Ivy Wife Supremacy Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Hauke said: Just because Byleth is the only one with S supports don't mean everyone is Byleth sexual. It actually allows them to write better supports, because not every support is forced to end in a relationship and marriage. I doubt this was a bash but I'll say marriage supports can be written well (from my experience and alot I seen from prior entries) but if its only the MC Avatar to prevent another anyone x anyone and write it more consistently and realistic I'm content plus again to me Persona MC vibes! Edited July 20, 2019 by Dorothea Joestar Arnold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mewyeon Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I feel like the people that made the charts for IGN rushed through it and made these mistakes (not including Dimitri and Claude in the small chart for marriage, not pink highlighting Rhea and Sothis for female Byleth in the big chart, etc.). Otherwise they're directly contradicting their own article. I don't mind not having S supports for any characters other than Byleth. It's a little strange IMO to have some supports stop at B rank only, but I'll hold off judgement on that until the game releases. Maybe having fewer and simpler supports will help with their overall quality and writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puffins Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Man, I'm really disappointed with the fact only Byleth can S support. That is just so off putting. Why even include S supports in this case? I always enjoyed pairing other people up more than the avatar character. I would even be okay with limited S supports, as I like canon couples. Oh well. I was going to marry Dimitri, but I think I'll just keep everyone only at A supports. It feels weird to let Byleth marry but no one else. Unless if it's true that Sothis and Rhea supports are platonic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauke Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, puffins said: Man, I'm really disappointed with the fact only Byleth can S support. That is just so off putting. Why even include S supports in this case? I always enjoyed pairing other people up more than the avatar character. I would even be okay with limited S supports, as I like canon couples. Oh well. I was going to marry Dimitri, but I think I'll just keep everyone only at A supports. It feels weird to let Byleth marry but no one else. Unless if it's true that Sothis and Rhea supports are platonic? Who sais Canon couples aren't in? They don't need S supports to make couples canon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puffins Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Just now, Hauke said: Who sais Canon couples aren't in? They don't need S supports to make couples canon. True, but it's been confirmed that there can be multiple A ranks. And if there's canon couples, how would Byleth's marriage affect that? Like if Byleth married someone who was supposed to be in a couple with someone else. It would mean a few different endings, and I really don't think IS went that far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Wife Supremacy Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) Doubt there'll be "canon couples" the whole point of S Ranking especially for your Avatar is creating your OWN life and destiny in the world you decide. I can see non playable characters that have an established relationship be the only exception. (That was also deep....) Edited July 20, 2019 by Dorothea Joestar Arnold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Riva Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Dorothea Joestar Arnold said: Doubt there'll be "canon couples" the whole point of S Ranking especially for your Avatar is creating your OWN life and destiny in the world you decide. I can see non playable characters that have an established relationship be the only exception. (That was also deep....) Now if we were only able to make our OWN avatar in the game. Some of the design choices feel a bit inconsistent, but maybe the S Supports were really not that hight on the priorites. We will see how deep the supports in general go and it may still be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozukumi Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I've always had a lot of fun pairing up characters, so I'm a bit bummed about that. Logically, though, I think limiting supports will make for better writing if executed well, so I understand why the choice was made. Like some other people have said - I hope this means Byleths paired endings are less copypaste! The copypaste nature of the endings was really bad in Fates, IMO. Almost all of Selena's paired endings were "(husband) was well known for (thing) after the war. He and his wife, Selena, disappeared from public records after marrying". Since only Byleth is getting paired endings, hopefully they'll get some extra attention, and we won't get weird contradictions like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egobarrier Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Looks like Lysithea and Sylvain have the most supports of anyone after Byleth, at 17 and 18 respectively. Though I give the edge to Lysithea, considering she manages 11 supports that reach A/S versus Sylvain's 6. Poor guy must be getting rejected left and right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke of Dozel Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 If paired ending's are a thing, I would find it weird that Byleth can marry a couple's A support participant and invalidate it. My guess is either S ranks are locked behind embargo (doubt) or real romance is just for Byleth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puffins Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I agree that limiting supports will make better supports in general, but I'm so thrown off with Byleth being able to romance pretty much everyone. I just wish it was that if there's no S supports, then there should be none at all. I really hope this isn't a sign that Byleth will be like a Corrin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florete Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Since there's no second gen, and therefore no more "breeding" to be done, they didn't need to go with Awakening's and Fates' everyoneXeveryone mechanic and (hopefully) went for quality over quantity, leaving actual romance for just the player character like many other RPGs out there. Honestly...I'm totally fine with this. I'm still a little worried about how Byleth's S supports will go, but I feel this will be for the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luchinania Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Honestly I’m pretty indifferent to avatar S supports, so knowing that they are the only ones makes me a bit sad especially since Byleth is so freaking bland. I don’t mind silent self-inserts since I love Story of Seasons and even DQXI, but IS leaning so far into Persona territory is irritating since I like their MCs less and less with every passing title. But thinking this is most likely an experiment, and IS will probably pay attention to the fandom’s reaction and keep fine tuning S supports makes it okay for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redlight Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, luchinania said: Honestly I’m pretty indifferent to avatar S supports, so knowing that they are the only ones makes me a bit sad especially since Byleth is so freaking bland. I don’t mind silent self-inserts since I love Story of Seasons and even DQXI, but IS leaning so far into Persona territory is irritating since I like their MCs less and less with every passing title. But thinking this is most likely an experiment, and IS will probably pay attention to the fandom’s reaction and keep fine tuning S supports makes it okay for me. It's actually more Trails of Cold Steel, but even that is probably inspired by Persona and people consider Persona to be the more popular of the two. However, there are certain elements that are seemingly more Trails of Cold Steel than Persona. Poor Sylvain. No A supports with any women. Not even Flayn who is such a flirt. Curious if he ruins his relationships at the end of each B support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessAlyson Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) Out of curiosity, which non-students would you guys marry? There's a marriage thread, but it seems to be for students only. EDIT: No, it's not, but there aren't many recent posts. Edited July 20, 2019 by PrincessAlyson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firewitch912 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, redlight said: It's actually more Trails of Cold Steel, but even that is probably inspired by Persona and people consider Persona to be the more popular of the two. However, there are certain elements that are seemingly more Trails of Cold Steel than Persona. Poor Sylvain. No A supports with any women. Not even Flayn who is such a flirt. Curious if he ruins his relationships at the end of each B support Sylvain has A supports with Dorothea, Mercedes, and Ingrid (and Felix as the only guy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llorona Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I'd been thinking that without a second gen, this really might just mean we're going back to the pre-awakening style of supports except for Byleth, but students being able to have multiple A supports does kinda throw a wrench there, at least when it comes to endings. Unless we've got some hidden A+ equivalent somewhere that we don't know about yet, I guess. I do have to admit I liked matchmaking, but well, we'll see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firewitch912 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Llorona said: I'd been thinking that without a second gen, this really might just mean we're going back to the pre-awakening style of supports except for Byleth, but students being able to have multiple A supports does kinda throw a wrench there, at least when it comes to endings. Unless we've got some hidden A+ equivalent somewhere that we don't know about yet, I guess. I do have to admit I liked matchmaking, but well, we'll see how it goes. With how much Byleth seems like they're not really an avatar, I wouldn't have minded if everyone including Byleth had a limited number of possible S supports/paired endings similar to how things were in the older games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llorona Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Oh, same, honestly. I can see why they didn't do it, since people already expect certain things from the avatars, but a limited amount of S supports/paired endings for Byleth, with potentially more unique endings at that, would have been pretty neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redlight Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, firewitch912 said: With how much Byleth seems like they're not really an avatar, I wouldn't have minded if everyone including Byleth had a limited number of possible S supports/paired endings similar to how things were in the older games Lol. I'm a dumbdumb. Misunderstood a comment 9 minutes ago, Llorona said: I'd been thinking that without a second gen, this really might just mean we're going back to the pre-awakening style of supports except for Byleth, but students being able to have multiple A supports does kinda throw a wrench there, at least when it comes to endings. Unless we've got some hidden A+ equivalent somewhere that we don't know about yet, I guess. I do have to admit I liked matchmaking, but well, we'll see how it goes. I noticed that some supports have an arrow next to them from gameplay footage some time ago. Lynhardt and Edelgard had this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firewitch912 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, redlight said: Lol. I'm a dumbdumb. Misunderstood a comment I noticed that some supports have an arrow next to them from gameplay footage some time ago. Lynhardt and Edelgard had this The arrows mean that you need to have multiple support convos before they reach the next support level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redlight Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 minute ago, firewitch912 said: The arrows mean that you need to have multiple support convos before they reach the next support level Really? Thanks. This was a bit of info I was quite curious about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentinel07 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 20 minutes ago, redlight said: Lol. I'm a dumbdumb. Misunderstood a comment I noticed that some supports have an arrow next to them from gameplay footage some time ago. Lynhardt and Edelgard had this From what I heard, the arrows seem to simply indicate it takes more than one conversation to reach that particular rank, not an indication of anything further beyond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhaer042 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I'll admit I'm not completely thrilled with how supports are being handled. I like working towards the paired endings and the idea of not having any is unappealing to me. I also really dislike the idea of some suuports gping only to B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azz Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I'm actually happy with the support system. I like how we only have 2 Bylethsexuals (even though Rhea should be able to support some of the staff and even the house leaders imo) and I think the >> supports will be nice. I do wish they all would have supports up to A however I think some only going to B adds a bit of flavour I guess. Also I like how Edelgard and Dorothea go to A cause I ship it. Though I am wondering if non Byleth characters will get paired endings or if they are out of the question? Will A ranks be limited maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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