StrategistPockystix Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 So, while our MU will be a standard Mage Fighter; regular Mages will get themselves a Pony and ascend to Mage Knight ~ I'm really digging the effort to give magic classes a mix approach; Nuns with Axes, Pegusi with spells. . . all we need now are some armored Mages Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Purple_Knight Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 They were armored mages before, they were enemy only called barons they could use practically any weapon in the entire game . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreyas Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Dark Knights look interesting. You think maybe they can do magic and swords/lances/axes? one of those weapon types? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 (edited) I believe that Dark Knights will be different than the standard Mage Knight. Consider the fact that we still have the Troubadour class. What two classes does the Troubadour promote to? The two promotion options would have to be two mounted units, one of then not being a Dark Knight. I believe one will have a sword and Staff option, and the other a Tome and Staff option. I believe the Dark Knight will have a unique perk that will separate it from a standard Mage Knight. Perhaps access to Dark Magic? They are "Dark Knights" so it certainly sounds like it. Edited March 28, 2012 by Leif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 >Different skillset >Instant differentiation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celice Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Or Dark Knights could just be more malicious, being able to drain health or inflict status elements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Or they might be focused on stealth, being silent guardians, watchful protectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velth Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 they'll be the heroes fire emblem needs but not the ones it deserves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othin Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Dark Knights clearly use either swords/tomes or axes/tomes. Staffs would be redundant with Sages; Lances would be redundant with Dark Pegasi; Bows would be just plain weird. And I don't think we'll see them as magic exclusive. The only question is, which of the two will it be? If they use swords/tomes, I would expect them to just be called Mage Knights, but they aren't. Axes seem "darker" to me: I was expecting a Dark Mage promotion to use them, but with that class apparently absent, the weapon type falls here. Meanwhile, swords/tomes are already used by the Strategist and any classes it may promote to, and there are other classes that may share swords/tomes to bring them as an option for other characters: I've seen Trickster proposed as such a class, and the suggestion does sound plausible. Not much else for Thieves to do, after all. So it all fits if it looks like this: Mage (tome) --> Sage (tome/staff) / Dark Knight (axe/tome) As for Troubadours, their two promotions will certainly mirror the two versions of the Valkyrie class: one promotion with swords/staffs, one with tomes/staffs. A Troubadour promotion, I think, could be differentiated from Sage much better than a separate Mage promotion could be, as we saw with the Valkyrie class in FE6/7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoulderingGT Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I can see Troubadours promoting to FalconKnight and Valkyrie, since FalconKnights have staves this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othin Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I can see Troubadours promoting to FalconKnight and Valkyrie, since FalconKnights have staves this time around. Not likely. We've never seen a horse to pegasus promotion, and there are two perfectly good class options the Troubadour could take as promotions. Observe that Battle Monk and Battle Cleric use axes/staffs. One might expect them to use something different, perhaps swords. So why would they not use swords/staffs? Because swords/staffs is a combination already taken, by a Troubadour promotion. Especially having seen the combination so many times before, I can't imagine that IS would include lances/staffs and axes/staffs but not swords/staffs in their most frequent pairing. So could Troubadour promote to Valkyrie and gain swords or promote to Falcon Knight and gain lances and wings? Doesn't sound like the most interesting of choices, not when every other magic class so far has had the choice between becoming a tomes/staffs user and becoming a magic/weapon hybrid user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Marth 64 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) But, wasn't it the same Dark Knight that was an unused class in FE3? Edited March 29, 2012 by King Marth 64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othin Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 But, wasn't it the same Dark Knight that was an unused class in FE3? No. There's no reason why that would influence this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrategistPockystix Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Anybody else digging the Dark aesthetic? Even their ponies have black coats and manes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Mecha Death Christ Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Dark Knight's a confirmed class right? He's the guy on the horse we see in some of the FMV trailers? Kinda reminds me of Lann's Dark Crest armor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Dark Knight's a confirmed class right? He's the guy on the horse we see in some of the FMV trailers? Kinda reminds me of Lann's Dark Crest armor. It's this game's mage knight, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreyas Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I wonder which Mage I'll make into a Dark Knight? Hm... maybe Miriel? Depends on what her stats are and what growths the DK get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) You can make all of them Repeatedly, even Edited March 29, 2012 by TheEnd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreyas Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I'm not going to re-class on my first playthrough until I beat it. If I can stay on the map after the final chapter, then I'll do it. I like to have an assortment of classes, like Swordmasters, Assassins, Heros, Sniper, Sages, Generals, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Mecha Death Christ Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Maybe Dark Knight uses Dark Magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Maybe Dark Knight uses Dark Magic. But it has been kind of confirmed there's only one "tome" weapon rank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreyas Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Maybe Dark Knight uses Dark Magic. That might be possible, but we're not sure if magic is all together like in Shadow Dragon or divided up like in Radiant Dawn. It could be like 6,7,8 was with Anima, Light, and Dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Mecha Death Christ Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 But it has been kind of confirmed there's only one "tome" weapon rank. What? Really!? So no magic triangle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 What? Really!? So no magic triangle? That, I don't know. They did add Elthunder/wind/fire, and I'm wondering if they're just going to be redundant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreyas Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 We'll just have to wait and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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