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^ Lol, thank you very much for your help. Glad to know my thoughts on the matter weren't entirely paranoid. If you were to give your opinion, I have a +Spd/-Luck Avatar, is Rightful King worth having Inigo be Chrom's kid over? With Limit Breaker taking up a skill slot too, I'm questioning the usefulness of it.. Galeforce + Limit Breaker + Lethality + Rightful King + Luna/Sol/Armsthrift is what I'd put on him, in which case Rightful King is basically for Lethality procs. Since you can't have a son as a MaMU *shakes fist*, I would probably pair my Avatar with either Aversa, Cherche (b/c Batman is cool), or Nowi/Tiki/Nah (undecided on which of those three) if I didn't have him father Inigo. Mind giving me some opinions?

Wrath maybe, (though on ultra high crit people running Vantage/Sol, it's disgusting lol), but Counter single-handedly makes brave swords, lances, axes, and the usage of Astra on any melee attacker essentially a free win for you. Hardly useless.

To start, I feel like I should say A) Olivia is by far the cutest chick in the history of Fire Emblem, and B) Inigo has got to be my favorite character from any Fire Emblem, ever (I've played all the US ported ones and 1 or 2 of them that didn't make it over here lol). That in mind, I kinda wanted to have my MaMU marry Olivia this time around, but I'm having serious issues breaking away from the Chrom!Inigo and the beauty that is Rightful King (especially since Lethality is my favorite skill, I kinda put it on.. well.. everyone who I can lol). I have 4 big questions about the matter: 1) Is it a waste of Olivia/MaMU to have them marry each other? Inigo will end up with good classes no matter who you pair Olivia with, as such I would like to know how much potential I'm wasting here by having an Avatar!Inigo. 2) If yes, is Chrom!Inigo the best way to go about it? I hear a lot of talk about Cynthia desperately wanting Chrom, but frankly, can't Sumia be used elsewhere without too much ill effect on Cynthia? And with regards to that, who is a good partner for Sumia? I did Gaius last time, cuz I like the two together, but now I think I'm going to use Gaius elsewhere for more Galeforce. 3) There seem to be heavily polarized opinions about Virion!Inigo. Is it actually good/bad, or is just like.. "Chrom isn't his dad, so Virion is the next best thing with blue hair"? 4) Why the hell do we get no say in the gender of Morgan? Personally I wanted a prodigal son more than a little snarky pain in the rear daughter lol Anyone who has a minute, please feel free to comment on the matter, I'm sitting at chapter 11 going "hmmm...." lol

Aptitude is kinda a useless skill IMO when you have infinite leveling...

Right. I'm an idiot lol Thanks for pointing that out >.<

Excluding MaMU (cuz I think I'ma marry them to Olivia this time) and Donnel (because I really don't want to waste armsthrift on a Manakete), who should I put Nowi with? I was considering Chrom, solely because she'd inherit Aether, and I could then get Morgan as a Manakete if I so chose, but what do you all think?

Okay, for a long time everyone was all "ermagerd Donnel x Nowi blah blah" But lets be frank, Aptitude is a totally pointless skill when you have infinite levels. Assuming all options are open (as this is for my next playthrough) what do you guys advise to do with Donnel as far as pairing? I believe he can pass Galeforce (not a HUGE deal for me as I mostly worry about building annoying spotpass teams, damn IS for not including a direct multiplayer), but as far as what you guys have decided you like best, how do you all suggest I pair up the annoying, redneck, pan-wearing dweeb?

Lol well my first avatar has maxed every class he can and is in my logbook for over 100k so I think grinding wont be an issue..

With that in mind, is there any other female only skill I'm missing out on besides Renewal? cuz I was pretty sure the answer is "no", but maybe I'm forgetting something..

Can't believe I didn't think of Henry!Cynthia. Was trying to marry off Sumia early because I wanted Chrom to get Olivia and had C support on Sumia lol Are there particular skills I need to pass that I'm not thinking of? I don't think any of the classes listed are gender exclusive for this group...

lol okay, you bring up a fair point.

Sorry, could you clarify as to what "pattern" you're referring?

cool. Assuming I'm going with this... Gregor x Miriel Ricken x Tharja Libra x Sully Stahl x Panne Frederick x Cherche Do you guys have suggestions for next time around as far as the OTHER pairings I did earlier? Oh, sorry, 2 more questions: 1) Does this allow a full breaker character anywhere that i'm just blind to? i'm not seeing one, 2) Since Frederick passes the Wyvern classes and Taguel isn't such a great class, what are your guys opinions on swapping into Stahl!Gerome and Frederick!Yarne?

Does Laurent make a good Dread Fighter if you give him gregor? (trying not to waste that STR boost)

Understandable, but you have to remember 2 things. 1) It's a heavily japanese franchise, they prioritize their hardcore community far more than American developers 2) while this game significantly opened up the game to more casual players who don't want to invest the time and focus into it, FE always HAS been focused on the people who view it with a "hardcore" mentality. I don't think it's incredibly far fetched to say we'll see a multiplayer sometime soon, wishful thinking or no. The streetpass system is just, frankly, too easy. Which btw, anyone feel like the AI is dumber this time around? Granted lunatic/lunatic+ are tough, but it's because of ridiculous numbers, not tactics. Seems like the AI just bumrushes you until they're boned.

lol well if you think about it, I think your streetpass team can have 10 characters right? That means 5 pairs, and each odd-number kill leaves a unit without a pairing partner, thus leaving someone without a chance to use dual guard and significantly weaker. Furthermore, skills like Lethality/Counter make killing people with moves devoid of the Dual Guard system fairly simple. Honestly unless you're both trying to turtle, I don't think an occasional dual guard is gamebreaking (since on my characters, personally, I'm averaging 30%ish dual guard chance without the "dual support" skill). And if you are both turtling, then you're not really playing anyway, are you?

True enough. On that subject, am I missing something with the the Miriel x Ricken and Gregor x Tharja pairings? are Gregor/Ricken interchangeable in this case? Personally I think Noire (as a character) is annoying and pathetic. I'd rarely use her, so if I can give Laurent armsthrift over Noire I'd prefer to. Opinions?

Oh yes, of course, bugs first, I'm speaking sometime in the next year (hopefully). And, I honestly mean no offense, but I don't bitch because I lost to a random chance in a game built entirely around a lot of random chances. Neither do my friends or anyone I know who plays competitive games (Magic for example), so I really wouldn't be worried about dual guard (which is why I keep saying it should be kept local play only lol) Granted, it sucks, but if you're not completely outclassed in your team setup, you should be getting roughly the same amount of lucky breaks. I don't know, just seems like it's not nearly enough of a balance issue to warrant the complete lack of actual multiplayer.

Thanks, I'm liking these. However, I am mildly concerned about pairing stahl with Panne, seeing as if I keep Yarne as a taguel, I can't use a ranged lethality with him . Granted, I'm not sure how good the Taguel class actually is stat wise, so I could swap him into Dread Fighter, but..

So, what, there's like a maximum of 50% chance at dual guard with dual support+ right? Hardly gamebreaking by FE standards lol. Again, I bring up the dazzle card that totally removed myrmidons from usefulness from Shadow Dragon. Besides, like I said, I'm speaking from local play only. Not hard to just say "no pairing up" if you think it's broken.. Furthermore, unless I'm mistaken, they could still give a software update, similar to what's done with console systems, that allows multiplayer without much issue.

Seriously, I'm not quite sure why this game was released without it (Shadow Dragon was an abomination of multiplayer of course... tons of glitchers and that stupid gamebreaking dazzle card) But the fact that RNG abusing isn't really a thing any more, the only real setbacks I can think of are that Galeforce would probably be broken (Flier parks in ocean, flies onto land, kills a unit with a tome, flies back. Aversa!Morgan with Mire for similar effect without risk), and Morgan is an insanely better unit all around than any other in the game (Depressing since idk about you, but I'd like my avatar to be my best unit lol) however, these things wouldn't be an issue if it was local play only so you/your buddy just agree on no Galeforce or no Morgan or something. That in mind, do you guys think there's a chance that we'll get an update (since, you know, the internet is magic) that allows for direct multiplayer? Seeing as we already have the co-op, it should be a simple issue to fix..

Firstly, what qualifies as "support" in FE:Awakening? I hear the term and assume it means anyone w/out galeforce lol Second, as far as Kellam x Miriel, I know that armsthrift is kinda wasted in Spotpass, but is there some drawback to placing Gregor with Miriel over Kellam? I feel like if I'm going to ignore the Armsthrift skill, I should just make Ricken!Laurent and get a supermage. Not much improvement in class variety, but... Opinions? Oh, and p.s, CAN Mire proc Lethality? I wanted to pair Stahl x Miriel to get another sorc who can get Lethality, but if Mire can't proc it it's kinda wasted, eh? ...p.p.s., I was considering MaMU x Olivia on my next runthrough because Inigo has got to be my favorite FE character... well ever lol. Other than losing Rightful King from Chrom, do I miss out on a whole lot?

Thanks, that's a lot of the same thoughts I was considering. If you wouldn't mind explaining: 1) why gregor x sully over gregor x cherche? Isn't Gerome an all around better (and definitely cooler) unit than Kjelle? Furthermore, on that subject, why Kellam x Miriel? 2) Seeing as Manaketes are little bitches, was Donnel!Nah a bad choice? Back when I was in "every FE game to date abuses RNG" mode, I was blinded by aptitude, but it's obvious Aptitude is a useless skill lol. I haven't actually gotten Nah yet so I could pass Donnel's other villager skill/something else, any tips on that? 3) Planning on replaying it immediately after I finish this run-through, could you give me your opinions on the matchings I did this time? 4) Finally, how interchangeable are Gregor/Kellam/Stahl? I know the differences between them obviously, but am I missing some important factor with their children that implies those matchings take place the way you suggested? Also, why not Frederick? Supposedly he makes a good tank child... Whenever you have a moment, I'd love some help. Thanks a lot again

So here's the deal, after much research, I've finally reached that point where it feels like the majority of my thought and planning goes into choosing who-marries-who rather than the actual battles in the game. As such, I'm asking for some advice. I've already paired off: Chrom x Olivia MaMU x Lucina (Kinda regretting that one, but oh well lol) Gaius x Sumia Lon'qu x Cordelia Vaike x Lissa (because, lets face it, Owain is just Vaike with a fetish for previous FE games...) Henry x Maribelle. Nowi x Donnel I'm looking at my units and there's just seemingly not enough D to give the ladies and produce prodigal Master Race offspring lol In that regard, I'm looking for some help: I've got... (leaving out the women who can't have kids) Ladies Sully Miriel Cherche Panne Tharja Gents Ricken Gregor Virion Kellam Libra Stahl and Freddy (still lvl 1 w/no experience lol) laying around, and not quite sure how I want to pair them, encountering issues such as "I like sorcerors but they're only good with armsthrift" or "Lethality is my favorite skill", etc. Could anyone please hand me some advice? Just so you all know I have done some legwork, I was thinking... Gregor x Miriel Frederick x Cherche Virion x Sully (because, to my knowledge/as far as I can tell, there's little reason to care about their kid) And have not clue how to handle Panne. Final note, I'd like a team that pisses off my buddy in spotpass. I hear there are ways to get some characters (besides avatar and offspring ofc) with all breaker skills, other crap like that? I find that intriguing... Furthermore, I know Galeforce is good, I like Galeforce, but I also think it's overrated (obvious by me pairing off Gaius w/Sumia lol), particularly if my endgame is spotpass (since I can't control my units anyway). Please, if people could give me some advice, I'd prefer to have all my characters married off before playing the final chapter... Thanks a lot in advance!