Shugey

Aren't we going to need to start over anyway once supports exist? EDIT: Uh oh. Macs can't support the latest patch's file type. Or at least, I don't think they can.

It's actually similar to FE6's translation.

You were right. Soft patching works great. Thanks for all of your help.

Just tried that, didn't work. This is quite confusing.

Kent has a tale! Hooray for him. Does this mean Sain get's to be in three Tales? Erk has three, so why not?

ZSNES has a Mac build, but it is horrendously outdated and slow. Maybe the next patch will work.

I have a Mac(lol) and SNES9X works better with it. This would make sense but I was able to play an earlier version with SNES9X just fine. Now I either get a corrupted ROM or the black screen.

Getting a black screen, which is odd because I remember playing part of this half a year ago.

Maybe he needs something like a Coward Bow, which is a weaker Brave Bow. Or Lyn could actually dodge for once.

I think Tinny needs to be recruitable by Seliph, as I didn't even know Chapter 6 would be dealing with her recruitment, and I don't feel like restarting an extremely long chapter because I didn't think to bring Arthur.

Despite playing all of the previous patch and only being on Chapter 3 right now, I already have a bit of character input. Having Johalva, Othin, and Halvan is a bit excessive, and maybe changing one to a pirate might make them stand out? Abilities are out of the question, so I don't really see how to differentiate them. I swear if I get to 4x and find out that one of them already changed class I will feel like the biggest idiot.

Another promotion item we have to steal? My Chester got speed screwed, so I missed out on the Phoenix Quill in the Onduris route. I don't like items that only a certain character with good stats can get.

The only localization I have an issue with is Ced, because the tome itself is named Forseti. His name doesn't even make sense now. On the other hand, Ulster is 500x better than Skasahashker.

Don't forget about Sigurd and Quan too. I'm fine with another delay, as Awakening is keeping me rather busy. I have to restart the current patch anyway due to computer explosion a month ago. Just take your time. I can't believe my car bomb failed to go off.

What I'm trying to say is that I hate when I have to do a part of a level a certain way. I don't like having to say, wait 5 turns for an recruitable Ally to appear when I could beat the chapter before they arrive. Mid-chapter events or recruitments shouldn't conflict with overall completion.

Good level design needs to allow for multiple ways to beat a level, and not just one path that is blatantly designed and other ways that either are way too hard and luck based or break the level entirely. That being said, not every level needs to have multiple paths. I just don't want to have to make sure Unit Y is at Village X by Turn Z.

I can see why you aren't a fan of DoF. Level design is a huge part of enjoying FE for you, so I can see why the many slow paced and rather repetitive maps became boring. Many linear maps are a shame, as some of the nonlinear ones later on made me truly think about level design. Many chapters are forgettable, and difficulty largely stemmed from just throwing a lot of powerful enemies at you. During battles, I never felt like there were many options on how to approach chapters, and whenever I found another way around, I almost felt like I was "breaking the chapter". Character and plot-wise, I liked the game but I can see how the lack of supports make many characters just seem bland. I'm no expert in writing so I was fine with it. Hope you like the next hack, I found it rather good.

So you are changing earlier maps/dialogue slightly. That's interesting.

So will Elphin and Lalum be like Nils and Ninian or is Elphin purely an NPC this time around? I'm not a big fan of when plot important good guys don't actually fight to help(Malledus, Nyna)

Couldn't you have it so that Lalum and Elphin are like Ninian and Nils and swap out as playable characters from time to time? I just don't want to see that harp animation go to waste...

Uh-oh. It looks like Harken is going to suffer from Midir syndrome. Poor guy. He'll get better, but scripted low crits bite. Kilmar should totally have his manga stats. Level 20 Swordmaster with 11 speed is perfectly reasonable.

Looks rather nice, but I usually need to play a chapter or two to get a real opinion on a hack. That's just me, though.

I can see what you mean. The problem seems to be is that Fire Emblem isn't designed to be a 7 chapter game, as things like permadeath, experience points, and breakable weapons all work better in a longer format. That being said, hacks like yours prove that you don't necessarily have to make those work the exact way it was intended in order to have a great hack.

Is this Lunatic Mode?

If xin'Khen has a talk convo with two people, do we have to play the chapter twice to access it without sending Lia or Juan over to rescue him? Because the stairs only work once, so unless one rescues the other(which I don't think is possible), you'd have to play twice. That is, unless you change where he is on the map. As for the freezing, it only seemed to happen when he fought mercenaries. Also, the Nihil Katti seems to be Ice on the map.