CrimeanRoyalKnight
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No thank you.
If there was one but they were just a villager you can customize, Avatar fans would complain they are not important at all. This would be the option I would not mind the least, but I'd prefer it if it was optional.
If there was one but was like Kris or even worse, like Corrin, a lot of people would probably find it stale and older fans like me would not be pleasedLet this be Alm and Cellica' story!
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Comrades is better than Together We Ride, Sacred Stones is the best handheld FE game, and the Tellius games had a far worse case of the "anime problem" people whine about than 3DSFE ever has.
What would that be? The blood pact? Micaiah being a Sue? Cat girls?
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I can't think of a single reason to prefer FE1 to FE11. The gaidens are optional, and it's not the gaidens themselves that are controversial, merely the requirements to get them. I can see why one might prefer FE3 to FE12 though, but I personally prefer FE12 myself.
Well, FE1 has "so ugly they are beautiful" portraits, while FE11's portaits look like potato faces.
Don't take this post too seriously.
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I have come to a point in my life where I can't see Hector x Eliwood as anything but canon.
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No thanks, it ruins world building more than it should. Plus the new children aren't nearly as popular as Inigo, Severa and Owain were.
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if we're playing the "well real life religion is like that too" then we might as well take it a step further and compair the grima worship to islam or something.
ofcourse not only is this an awful idea for a subject, it will get the thread locked in about 5 seconds so how about we, don't try to bring religion into story stuff.
I don't want to be a sourpuss but I don't think anybody mentioned real-life religion, and also the Grimleal is a major point in Awakening' story and the cause of many of its events. I can't think criticizing its story without criticizing the Grimleal. But if it's a problem then I will stop this discussion on it.
About Anankos: It's not that he went mad just because the Vallite hated him, but the fact that they were the same people that everything they had now was thanks to him. I mean, It must have been a really hard hit to see something like that, especially when you wild instict just begun to came out.Then again, I just freaking love his dragon design and his backstory.
I have yet to play Rev but I know how it works, and it still doesn't convince me. It takes cues from "Dragons go mad" from Archanea, and that's interesting, but it baffles me I have to buy more DLC to understand the story better!
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If this is an unpopular opinion, then...
I love FE6's story, it's simple and bland but it works.
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Though could you explain how you saw it? When you played the game did you think Validar had just decided to resurrect Grima himself?
Well, when I played the game (I've read the story fully two times at least), I saw the Grimleal before the rise as a really small clique. They can be forgotten easily... it's not a bad thing but I still think they should've had a bit more impact on the player.
Of course it's not a "just himself" (there is Aversa and some bosses), but it wouldn't have hurt to have more robed priests with more plot relevance, like one or two more.
And even after the rise of the Grimleal, it just felt like he was alone and only used brainwashing to control people... like, I would've liked to see some actual show of love and faith for Grima from both him and the followers, I would've liked to see a Plegian explain why the Grimleal is right. Because on one side we are told brainwashing is used, but on another we hear Validar won the hearts of the Plegians. Whaaat? Sure one does not deny the other, but I would've preferred if they sticked to winning people over.
His faith for Grima seems ridicously evil, born from nowhere, it's hard to take him seriously. Even if he is part of a devoted family, more than just his blood should define his faith. It makes sense for him to be a strict believer of destiny... but then, why not let him explain more of the Grimleal's philosophy? Why do they want the world to die? Even a "You wouldn't understand." would've been better than nothing. Even if his motivation is faith, faith needs reasons, faith is grounded in moral beliefs. What are his beliefs?
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You stated an opinion on a public forum, and I offered my own in response; isn't that how these things work? I never demeaned your opinion or said you were wrong, merely that I didn't agree with your point.
To me, Nergal will always be so low on my list because of what he does and how he does it. Killing people off-screen to gather invisible energy and letting his only threats live when he could've killed them effortlessly simply doesn't do it for me, and his backstory isn't enough to make up for that.
That's all I said. I don't know why you're so annoyed.
But I only used Nergal as a way to state my point, regardless of how well written or not he is. You already stated before and multiple times that Nergal is an ass villain, even in this thread. However his quality as a badguy is secondary in this case.
Also sorry I am annoyed, I personally felt you were annoyed at my post too, but that was not the case.
I just want to point out that my point is not how well written a villain should be, but that they need motivations and charisma to work and entertain.
Validar is in a line of a religious sect dedicated to reviving Grima for 1000 years, Robin and by extension him were born to be raised and brainwashed into to revive the dragon. A guy being brainwashed into cult that his entire family line were a part of is more believable than "Dark Magic made me crazy". While Fire Emblem always deals with the supernatural I think the role Validar has is pretty grounded. Is it really hard to believe that a cult leader is 100% indoctrinated into their own religion?
The problem here is that we see too few of Grima's followers, he feels alone in what he does and he gets nothing in return for doing it, making his existance feel like he is there only to revive Grima for the plot. We have too few information on Grima's cult to make Validar feel more important and relevant.
If the cult of Grima and Validar were better explored, then it would have worked and it would have been a good reference to the Lopt sect, but as it is, it just feels hollow and "lol I love Grima".
Why does the Grimleal love Grima?
Why do they want the world to end?
Why is Validar Grima's number 1 fan?
The Lopt sect should have been explored more too, but at least it was explored enough! We see they do child hunts in honor of their god, that children indoctrinated to it live for Loptyr, that Loptyr grants his followers power and fame, we see a lot of Loptyr followers as bosses, we se that their ideal world is one were only the strongest live.
With Grima, we only see most of its followers are brainwashed, that they are rich, and that for some reason they want Grima to succeed.
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And so? Having a reason as flimsy as dark magic is better than reviving Grima just because. The villains in the new FE games lack motivations, that's what I meant. I'd rather have a well detailed explanation on the corruption of something pitiful such as dark magic than "lol I love Grima" or the embarassment that is Garon. Heck, I'd rather have a Walhart with a longer arc.
Nergal is probably among my least favorite villains but then he still worked better than having badguys who feel like they have no presence at all. Sometimes I even forget about Validar's existence cuz of Grima, and when I went against Garon in Birthright it felt like I battled something almost non-existant. With Nergal, at least it felt like I was battling a madman and his empire of weird empty beings.
I never ever said FE has stellar writing or anything, just that once FOR ME it has always been good enough (FE7 has its moments even if it's shit), and now it's not anymore. Simply accept that Nergal for some people is a better villain than what new FE offered and move on.
I'm not even biased or nostalgic, because, as I said, I think FE7 has a bad plot.
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Well you have to admit this is still a pretty terrible reason. "Dark magic makes you evil/crazy" isn't a very intriguing or human explanation for why someone would fall to evil. Compare with, say, Sephiran, who does terrible things because watching his own race be exterminated caused him to lose faith that laguz and beorc could live together peaceable and thus that Ashera had been right to propose wiping both out and starting anew. The game sells you on how someone might reach that mental state, and it doesn't require hocus-pocus.
It's still better than Validar etc., I suppose, but only just.
No, I agree, and I am a huge appreciator of Sephiran. But at least Nergal is not the only one corrupted by dark magic, so I think it gives better grounds as to why he is like this.
Others corrupted by dark magic are Bramimond, who even loses his own self to master it, and Canas' brothers, who end up in a coma-like state.
I think it's a cool idea... not very well executed but good enough, especially considering it's not there just to make Nergal go crazy, but to explain part of the magic system in Elibe.
To Gangrel's credit, he also has an additional motive besides petty revenge against Ylisse: uniting the continent against the threat of Walhart and the Valmese army. However, this requires having Spotpass activated for Fire Emblem Awakening and playing as the male Avatar since this is only seen in their C-rank support (at least this is free disc-locked content).I see... I have never seen that. It's a bummer these bad guys get explored only in these conversations. Supports should have world building and such, but such important points shuld be detailed in the main story, IMO.
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I want to understand why "Sothe" is "Soth" and not "So-thee".
WHY?!?!?
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I'm glad Finn placed so high.
I wonder how much Fates will influece future polls...
On the matter of Ike: being a commoner instead of a star-chosen, blue blooded lord, I think that is part of his appeal. When PoR came out, it was very refreshing for me to see a focus on a team of non-noble people.
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I say this as somebody who thinks FE7's plot is ass for the most part:
Nergal has a reason for being insane and devoted to darkness: dark magic in Elibe corrupts people in various way, and in his case it made him power-hungry. Why did he study dark magic? To get back with his lost/dead wife.
What's the reason for Validar to be a crazy Grima worshipper? ...
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So?
And that's the problem with all the new FE villains: no motivations. My favorite is Walhart because he had more plausible reasons.
But the others? Gangrel's revenge is brought down by his pathethic bad cartoon villain attitude. Sad, because he has potential.
Aversa and Validar love Grima because.
Iago wants to be powerful or some reason like that. He seems to exist only to be an hindrance.
Hans is the early game bandit boss, except now he is a major endgame boss.
Garon is just a pawn slime monster who hates and wants to destroy everyone.
Anankos is mad because people don't love him anymore... really?
And not only they lack good motivations, but also good speeches, writing, et cetera. These games really need some entertaining villains!
They all have the basis to be fun, but the execution is too poor. I really don't ask much (I enjoy a lot of things in old FE plots, my standards for this series are not high... but neither too low), only baddies that are fun to read, fun to get angry at (Sonia, Julius, Alvis), fun to sympathize with (Lyon, Zephiel, heck even Sephiran)... badguys that feel relevant, that feel important, and give weight to the plot.
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On the top of my head:
L'Arachel - Luruh-shell
Deghinsea - Day-gheen-say-uh
Navarre - Nuh-vuh-rray
Tharja - Turr-Juh
Rajaion - Ruh-juh-eon
Ena - Ay-nuh
Eirika - Ay-ree-kuh
Pieri - Pee-ay-ree
Lucina - Loo-tchee-nuh
etc
If there is a name whose pronunciation is unknown to me I will read it with the Italian alphabet. I guess this would change if I spoke in english about FE with someone.
Anyway, when I heard the english dub in RD pronounce Deghinsea's name, my world fell apart.
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I voted for Azama, Setsuna, Orochi, Saizo and Takumi.
Takumi is there to not send you in total hell lol.
Disappointed at the low votes on Azama... he is very fun and has the growths to pull his default promotion.
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Let me rephrase that before I get a heart attack from Caeda's stare: Who wants the kids, who are here purely made of plot device of anime in a plot made of anime ?
Because I don't have anything against units making babies a-la FE4.
No dude I should've specified that I am not ok with children in this game either... just that my IRL friends like them and have said that they wouldn't have bought the game if there weren't kids. This I heard from other casuals (IRL) too, and even in this forum a lot of people wanted S supports and children back (they were quite about it).
There is still a lot of people, casual, newcomer, veteran, pro, etc, who are not very happy with the inclusion of kids too. I wonder if it's a vocal minority though.
A lot of kids scored low in the popularity polls, though (aside from the kids of the popular guys bar Kiragi). Let's hope it sends a message to IS, because to me making these units children was a waste of maps, gaiden chapters, and other fun things they could've brought back.
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I too agree it should be more like SoulCalibur, but not the trashy SoulCalibur from 3 onwards pls.
CHARACTER LIST
Marth
Ike
Camilla
Lucina
Robin
Corn
Rolf
Doga
Holmes
Hawk
Dorcas
Lyre
Meg
Fiona
Manfroy
Batta teh kitteh
Vaike
Sophia
Haitaka
Wrys
Ewan
Dew
RNG pooped Lyn
RNG Screwed Eirika
RNG blessed Micaiah
Setsuna
Lilith (fish)
Ilyana
Fergus
Kempf
Hire me Namco!
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-... Who wants to have the kids back ? Seriously, who ?
My IRL friends do. One even said that if she could not marry Leon and do match making she would not buy the game. I mean, they found the explanation stupid, but I did not hear any "I would've rather not have them".
Regarding the topic at hands, I have to think about it. I want to write something, but it will probably pretty long and convoluted.
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Fire Emblem Memez Part 2: Unleash the Memez
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Hey, my IRL friends, who are not into FE as much as me and don't check FE communities, they also are not into Phoenix mode and said they'd rather play Conquest on Casual. Yep, I guess some newcomers and/or casuals are embarassed of using Phoenix mode.
I think this could be an interesting topic, albeit for another thread.
One issue I have with Awakening is that, even if casual friendly, it doesn't really teach you how to play it, and trust me I saw a lot of newcomers who had no idea of what they were doing. I wonder if Fates did better in that regard. Heck, I wonder if FE knows how to teach newcomers how to play itself.
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This is only partially related, but I dislike Cynthia as Chrom's daughter because she can't recognize her dad! Why would she think she is the daughter of an ugly boss? That's so terrible for being the most canon choice... Plus I like Cynthia and while she is not very brilliant, I'd expect her to at least know that guy is definitely not her dad. Maybe she does not remember exactly how he looks but... Cynthia if she was your dad you'd at least have a bigger nose!
At least she fits the convo. But for me, Inigo is the most fitting. Because you can just SEE him being afraid of bugs, lol. And the cool bit at the end is very appropriate too.
Really, the only downside to Chrom/Olivia for me is how they marry in-game. Even their logbook S support is the cutest of all S supports for Chrom, imo.
I guess the other downside would be a no-grind run, but in those it's either Sumia or Sully. And if you're FRobin, simply marry him yourself, lol. Easily the most OP pairing in the game.
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I miss:
- First tier bow users on horseback. Hoshido just missed an opportunity here.
- On-foot healers for Nohr. And no, not fetish maids and butlers, I want my power nuns back. I loved miko and monks, and their promotions even more, but I would've liked a Nohrian counterpart for them too.
-Not enough classes in Hoshido use clubs, or so I felt that. Maybe it's because I did not use Rinkah, but not having more than two units starting as an oni savage is pretty sad (FYI I don't like Rinkah).
-WHY IS THE ONLY MALE DIVINER A BRAT! Their outfit is so sexy! This is a wasted opportunity. Ok this is what I miss: I miss handsome/cute/attractive male adult/young adult mages. The days of Pent are long gone.
-I miss good-looking Great Knights. Their new armor design, while better than Awakening, is still ass.
-I miss proper manakete. Beaststones are really bad so far.
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I have a gif:
Recommended and "Canon" pairings...? *Revelations*
in Fire Emblem Fates
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You've got it all wrong, here is a 100% canon marriage list:
The rest is everything goes.
Also chance is you probably are a /feg/ memer.