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Which of the following characters do you overall like the most (Whether as a character, unit, design, or all 3) of the following class lines/categories: :D Noble: Corrin, MaleKana, or FemaleKana Samurai: Hana, Hinata, Hisame or Ryoma Ninja: Kaze, Saizo, Kagero, or Asugi Sky Knight: Subaki, Hinoka, Caeldori, or Shigure Shrine Maiden/Monk: Sakura, Azama, or Mitama Diviner: Orochi, Hayato, or Rhajat Spear Master: Oboro or Shiro Archer: Setsuna, Reina, Takumi, or Kiragi Cavalier: Gunter, Silas, Xander, Peri, Siegbert, or Sophie Strategist: Jakob, Felicia, Flora, Elise, Dwyer, or Forrest Mercenary: Laslow, Selena, or Soleil Wyvern: Beruka, Camilla, Scarlet or Percy Dark Mage: Odin, Nyx, Leo, or Ophelia Knight: Effie, Benny, or Ignatius Oni Savage/Fighter: Rinkah, Arthur, Charlotte Outlaw: Niles, Anna, Nina, or Shura Shapeshifter: Kaden, Keaton, Selkie, or Velouria Apothecary: Yukimura or Midori Amiibo: Marth, Ike, Lucina, or Robin Other: Azura, Fuuga, Izana or Mozu Hope I got everyone down?

I was originally going to , but I thought it wouldn't be as interesting if I had went "Do you like this character or not" route.

Mine are: Lord: Chrom Tactician: Robin Cavalier: Frederick Mercenary: Gregor Hero: Flavia Myrmidon: Lon'qu Thief: Gaius Fighter: Basilio Wyvern: Cherche Knight: Kjelle Pegasus: Cordelia Mage: Miriel Dark Mage: Henry Cleric/Monk/Troubadour line: Brady Archer: Noire Taguel: Panne Manakete: Tiki Unique: Olivia

Who's your overall fav in whatever terms of character, design, utility, or all 3? Lord: Chrom or Lucina Tactician: Robin, MaleMorgan, or FemaleMorgan Cavalier: Frederick, Sully, Stahl, or Walhart Mercenary: Gregor, Inigo, or Severa Hero: Flavia or Priam Myrmidon: Lon'qu, Say'ri, Yen'Fay, or Owain Thief: Gaius, Gangrel or Anna Fighter: Vaike or Basilio Wyvern: Cherche or Gerome Knight: Kellam or Kjelle Pegasus: Sumia, Cordelia, Aversa, or Cynthia Mage: Miriel, Ricken, Emmeryn or Laurent Dark Mage: Tharja or Henry Cleric/Monk/Troubadour line: Lissa, Maribelle, Libra, or Brady Archer: Virion or Noire Taguel: Panne or Yarne Manakete: Nowi, Tiki, or Nah Unique: Olivia or Donnel

Mine are: Other: Fae Cavalier: Percival Archer: Klein Knight: Douglas Cleric: Saul Mercenary: Dieck Fighter: Bartre Pegasus: Shanna/Thany Thief: Astolfo Mage: Lilina Troubador: Clarine Myrmidon: Rutger Nomad: Sue Brigand/Pirate: Gonzalez Refresher: Elfin Shaman: Niime Wyvern: Miledy

Which of the following is your favorite in terms of character, utility, design, or all 3?: Other: Roy, Merlinus, or Fae Cavalier: Marcus, Alen, Lance, Zelot, Trec, Noah, or Percival Archer: Wolt, Dorothy, Klein, or Igrene Knight: Bors, Barthe, Gwendolyn, or Douglas Cleric: Elen, Saul, or Yoder Mercenary: Dieck, Ogier/Oujay, or Echidna Fighter: Wade, Lot, or Bartre Pegasus: Shanna/Thany, Thea, or Juno Thief: Chad, Astolfo, or Cath Mage: Lugh, Lilina, or Hugh Troubador: Clarine or Cecilia Myrmidon: Rutger, Fir, or Karel Nomad: Sue, Sin/Shin, or Dayan Brigand/Pirate: Gonzalez, Geese, or Garret Refresher: Larum or Elfin Shaman: Raigh, Sophia, or Niime Wyvern: Miledy or Zeiss

Mine are: Lord: Eirika Cavalier: Seth Myrmidon: Joshua Thief: Colm Archer: Innes Mage: Lute Holy: L'Arachel Macho Man: Gerik Flyer: Cormag Trainee: Ross Other: Tethys

Which of the following is your most personal favorite of each category in terms of character, unit, design, or all 3?: Lord: Eirika or Ephraim Cavalier: Seth, Franz, Forde, Kyle, or Duessel Myrmidon: Joshua or Marisa Thief: Colm or Rennac Archer: Neimi or Innes Mage: Lute or Saleh Holy: Moulder, Artur, Natasha, or L'Arachel Macho Man: Gilliam, Garcia, Gerik, or Dozla Flyer: Vanessa, Tana, Cormag, or Syrene Trainee: Ross, Amelia, or Ewan Other: Tethys, Knoll or Myrrh

My favorites are: Lord: Hector Cavalier: Sain Mercenary: Harken Myrmidon: Karel Fighter: Geitz Brigand: Hawkeye Knight: Oswin Pegasus: Farina Wyvern: Heath Thief: Legault Bishop: Serra Mage: Nino Archer: Louise Refresher: Ninian One Class Wonders: Canas

Which of these do you like the most (Whether as a character, unit, design, or all 3) of the following categories: Lord: Lyn, Eliwood, or Hector Cavalier: Sain, Kent, Marcus, Lowen, or Isadora Mercenary: Raven or Harken Myrmidon: Guy, Karel, or Karla Fighter: Dorcas, Bartre, or Geitz Brigand: Dart or Hawkeye Knight: Wallace or Oswin Pegasus: Florina, Fiora, or Farina Wyvern: Heath or Vaida Thief: Matthew, Legault, or Jaffar Bishop: Serra, Lucius, or Renault Mage: Erk, Pent, or Nino Archer: Wil, Rebecca, or Louise Refresher: Nils or Ninian One Class Wonders: Priscilla, Merlinus, Rath, Canas, or Athos

If I had my own mixed team it would be Ryoma-Xander - Lobster Lord > Dude who blindly trusts his Evil Dad Saizo-Laslow - Though I like both, I pick Saizo for more dagger users to debuff foes, plus I have Selena as a Merc. Kagero-Peri - Kagero is superior girl in terms of utility and character. Hinoka-Camilla - Camilla just wreck crap early on. Azama-Beruka - Beruka is much nicer and interesting character than Azama Setsuna-Selena - Sorry stoner girl, but I want a Merc so Tsundere Redhead gets to join in the fun. Takumi-Leo - Not big on either of the two, but Takumi stands out more to me, plus he's a powerful Archer. Hinata-Odin - Because Odin is more fun personality wise, not that both are that great units to begin with Oboro-Niles - Niles is BAE, though I do like Oboro. Sakura-Elise - Wish I had both, but Elise for horsey and can be a magic powerhouse when promoted. Subaki-Arthur - Subaki is as boringly perfect as Kirito, along with being a weak unit. Arthur more fun. Hana-Effie - Effie isn't considered the strongest Armor Unit for nothing, though I like Benny characterwise more compared to her meathead localization. Orochi-Nyx - Both aren't that great mage units, but I like Orochi more characterwise. Rinkah-Charlotte - The Gold Digger is more amusing than the one axe user in hoshido who struggles to be a competent unit, let alone a meh character. Hayato-Benny - Benny is such a Cinnamon Role, Hayato is just a brat. Kaden-Keaton - Gotta love them foxes and their nice bushy tails. Scarlet - Flora - Can debuff and heal, plus I have Camilla and Beruka for Wyverns. Reina - Gunter - Reina isn't bogged down on stat for being a "Jeigen". May not be the most "optimal" setup, but At least I picked characters I like that I can count on.

Fav Ops that pop out of my head: Texhnolyze's Guardian Angel by Juno Reactor Ergo Proxy's Kiri by Monorail Black Lagoon's Red Fraction Yu Yu Hakusho 1st OP (especially the English version) Key The Metal Idol's In the Night (especially the Full English version) Revolutionary Girl Utena's Rinbu Revolution by Masami Okui Serial Experiment Lain's Duvet by BoA Persona 4: The Animation's Both Openings Cowboy Bebop's Tank Samurai Champloo's Op Kaiba's OP Fullmetal Alchemist's Ready Steady Go by L'Arc a Ciel FMA Brotherhood's Again by YUI Black Butler's Monochrome Kiss Paranoia Agent's OP Requiem from the Darkness's The Flame by Keiko Lee Speed Grapher's Shutter Speed by Shinkichi Mitsumine and Girls on Film by Duran Duran Trinity Blood's Dress Shiki Op 1 Kuchizuke Witchblade Op 1 XTC Darker than Black's 1st Opening Howling by Abingdon Boys School Wolf's Rain's Stray by Steve Conte Solty Rei's Clover by Meg Rock Scryed's Reckless Fire Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex's Openings of both seasons RahXephon's Hemisphere by Maaya Sakamoto Brigadoon: Marin to Melan's OP Naoki Urasawa Monster's OP Bleach OPs 1, 2, 4 ,5 ,6 ,7, 8, 10, and 11

This is the part that hurts! is my pick for Tobin.

Binding Blade: Dieck, Lilina, Echidna, Elfin, Klein, Clarine, Thany, Sue, Igrene, Miledy, Gonzales, and Niime. (Dieck the most) Blazing Sword: Lyn, Hector, Oswin, Serra, Lucius, Canas, Geitz, Louise, Legault, Jaffar, Nino, Farina, Dorcas and Hawkeye. (Hector the most) Sacred Stones: Eirika, Seth, Artur, Lute, Colm, Neimi, Gilliam, Tana, Joshua, Cormag, Gerik, Tethys, and L'Arachel. (Gerik the most)

Should have called this mode "Masochist Mode" since that sounds far too brutal of mechanics XD

FF13 and WoW for me, as others have mentioned. The whole FF13 trilogy is one big convoluted mess trying to push Lightning as the next big thing in the FF Series, not helped by Motomu Toriyama's waifu obsesseion for her. Snow was obnoxious with his hero don't need plans talk (at least in the 1st game), Hope was "hopelessy" whiny early on(And is responsible for kickstarting Yuuki Kaji's typecasting as angsty little turds in anime). I actually did like Vanille and her character arc though the crap writing and literal deus ex machina at the end of the game cheapens it, and Sazh and Fang were decent, but not enough to save the series. Serah was a plot device in the 1st game and was kinda a bimbo in 13-2, and was annoyed with how Serah and Snow consider themselves close friends in FF13-2 to Noel for some reason. And Noel was....ok at best. And WoW for the usual reasons, and even then it's mainly because I played it on my dad's account and he don't play WoW anymore.

Favorite Main Heroes: Lyn, Hector, Eirika, Elincia (Even though she wasn't considered a lord, she's a princess with major relevance) Favorite Villains: Berkut, Arvis, Zephiel, Nergal, Lyon Disliked Main Heroes: Corrin Sue, Xander, Kris Sue, Roy the Bland (Hope that promised Binding Blade Remake redeems him) Disliked Villains: Fernand, Most of the villains in Awakening and especially Fates

Sounds like a set up with lots of potential, just hope it doesn't turn into Fates 2.0 Vampire Knight/Twilight edition. And Dracul better live up to it's character, hopefully someone like the Count from Gankutsuou rather than a straight up good guy in bad guy coating.

Best voice acting in the series so far, even better than Awakenings. I was rather disappointed with some of the Japanese castings, mainly for the fact a lot of the girls sound like Moe Stereotypes (Tatiana, Est, and especially Delthea), and Japanese Sonya lacks that cynical tone and sounds like a typical seductress character. Berkut also sounded like your standard bratty bishonen straight out of a Otome Game (even though I do like Tatsuhisa Suzuki). Really liked many of the performances, especially Alm, Celica, Lukas, Clive, Clair, Saber, Mathilda, Python, Forsyth, Gray, Mae, Tatiana, Sonya, and Ian Sinclair's Berkut is <3

I voted Lon'Qu and Olivia. Lon'qu looks a lot like one of my anime mancrushes, Tatsumi Saiga from Speed Grapher (Apparantly both works actually share the same character designer). And Olivia is just deliciously shy for a someone who dresses and dance so provocatively. Also dat pink hair.

Favorites: Alm's Side: Gray, Kliff, Lukas, Clair, Python, Forsyth, Mathilda, Tatiana, and Zeke Celica's Side: Mae, Saber, Leon, Palla, Catria, Jesse, and Sonya Cipher: All of them, just for how much fun personality they have, wouldn't mind seeing them again in later titles Least Favs: Faye (Useful Unit, Shallow Character), Deen (See Faye), Nomah (Boring and Subpar Unit), Mycen (Boring Plot Device who's only a filler unit), and Clive (See Nomah).

He's an annoying walking cliché from what I have seen of him. Didn't care for his Japanese VA, and Nicholas Roye's take make him sound like an arrogant cocky brat. Only Fighting Shonen fanatics could ever like someone like Rowan. Lianna is a far more decent character, and has better magic stat to make use of staffs.

Lord: Celica, mainly for her design, and magic knight playstyle. Villager: Gray, while only really good as a Merc, he is well rounded for a comic relief Soldier: Lukas, Genius Bruiser done well, and has actual brains. Cavalier: Zeke, his overarching tale. Mage: Sonya, good subtle characterization for an mutually exclusive optional character. Solid VA too Archer: Python, low skill growth aside, he's hilarious with a great VA and has some depth (notably from his chain with Clive) Mercenary: Saber, cool dude with long term usefulness and a nice VA Cleric: Tatiana, Sweet beautiful woman with nice VA and has Fortify, nice relationship with Zeke with what little given. Also Shade for honorable mention for her colorful snarky personality for a DLC character from a card game. Pegasus: Palla, Best Whitewing girl.

Characters I thought sucked: Faye: Useful unit and decent VA, but shallow obsession and characterization. Clive: Subpar unit and not all that interesting, Grant George is charismatic on the plus side. Delthea: Annoying brat, even if she is a powerful glass cannon and well played by Christine Marie Cabanos. Also has an annoying loli voice in Japanese. Mycen: Boring plotdevice that everyone seems to like just like Azura. Est: Irresponsible twerp who never gets her crap together, also needs grinding to get good. Brianna Knickerbocker does nice job Deen: Boring Edgelord not worthy to save over Sonya, even if he's a Merc. Nomah: Generic pervy old man/mentor stereotype with subpar stats for a Sage, only good for a Recovery bot. Fernand: A straight up jerk not worth the sympathy Berkut: Entertaining villain with great voicework by Ian Sinclair, but his relationship with Rinea is not well explored and endgame story reasons Rinea: Just there to get sacrificed. Rudolf: See Mycen, Jamieson Price did great as usual.

I found Alm to be an OK character, follows the usual traits and tropes of what's expected of Lords. Could have done more with him scriptwise, but he's passable. Kyle McCarley did a great job portraying Alm on the plus side.