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 Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:23 am
Archolite Anna as a Sage cannot fly on water all jesus-style. This right here made my night. I'm kinda-sorta Super-Anti-Grinding-Man 'round these parts during a game, but postgame is postgame is another story since grinding is a large point of it. And Despoil is my favorite post-game harvesting skill! Reeking Boxes are EXPENSIVE at 4,800 G on Hard Mode, so I've been raising most units that can learn it and working on them first. There's eventually a DLC that is just an excuse to get tons of money, but I'd prefer not to pay to win. *shrug* Rescue Staves definitely have their purpose in this game, and I especially think it's awesome that they're E-Rank now. Really convenient when you reclass someone who hasn't used staves before but is a magically oriented unit. I never really found a need for them during the story more then once or twice (and only because I made mistakes I shouldn't have and had to cover my a**), myself, but I understand they can be really clutch on Lunatic. For postgame, I've found a slightly better use for them when a Merchant Anna and a Challenge are on the same square and Anna is just ridiculously exposed turn 1. It's great to Rescue her a** to somewhere much safer and proceed from there. As if Sure Shot in one game wasn't enough, Snipers get Hit+20 as a skill in this game, It's just... why would you NOT go Bow Knight, given the choice? Except only Archers/Snipers can use Longbow type weapons, which I hear is also a major boon on Lunatic Mode since you can chip-attack and not get attacked back. I'd imagine I'll have at least one designated Sniper, but they'll be reclassed to it AFTER getting skills worth using.
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:06 pm
Got all the women married (including Krom and MU) and this was before I finished Chapter 15. >>;
Have to say, when I look at the introduction of the children's chapters, it kinda made me guess whose fathers the children got their personalities from. I can't say looks since the game put in whatever color of the father does the mother marries to, >>;
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:09 pm
The kids' personalities are always the same no matter who the father is (and for the most part, they're quite the emotionally ******** bunch). Father's only really contribute hair color and growths/classes/skill inheritance.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:27 am
Grimalkenkid Jisen Meizuki However, what's hard is pairing up the leftovers. I was having trouble who to pair up with Nowi. >>; It was hard pairing up Nowi because of her childishness. I just tried to find the support that made me feel the least bad. sweatdrop If you pair her with Donnel it's like they're both *****. Nowi because she marries a kid, and Donnel because once he's older and masculine and s**t he's married to a tiny girl who looks like she's 9. It just made the most sense to me, because only a ***** can be with a *****. xD I actually spammed my Rescue staves with Lissa to get great xp on the free DLC. Marth and Alm can try to get to the boss, but they'll never make it there! Bahahahaha! Paired her with Libra, which may seem odd at first but judging by Libra's skills they both started out as Priest/Cleric. And Libra is a mysterious pretty man (like Lucius) who is dedicated to serving Ylisse. So I thought it's not too odd. Plus I wanted Owain to have his default hair color and not be a ginger like Gaius would have made him. (I actually got their S-Support and didn't save, saw what Owaine looked like then was like "lol, nope"). Ginger Owaine looks ridiculous. Manic Martini The kids' personalities are always the same no matter who the father is (and for the most part, they're quite the emotionally ******** bunch). And poor Noire who is probably the most ******** up has Tharja and Henry as parents in my game. Like her mom didn't torment her enough, now both her parents are insane.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:44 am
Give all Snipers the Counter ability. It will mend their uselessness to anyone who attacks them at 1 Range. I swear, the most deaths I've had in this game are from Warriors attacking me and me killing myself from Counter. That s**t is OP in Awakening. It either always activates or almost always, I'm not sure which. But it reflects FULL damage from 1 Range attacks. Enemy Warriors naturally have high HP, so it's deadly if you fail to notice them carrying the skill. Worth consideration at the very least. Just had a neat idea for a Sniper. Get Renewal and Counter with parents or by reclassing. That'd be an awesome combination I think. Renewal is probably my favorite skill this game if I haven't already said it before. This way taking a few hits would benefit you without hindering you. @+20 Accuracy, at least I don't have to see that activate all the time. xD Also, Rally Skill is easily the worst Rally skill imo. So it's a choice of secondary Sword use + Anti-Bow killer + Extra movement OR +5 Str with bows equipped + .... Well, 5 Str is cool. xD
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:23 pm
Archolite Manic Martini The kids' personalities are always the same no matter who the father is (and for the most part, they're quite the emotionally ******** bunch). And poor Noire who is probably the most ******** up has Tharja and Henry as parents in my game. Like her mom didn't torment her enough, now both her parents are insane. @ Manic Martini: I'm aware that the kids have the same personalities, no matter who the fathers are. However, I just stated that by seeing their personalities and how they behaves makes me think you can guess who maybe their "non-canon" fathers. Like for example: Gerome reminds me that his father can be Lon'qu because the way he speaks sounds like how Lon'qu would speak to others as well as his "shyness" toward people just like how Lon'qu is "shy" toward women. (Yes, I'm aware that phobia and shy are not the same. However, to me, I think Lon'qu isn't afraid of women. He's just afraid to open his heart and get hurt after what happened to the girl. >>; )@ Archolite: To be honest, I sortta think Tharja and Kellam kinda made sense to Noire's personality than the Tharja and Henry part. After all, where is the father when Tharja tormented her? So I kinda think that with people ignoring Kellam and Kellam being invisible, it kinda made sense what happened. >>;
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:34 pm
I thought so too, plus Cherche and Lon'Qu's supports totally made sense as to understanding Lon'Qu's past and why he is afraid of getting close to women. And now we finally know who Batman's parents are. xd Jisen Meizuki @ Archolite: To be honest, I sortta think Tharja and Kellam kinda made sense to Noire's personality than the Tharja and Henry part. After all, where is the father when Tharja tormented her? So I kinda think that with people ignoring Kellam and Kellam being invisible, it kinda made sense what happened. >>; Oh, now THAT is an interesting observation and makes total sense. xD I love Kellam's end bit of what he did afterwards. Though, I was commenting that having 2 insane parents would make her that much more ******** up. I don't think it's in anyway canon, just that it's funny how insane both of her parents are psychotic and she is a timid little bunny rabbit.. Most of the time. xd
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:46 pm
Oh, I paired Cordelia with Frederick. And might I say, that was some grade A bullshit. In the S Support, Cordelia basically went on about how she was in love with Chrom, then finally gets Frederick to admit who he loves which SURPRISE! It's Cordelia. Then Cordelia basically 'settles' for Frederick since she cannot have Chrom.. I saw that and was like "Worst. Marriage Proposal. Ever." Henry and Tharja's which was ridiculous, though funny and cute in a way.
Speaking of stupid marriages, here's an off-topic oddball. Why the hell is it Canon that Bartre the Muscular Ogre marries Karla the Elegant? I thought that was one of the dumbest marriages ever. He cares nothing of women just getting more muscles when they 'fall in love' in FE7. She is looking for her brother and cares nothing for power and her general attitude shows that she is indifferent towards most people and their reputations/power. Like her Support Conversations with Vaida for example. Then he grows a stupid mustache to boot and Karla dies from some kind of sickness. You know, the one that kills everybody in Elibe... Can anyone find a canon pairing that can top that?
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:17 pm
Characters I paired on my first playthrough
MU/Sully
Chrom/Sumia
Kellam/Cherche
Gaius/Olivia
Donnel/Miriel
Stahl/Panne
Libra/Lissa
Lon'qu/Maribelle
Vaike/Cordelia
Gregor/Nowi
Henry/Tharja
Not a real reason for alot of them. Just did what I liked or who was left to chose. Although it took awhile. I'd get their supports up to A switch one of the characters and get their supports. Now I'm gonna start with the kids.
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:50 am
Archolite Give all Snipers the Counter ability. It will mend their uselessness to anyone who attacks them at 1 Range. I swear, the most deaths I've had in this game are from Warriors attacking me and me killing myself from Counter. That s**t is OP in Awakening. It either always activates or almost always, I'm not sure which. But it reflects FULL damage from 1 Range attacks. Enemy Warriors naturally have high HP, so it's deadly if you fail to notice them carrying the skill. Worth consideration at the very least. Just had a neat idea for a Sniper. Get Renewal and Counter with parents or by reclassing. That'd be an awesome combination I think. Renewal is probably my favorite skill this game if I haven't already said it before. This way taking a few hits would benefit you without hindering you. @+20 Accuracy, at least I don't have to see that activate all the time. xD Also, Rally Skill is easily the worst Rally skill imo. So it's a choice of secondary Sword use + Anti-Bow killer + Extra movement OR +5 Str with bows equipped + .... Well, 5 Str is cool. xD For Streetpass teams, Counter is an AWESOME skill and should be on just about as many units as possible (it's constantly active). I like the idea of Counter+Miracle, myself, for Streetpass (and Counter+Renewal like you mentioned yourself, depending on my plans for the unit). Been planning a team on paper that I want to be really fun for others to fight against. Not purely luck based, but with each of my units requiring a different type of approach to beat soundly, ideally. In-game, however... having to take damage to deal damage is... not cute, I don't think. Plus, with dodge-tanking once again existent post DS FEs, plus dual-guard mechanics being implemented, a lot of the time, you'll be accomplishing nothing. And a lot of potential Snipers will never have access to Counter anyway. Counter and Galeforce are rather the polar opposites of each other: one is terrible to fight against (enemies have Counter? Plan accordingly!) and not as great to use yourself, while the other is trivial to fight against (enemies have Galeforce? HA! Like they'll ever get to use it!) and awesome to use yourself. Rally Luck <<<<< Rally Skill, IMO. At least a lot of potent skills have their activation rate determined by the Skill stat. If you have a lot of activation-based skills reliant on the Skill stat, boosting Skill has multiplicative value for getting one to trigger. Plus higher crit rates. And in-game, there are units that at various points have less than thrilling hit rates against enemies *cough* Tharja, much as I love her *cough* On the topic of canon Bartre/Karla: Karla falls for Bartre because he doesn't see her as a woman-fighter, but as a fighter, which is a type of respect towards herself from him in her eyes. He sees her power for just power, not power from a woman. And he's happy to have a companion in life with so much power, since he's all about it. In a way, it's one of the most forward-thinking and feminist pairings there is. It makes acceptable sense to me. A worse canon pairing? Astrid/Makalov. Not sure if it counts as literal canon, but it's as close to it as Tellius gets. To even HAVE an ending with someone else makes you one of the lucky ones.
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:18 pm
I got lots of Fire Emblem Awakening done during my sickdays. So I made a fair amount of progress, and got more marriages.
Chrom/Sumia
Gregor/MU (Greeeeegoooorrrr..... Every time I get a new conversation with him, I love him even more. Let's make Russian mercenary babies and eat pierogies together forever!)
Stahl/Panne (and I use the hell out of them)
Kellam/Sully (I ended up dropping both of them after I paired them)
Lon'Qu/Cordelia
Vaike/Lissa
Is working on:
Donnel/Nowi (Don't feel as guilty...)
Virion/Cherche (They already act like a married couple, why do they need me? SNARK, SNARK EVERYWHERE!)
Don't know who I'm going to pair Miriel, Mariabelle, Tharja, and Olivia with just yet. I'm considering Tharja/Gaius, and Olivia/Libra, but we'll see who else ends up with who. I want to pair everyone and get all the kids to see what this world has to offer me.
I have yet to get any of the children characters since I am waiting for the parents to get some more advanced skills. All of those paralogues are staring at me.
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:35 pm
Manic Martini Rally Luck <<<<< Rally Skill, IMO. At least a lot of potent skills have their activation rate determined by the Skill stat. If you have a lot of activation-based skills reliant on the Skill stat, boosting Skill has multiplicative value for getting one to trigger. Plus higher crit rates. And in-game, there are units that at various points have less than thrilling hit rates against enemies *cough* Tharja, much as I love her *cough* On the topic of canon Bartre/Karla: Karla falls for Bartre because he doesn't see her as a woman-fighter, but as a fighter, which is a type of respect towards herself from him in her eyes. He sees her power for just power, not power from a woman. And he's happy to have a companion in life with so much power, since he's all about it. In a way, it's one of the most forward-thinking and feminist pairings there is. It makes acceptable sense to me. A worse canon pairing? Astrid/Makalov. Not sure if it counts as literal canon, but it's as close to it as Tellius gets. To even HAVE an ending with someone else makes you one of the lucky ones. Rally Luck gives +8 though, and can be used to help Dodge if needed. I believe +8 Luck gives the same amount of avoid as +4 Speed. Speed changes who doubles, and Luck lowers enemy's crit %. Okay, I guess Skill gets props in that aspect, but even then I personally prefer Luck. Plus, Luck is golden and Skill is an ugly orange, so blehhh. (Makes all the difference in my mind...) @Bart Simpson, no that still seems silly to me. A man whose life is centralized on gaining power doesn't deserve anyone UNTIL he changes his values to make room for someone. That's like a man who worries about his appearance 24/7. Even though both situations generally repulse women, I guess there's someone for everyone, huh? Though Karla is so majestic and agile. Their fighting styles are polar opposites. And while opposites attract you'd think he would find some buff butch-lesbian looking chick who can kick a** to marry. Especially since he's not into her appearance and only cares that she's strong. Now THAT, I would approve of. And make her Russian! Makalov/Astrid, this really reminds me of Naruto/Hinata. >.> A rowdy rambunctious individual and the timid girl who likes him from afar. So I for one, do not totally hate this. I think the main reason people hate Makalov is because we only ever see his bad sides, giving us a bias point of view. Which yes, it's just a theory of mine, but since I compare him to Naruto I know Naruto has values and guts past his mischievousness and temper and assume the same of Makalov. If Naruto wasn't he main character of his show, we'd probably see him more as we see Makalov. So maybe I'm just biased, but that's how I understand them. Plus, to make matters worse, Makalov looks stupid. A pink afro, really? When you're born with a pink afro you might as well be a drunk loser. xD @your last comment, Boyd and Mist can get married. xD But nah, jokes aside I do consider Makalov/Astrid canon. You just gotta go by who can get married and do they like each other in Base Info and such. At least I think so. One last thing, I love Gregor. I am ashamed to say I have not used him yet.
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:57 pm
Nononononooooooo.. no. They are not like Naruto/Hinata.
Astrid doesn't like him from afar, she coddles him 24/7 and gets in people's faces when they lay into him for being a lazy good for nothing. RD ruined Astrid. Makalov was never good. What is especially tragic about Astrid is that she ran away from her arranged marriage with a rotten man, only to choose her own rotten man. She used to be a strong female who wanted to choose her own man, somebody who would actually care and treat her right, but then came RD. Also, Makalov and Naruto have nothing in common. Makalov gambles himself into debts he can never pay and is lazy. Naruto perseveres through all his shortcomings. They couldn't be any different. If the game doesn't show us a particular side of Makalov, then he doesn't have that side. Naruto does not show how Makalov can have a good side.. they are two different people. Also, characters can look silly and still be boss; it's about who they are as a character. Their looks can't flunk them.
I'm sorry, but I had to comment on that.... I've never known a person to defend that pairing.
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:44 pm
Evasion = (Speed x 3 + Luck) / 2 So 4 additional Speed is worth 6 points of evasion, while 8 Luck is only worth 4 points of evasion. Reducing enemy crit sounds far less useful than increasing your own or increasing skill activation rates, IMO. Here's their supports, if you haven't read them before: http://serenesforest.net/fe7/support/037.html You can strive to be the strongest and still fall in love. In the case of wanting to become stronger than anyone else, it's because strength has meaning and is worth of respect. Someone who wants to look good all the time isn't really ever improving or accomplishing anything, by contrast. Karla herself finds his goal admirable. I personally find it very respectable. Unlike another certain pairing... Makalov is a drunk that effectively lost his sister her job. He was going to sell Astrid's heirlooms for money IIRC. That's not a "mischievous temper" or cute rambunctiousness. WHAT good sides are we not seeing of him, exactly? Because I certainly can't think of any. Doesn't he join in FE9 to avoid getting his a** beat for his debts? Then in FE10, he's in Crimea JUST because his reputation is so shitty in Begnion and he owes so many debts. Him being made to stay around by Ike in FE9 isn't to his credit, because he was effectively forced to, also. I see zero positive traits unlike with Naruto. Naruto's flaws have NOTHING on Makalov's. And then Astrid... Radiant Dawn really did ruin her character. She escapes marrying a senator and having other people control her life... for Makalov worship? A strong independent woman she is no longer. Well, she gets to make her own choices, mind you, but she was so admirable in FE9 and FE10 changes that REAL quick. And I dig the pink afro, so I'm not hating on it for that. I don't hate the pairing the way many other people do, but it definitely seems like a worse canon pairing than Bartre/Karla in my eyes. I stopped watching Naruto ages ago, so perhaps I'm inaccurate in this assessment, but Naruto takes his responsibilities very seriously, whereas Makalov is very serious about avoiding responsibilities. As you compare Makalov/Astrid to Naruto/Hinata, I compare it to... Rihanna staying with Chris-beat-the-s**t-out-of-you-Brown. Astrid's making her own decisions which is good... doesn't mean they're good decisions. I'm personally cool with Boyd/Mist. I know it upsets the Rolf/Mist fans, but I never really cared for Rolf anyway. Preach it, Rath!
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:27 am
Ok, ok, ya got meh.. I was a HUGE fan of Astrid in FE9, easily my favorite character hands down. FE10 ruined her and now I'm butthurt. So I try to compare Astrid's timidness to Hinata's (I am also a fan of Hinata) and hope that Makalov can be like Naruto to fill the hole in my nevermind everybody has one of those... But good ole' Rath and FD gotta shed so much light into the matter my eyes burn. Burn from the sight of what a terrible pairing Sir-owes-a-lot is for the lovely Astrid.. Damn you, FEF for making making me see things logically! >:U *shakes fist violently*
@Avoid Formua. Ok then, I guess it's not the same. (Well, Luck and Speed rallies' contribution to Avoid) And I admit +8 Luck is less useful than +4 Skill. However, Luck sounds cool as ******** when you say it But "Skill" sounds so cliche. And Gold is still better than an ugly burnt orange. Trust me, my Grandma got me a burnt orange polo for Christmas so I obviously know what I'm talking about.
And yeah, Karla/Barte is less ridiculous. crying
(Though, I still think he needs a 7 foot tall Russian woman with that bold Russian accent)
On another note, does anyone else see Karla as an inconsistent character? She loves fighting and shares traits with Karel but talks of how she hates fighting sometimes? Like as if she only does it to find her brother. She is confident in her skill, and rightfully so. But she is quick to talk down to people and talks easily of ending people's lives. Which is similar to Karel and his calm composure. This may be just indifference toward the value of a life in Karla's case, and not a combination of bloodlust and psycho like Karel. But to carry that attitude contradicts her concern for fighting. Perhaps she only dislikes fighting because she just is not interested in it. But then why would she marry Bart? Most characters don't talk about killing unless antagonized or angry. Others that are of calmer nature just simply don't talk like that. Maybe I'm missing something?
And I suppose Bartre's passion is admirable too. After reading that link from FD he seems somewhat interesting. All his story mode bits make him sound like a brainless meat head though, which is disappointing.
And for Boyd/Mist, usually I don't see many characters as teens in Fire Emblem games. Either you are a young adult, mature adult, or old adult. Other than that there's little kids. I understand that Boyd is probably made to be 16 or something and Mist 12 or so maybe? I don't know, but it seems odd. Like imagine Ike's opinion. He's probably around Boyd's age. Now suddenly his peer is hooking up with his kid sister? Just seems creepy to me. I suppose it's implied they get married as adults, so there's that.
On the other hand, I've been with my girlfriend for a year now and she is 4 years older than me. We never seem to notice the difference between us, but when we think about it.. When I was in 5th Grade, she was in High school.
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