#Fire Emblem Awakening

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forest furnace
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I think I have 4 heroes at this point that I haven't touched since the start

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But I REALLY don't like losing them so i'll reset a lot of the time

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I've been at peace with losing a few of them to make the game feel more impactful

somber coyote
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Yeah, its getting to the point where every new unit I go "Okay....but I already have way better people"

uneven panther
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Might beat it this week but come back to level some of these other dudes and hear the support convos

forest furnace
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How are people grinding? Is there some way to get more wild encounters to occur on the world map?

minor hill
forest furnace
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Give me time Master!

minor hill
forest furnace
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Lookin forward to it

cedar plaza
forest furnace
cedar plaza
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Enemy Risen will travel south along the map only fighting back when engaged (I think if they are trapped they will attack as well)

forest furnace
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That DLC map name is a little too on the nose lol

cedar plaza
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I will leave the task of figuring out what each map does, to you

somber coyote
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Cause I don't have/can't get DLC

forest furnace
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OHHHHH I was wondering what Reeking Boxes were for, I thought you used them IN battle to summon Risen to fight FOR you

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That makes so much more sense!

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I have like 4 of those

strong mason
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seems like risen also spawn after enough real-time has passed

pliant estuary
void wolf
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Is there any way to do the DLC stuff on a vanilla 3ds?

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My n3dsxl is "stock" but my N2DSXL is hacked

minor hill
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||Lucina's|| Trunks anime cutscenes are so cool

void wolf
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The saves are on the cart tho so like

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Would be easy to flip over

uneven panther
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Ya you could download the dlc on 2dsxl and then just use it for the dlc maps since you're saving on the cartridge

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I have n3dsxl hacked with it all downloaded also, but I'm using the cart

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I have 2ds reg. So I can play the cart on the 2ds with same save but just can't access dlc

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Which is kinda backwards tbh. Want the big screen for the story missions and would gladly use tiny screen for grinding but whatever

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I've just been playing it all on the n3dsxl

willow ibex
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I have found Donnel. And yeah that is definitely Sam's voice.

void wolf
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i'm excited to dive more into this. I'm sorta getting the impression on normal - Classic (permadeath ON) I don't really need to worry too much about ideal builds and reclassing?

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Seems like I can probably just level to 20 (or close to it) and promote

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One of my biggest gripes with the GBA titles is everyone always goes. WAIT TO 20 TO PROMOTE

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and i fully understand it, but half the time the reality is that you end up promoting with like 3 chapters left

somber coyote
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For Robin and Sumia I did goofy shit but that was mostly because I was grinding

void wolf
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Kinda just wanna do 20/20 - not make it take a million years, enjoy some of the upgraded units, and play through the game without it being too hard or too easy

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Maybe look up some of the idea pairings for the 2nd gen fighters, but let some slide as what I find better pairings

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Finally caught up on the thread here tho so thats cool lmao.

forest furnace
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I got impatient and promoted MC and Chrom at 15. Hopefully that doesn't bite me in the tooshie

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Also Lissa so she could finally attack.

void wolf
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TBH I doubt it

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From what I'm gathering this one isn't super hard

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I think the only "drawback" since you can grind for levels in this, is that higher levels on the promoted classes take a lot longer to level up

somber coyote
wet ledge
uneven panther
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What is a little annoying to me is that I want to finish a character in their like.... Predictable class

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So if you want to slurp some other skills up you have to do like. 1-10 tactician, seal 1-10 merc, promote 1-15, seal BACK 1-10 tactician, then do 1-15 grand master

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Maybe kind of a nonsensical example

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For the L character I'm doing 1-10 Lord, 1-10 pegasus knight, 1-15 dark flier, 1-10 Lord, 1-15 great lord

somber coyote
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Lol thats exactly what I did

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With robin

uneven panther
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I wish it would just like remember what advanced classes you unlocked

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Ha I did something similar I just didn't do hero (probably should have)

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Anyway, long winded but I'm sure on normal just going like 15ish in a normal class and then promoting to the class that looks cool and you'd be fine for the most part

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Now I kinda wish I did hero for Sol....

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Played a chapter in FE7 on the plane too and I was confused why I couldn't recruit the green character. Looked it up when I got to hotel and let's just say I need to replay that chapter....

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Need to talk to him with someone other than Eliwood...

forest furnace
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This game has me seriously considering playing through the entire series (this was my first FE experience)

cedar plaza
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Was a great starter, this game was supposed to be the swan song of the series and it shows.

somber coyote
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OH NO DONNEL AND MARRIBELLE ARE TOO CUTE

clever wadi
clever wadi
stark mulch
cedar plaza
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No one gets left behind

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Unless we are talking about FE Echoes, where I sacrificed every possible unit on the final battle to secure the W

stiff onyx
cedar plaza
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But the day was saved no??
......they all came back for the credits anyway kek

stiff onyx
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"Gray's lifeless corpse went on to a successful career as a weapon shop mannequin"

somber coyote
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Alright.
Donnel and Mirabelle are married. Love it. Fantastic romance.(Within the confines of some of these other conversations)
I'm trying who to pair Frederick with. Lissa, or Olivia. (Nowi is possible but Nowi marring anyone makes me feel icky based on how shes acted)
But also Lissa could marry Kellam or Stahl. (Who I don't use so hes kinda out at this point)
And Kallem could marry Olivia BUT I kind don't want him to marry anyone who ignores his presence and Lissa's the only girl who (I believe) never does the "KELLEM!? WHEN DID YOU GET HERE" bit

autumn vessel
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Get em, Donnie!

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somber coyote
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Lol
||Finished Chapter 13 and I just unlocked 6 paralogues||

languid zodiac
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Trying to unlock gale force on Olivia before chapter 13 so I don’t have to go through it with Lucina, may or may not regret it!

errant bloom
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Finally got Donnel to level 29, can’t wait to change his class, he’s gonna be a monster lol

void wolf
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Went to the gym last night and was so dead afterwords I was having a hard time locking in on this. I managed to do mission 1 and 2. (just did the opening and prologue chapters on Sunday) and about half of GotW last night.

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I should have a good chunk of time for this tonight though. Looking forward to it

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Oh and its funny. Robin and Chrom are like level 4 with a basic (C) Support and they're already doubling and wiping out anything near them if they're side by side

minor hill
pliant estuary
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So far I've just been winging it, I'd like to see what the experience is like just playing by feel for my first Fire Emblem game. I tend to stay away from min/maxing in general, it pulls me out of the game and I end up not enjoying it as much. It has been working out, we'll see if that changes and I start getting crushed in a few chapters.

stark mulch
forest furnace
somber coyote
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I got galeforce on mine and boy was it nice to not have to grind it for Lucina. But either way, you’re grinding to get it

languid zodiac
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Just finished grinding Olivia for gale force for Lucina. Dark riders are no joke and she will be broken for most of the game 😅

somber coyote
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I've got her/sumia/cordelia all on galeforce. Once I choose someone to be her Arank/Srank support we'll have three double hit sprinters

pliant estuary
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So the galeforce attack really..............blows enemies away?

minor hill
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Boy it seems like when one of my games goes through, everyone really likes it and people start talking about GOTY replays

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-# IT'S ALMOST LIKE THERE'S A PATTERN

void wolf
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Personally I always wanted this to win cause Fire Emblem is great. Not sure why everyone was so afraid of it...

icy tundra
languid zodiac
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I forget how genuinely amazing Awakening hits, possibly the most replay-able game on the 3DS

frozen plover
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Cramming the dating sim into a SRPG was brilliant

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Now imagine if tokimeki memorial occasionally let you fight battles

cedar plaza
minor hill
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The newer ones are flat in the sense that anyone can be good

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But some of the older ones had genuine turd characters that would occasionally git gud

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It happened in our side Thracia run.

frozen plover
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I guess I do have a thor

uneven panther
pliant estuary
cedar plaza
uneven panther
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Oh, I'm embleming

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2.5 more hours of conference and then it's emblem time

cedar plaza
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RNGeesus has humanized my Donnel

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Level 14 Villager and only 11 STR

frozen plover
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Restart

cedar plaza
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But his Luck stat spooderman

somber coyote
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I think this level of romance/dating is about all I could really enjoy

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Its 9 text boxes. Perfectly length.

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Then back to stabby shooty

errant bloom
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Made Donnel a Hero after reaching level 30 villager. Bummer about losing the lances tho

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Crazy to think how high his stats will go after leveling/promoting. He’ll likely become my strongest unit now

uneven panther
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Probably going to get Sol on mc and then get though the rest of the game.

somber coyote
uneven panther
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Is it weird to marry Lucina and Robin.... ? If I do that, does their kid inherit fixed skills or "last equipped" like normal?

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Maybe kinda "burns" getting two good kids for one kid but also I feel like I have enough troops anyway?

uneven panther
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Ps. 0 people in Arlington understand that you should let people off the elevator before you try to jam in.

wet ledge
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It's broken because you can have Galeforce on a male unit if his mom knows it

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Or give Counter to a daughter

dire adder
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All right. I mentioned this in the monthly channel but I just verified that my 3DS can take a charge and turn on, but it's having issues with the A button. I could open it up to clean it but I do worry a bit about the part about taking off the sticky D-pad cover

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So considering maybe just using my Deck after all?

uneven panther
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Kinda wish I married tharja instead

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My chance to bag a goth baddie and I fumbled it

dire adder
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I successfully restored the battery compartment and buttons on my old GBC but that is a simpler piece of hardware and still required me getting help from the hardware store to deal with stuck screws

uneven panther
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Where's the divorce paralogue?

dire adder
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tfw I won't be able to marry Tharja. Or will I? I forget when they added that option

uneven panther
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Playing on the deck is more convenient at least

dire adder
uneven panther
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I also don't like using my 3ds because it is hard to replace so I'm paranoid 🙂

dire adder
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So I'm going to give myself a day or two to think on it

uneven panther
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If I could swap Solidarity for Galeforce....

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Can Robin marry Lissa and then Lucina marry Morgan....

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Some Alabama type shi

uneven panther
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I really thought about playing on deck though

dire adder
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I understand. There are things to recommend just using the Deck

wet ledge
somber coyote
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The two armies paralogue is the most fun I've had so far. Literally 50 units and all of them are just getting trounced

uneven panther
willow ibex
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I am crap at this game. But I am loving it so far.

uneven panther
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Lissa as a dark flier is disturbing to me

somber coyote
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SHE CAN GET GALEFORCE?

uneven panther
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If you second seal after hitting 15 you can change to any advanced class available to the character. And yes 🙂

somber coyote
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Okay, i think its too late for me to power level anyone else (im over 20 hours) but thatd be cool to do if i ever replay

uneven panther
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Power leveling Lissa feels like such a drag for some reason

stark mulch
stark mulch
uneven panther
somber coyote
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Lets goooo

willow ibex
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The Thor is definitely earning it's place in my collection with this one. Also just hit chapter 6, is Frederick supposed to be hard carrying me? Because no matter what the game says about who the heroes are he keeps being invaluavle.

uneven panther
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Lol I thought Morgan was a guy aaaaaaaaaaaaalolcry

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Lol wtf is ts

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somber coyote
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Oh, who was that dark mage in like chapter 13 or 14.
He got swarmed round one and died to a crit after taking three other hits. Rip Hensley or w/e his name was

uneven panther
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Lol woof

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Lol Morgan just did 171 damage with an unmodified bronze sword

somber coyote
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Rip to the unit that was disintegrated

cedar plaza
somber coyote
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I am no longer having fun on the two armies paralogue. Penne's fuckass kid keeps trying to fight Donnel 1v1 and getting obliterated. But whenever I rush him as Chrom, he can't survive long enough to get back to safety.(And leaves Chrom or the others too open)

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Hmm. Maybe I should try to thread the needle and put Donnel NEAR him so he can pair up and just be bulletproof with Donnel.

forest furnace
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I hope that Henry's class is "Dad" because his jokes are ON POINT lol

languid zodiac
frozen plover
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These paralogues hit quite a jump in difficulty when all the enemies have silver weapons

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Perhaps it's time for frederick to make his noble sacrifice

uneven panther
uneven panther
void wolf
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Not really spoilers cause its ridiculously early on. But in that first cutscene where you are introduced to "The Risen" I like how Chrom and Lissa are just like "oh my god I have to fight these things"

Was I the only one that thought to myself, If I was camping out, and a giant eye with runes surrounding it appeared in the sky, AND THEN WALKING CORPSES SLITHERED OUT. I would probably just crap my pants and enter the fetal position? lol.

pliant estuary
stark mulch
somber coyote
# uneven panther Could also do a rescue chain

Donnel was the way. He solo’d the red army by himself while Robin/Cordelia fought the green army with Lucinda/morgan.
left everyone else out of range so nobody could get crit. Great paralogue

void wolf
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If the female morgan is dudelike I don't know yet and haven't gotten that far lol.

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and I can't help that lol

stark mulch
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I do have a female Robin, so that would make sense.

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Definitely got like a....Androgynous look to them.

uneven panther
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For some reason in my head it was just always a guy, but it makes sense that it would change based on your Robin.

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Also makes sense to have an androgynous look and name for that.

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Mine has: Galeforce, Sol, Armsthrift, Ignis, and right now Veteran. All stats in the 30s or 40s and I gave them Boots. An absolute beast.

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Final class I'm going to use Dark Knight.

errant bloom
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My MC is female and my Morgan is a boy and he’s a stone cold killer doggylol
Becoming my best unit until Donnel gets his weapon affinities back up

wet ledge
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My senior quote was actually what he says when he has a terrible level up "Haha! I didn't learn a thing!"

uneven panther
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Pretty sure I could just solo the rest of the game with Morgan

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wet ledge
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Yeah Morgan is a demon

uneven panther
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Trying to get Owain up now

somber coyote
uneven panther
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Chapter 17 battle

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I don't know of there are any more

strong mason
uneven panther
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Lol

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I never want to let go either.

uneven panther
uneven panther
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Here's my Fred btw lol

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stiff onyx
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My Frederick hasn't seen a single fight

somber coyote
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I second sealed my fred so hes leveled as much as anyone else

uneven panther
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I'm just struggling with howany kids so I turn into God's before I just finish the game?

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Takes a couple hours per kid. Between power levelling the mom and then power levelling the kid

somber coyote
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Inigo is funny

uneven panther
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I haven't used Olivia like at all

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I'm ready for Maribelle's and Cornelias kid. Sully I could do but it won't ever be a power kid like I'veade the other two

somber coyote
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Cornelias? Haven't met them yet
OH
Did you mean Cordelia? She's my kid and MAN she's STOOPID I was thinking of Sumia's kid, not Coredelia.

languid zodiac
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I had Chrom marry Olivia, then power leveled her so her kids got Galeforce and she actually slays as a Darkflyer

uneven panther
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Everyone slays with Galeforce. Tbh though it isnt worth it to ride a pegasus. The bow weaknesses isn't worth it

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Get Galeforce and reclass IMO

somber coyote
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I've been using Morgan on Pegasus to cart Lucina across the map, then using galeforce to get 2 units. Can't wait until Morgan get its so that I can go "bop" move, switch, BOP move Bop

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Would be awesome if you could use Dance to queue up another turn before they go but I get it

uneven panther
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Chrom: Urine has come!

wet ledge
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Galeforce trains can clear some "kill the commander" maps in 1 turn it's very funny

somber coyote
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Alright, all those paralogues are done. Time to continue to chapter 14

uneven panther
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Just finished it. In the top 3 of all GotX games for me.

west crane
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I'll be finishing tomorrow and enjoying the dlc as well

tall niche
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Slowly enjoying my way through this. I must be going nuts, because I'm considering marrying my Robin to Virion... Their supports are really nice and I feel like I should break the loop of always marrying Chrom.

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I'm not playing on classic, so I don't care about the children's stats.

void wolf
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I'll wait to get some more chr's but I feel like Sumia is the canon choice for Chrom.

tall niche
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Heh, arguable; she, like all wives except Robin, gets completely ignored after marriage. I feel like she was what was intended at the time, but in later off games appearances, IS caved to popular opinion and made Robin his canon choice. Doesn't help that male Robin doesn't seem to have any good canon options either.

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Not like it matters if you're not playing on classic anyway, this is not a hard game on regular difficulty. Just go with what you like.

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(I'll just make Chrom marry the random villager if I pair Robin with someone else, cause gosh dang does his and Robin's devotion to each other feel very off when they're married to someone else. At least the random villager woman literally does not matter, so I won't feel as bad.)

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If you have a male Robin, I encourage to give Sully and Cordelia's supports with Chrom a chance.

uneven panther
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This guy breaks it down more than I would ever care lol. I watched some of it last night

void wolf
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Lol yeah I aint got time for all dat lmaooo

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I'm only on chapter like....5.... so

uneven panther
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I ended up going Chrom/Sumia, Robin/Lissa, Sully/Kellam (really liked this one), Gaius/Cordelia, Lonqu/Tharja, Donnel/Maribelle,

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BTW the max units used on any story map is 15 I believe

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If I were to do it again I think Robin/Lucina would be cool and almost did that. Also Robin/Tharja

frozen plover
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These guys have the same vibe

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frozen plover
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I would do it again

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I might play lunatic/casual after this

void wolf
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I got Donnel last night

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For ma luigi_mario_hug

somber coyote
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Most OP character.

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Hes the best

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The pot lid is the source of his power

crystal cobalt
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Loved FE when I was younger but I haven't had much time to dive into new games lately. Maybe my daughter will allow for some more time before the end of the month!

void wolf
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The sauce of his power

somber coyote
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I get its story purposes...But I think Donnel could solo walharts entire army at this point

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I forged Alm's blade up to 20 Mit and he's not used a single instance of it in two chapters yet even though hes been frontlining. I think he's hitting 60x2 in every round

somber coyote
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Walhart ||is a fucking chump||
0 damage delt, died each time in one round

uneven panther
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Lol

languid zodiac
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Gonna do Robin/Tiki, Dragon Morgan is awesome haha

errant bloom
somber coyote
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This is the back half of my Awakening playthrough in an image

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severe tulip
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Breaking out my galaxy 3ds for this one. Haven't played this game in 10 years, but I remember loving it.

void wolf
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Im at around stage 7 and its been a little tricky. Been restarting a bunch due to deaths. Feel like i need a side stage to grind just a tiny bit more. But I might just need to tank through with my stronger 5-6 units unit I unlock more stuff. Got my first randon encounter with risen but they're decently leveled so its kinda tough to not have my level 3's-4's get wiped

stiff onyx
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Yeah, my first bout with a Risen random was tough

somber coyote
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These idiots need to stop letting people monologue and start stabbing obviously evil people before they do some super magic bullshit

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OMG, they named a mountain after me in this game

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I'm honored

frozen plover
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I think that's precrime

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It's frowned upon generally as a theory of criminal justice

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Holy shit reclassing Lissa as a Valkyrie is IMMEDIATELY better

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Why did I talk myself into making her a war cleric

void wolf
icy tundra
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You’re just wasting xp letting anyone besides Chrom or Robin get it :p

void wolf
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lol nah man. They're the easy level ups. I guess the "struggle" with this game vs older games is building supports for marriage/kids.

I did Sacred Stones in January and that one was a lot more just "level the party of about 10-15 you want to use, and you're set.

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This game out here got us leveling people we don't even want to use just due to the Children/support system.

icy tundra
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I didnt engage with marriage or children at all, tbh lol just my two man wrecking crew

void wolf
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Yeah I think this one has a bit of a focus shift to be honest where like, you can somewhat easily push through the story but theres all that relationship building stuff for people who want to get something more out of the game.

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And I think it was Zu who mentioned this stuff is all played around with in older entries like the SNES games, but I think Awakening is where they really kinda made that a key aspect

icy tundra
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Yeah, might go back and do a less broken run for goty next year something. Although, legend of Zelda second quest is gonna be right there

void wolf
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True. Yeah I dunno. I think as much as I do like this game, and it would be fun to grind out supports and stuff, I'll just have to see what wins.

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If anyting this is just making me want to play some more of the 3ds games and maybe finally get around to the switch games.

icy tundra
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Still early in the year, but I could see both this and zelda getting at least 1 award

void wolf
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I mean yeah I don't doubt it, but we'll have to see

icy tundra
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Yeah, I hope gotx becomes Thor settings club lol

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Because it was super nice having the community figure out the best way to play this

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Bring on more 3DS games

void wolf
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I have a few 3ds family devices so like

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I'm always down for 3ds

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Thor just doesn't interest me, but thats a ME thing

icy tundra
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So good with the HD textures and upscaling, broski lawd

But yeah I’m a one device person, I get that you are not

void wolf
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I agree I didn't watch zu's vid (shhh don't tell) but the few screenshots posted it looked real good. Save States honestly would save me a lot of frustrations. Restarting the stage makes me slight rage lmao.

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But yeah I like having a handful of silly little handhelds.

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I could probably downsize and stick to like 5-6 vs the like 15 I have now though.

languid zodiac
stark mulch
frozen plover
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I think .... And it's hard to admit this... Lissa might be the problem

stark mulch
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Maybe. Feels like all my dark filers have the same problem with just getting absolutely wrecked.

strong mason
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I might be the only one but the hd textures/images do not look good to me. Too AI smooth.

void wolf
languid zodiac
cedar plaza
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I wish I could

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that is a level of cognitive dissonance that I cannot aspire to

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Everyone lives (at least until the final battle)

somber coyote
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Lol. I did not care for vaike

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stiff onyx
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His personality was a bit grating, but I use him quite a bit. He's kind of a glass cannon.

stark mulch
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outside of the one battle he was forced into, I haven't touched him.

somber coyote
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Fun game.

errant bloom
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Once Vaike gets Sol he becomes his own healer. Made him a hero with a Killer Axe equipped to keep triggering crits

stiff onyx
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Yeah his Crit is quite high

void wolf
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The amount of classes gets kinda wild ngl lol

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When I played sacred stones for January I was like wait, I can like branch promote paths??!??!

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Used to FE7 where its like, you basically have a pre-assigned class for each unit with one singular upgrade lol

uneven panther
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I gotta figure out who to level and promote in FE7

void wolf
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There are a few not great characters IIRC lol.

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Gotta level all your lords for sure. I avoid all pre-promotes like the plague

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I usually just stick to the first character or two per class that you get though

minor hill
void wolf
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The one time Zu reads the crap I say

languid zodiac
west crane
minor hill
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An expert from multiple combat and law enforcement operations

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AND HIS PARTNER IS HERE TOO

void wolf
minor hill
cedar plaza
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All these years and they still cannot afford pants

stark mulch
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looks like they lost their shirts too. Times must be tough.

minor hill
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It's hot in Florida

somber coyote
frozen plover
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By the end of hard mode it feels like every enemy has a ranged option

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So now I'm thinking anything except magic is basically worthless

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I'm glad I changed Lissa's class

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I wish she had more def though lol

void wolf
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I guess I suck at fire emblem

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Getting owned on chapter 7 lol

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Restarted like 5-6 times, then the random encounter that popped up I couldn't beat, so... grinding with reeking boxes. sigh

astral saddle
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If you've got the DLC, the EXPonential growth mission is the quickest way to grind. Should unlock after chapter 4 I think.

stiff onyx
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I can't get the damn DLC to work on emulation, so I've just been grinding the random Risen that pop up randomly

cedar plaza
void wolf
stiff onyx
# cedar plaza Azahar?

Yep yep. I get the prompt from Azahar that the DLC file has been loaded successfully, but when I go to that Outrealm Gate there's no maps or anything to access.

stark mulch
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for both texture packs and mods on Azahar (for Fire Emblem, I haven't used it for anything else) I haven't been able to get them to be recognized manually. They just start working randomly down the line.

void wolf
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I'm playing on a cart and have a few 3ds family devices. My 2dsxl was hacked already so I just updated luma and migrated over to hshop since it looks like freeshop is long dead. Anyway took about 15-20 mins and I have all the dlc now. That exponential growth is almost cheating lol

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Ah well. Will make my life easier. Don't need the game to be a total cakewalk but constant restarts arent very fun.

languid zodiac
woeful plover
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Man… I want to play Pokopia, but here I am getting ready to hand Wahlert’s ass to him..

minor hill
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Uh his name is Walmart and my Morgan casually, almost dismisisvely critted him for 60 points of damage

dire adder
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Do I still have time for the noble eugenics sim if I'm not very busy over the next couple weeks

stiff onyx
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I always forget ||how haunting the music, or lack there of, is for Chapter 10||

void wolf
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A few levels did me good

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Donnel is like level 12-13 now. He's already turning into a monster with an iron lance.

stark mulch
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Game finished. Feel like I should have dated Chrom. Most of the character romance pairings felt kind of shallow but the rest of the plot has regular drops at Chrom and Robin having an unbreakable bond and what not.

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Oh shoot there is a cutscene after the end. Almost shut off the console.

frozen plover
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My gaming has been all over the place this month and I'm mostly done

strong mason
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Last few chapters I’ve spent more time healing healers than anyone else

void wolf
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Yeah I'm wondering if they get less squishy when promoted

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Again i'm only chapter 9 I need to pick up the pace lol. I was having some trouble so I spent a few hours grinding

dire adder
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I think my new meds are causing minor insanity. I decided to go, fuck it, I'll try repairing the 3DS. it's now disassembled and I'm just giving the alcohol a bit of time to dry because it's 70%

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afterwards I'll see if the button plastic thing will still reattach

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worst-case scenario it looks like you can still buy replacements for the button pad sticker, though it'd mean taking the thing back apart and another shot at damaging the cables

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...ifixit also sells batteries, which is good because the battery in the thing looks slightly fatter than it should. Not, like, an enormous amount, and it still turns on, but the kind of thing I should maybe keep an eye on if it starts having power issues

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(ifixit doesn't sell the button sticker tho. Which is kind of insane. I feel like that's one of the things really likely to go. have to get that off ali)

dire adder
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aaaand I have failed. top screen display now isn't working. Which means either I seated the ribbon cable to the top LCD incorrectly or damaged it. it was not easy to work with

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At this point I should probably contact a professional rather than keep fucking with it

errant bloom
uneven panther
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i took Lissa through so many classes.... I wasn't going to do dark flier for her but then i wanted her to pass it on so i did - then i had to switch her back to something i actually wanted

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so it was just a lot

errant bloom
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Definitely hope this can win a GOTY category. It’d be great to take my time exploring all the different pairings and classes

languid zodiac
strong mason
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Chapter 19 was a little tense. Lost a lot of units and needed to rush the commander at the end.

uneven panther
uneven panther
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on 16X rn

void wolf
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Fire emblem is good man. Only struggle I had with 7 on my most recent go around is I should have grinded at the arenas a bit more. I didn't have too much trouble until the last level, which again wasn't too bad either but the last boss I had to cheese to beat. Seemed like a wild spike in difficulty from everything else prior (even from the other enemies on that last level)

languid zodiac
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I always have trouble with the last level of 7, I feel like 90% of my units would die no matter their level or weapon or whatever

uneven panther
autumn vessel
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damn lava level

uneven panther
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ya that was stressful lol

dire adder
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(I can't recommend night auditor to everyone, but if you're naturally night people already, it... OK it can really worsen some tendencies but still)

uneven panther
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I obviously type a lot in here at work but couldn't pull off straight up pulling out the 34XX and playing some FE, let alone the N3DS for Awakening. Also I'm salaried so it would just delay me from going home anyway 🙂

stiff onyx
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I decided to completely redo Chapter 11 after having just beaten it ||because it had Chrom marrying Sully at the end||

uneven panther
strong mason
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Just finished chapter 21. My team is split between heavy hitters and cannon fodder.

torn mango
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I'm at the paralogue 17 trying to keep Tiki alive. So she can join my team. Struggling with this, I might have to grind some more battles before trying again. I didn't think I'd like this game as much as I do. 👍🏻

stark mulch
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I had to turtle up to keep her alive. Left a space between her and the rest of the party where I had a healer that could move around to get to everyone.

outer rune
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Im sure its been discussed but this thread is long lol forgive me if repeat questions. I'm enjoying the game, about 10 hours in. But reading your discussions I feel like I may be missing out on a lot. Im using all characters, trying to level them all equally. Have everyone around level 10, trying to mix up the relationship building. But I feel super under powered. People are talking about Donnell being OP, but mine gets one shot and does barely any damage. I use the optimize button for my equip, should I be going through and equipping weapons specifically for people? And for the shop, it seems like its just a bunch of things I already have. Is there a li k to a decent video that explains the mechanics fairly thoroughly? Usually I can figure these things out with YouTube/trial and error. But all I can find is videos on who to build relationships, not much in terms of game mechanics and structure. Thanks, and sorry again for the long winded message!

stark mulch
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Donnell is OP later. His base ability gives him a higher chance for stat increases on level-up than normal so he often ends up with very high stats.

Until you get him to 10 as a villager, he is a bit of a struggle. But then you get to give him a seal to get him into something better.

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I only used the optomize button for everything. I realized later in the game I could do it for my entire party from the deployment menu. Which gave me better spread for everyone rather than one person getting all the best gear of a specific weapon type.

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you might be trying too hard to level everyone. I kind of just neglected anyone that wasn't in my preferred team and pretended they didn't exist. Which means more EXP for that dedicated group compared to spreading it out to everyone.

void wolf
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I would avoid leveling Frederick or any other "pre promotes" as they end up way worse then the characters you bring all the way up later on. Also I wouldn't focus on leveling EVERYONE up

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I.e. Like you only need Ricken OR Miriel, you don't need both. Sully OR Stahl, not both. Etc.

stark mulch
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Everyone keeps shitting on Frederick but he was one of my strongest all the way through haha.

void wolf
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I am leveling both healers though, they're easy to get levels for as you can just hang back and heal every single turn

void wolf
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Waste of precious EXP

stark mulch
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I think a lot of people have said that about this one as well. They are usually meant to serve as a unit to help you along in the early game. I'm not sure why I felt like he kept kicking ass all the way through. I did have everyone paired up a lot late game.

outer rune
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Awesome thanks! Appreciate the advice. Ill look into just the people I want to use and level them more. Find some more info on classes and what not. How did you grind? I do all the battles that pop up and all the paralouges. Do I need to find a way to get the DLC?

strong mason
void wolf
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They will spawn on whatever map you are standing on when you use it. I think the later the stage - the stronger the risen will be

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I do have a modded 2dsxl so it was suuuuper easy to add the dlc tho. Dlc is almost painfully easy

stark mulch
# outer rune Awesome thanks! Appreciate the advice. Ill look into just the people I want to u...

The DLC is the best way from what people have said. I did not have it, it sounds like it almost trivializes the grind. The DLC also gives you access to what people seem to say is undoubtedly the best class.

Something I didn't realize until later, each spot represents a chapter. They don't repeat. So you'll want to watch your second screen to see where the highest spot you can use the reeking box at. Or close to there if you think that might be too high.

uneven panther
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Frederick is OP for the first half of the game, but becomes slower to level than others at the end game because you didn't get the "quick" levels to gain stats as a basic class.

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You can definitely use all characters it will just require a lot more investment in grinding time.

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I was doing that for a long time but got worn out and eventually just picked my favorites and made them OP.

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With extra battles you can easily make every character OP (and the EXPonential Growth DLC is basically cheat mode for grinding)

uneven panther
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I think that the maximum units fielded for any chapter is 15 so if you have 15 strong characters you are probably set.

stark mulch
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I think there is one towards the end that is 16. I remember taking note of it because someone here had mentioned 15 before.

languid zodiac
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Just beat Awakening! Dragon Morgan pretty much untouchable for the last 7 missions of the game!

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void wolf
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I think thats the biggest struggle I have with this game .... somewhat an issue in all fire emblems to an extent but this one in particular (probably later titles too tbh - this is the "newest" fire emblem I've ever played)

1 - Its hard to pick favorites, theres always a few stinkers, but a lot of the cast is "generally likeable and well designed"
2 - The supports and relationship building in this game add length by making you want to grind for levels and supports for a lot of these peeps

strong mason
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it's basically pokemon if the pokemon get married

stark mulch
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do your pokemon not get married?

strong mason
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I just finished. Fun game. Really great that all the chapters were done in 20-30 minutes. Made it nice to play on a commute. Contrast that with Advance Wars where some of those levels could take an hour or more. There's still a lot I don't really understand about the battle system. Lots of menu options I never picked. Also a lot of characters I never picked. Maybe that's more relevant in classic mode where people die and you need to replace them with new ones.

cedar plaza
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I have a problem where I like to keep most of my characters at a relatively close level just in case I need an extra insert class here for a map.

strong mason
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the pattern for me in the later missions was that half my party would just get wiped out while chrom, mc, frederick, sully, and donnel cleaned everything up by themselves

cedar plaza
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But I always have 4-5 ride or dies. Either from the internet telling me they are really good or some rng caused a miracle moment that endears them to me

strong mason
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it was tough to level up the second string characters through normal gameplay because they couldn't kill any enemies on their own but also the main characters were so strong they wouldn't leave any weakened enemies for the others to gain some xp on

cedar plaza
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Like for some reason this go around Ricken has had some crazy HP and def growth along with pair up rng moments that were "G'Dam"

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That dude never made it past ch 8 most of the time for me

uneven panther
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I feel like supporting weaker characters with your uber characters make them pretty viable. Usually I'd go into a grind map with half of the people I wanted to level up and then half OP units to support thme

strong mason
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Also I finished in under 15 hours. Well below the hltb.

uneven panther
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I think I was 32 hours doggylol

errant bloom
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I’m on the last chapter now, heartbroken it’s over

uneven panther
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i'm going to replay the last few chapters, kinda rushed through them and got done in the wee hours of the morning and want to watch teh story bits again

strong latch
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I finally have time to play this more for real, I'm just using DLC to level all my units to about 8 to do story however I want without needing to stick to a single roster for ages

torn mango
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I found pairing up your characters makes the later chapters so much easier. I have about 3-4 chapters left. I ended up getting tiki by pair up around her in a diamond and just skipping my turn and having them attack me.

cedar plaza
forest furnace
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I'm only learning now (Chapter 19) how to talk to your heroes between battles to improve their relationship 🫠

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I thought that just happened organically with the hearts appearing...

stark mulch
cedar plaza
stark mulch
uneven panther
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lol which one is the townie

void wolf
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If you don't do an S rank support with someone a nameless villager becomes Chrom's wife

uneven panther
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lol oof

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busted || Lucina ||

forest furnace
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Oh? He still ended up having a || baby with Sumia ||

uneven panther
void wolf
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I think if you literally avoid supports at all costs is how you get the villager wife

uneven panther
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i dind't realize that different pairs earn support rank at a faster pace

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until i watched an entirely too indepth video about it

stiff onyx
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Chrom will marry whomever he has the highest support level with after Chapter 11. You would essentially have to never have him next to or paired up with a female character he can reach S rank with to get the townie wife.

uneven panther
forest furnace
stiff onyx
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They build both from fighting next to each other AND when pairing up. Also from Barracks and Support dialogue. I can confirm in this run it happened because Chrom never paired up with Sully, but they were always fighting near one another, and he initially asked Sully to marry him. I say initially, because I didn't want that, so I redid the chapter and had him fighting next to Sumia the whole time to build their relationship higher doggylol

forest furnace
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So || Lucina || isn't always a badass?

frozen plover
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My Lucina is kinda mediocre

icy tundra
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I got rando wife for Chrom because he only ever partnered with my male Robin

covert lance
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I got halfway through this game when it first came out but stalled out, and I think a big part of that was trying to pay too much attention to pairings. This time around, my plan is to completely ignore all of that, not look up anything, and roll with whatever happens. Mechanically suboptimal, but at least I should avoid option paralysis.

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By the way, is there any potential appetite for more Fire Emblem next month, or would it be too soon even for those of us who are into it?

icy tundra
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Which one has a color name?

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Oh Radiance

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Japanese title path of blue flame

covert lance
# icy tundra Which one has a color name?

https://backloggd.com/games/fire-emblem-the-morrows-golden-country--1/

I keep meaning to dive into the world of fan-made campaigns, and this one has gotten a ton of very high praise.

Fire Emblem: The Morrow’s Golden Country (2024)

Ulmaron. A world of constant change. Of mystical researchers. Of fierce warriors. Of fallen kings. Of undying darkness.

A young noble, seeking to prove herself. Her path will place her at the center of a conflict that may very well decide the future of the continent.

icy tundra
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Well I just discovered path of radiance would count for you as well lol

covert lance
icy tundra
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I’ve only ever played Awakening, this month

void wolf
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From what I've heard Path of Radiance is extremely hard lmao

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As is Fire Emblem 6 - the binding blade which was not localized in america

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I died on the first or second map and was shocked lol

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Fe7 atleast starts you SORTA slow

covert lance
# void wolf From what I've heard Path of Radiance is extremely hard lmao

You might be thinking of the followup, Radiant Dawn? Path of Radiance is generally considered one of the easiest games in the series, at least for the western release. They made all the difficulties one step easier, so US hard == JP normal. But then they didn't do that for Radiant Dawn, so if you pick the same difficulty on both, RD is a lot harder.

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Agree that FE6 is legit much harder than the other GBA games though.

stark mulch
void wolf
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But yeah, I heard one of them has CONSTANT reinforcements that'll really catch you with your pants down. In this day and age with save states I think I can get through any of them. I Love fire emblem I'm just notoriously bad at them lol

void wolf
strong latch
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Oh nice, Azahar might have "per game settings" soon. Especially useful for this game where it's all a bundle of custom settings. kekw

stiff onyx
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Nice! That'll be very helpful.

errant bloom
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Just started the last chapter today, a little concerned for my weaker units lol. Should probably just pair them up with my beefcakes lol

languid zodiac
stiff onyx
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Lol, Donnel's strength already maxed out at Lv. 24 villager. Can't wait to promote him!

stark mulch
stiff onyx
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Oh it's not his overall max, just for villager. Means his growth is doing great, though!

stark mulch
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Ah I see.

strong latch
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What the. Maribelle/Lon'qu is cute as hell.

errant bloom
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Beat it. It’s too short! Lol. Absolutely loved this game.
I’d have to check my save, but I’m sure I’m around 30 hours

stiff onyx
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Goddamn Henry!

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stiff onyx
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I love this game so much! Made it to Chapter 16, taking some time to grind some Risen randoms for experience and relationship levels before continuing.

cedar plaza
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I went to boot up Awakening and the texture pack didn't load.

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It's like trying to watch sports on SD TV back when you still had that option

autumn vessel
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chapter 19 will be the death of me (or robin, always robin)

willow ibex
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GotY. Just seeing that I was playing it broke a friend out of a depressive funk and hearing I was playing it made a blind date improve.

dire adder
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tfw I don't know how to install the DLC in Azahar

stark mulch
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I think you have to patch your save file or something. Someone linked out to it somewhere in here.

strong latch
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It'll know where to go.

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Like, emulator settings, not game settings.

dire adder
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I tried, but there's not a CIA file. I forget exactly what the extension I saw in the pile of files is

strong latch
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Huh, and selecting it despite it not being a CIA doesn't work?

dire adder
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I could try it again later but it didn't work.

strong latch
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:( Sorry.

strong latch
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I always feel so bad for Kellam, lol

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cedar plaza
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Kellam is currently on my 3rd tier team aka "I'll level them up via dlc later"

strong mason
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kellam was paired up with frederick for a while as a tank unit before sully showed up.

uneven panther
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I paired Kellam to Sully and used them in basically every battle

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No one could damage them

stiff onyx
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Kellam's ||daughter is a walking tank||

stiff onyx
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Alright, got everyone partnered up to S that I could. Was surprising ||how sweet Frederick and Panne's S rank was, same with Henry and Olivia.||

strong latch
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Yeah, I'm leveling Kellam from DLC to get a skill for his kiddo. My plan is to superpower the parents for skills, then only play the kids with those skills but way fewer levels.

forest furnace
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I totally botched the relationships because I didn't use the "support" button before combat until I was Chapter 17 or something

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Even though I was pairing up all the people I wanted to build relationships with

uneven panther
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I paired people up intentionally but then I got them to S rank and didn't want to pair them up with anyone else.... felt like they were cheating when they did....

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So I didn't develop too much lol

stiff onyx
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Now that everyone's paired off, I'm going through the paralogues and leveling up the current kiddos while recruiting new ones

void wolf
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Restarted chapter 11 no less then 6 times.... just power leveled everyone i'll be using to 20 powerhaha

stiff onyx
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Damn, Paralogue 11 is a bitch

autumn vessel
stiff onyx
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S-tier relationships

autumn vessel
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😮

stiff onyx
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30 hours in at Chapter 18. ||Just got Gerome, and he's a bummer||

uneven panther
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I never deployed him after getting him. Tiki either

severe tulip
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I've been trying to play vanilla without using the dlc to power level. May have to resort to it soon if I can't figure out a viable strategy.

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I've been turtling and covering the spawns on the far upper left corner of the map

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Using both bridge entrances as choke points

stiff onyx
willow ibex
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May not finish this in time for GotM. Been a weird month. Glad I preserved my streak with DK. But clearly I needed this game in my life and it is a delight to play when I can.

void wolf
severe tulip
# void wolf Yeah I just said eff it and overleveled to hell. Ah well

I don't blame you lol. I finally pulled it off. I was hoarding my seals. Promoted Chrom to ||Great Lord|| and Stahl to ||Myrmadin|| class. Was the little boost I needed. Now I'm starting to roll, my squad finally feels like they got over the hump of mediocrity. Promoted MU to ||Dark Mage||.

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||Olivia|| died during the mission, oh well. I never use her anyway.

dire adder
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Is this one expected to be a GotY? Because I've got a lot if time between now and the end of the month, but I just got 3DS emulation working

stiff onyx
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I wouldn't bank on anything being a certainty, but a) lots of people are having a good time, b) several never got around to it this month, and c) the last Fire Emblem game that made GOTM won GOTY. In my mind, that's a good recipe for at least a GOTY category win.

languid zodiac
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Which fire emblem was that?

void wolf
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I did it for January this year

void wolf
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I made some progress over the weekend.

One...sorta question. One observation

Just got to the part where the kids start popping up, and the later paralogues with them pop up. was shocked to jump from paralogue 4 all the way to 9 and 10 lol.

It seems like the paralogues to get them are sorta challenging. I basically got annoyed with restarting constantly so basically ALL of my main units are now promotes.

A note on the kids. I know that they get the stats of their parents and stuff, and become overall stronger characters. Question is - are they needed for the later chapters? Like your main crew of "adults" when they max out at level 20 is that not strong enough to finish the game? Or is that more of a insanity mode concern. I'm just playing on normal

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Just curious on a normal playthrough if you even need to use the kids at all.

icy tundra
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I beat the whole normal playthrough using only an over leveled Chrom and Robin, like I only deployed those two units once they were strong enough, you don’t need anything else lol

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(Didn’t do many paralogues)

uneven panther
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Were you playing Normal Classic @icy tundra ?

icy tundra
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Think I was on normal casual

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Isn’t that just no perma death tho?

uneven panther
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Ya

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which wouldn't matter since you lose if Chrom or Robin die anyway lol

void wolf
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One of my biggest issues with Fire Emblem is they tend to continously throw characters at you almost all the way up to the end of the game, and some of them its either totally pointless to use cause you get them way too late, or you only get to use them a very select few times lol.

uneven panther
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You definitely don't need the kids. I only got Morgan and Owain.

icy tundra
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Characters are a distraction to spread out your xp and items :p I also unequipped everyone not named Chrom or Robin

uneven panther
cedar plaza
void wolf
void wolf
cedar plaza
void wolf
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But yeah I guess the "Weird" part of this game is with grinding being possible, then the whole "support, matchmaker, child soldier breeder, Waifu" thing going on its sorta like.... what you want out of the game?

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Cause its super easy to make the game super easy, but then the story becomes almost trivial?

cedar plaza
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(was actually her critting with a Killing Edge that got me past Ch 11)

void wolf
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I mean I guess thats what the harder difficulties are for, but even then...idk.

cedar plaza
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Yeh you can make the game trivial if you want

icy tundra
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I actually read about my Chrom Robin strat as how people beat insanity lol

void wolf
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Just seems like a battle of leveling and grinding for levels / ideal character layouts vs OVER leveling and making the game too easy

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.I like the game I'm just so hard coded with the GBA/gc titles

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No grinding, minimal experience

uneven panther
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Meanwhile me in Blazing Blade

void wolf
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I had a hell of a time even with rewind and save states

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I would not consider myself bad at video games... but I'm definitely bad at fire emblem lmao

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I abused the arena "some" but I guess I just needed to sit there and grind like there was no tomorrow

uneven panther
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I'm excited to try Sacred Stones and Three Houses.

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I kinda like the vibe of the plot in Blazing Blade a bit more than Awakening. Feels more gritty/less cheesey.

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IDK wtf is going on with Priscilla and Raven though... that was jarring

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I'm excited to try Sacred Stones and Three Houses. But, I also need to finish P3R (and then probably play it again on NG+), and I want to play through PSIV, Front Mission 1-3, etc.

void wolf
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Yeah FE7 has a pretty good pace / pretty like "oh shit" story that moves along and is definitely...not super cheery? It has a few silly moments but for the most part yeah

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FE8 is more of the same, but due to grinding its really not as hard. I liked it a bit more as a "casual game to play that didn't make me want to rage quit"

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I liked Lynn/Eliwood/Hector more though as your main set of characters

uneven panther
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I don't really know how they do the grinding in SS/Three Houses - but I would have to imagine it is something in between how easy it is to overlevel in Awakening and how it is harder (or not available) in older titles

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I really liked Lynn during her story but she is kinda annoying in Eliwoods story lol

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Also, my Lynn has like zero defense.

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I gotta be really careful with her when I use her

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People online are kinda negative about Hector but mine is a freaking beast - even with just iron axe.

void wolf
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Yeah I felt like on my more recent playthrough the game really was manageable up until the very last boss then I was just like "WTF"

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But I think I touched on that.

errant bloom
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Also, Three Houses isn’t particularly difficult from what I remember. There’s more of a focus on story and character building

stiff onyx
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I haven't had a single kiddo not pretty easily outclass any of the parents so far - as long as you're willing to put in the time to build the relationships, play and beat the prologues, and then subsequently level them up, you end up with a team of world-ending destroyers. It's probably only really necessary in Lunatic, but it's been fun for me. I've got my last Prologue in 14 I'm about to play ||there's so many enemy units in this one of you don't pick a side||, and then I'm going to take my team of children and trivialize the rest of the game.

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Also, I couldn't get the DLC to work in Azahar, so I've been doing all this without the Gold or Experience bonus levels.

cedar plaza
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|| It's the goddess staff ||

stiff onyx
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Good catch, I meant Paralogue 13, the one ||with the two opposing armies and the Tagul child||

cedar plaza
stiff onyx
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Paralogue 14 wasn't too bad, but that ||Goddess Staff|| rules

cedar plaza
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which won't matter cus they aren't going to be on the A team anyway.....but must have all za kids

stiff onyx
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Yep, ||Nah and Yarne|| won't make the A-Team, but gotta catch 'em all!

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Alright, I'm starting to think the ||Frederick and Panne, and subsequently Yarne|| relationship and dialogue might be some of the best in the game.

languid zodiac
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I ended up with a lot of the kid units on my final team, as their stats and abilities severally out classed their parents! Specifically Dragon Morgan literally couldn’t be damaged at all and neither could great knight Kjelle. Severra and Inigo were more vulnerable but still able to body everything. I hope this wins GotY cause I’d like to plan even better and play on a harder difficulty 🤣

void wolf
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I just wanna make sure I get my damn point lol

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If I decide to have more fun with it later is a different story

languid zodiac
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You can absolutely do it without the children units though, my first play through of the game back in the day I hardly used any of them!

void wolf
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I picked up Lucina and Cynthia last night. How much further down the rabbit hole I want to go with this particular playthrough is TBD

stiff onyx
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Dang Morgan!

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strong latch
stiff onyx
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It's a fun map. Also, if you decide to fight both armies, you get like 20,000 gold!

forest furnace
forest furnace
stiff onyx
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That one is indeed a wild one, though

torn mango
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There's kids? I beat the whole game never getting any of them. Other than Lucina which is story driven.

strong latch
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Yes, haha.

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Every female unit has a corresponding child for when they hit S rank. Chrom and (male) Robin are exceptions.

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Fates has it that the men are the determinant parent.

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Robin's child, Morgan, is always opposite their own gender. Interestingly, this means female Morgan will always have a sibling, but the only way for male Morgan to have one is to marry ||Chrom||.

forest furnace
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That seems icky lol

strong latch
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Icky?

void wolf
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Pushing through the story. I'm at chapter 18 I believe now. So I should be able to finish up by the end of the week without too much fuss. I do enjoy the game and would like to play the dlc/paralogues/get all the characters. I think younger me would have liked this game a lot.

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Want to make sure I get wrapped up and get my 3/3 for this month too though, so I'll see if I have any time to pick at the rest of the content once I'm done with this and GotW.

This game does have me itching for more fire emblem though. Maybe not straight away, but tmsoon

icy tundra
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Just plough through the story and circle back to the other stuff, mang

void wolf
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Yep. Tis what I am doing

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But I say with lot words u v few

stiff onyx
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Alright, got my first stat max out! Checks, she doubles everything.

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stiff onyx
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Done! What a great game, sad it's over. This is an easy GOTY contender for me.
Also, zero chance I go back to playing this one without those HD textures chefskiss

strong latch
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I'm on chapter 14 with four kids left to recruit. I can totally do this before April. EeveeSmile

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It helps that Lucina, Morgan and Severa turned out to be holy terrors

cedar plaza
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Doing some paralogue, midway through one of my weaker units die from a 7% hit RNGesus

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So I send in Donell to clear the rest of the map knowing full well that I will restart anyway

stiff onyx
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My final squad was basically all the kiddos, except Chrom, Sumira, Donnel, and Robin. doggylol

strong latch
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Yeah, I am basically ending up all kiddos on a field trip with Chrom and Robin chaperoning, lol

stark mulch
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Hard not to lean into the kids, they pack such a mean punch

strong latch
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Aether on Lucina is just too good

strong latch
stark mulch
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Yeah they are just starting out with higher base stats, is my understanding, so they are getting ahead of their parents quicker.

stiff onyx
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Yeah, higher starting stats and starting with more skills

strong latch
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Makes sense. I'm not sure what I want to give Miriel's kid, haha. No Galeforce, so I must think in this game about thinking and strategy. bulba_eyeroll_byalki

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I'm thinking Renewal or Dual Support+?

stark mulch
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I have no idea, I didn't consider inheritance at all I just picked people that looked cute together. haha

stiff onyx
strong latch
stiff onyx
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You know, not sure if that's a class-specific skill or not, now that you mention it

strong latch
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I gave Counter to Kjelle, Noire and Cynthia for example

stiff onyx
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I never really used Counter, too busy killing to worry about counterattacks powerhaha

strong latch
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I should have given it to Nah but I didn't realize she would be able to get Sol on her own, had Donnel pass it down

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Ha! Fair, lol, I just didn't see amything better for those three's fathers.

stiff onyx
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True true

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Man, this game is so good!

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So much minutiae you can dig into

strong latch
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With Lifesteal, though, I think I'll go Dual Support+

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Yes!! Agreed.

stiff onyx
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Broken lol

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If it wins GOTY, I might try min-maxing a Lunatic run

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Gods, that's gonna be a slog

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Fun slog, but still a slog

strong latch
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I'd probably run it again with the gay mod if it's allowed.

stiff onyx
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The what now?

strong latch
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A mod that lets anyone S rank anyone and kids still happen. (Adoption, ig? Magic?)

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Gay Awakening, which is the best name for it

stiff onyx
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Ooh, interesting. Male Chrom and Male Robin already were better than anybody else doggylol

strong latch
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I've never played male Robin! Siblings Lucina and Morgan always made the most sense to me.

stiff onyx
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Would it work with the HD textures, though. Hmm, don't think I can go back to vanilla textures after doing HD this time

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I don't think I've ever done female Robin. I should, P3P was best Persona 3.

strong latch
strong latch
west crane
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Def playing Gay Awakening soon

strong latch
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Just check the spreadsheet of which bonds are written or not before deciding pairings, btw. It's a huge effort to get all combinations.

stark mulch
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I did use gay awakening for this run

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f/f relationships result in two kids which was not what I was expecting.

strong latch
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Lol yeah. All the kids in Awakening are determined by the mom, aside from Chrom and male Robin.

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They'd have to make new characters to give m/m pairings kids.

dire adder
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Minor version differences are typically permitted, as long as your version isn't a total overhaul or randomizer or something

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If it's basically the same game it's usually OK

frozen plover
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anyone else think it's dumb that endgame makes all mages carry rexcalibur, negating the high RES of your pegasus units? Just me?

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I'm enjoying the endgame otherwise

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Chapter 21 was a lot of fun

covert lance
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The difficulty curve is a bit weird for this. In the early game (on Hard/Classic), I was struggling a bit and had to restart several times during chapter 5-8 or so trying to keep people alive when almost nobody could survive being left in range of more than one enemy in a round. But a corner seems to have been turned, and I've been cruising through the last few chapters (currently on 13). Getting the support ranks up so the main pairings are giving massive stat bonuses and frequent extra attacks is huge. Still might be cutting it close to finish within the month, but going to try.

fallen quarry
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@round mica just beat my first fire emblem game (awakening) for game of the month. Really enjoyed it! I played some of Three houses a while back but I think I enjoyed Awakening quite a bit more!

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strong latch
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I should look at timestamps, never mind

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I won't delete just to keep you from wondering over a ghost ping. Apologies.

frozen plover
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Oh baby

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I'm nervous

languid zodiac
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You got this!

frozen plover
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Thanks. Just died on the first turn lol. Chrom is so delicate

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Time to reassess

stiff onyx
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That last battle is tough. Hard hitting enemies, reinforcements come every turn until the boss dies, and the boss itself is strong. The toughest part was ||getting Robin to land the final blow, my Chrom was Aethering the shit out of Grima||

frozen plover
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I was actually going to ||have chrom do it but it wound up being Robin by accident||

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Donnel involved himself

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I'm surprised how often chrom was MVP

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By endgame he was pretty useless for me

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Lmao he made hero in Endgame just cuz he got paired with sully

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My queen

errant bloom
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Morgan was so strong in my playthrough he took care of the boss by himself in two turns lol. Beat them on a counterattack.

Then I got to choose who delivered the final blow—Chrom or MC

frozen plover
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In two playthroughs Morgan never failed to be an absolute beast

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Tharja too

frozen plover
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Lmao died on the first turn in lunatic

stiff onyx
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Lunatic is so hard

frozen plover
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I think lunatic casual will be a nice experience

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I can, like, let people die

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Except Robin ahaha

willow ibex
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Love this game, this has been the worst possible month for me to play it. GotX has successfully broadened my horizons once more and I hope it takes a GotY spot

stiff onyx
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Me too, just so I can play it again next year!

frozen plover
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Can't believe this is something I can do now

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stark mulch
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I'm not even sure what it is you are doing lol

west crane
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Og and remake at the same damn time

strong latch
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Turns out my Morgan with 49 Luck and Rightful King can't not proc Armsthrift. I might make him a Sage and give him the Goddess Staff. 👀

strong latch
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I have learned of the existence of Hammerne. Oh Morgaaaaan...!

stiff onyx
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I love that this being a GOTM has led people to want to explore other games in the series.

uneven panther
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I just got to ch 25 of blazing blade this morning 🙂

stiff onyx
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The GBA Fire Emblem games rule

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Also has a robust romhacking scene, lots of fun games to choose from

void wolf
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Yeah i'm creeping along here. Just got to ch 22. Didn't really get to play as much during the week as I wanted

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Having not too much difficulty, had to go grind a bit after a rough spot. Hoping to beat it tonight or tomorrow

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I am really enjoying it and would probably have tried to unlock all the kids and everything before beating it if I had more the a month to get through it

strong latch
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Armsthrift has no effect on staves and weapons that can be "used"; e.g using the Gradivus' healing effect will still cause the weapon to degrade.

Dreams are dead

dire adder
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So I've been plugging along on this one with battle animations turned off because they chug hard for me: is the Steam Deck actually powerful enough for 3DS emulation, or is there some setting I need to tweak?

stark mulch
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I played with animations off too. But on a flip 2.

dire adder
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Also this game is too hard on the neurotransmitters for how long I put it off. I'm partway through but all the little decisions that don't necessarily have clear answers put the stress on the thinkbone

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I'm doing a normal casual run right now, and whether I get through it or not, I might revisit this game in a more in-depth way for GotY. Tactics just strains my decision-making resources

strong latch
dire adder
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Also have I been playing right refusing to use Frederick? I notice he seems to be the pre-promoted unit that's typically a poor investment for XP

dire adder
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All right. I did three of the four steps, but I'm going to assume I'm not using the Turnip driver thing because I'm not on Android/ARM

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But let's see what improves

strong latch
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He's a poor investment for EXP but if you need to knock some heads in, he will still do the job. He's also a good bot to put on someone as support to provide stats.

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Like, click him directly on top of another unit and pair up and he'll be a backup member. If you pick someone often enough and raise the rank (with or without S), the stats and benefits will rise.

dire adder
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Good point on using him for pair up. That's a tactical complexity I'm trying to get my head around still, but I'm sort of viewing it as a way to give a boost to weaker units that need training (looking at you early Sumia) or ensure a favored support pairing is getting relationship points (Sumia can have Chrom if she wants)

strong latch
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P much that, yes

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Higher rank means they can invalidate an attack easier or just jump in and add damage, too

dire adder
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Or a way to emergency hide a severely injured unit I guess

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Right. So I can simplify my gameplay by just using it for those specific purposes (train weak unit, force support, hide injured unit)

strong latch
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Yep. If you enjoy the writing, setting it up to see certain characters interacting directly via bonds is fun, too.

dire adder
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Also my avatar is +Skill/-Luck and idk if that's a Wrong Decision but all skill no fortune is a fun archetype

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That, and Robin gets to use both swords and magic, so I decided to go with Skill over Magic for that reason. If I didn't value that versatility I might've just gone with Magic

stark mulch
dire adder
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I'm going to guess there's something to be said for being less susceptible to crits

void wolf
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Well. finished up tonight. Its definitely a bit different then classic fire emblem but I really enjoyed it

covert lance
# dire adder Also have I been playing right refusing to use Frederick? I notice he seems to b...

That was always how I treated pre-promotes too, but it’s actually a bit more nuanced in a few ways.

  • Getting through a tough early game mission without having to strategize perfectly or restart multiple times is valuable regardless of its effect on long-term XP.
  • The experience formula helps lower level characters catch up. Missing a few kills where you needed to use a Jaegen has a negligible long term impact as long as you’re using others at least some of the time.
  • New characters are constantly arriving, and in many cases are better than existing ones. XP that goes to a character you bench after 10 chapters is “wasted” whether or not they’re a pre-promote. And the pre-promote probably helped you substantially, whereas carefully feeding kills to a mediocre early-game archer makes things harder for you.
  • In more recent games, it’s possible to get in extra battles, so XP is not a limited resource.
dire adder
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I benched Fred anyway

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frozen plover
strong latch
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Okay, I'm at chapter 20 and I have the 31st off. Despite such a busy month, I've got this in the bag! nyaissatriumph

strong latch
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Chapter 21/22: Holy shit, this scene is intense when you're ||Lucina's|| mother.

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stark mulch
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Totally seems like a cannon event.

dire adder
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I'm trying but I'm struggling. This game is fun but it also slams my neurotransmitters really hard and I don't think I'm going to beat it in time

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||It doesn't help that my NP was like "insurance isn't going to ask for a prior auth" on a med where the sampler pack was actually helping and oop insurance wants a prior auth. Every single time she says "insurance isn't going to ask for a prior auth"||

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But really, this game just slams you with hundreds of decisions that don't have clear answers and that is the exact kind of puzzle that wrings my brain dry

stark mulch
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I'm not sure any of the decisions actually matter.

void wolf
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Yeah so not to ahem, assume anything about gay, but, I can see how lots of the micro decisions on who to use, who to level, what class to promote too, when to use higher ranked weapons, etc, etc, etc, all those millions of TINY decisions can start to add up and get a little insane

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With that said my biggest hangup was wanting to build more supports, collect more children, and have a super soldier army for the last few battles

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However as it was getting so close to the end of month i had to sorta nix that, just make sure I got Morgan, and then move on.

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I had to do a little grinding (nothing crazy) on a few of my weaker-but-still-promoted-and-used-often, units to bolster up my team around stage 20 but then was at a good level and the last handful of chapters pick up the pace a bit

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Sorry bored at work and now I'm rambling but - Just my .02 cents,

Supports/the characters/marriage/etc with the ability of grinding definitely focus shifts the game. I feel like its still really fun, but super accessible and fun in a "different" way. I feel like the GBA titles that I'm familiar with (mostly 7) and the OG Fire Emblem, is more about limited experience points, picking a good team, and soldering through the game.

All in all glad to play it and although it felt "different" then the fire emblems I'm used to I really liked it, and am definitely wanting more fire emblem.

dire adder
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Milkman is right. But it isn't even just that, it's the blow-by-blow decisions in fights. Even the relatively easy decisions add up. Making decisions is one of my specific issues, so this game is especially challenging even when the actual difficulty level is not that punishing

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Yeah I want to beat this but it's just really pushing hard against my specific weak spots, especially with the med issues atm

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Like I can see what people like about it, but I just don't have the ability to beat this game in a timely fashion. I am likely to go back and do it if it wins a GotY slot though, which seems likely enough. I can tell it's a Good Game

stiff onyx
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I'll be surprised if this doesn't at least win a GOTY category, but we only just finished the first three months of the year, so who knows!

dire adder
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There are quite a few categories, so we'd need some really sick contenders this year for it not to get one. Then again, Earthbound managed to not win a category for this year's list, so you're right, who knows

uneven panther
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The struggle with FE games in general is wanting to always make the perfect decision is time consuming and uncertain - and there are a lot of items/characters/levels etc. that you can miss.

Awakening is nice since you can freely overgrind and those decisions don't affect you being able to crush the game, but then you always have in the back of your mind.... "ugh I didn't get that brave sword on chapter x" or whatever.

void wolf
void wolf
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Without the dlc or grinding I would have found this game to have a few hard stop levels for me as a kid right around stage 10 and stage 20

uneven panther
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ya i remember getting frustrated around stage 10 i think?

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Without the dlc i woul dhave just spent more time with reeking boxes though 🙂

void wolf
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Restarting a stage 1-2 times and then beating it? Fun challenge

uneven panther
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My grind knows no bounds

void wolf
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Restarting a stage 6 times and still can't beat it?

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Rage quit doggylol aaaaaaaaaaaaalolcry

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You can see why I don't like souls games lmao

uneven panther
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Blazing Blade is way more frustrating though with fog of war, reinforcements, and how annoying it is to recruit some characters or keep enemies from stealing shit out of chests

void wolf
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Yes, but, Hear me out

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Thats just fire emblem lol

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Even in this game they put certain recruitables or theives/chests in precarious locations to force aggressive playstyles in those instances

uneven panther
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Yes, but, hear me out
I've got Chrom riding Sumia into battle and she's got Galeforce and she's they're both 2x the level of any enemy on the map 🙂

void wolf
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Lmao

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Yes that works too

cedar plaza
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Not going to be able to finish in time 🙇‍♂️

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void wolf
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I only had time to hammer through the last 5-6 stages this weekend cause the wife came down with a nasty cold lol

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So we did basically nothing except grab thai takeout on Saturday and she sat in the car while I ran in the grocery store for about 15 minutes lol.

cedar plaza
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Yeh, too many family events this month, my weekends were shot

void wolf
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Thats me most weekends lol

icy tundra
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put. it. by. the. toilet. lol

stiff onyx
uneven panther
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i finished last 5 missions in a hotel bed and ended up staying up until like 2AM

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honestly feel like i need to redo them because i was so tired

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i don't think my memory retention was at its peak for me to absorb the story

void wolf
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I mean the story itself wasn't earth shattering but it felt well done and the characters were pretty neat

stark mulch
dire adder
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I had time this month, just not fortune or executive function on my side

pliant estuary
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Well I may not finish this for GotM but I'm definitely finishing the game. It has been a blast and I'm gonna be trying out more entries in the series

cedar plaza
strong latch
uneven panther
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26x in Blazing Blade is officially the most annoying chapter of either Fire Emblem I've played so far

stiff onyx
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@tall niche completion on the 2DSXL, very nice!

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Don't see a lot of those

tall niche
# stiff onyx Don't see a lot of those

Thanks! I got it just before or in the early stages of COVID before the prices went insane, brand new for 120 euros. Sounds like insanity now. I have a regular 3DSXL but vastly prefer this model.

stiff onyx
tall niche
stiff onyx
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I collect 3DS and 2DS systems, thankfully all before COVID blew it all up.

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The teal Animal Crossing and Hyrule Shield are 2DS

strong mason
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zelda editions 👀

stiff onyx
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It's my favorite series, have to rep doggylol

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There's four of 'em up top, couple of monster hunters, couple of Pokemon, Animal Crossing, and Fire Emblem

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Ooh, and the white Vita is Gundam

void wolf
strong mason
void wolf
stiff onyx
stiff onyx
void wolf
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Yeah I got it cheap when the switch was new and I got my Galaxy N3ds xl for $99 on ebay CIB lol

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It was like $50 for the n2ds with a busted screen

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so I replaced the screen myself

strong mason
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that's monster hunter? why does that symbol look so much like hyrule?

stiff onyx
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My Galaxy 3DS is the only one I actually play, since it was also cheap

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It's from Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, pretty sure. You are corret, it does look very Hyrule-ish doggylol

strong mason
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the monster symbols also give off the same vibes as the runes from wind waker or botw

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someone copied someone's homework

void wolf
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probably. Those are just the "stylized, in world, mini depictions" of the monsters

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They all have like a....icon as if someone in the world of Mon Hun drew them

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So those are their "icons"

stiff onyx
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The icons are brightly colored, where normally they would not be. They would be either white or black, depending on the background, or realized colors like World/Rise/Wilds

uneven panther
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I really wish I had a crispy 2dsxl

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$250 is a little steep though IMO

covert lance
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Looks like I'm going to come up a bit short on finishing this before the deadline -- I'm on chapter 19 and still need to work today. But definitely going to wrap up soon, imaginary point or no.

strong latch
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I made it!!!

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Also what are these icons in the support log? dratini_shiny_question_byhades

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void wolf
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Probably just that youve reached max friendship?

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Or maybe children

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If you had female lucina and married chrom and Lucina/Morgan are sisters and their kids I bet that is what it means

strong latch
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Perhaps, though it's there for Chrom on any other potential children too. I had assumed it was a way to swap between different versions but I don't see a way to interact with the icon.

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Ah well!

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I'm definitely coming back to this game in the future.

void wolf
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Yeah if I was really feeling zesty I could have played a few hours of this last night just to build supports and do some paralogues

strong latch
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Now that it isn't up for a point anymore, here's my save file for the Chapter 21/22 scene if anyone would like. It just felt crazy personal given the choices I made.

📎 FEA_Chapter_21.zip