Lodestar77 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Hey guys, while I was reading the new information, I came across the name of the characters we didn't know, as well as, their classes. To start with: Marx is a Paladin (nothing special there) Camilla is a Revenant Knight (New) Leon (the younger blonde haired prince from Nohr) is a Dark Knight (we guessed as much here) Elise (AKA twintails) is a Rod Knight Ryouma is a Trueblade (most likely not a third tier promotion) Hinoka is a Pegasus Warrior Takumi is a Bowman Sakura is a priestess What do you think these classes mean? Why isn't hinoka a pegasus knight instead? What is really interesting to me is that Camilla is a Revenant Knight. What does that mean? I thought that she was a wyvern rider? Are these special classes for these characters only or are they renamed. Of course this still the translation, but it is interesting to me at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonlordsd Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I just assumed its a translation thing, and they're still the same classes. On a related note, what is a "rod knight?" A knight that uses staves? Isn't that the same as troubadour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cysx Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 (edited) They may have wanted to make knighthood a concept specific to Nohr, hence the pegasus warrior. There are quite a few theories about Camilla's. Black magic wielder, personal class, riding an undead creature... your guess is as good as ours. Edited May 13, 2015 by Cysx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venterqua Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 (edited) I think it's a mixture of both. Someone posted TCG art that had Sakura holding a bow and a staff/rod/wand. It's most likely she and Camilla have new classes. The others I'm not so sure about. Royalties in past FE games have had 'normal' classes with special names (Elincia, Lynn, Miciah, etc.) so it could be the same here. I think those all had an extra weapon as well iirc so we could see that again. Hinoka could wield an axe when promoted for example. Edit: Also VincentASM guessed that Rod Knight could be gender neutral troubadors which I also find interesting. Edited May 13, 2015 by Venterqua Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Bro Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I'm inclined to believe they're just special class names, it's been done before for important characters, though usually they're a little different from the "regular" class as well (I think Dragon Pulse would be enough of a difference). It's a little odd that Marx and Leon don't have a different title though. Unless maybe Cavaliers don't promote to Paladins for some reason (maybe Great Knights and Bow Knights?), and same with Dark Mages (Sorcerer and Sage?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venterqua Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I'm inclined to believe they're just special class names, it's been done before for important characters, though usually they're a little different from the "regular" class as well (I think Dragon Pulse would be enough of a difference). It's a little odd that Marx and Leon don't have a different title though. Unless maybe Cavaliers don't promote to Paladins for some reason (maybe Great Knights and Bow Knights?), and same with Dark Mages (Sorcerer and Sage?). I'm bgeginning to think that Nohr has all the horses and wyverns while Hoshido has pegasi. That could be a little unbalanced though and we there may be a new mount that we don't know about yet for Hoshido. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMT4ever Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 From the screenshots it seems like every character has a personal skill, which in these cases would be Dragon's Vein, so I think they're just generic classes subjected to translation issues. Camilla seems like a wyvern rider to me, although her wyvern might be undead. Miniature Draco Zombies! Sakura probably promotes into a new class exclusive to Hoshido, while Nohrian clerics promote to War Cleric or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphine Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I just assumed its a translation thing, and they're still the same classes. On a related note, what is a "rod knight?" A knight that uses staves? Isn't that the same as troubadour? I think they meant it as troubadour, given that her in-game sprite is a troubadour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryo Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 So far, all of the Nohrian classes have Katakana names, while the Hoshidan's have Kanji. Some have been "fancified" to some degrees, but I guess they're still similar to classes from past FE games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodestar77 Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 I think it's a mixture of both. Someone posted TCG art that had Sakura holding a bow and a staff/rod/wand. It's most likely she and Camilla have new classes. The others I'm not so sure about. Royalties in past FE games have had 'normal' classes with special names (Elincia, Lynn, Miciah, etc.) so it could be the same here. I think those all had an extra weapon as well iirc so we could see that again. Hinoka could wield an axe when promoted for example. Edit: Also VincentASM guessed that Rod Knight could be gender neutral troubadors which I also find interesting. Thats what I am thinking. Perhaps they will have special weapon choices such as Hinoka with Lance and Axe ( and possibly Staff, too) with a Pegasus/Falcon when she promotes and maybe rod knight just has (possible Light magic) anima and staff while regular troubadours/Valeries have only anima and staff? It would be cool for each of them to have special classes with 3 weapons and exclusive skills. We'll just have to wait and see for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Leu Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 (edited) Ryouma is a Trueblade (most likely not a third tier promotion) Shaddup, don't destroy my dreams please. :p Edited May 14, 2015 by B.Leu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NekoKnight Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I'm guessing they're just fancy names for preexisting classes, just like Conqueror is basically a Great Knight, but I wouldn't be opposed to some new classes either. Maybe Camilla will be able to use dark magic after promoting? That would be neat. Light magic for promoted Pegasus Knights, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentASM Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 So far, all of the Nohrian classes have Katakana names, while the Hoshidan's have Kanji. Some have been "fancified" to some degrees, but I guess they're still similar to classes from past FE games. My thoughts are the same. The other thing, which has also been mentioned, is that Nohr seems to have all the "knights", which I believe is a mostly Western concept. On that note, "Paladin" essentially means "Holy Knight". Meanwhile, all of the Hoshidan classes have been eastern-fied, including their names. For the ease of reading, I've purposely westernised all the class names, so it's probably harder to tell. So Ryouma is actually a Kensei, which has been localised as "Sword Saint" for Karel's title in Binding Blade and more recently "Trueblade" in Radiant Dawn. The name itself basically alludes to a master swordsman, so maybe it will be just "Swordmaster" in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Bunny Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 It seems like the classes are just done up versions of existing classes to me. Takumi is just an archer that (hopefully) won't suck, Elise is just a troubadour with higher magic or somesuch, and Marx will be a more paladiny Paladin? The odd one out would have to be Camilla with her Revenant Knight class, but a unit that's counts as all of: flying, dragon, and zombie would be quite interesting. Interesting to note that knight has been Nohr only thus far. I actually really like that idea, but hopefully Hoshido would have something good to make up for this. They're already getting Oni, so it wouldn't be farfetched to think they're getting other new classes too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandedRogue Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 or rod knight could be the new version of the valkyrie. using swords makes more sense for a knight (and the name valkyrie never fit their FE role anyway ;P) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belmont Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 It's a little odd that Marx and Leon don't have a different title though. Unless maybe Cavaliers don't promote to Paladins for some reason (maybe Great Knights and Bow Knights?), and same with Dark Mages (Sorcerer and Sage?). Now that would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayward Alchemist Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I'm inclined to believe they're just special class names, it's been done before for important characters, though usually they're a little different from the "regular" class as well (I think Dragon Pulse would be enough of a difference). It's a little odd that Marx and Leon don't have a different title though. Unless maybe Cavaliers don't promote to Paladins for some reason (maybe Great Knights and Bow Knights?), and same with Dark Mages (Sorcerer and Sage?). Dark Mage --> Sorc or Necromancer (More offense, squishier) pleasepleaseplease! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DanMan Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I'm inclined to believe they're just special class names, it's been done before for important characters, though usually they're a little different from the "regular" class as well (I think Dragon Pulse would be enough of a difference). It's a little odd that Marx and Leon don't have a different title though. Unless maybe Cavaliers don't promote to Paladins for some reason (maybe Great Knights and Bow Knights?), and same with Dark Mages (Sorcerer and Sage?). That's the biggest hole in this theory. Unless Paladins and Dark Knights are know their own base class, I don't see this working. It would just be a bit awkward; half of Nohr would get screwed out of unique class names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodestar77 Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 Shaddup, don't destroy my dreams please. :p lol I just put it there to avoid confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethin Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Hey guys, while I was reading the new information, I came across the name of the characters we didn't know, as well as, their classes. To start with: Marx is a Paladin (nothing special there) Camilla is a Revenant Knight (New) Leon (the younger blonde haired prince from Nohr) is a Dark Knight (we guessed as much here) Elise (AKA twintails) is a Rod Knight Ryouma is a Trueblade (most likely not a third tier promotion) Hinoka is a Pegasus Warrior Takumi is a Bowman Sakura is a priestess What do you think these classes mean? The Hoshidan names are just translations of the older FE names. In the past, Swordmaster, Pegasus Knight, Archer, and Cleric have usually been ソードマスター、ペガサスナイト、アーチャー、and シスター. Instead, they're Japanese now: 剣聖 (sword saint), an actual title given to masters of kendo/kenjutsu 天馬武者 (sky-horse warrior-person), where "sky-horse" obviously means "pegasus" 弓使い (bow user), self explanatory 巫女 (miko), a Shinto shrine maiden For Nohr, "Rod Knight" almost certainly refers to how Elize will use staves, along the same naming conventions as the Tellius games' Sword Knights, Lance Knights, etc. Thus the only actually interesting one is "Revenant Knight." Perhaps they ride some sort of shikigami dragons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterique Sign Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I think Sakura's class is new since her TCG art shows her using a Bow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentASM Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I think Sakura's class is new since her TCG art shows her using a Bow That's likely her promoted class, since she's wearing a different costume. So she goes from Priestess (staves) to ??? (bow, staves). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NekoKnight Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 That's likely her promoted class, since she's wearing a different costume. So she goes from Priestess (staves) to ??? (bow, staves). I envisioned a Miko class that used bows and lances (naginata) but this could be cool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamanoir Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Dark Knight here is probably different from Awakening's Dark Knight, because Leon is probably not a prepromote.. Probably a Horse-Wearing (Dark) Mage (I'm not sure we'll have a magic triangle back.), which is cool on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterique Sign Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 That's likely her promoted class, since she's wearing a different costume. So she goes from Priestess (staves) to ??? (bow, staves). Well that's what I meant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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