
But TeeHee decides to take a breath weapon to the face for Veyle
Which the funny scorch patterns prove is surprisingly effective, if ultimately fatal for them.
As they say Sombron, third time's a charm, as this one isn't going to stick either.
It really was rather foolish, but I get that it was a very emotion driven thing, to take a bullet for your little sister.
Alas that is a promise...
That is almost ironically denied them with TeeHee cutting off right here
But the shattering Dragon Stone is doing enough showing to tell her what was cut off.
And then the hero's incompetence is made blatantly evident. Literally just wasting the wish of the 12 rings on something silly would have prevented
This villainous wish here. Although it is admittedly a bit of a silly wish, that his death proves was beyond their granting, as the power they give him is clearly finite.
Although it does super size him
And resummon Gradlon
From beneath the sea. Although it does rise up in a way that looks rather like the place has been submerged in lava while it was beneath the waves.
It also supposedly repowers the damaged horn hat of mind control...
Although as next chapter will show, its more in Veyle's head.
But for now, Evil Veyle gets to claim her victory once more
As we fade to black on her ready to wipe out the remaining heroes with an army of freshly spawned corrupted
And all our powerful Emblems useless without TeeHee to reawaken them...
Thankfully the game lets you save between this two parter of a map, because that was so draining that I have left it at that save point for like a week now. I will try to reach the checkpoint by the weekend, although I don't know when I will get my writeup for it up.