|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:37 pm
I'm surprised this week is barely upon us.
It's JEIGAN WEEK. Accept no substitutions for the original.
Thanks for posting!
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:09 pm
So we've got the Jeigan, and it's not just any old jeigan! It's the original Jeigan the main man himself. Can I just say that I absolutely love his portrait and his artwork?! The man has freaking spikes on both of his shoulder purple armor I mean seriously how awesome is that?
Usually Jeigans are often portrayed as the old experienced knight which unfortunately the FE fandom makes fun of so much.
Someone actually made an inside FE3 joke. It was one of the village houses that gave advice and it says "DONT USE JEIGAN!" (I wish I could find that image because it's pretty funny.)
Although, I was once part of that "Jeigan sucks" group in the past... It's something I'm not proud of and I don't like to talk about it.
Jeigan may not be the greatest unit, but he's certainly not horrible in the slightest like everyone makes him out to be. I never really used him in Shadow Dragon at least the DS version as far as I'm concerned. But for the harder modes, I'd imagine he'd really an extremely useful asset to your team. He's a level one Paladin, and I believe he has a B rank in lances and D ranks in swords.
And to his credit, Jeigan also has a base of like 7 magic resistance. Mounts with resistance in FE11 isn't very common, so he could probably handle a lot of the early mages pretty dang well. However, I have only used him in the original FE3 game book 1, and sure enough he can pull his weight enough with that awesome Silver Lance of his. And to be honest, I find him usable if you want to have more mounts on your team.
He may have a little trouble in terms of speed and luck, but he'll be fine with the speedring. And it's not like having low luck is a huge issue in Fire Emblem really.
As far as character goes, I personally really like Jeigan's character. Sure he is the older, experienced knight but Jeigan is also very wise especially on the battlefield. I like him even more so in the Fire Emblem OAV anime which was only 2 episodes long... I really liked the closeness him and Marth shared as a friend and an advisor. Ever since Marth's sister, Ellis gets kidnapped by Garnef, Jeigan is there to be Marth's instructor and personal confidant.
Sure Malledus was technically Marth's advisor in book 1, and I understand that he was there to help Marth because of what happened to his sister. But Jeigan is always there for Marth from the beginning to end. Whether it's on the battlefield, or even when he's not even fighting on the battlefield Jeigan is there. Like, in book 2 Jeigan is too old to fight in combat so takes over as Marth's advisor. And I rather like the scenes him and Marth have together in book 2.
In the DS remake of FE3 book 2, Jeigan is treated more like a disciplined squire instructor in the prologue chapters. And I absolutely love that.
Point is Jeigan is the man. One does not simply insult Jeigan because of his age. pirate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 6:54 pm
Quote: "I have also already reached my limits. Lang, you have constantly mocked our prince of Aritia with your actions. Even if his highness could forgive you, I certainly could not. Come, draw your sword. Even though I, Jeigan, am old, I will not lose to somebody like you." Don't mess. Jagen (I'm calling him Jagen, official name and all) occupies a special place in the hearts of many fans, myself included. He's playable in Shadow Dragon, but stands aside and acts as the tactician in Mystery of the Emblem. As such, he's got plenty of dialogue opportunities in FE3/12, more than in Shadow Dragon. And I really love seeing him stand up for his lord in that quote up there, man would tear Lang a new one if we let him (and we'd all probably be better for it, really). That's really his defining moment for me. I don't care if you think Jagen is old or you don't use him and those that followed in his footsteps. Jagen will put his foot down for his land and his lord and do what's right. Don't mess. If I recall correctly he even was blaming himself for Altea's demise at Hardin's hands due to that outburst of his. Naturally it wasn't his fault, as a little more thinking shows that Hardin was probably on his way to destroy Altea anyway. Also, I love Jagen's face in all games beyond the first. Though even in the first he had some kinda funky pink glasses thing going on, you go man. I wonder, would the whole "Don't use Jagen" deal even be a thing if the game and series itself hadn't pointed it out? As Rhyus pointed out, we get "DON'T USE JEIGAN (Though Shadow Dragon is a lot more roundabout with it, naturally), " and even in the operatic advertising for the game we got these lyrics: Quote: "Put too much effort on powerful people, And your warriors on the whole will only be novices" "Don't use Jagen" has been in the series' fabric since its' inception! It also followed FE over to the west, even though we non-Japanese didn't have that first game or that advertising to get it in our heads. As such, you can't blame the creation of the series' most famous archetype on the fans. Jagen was intended to be the strong guy who can't keep up as the game goes on. Looking at Alan in FE3 (book 2)/FE12 shows a similar school of thinking looking at his growths. (ahaha I know diddly-squat about FE2 so I can't talk about it) FE4 is where it jumps the rails, but then again a lot of things in FE4 jumped the rails. What happened to the position filled by Jagen afterwards, I really can't say. FE4 gave us Oifay, who is consistently useful, in addition to coming in during the second half of the game due to FE4's multi-generation system. In FE5 usually people point to Eyvel as the archetype-filler, but she only resembles it in that she's a super powerful character that can't keep up later on... nevermind that she's a swordmaster who is gone for most of the game... Does anyone call Finn a Jagen? ahahaha, no. I'll stop there because the idea of what a Jagen is really gets loopy in Jugdral, only to come back with characters that are significantly more survivable than the the original Jagen or FE3 (book 2) Arran. I don't care if you still use those aforementioned two or not, they seriously got buffed up in games to follow. For one thing they have growth rates that are bigger than 20%. What is it now? We've kinda smashed it to pieces in here already, gameplay-wise. Storywise, however? It's totally an echoing niche. I like to joke about Jeigan usage marking how deep into the series a fan is. FE Beginner: Jagen is awesome! FE Intermediate: DON'T USE JAGEN HE WILL EAT YOUR EXPIES! FE Advanced: Jagen is awesome! Everyone: What a cool old man.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:08 pm
Sorry this took so long. I'll be brief.
TOTALLY Agree with Tiki on your estimation of Jeigan reflecting how long you've been with the series.
I will also never forget my FE11 draft where Jeigan was free and he was literally ALWAYS USEFUL. THROUGH THE ENDGAME.
Plus his advisor role in FE12 is awesome. And really, Jeigan is the father of the most important archetype in the series.
That's all. Sorry for taking two weeks again. It's now Laura Week.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:38 pm
No prob FD, do what ya gotta do.
So Laura eh? To be honest, I really don't have a whole lot to say about Laura but I'll say what I can.
Basically Laura is the very first healer you'll get to join with you in the Dawn Brigade. Early on, she's actually very valuable to have around in Part1 since she can heal wounds and she gets the job done. She's also the one that can recruit Arran, who's actually a really awesome unit. But we'll get to him at some point.
As you can expect, Laura is very a frail unit and needs to be protected at all costs.If anyone lays a single hand on her, she WILL die. Though, she is in the tier 1 cleric class and cannot fight back until she can promote.
Laura in my opinion has a tough time keeping up with everyone. I've never really given her favoritism or never thought it was worth it to use her consistently, so to a certain point I have totally used her and she did her part fine. But I felt it was really for the best to bench her. Looking at it from an objective standpoint, she's pretty inferior to the other possible magic/healer users you can get later on if you think about it...
I mean, you have Micaiah, Rhys, Mist, Illyana, Callil(I don't remember if she gets knives in RD) Soren, Queen Elincia, Tormod. I've just never felt Laura was needed later on. Now, I'm not saying Laura is useless at all. If you actually decide to stick with her, she actually could still be helpful to the team. Her HP growths are kind of low, but Laura surprisingly has 70% in magic, skill, and speed. According to her average stats, she should be able to cap magic, skill, and speed. I guess that's something at least right?
I'll leave things off as a To Be Continued right here, but I do have a bit to say about her character.
Alright I'm back to finish my thoughts on Laura. Actually one thing I forgot to mention last time was her skill, affinity, and supports...So Laura has the wind affinity which gives any companion supported like + 2.5 hit and avoid and I guess that's alright I suppose. There's not really a lot I can think of for support options since I only paired her up with Arran. Skill wise... Laura just has shove and nothing else. I guess flare might be alright to help her fight a little better maybe? She probably would need much since healing is probably her priority.
As far as character concerns, Laura's isn't exactly all that interesting. She makes her appearance in the mansion chapter, you know Sothe is just sneaking around opening doors and such. It's actually the first time we get introduced to higher platforms. Laura's story is that the abbot or rather bishop is sick and she's there to deliver medicine. Sure she's a cute face and all, but there's not a whole lot that makes her stand out. Now, her relationship with Arran I do like! If only they'd go more in that, I think that'd been pretty sweet. I don't like nor dislike Laura's character so I'm more in the neutral area really.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:11 pm
Calill DOES get staves instead of knives in FE10, but only as an Archmage and it caps out at A Rank for her. Gotta posiively represent my gurl whenever she comes up.
Onto Laura. You can't really complain that you have a staff user in the Dawn Brigade for Part 1 is what I'd boil it down to. I actually have put the investments into her to reach tier 2 by the end of Part 1 in one of my very first RD playthroughs. I think it was my second ever playthrough of the game, in fact.
She's a bad investment long term. End of discussion. It's not her fault, but you're forced to use Micaiah who HAPPENS to be better as a staff bot the further you progress in the game, and has a much easier time reliably getting experience with a number of nifty tricks up her sleeve between Thani and exploiting Wrath+Sacrifice and fitting Paragon on in tier 1 among other things.
But her speed growth! You might think she'd be a much better offensive unit than Micaiah going off the potential of her growths if you pumped her up to Bishop somehow. Well... unfortunately magic users have the same speed caps as knights in FE10. So you might be surprised at how much less impressive it is than it may sound. So she's not worth trying to raise seriously.
That doesn't mean she's without use, though. Throughout part 4 up until Endgame I DO keep deploying her. Because even if she's not one of your main units and probably won't ever be, she's still a potential extra heal every turn and can be of use as long as you keep her out of the range of enemies which can be arranged easily enough. She may not be needed and you typically want Micaiah to get the experience if possible, but she will still come in handy from time to time. When people say X of a specific class or role is better than Y at it, it often needs to be pointed out that you can use BOTH and using X and Y may be better than just one. Like Edward AND Zihark, if you're so inclined. So Laura may not be anything special, but that doesn't mean you SHOULDN'T use her. Especially in part 1 when she's your only reliable staff user.
As a character, she suffers from being shortchanged as a new-to-FE10 character, but the small development she gets in her history with Arran is nice.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:35 pm
Oh sweet, so Calill gets staves as an archmage. That is actually pretty awesome.
Heh, also I just realized that I mentioned that we'd get to Arran later. We've already talked about him before I think, so ignore what I said about that xp
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:44 pm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:57 pm
Oh wait darn it. There's two Arrans. He's in two different places at once!
Welp, I just confuzzled both of them then.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:55 am
Because of the nature of the rotation I can never preplan this but it's always a happy coincidence when someone of the same class follows up a week.
It's now Rhys week!
Thanks for posting.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:51 pm
Rhys week finally came. It was only a matter of time... crying
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 11:28 pm
Ooh boy where do I begin??! This is going to be the greatest week because I'm special. It's time for Rhys week everyone! Although, it's not quite as lively as it usually is lately... It obviously comes to no surprise that Rhys is my favorite character and healer in the entire FE series. It's also really funny that his original japanese name is Kilroy. It's not so much as a unit that I like him, but his character really resonates with me emotionally.. I also really like his character artwork.  That cool, bright, fiery orange hair which reminds me of the sun... He also has a pretty cool priest robe design too. Heck, there's a reason why I chose him in the FEF guild in the first place. Leaving all bias aside, Rhys is a really good healer in both PoR and Radiant Dawn.(Though obviously they destroyed his characterization as well as the rest of the original Greil Mercs) In PoR Rhys is one of your first starting healers. He's a level 4 priest with the biorhythm skill serenity. His availability is way way better in Path of Radiance he joins you in chapter 2, where Rolf and Mist get kidnapped by bandits. Growth Rates: HP:40 Str:5 Mag:60 Skl:50 Spd:40 Lck:50 Def:25 Res:55 Average Stats:HP:38.65 Str:3.2 Mag:29 Skl:22 Spd:21.2 Luck:25 Def: 11.35 Res:30His bases might not seem to be that impressive from the start, especially since his speed is pretty low. His growth rate in speed is at a 40% but that's not really all that much. Speed is actually going to be his weakest stat unless you're really lucky. His magic, skill, and resistance are all pretty dang excellent though.And they'll be sure to cap by the time he reaches a level 20 bishop. I find Rhys to be an excellent candidate to bait off long range magic users. What makes Rhys so good is being such an invaluable healer to the entire group. He starts off with a D rank, but you have so much time to use him that he'll rank up in staves in due time. Once Rhys is able to heal from a distance he becomes even more amazing. I always give him plenty of bonus exp when he needs it. And in my opinion Rhys>>>Mist. Although, I don't consider Mist to be THAT bad.(We'll definitely talk about her though) In terms of skills, I usually like to give him miracle or flare can work well for him. The same really goes for Rhys in Radiant Dawn although, he comes already promoted and can actually staff bonk enemies which is always hilarious even if serves no purpose. The point is, he's just an excellent healer in both games so always use him. Personally wise, I absoultely love Rhys's character in Path of Radiance so do expect some bias in this. If you've seen my Fire Emblem 30 day challenge on tumblr, I talked about him a lot. But I'll go more into more that later, and I want to end this post in suspense!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:14 am
Now let's get back to Rhys's character. Well, he's a pretty nice guy and isn't exactly a very strong person since he is a priest after all.They're not made to fight rather than heal the wounded obviously. But what I really like about Rhys is that he's always trying his best to help the greil mercenaries. He may not be in a whole lot of important scenes, but his reasoning on why he's there in the first place is something I can really respect that about him. Quote: Rhys: Training again? Titania: Yep. I get antsy if I don’t train every day… Kiyaaaa! Haaaaaa! Whew! Rhys: Would you mind if I joined you for a while? Titania: What? You want to train? Really? Well, no, of course I wouldn’t mind. Um…why? Rhys: I was hoping to find some way to… defend myself I hate being a burden on everyone. Titania: Rhys! You’re a healer, not a fighter. That’s not your fault. I don’t even think you know which end of a sword to stick in someone! Maybe… Rhys: Yes, Titania? Titania: I just wonder if you’d be happier had you not rescued me. Perhaps living in peace with your parents is more your style. Rhys: Oh, I don’t know. That life wasn’t easy. I have a small, frail body, and there were few jobs for me in our village. My parents were always worried about me. I was sick all the time, and constantly getting bumps and scrapes… They only agreed to let me follow you because you were a strong mercenary group! They figured I would be safe. Titania: …There must be safer jobs out there! You could be a fisherman. Or a botanist! Do you like plants? Rhys: Oh, that would bore me to tears! …Titania…I love this job. I don’t want to quit. I was a sickly child, and I didn’t get out much. I used to sit inside and listen to the other children play… In those years, my uncle took me under his wing. He was a mercenary, too. He used to spin unbelievable yarns about his exotic travels and fantastic battles… It inspired me. Titania: I had no idea! Rhys: Kinda funny, isn’t it? You know, I shouldn’t say this, but… Sometimes, when we fight one long battle after another… It makes me happy. I feel like I belong. Titania: You’re a big part of our company, Rhys. I’m glad to hear you say so Man, I just love PoR support! I've always loved the Rhys and Titania supports but I think it was the B support conversation in particular which made me realize why he's my favorite. He had a troubled life as a kid and didn't get to do much because he was sickly as a child. And in a sense it's kind of sad when you think about it... But at the same he's so optimistic about being a part of something which he wasn't way before he met Titania. He's happy to be part of the Greil mercenaries even though he is pretty weak, and he constantly tries to make something of himself. He's also very supportive to his friends and when someone needs his advice or help on something, he might not be all that determined on the answer, or if it solves the problem but he does what he's able to do.And I honestly just find that very inspirational. I think I was around in high school when I played Path of Radiance for the first time. And when I got introduced to Rhys, it really clicked and stuck with me. I could really relate with his character... It's not so much the sickly part,but often at times I had that feeling of being helpless compared to everyone else. I've never considered myself to be very strong of a person. Plus, I was kind of anti-social way way back so yeah... But that's not the only reason why Rhys is my favorite, he has some of my favorite supports in PoR which I find to be really heartwarming and just incredibly funny too.I love of all of them, but I absolutely love Kieran and Rhys and the situation he is put on how to deal with Kieran's rigorous training. Kieran is constantly overdoing training like the lovable brute he is and doesn't realize he's bleeding. And Rhys isn't exactly the type of priest great with handling blood which I find to be very funny. I also like Rhys support with Ulki and how he often thought of being able to fly in the sky like the birds as a young child. All of the Rhys supports are excellent! =D
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:47 am
Rhys really is a fantastic character.
So many of his supports are top notch.
The pros and cons about him and Mist in PoR are quite interesting, although I think he got a substantial leg up circa RD when her offenses were turned to s**t circa no-more-magic-swords.
Obviously valuable by nature of his class to his group. If you ever need a healer and hes' around, you don't lose out by using him, similar to what I was saying about Laura last week. That is, in either game he's in, even if you prefer another healer to Rhys, you still almost always benefit in bringing him along if the slot is available.
His characterization is also quite nice in PoR. I don't think he has a single support I dislike, although Titania's and Mia's are probably his most famous.
Wish I had more time to go more in depth. Perhaps tomorrow.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 10:21 pm
It's too bad Rhys wasn't in the spotpass awakening teams. Although, Mist is there so I definitely get why. Still, it might've been fun to see him as a War Monk. emotion_awesome
If only if only...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
