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yellowcar posted:Is there a way to get random skirmishes to pop up more often asides from finishing a chapter? Let the realtime clock advance a few hours and more will show up. Also, what exactly is the appeal of armsthrift? I don't get it. Are people really running out of weapon uses in a meaningful way?
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ImpAtom posted:You can only promote from Mercenary to the advanced Mercenary classes. You can cross-class from one of them to Dark Flier once you hit 15 though. Oh wait what? I thought Master Seals were promotion and reclass in one, i.e, you could move into any of the six classes. I actually undid that reclass to answer TheOneAndOnlyT's question though, so she's staying in Peg. Knight.
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If you promote once you can reclass to the promoted class without having to use a master seal correct?
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Cake Attack posted:Oh wait what? I thought Master Seals were promotion and reclass in one, i.e, you could move into any of the six classes. Master Seals allow a promotion to whatever the advance class of the current class you're in is. So Tactician to Grandmaster but not to anything else. Second Seal allows you to change to any unpromoted class at any time and any promoted class once you're a high enough level in a promote class/max level in a special class. cheetah7071 posted:Let the realtime clock advance a few hours and more will show up. Armsthrift gives you infinite usages of weapons which otherwise have extremely limited usages. Brave weapons are a big one here as they can use up to 4 charges a go and have only 30 charges. You can purchase more late in the game but this also ignores forging them. Buying and reforging Brave Swords/Lances/Axes is a pretty expensive endeavor. Armsthrift allows you to use a max-forged Brave Sword for roughly forever instead of having to keep replenishing it. It also lets you use the special weapons you can't replace easily for much longer. It's also got a crazy-efficient stat requirement. Luck*2 means it triggers all the fuckin' time once you gain some levels. ImpAtom fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Jan 31, 2013 |
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Jan 31, 2013 23:31
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Edit: Double Post. Ignore this.
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ImpAtom posted:Purchase a Reeking Box item. This is pretty expensive on Hard or above though. drat, I was afraid of that.
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ImpAtom posted:Master Seals allow a promotion to whatever the advance class of the current class you're in is. So Tactician to Grandmaster but not to anything else. What maps exactly are you plowing through brave weapons in? They don't become buyable until you beat the penultimate map, sure, but they don't becomes necessary (or even better than silver weapons, which are already ORKOing) until postgame maps that aren't even released yet. Sure they might have a point on lunatic, but on lunatic none of the character who start with armsthrift are any good and you don't have time to do silly things like reclass Cordelia to mercenary when she should be making a beeline for Speed Cry (or whatever it's called these days).
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Jan 31, 2013 23:40
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You can buy Brave Weapons from the Spotpass team that's up. I don't know if you can summon them back or what, though. Edit: Oh, apparently not everyone gets the same. Aphrodite fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Jan 31, 2013 |
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cheetah7071 posted:What maps exactly are you plowing through brave weapons in? They don't become buyable until you beat the penultimate map, sure, but they don't becomes necessary (or even better than silver weapons, which are already ORKOing) until postgame maps that aren't even released yet. Sure they might have a point on lunatic, but on lunatic none of the character who start with armsthrift are any good and you don't have time to do silly things like reclass Cordelia to mercenary when she should be making a beeline for Speed Cry (or whatever it's called these days). On Lunatic you don't rush for Armsthrift but it becomes a lot more viable to reclass to it later once you have some other really solid abilities. That is why, you'll notice, I pointed out that he should be going for other stuff first. Having nearly infinite access to incredibly good weapons makes later Lunatic a lot more pleasant.
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Is the only way to access the Berserker class is to change your male Avatar into a Brigand/Bandit/whatever they call it here? Fighters promote into Heroes or Warriors like in FE8, no? I'm definably reclassing my avatar into one the moment I get a change seal. I don't want to be a sissy mage/swordfighter; axes to the face all day every day.
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Lord Ephraim posted:Is the only way to access the Berserker class is to change your male Avatar into a Brigand/Bandit/whatever they call it here? Fighters promote into Heroes or Warriors like in FE8, no? Just as a warning, you're missing out on some amazing skills for rushing your Avatar to another class.
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Lord Ephraim posted:Is the only way to access the Berserker class is to change your male Avatar into a Brigand/Bandit/whatever they call it here? Yeah, Barbarians are the only ones who can 'serk, according to the SF overview of what promotes into what. Pirate as a class is not available this time around, unfortunately, but maybe some other class got the ability to cross water.
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Lord Ephraim posted:Is the only way to access the Berserker class is to change your male Avatar into a Brigand/Bandit/whatever they call it here? Fighters promote into Heroes or Warriors like in FE8, no? Buuut Vaike, Henry, and Gregor also have access to the Barbarian/Berserker class set too, though you'll have to reclass them as well. They also pass it down to any male children.
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My Avatar has defense as his asset, and so far it's the best. He has 19 defense at level 19, although he's not incredibly fast. I put him in the range of a group of enemies, and then come the player phase I have a bunch of half dead enemies to pick off and a slightly bruised Avatar. e; Oh, what the hell, a plot-choice in a Fire Emblem game? I have no idea what to do, why are you putting this on me? Cake Attack fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Feb 1, 2013 |
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Cake Attack posted:e; Oh, what the hell, a plot-choice in a Fire Emblem game? I have no idea what to do, why are you putting this on me? Oh! This! I know about it, but I don't know what the outcome is, so good luck!
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Cake Attack posted:My Avatar has defense as his asset, and so far it's the best. He has 19 defense at level 19, although he's not incredibly fast. I put him in the range of a group of enemies, and then come the player phase I have a bunch of half dead enemies to pick off and a slightly bruised Avatar. If you're where I think you are, it doesn't affect anything other than the immediately following scene
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Okay, so there is one annoying bug I've found. Seems like if you set the voices to Japanese, then reload the game you'll get the English voices instead. It's not a huge deal since it doesn't affect actual play but it's kind of a pain to have to re-set it every time I reload. Of course I could just set it to English but having my fight noises be in Japanese makes me feel like a kid again. v  v
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I have a question for Canadians. If your Avatar is male, does his daughter still have the decidedly masculine name Mark?
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Bongo Bill posted:I have a question for Canadians. If your Avatar is male, does his daughter still have the decidedly masculine name Mark? They changed the name to Morgan for both genders in the English release.
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I'm sure someone asked this earlier, but I'm still waffling about what flaw to pick, and I'm wondering if a low resistance growth is a good idea. I like the idea of +Res/-Luck because it's pretty balanced looking, but the slightly more lopsided +Luck/-HP also looks pretty strong except for the low def and res growths. Is a res growth of 25% just asking to get stomped by mages and staff assholes?
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Veev posted:They changed the name to Morgan for both genders in the English release. Thanks.
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Lotish posted:I'm sure someone asked this earlier, but I'm still waffling about what flaw to pick, and I'm wondering if a low resistance growth is a good idea. I like the idea of +Res/-Luck because it's pretty balanced looking, but the slightly more lopsided +Luck/-HP also looks pretty strong except for the low def and res growths. Is a res growth of 25% just asking to get stomped by mages and staff assholes? There are no status inducing staves in Awakening, and the only seige tome is a really rare dark tome. And all bad growths can be worked around wiyh reclassing, especially with your Avatar. 5% here or there really isn't going to kill you. The bigger concerns should be for your starting stats and caps which will make a bigger difference than a few percentage of growths you can manipulate in other ways.
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I'm pretty sure my skill-flawed Avatar could be clinically diagnosed as blind at this point, lv 11 or 12 with a 4 in skill. It's a good thing he gets an exp boost from pairing up because he isn't hitting poo poo otherwise. If only the character creator had a glasses option...
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Perfect Potato posted:I'm pretty sure my skill-flawed Avatar could be clinically diagnosed as blind at this point, lv 11 or 12 with a 4 in skill. It's a good thing he gets an exp boost from pairing up because he isn't hitting poo poo otherwise. If only the character creator had a glasses option... Yeah skill is most definitely not a dump stat in this game. Also the game looks loving amazing and I really love what I've seen of the localization so far, including the supports. Tharja still sems like an awful, awful character though. One thing that I do have a complaint about is how much fanservice, pandering there is in this game. It's been gone over before andFE as a series hardly has the best portrayal of female character I've seen but for all of Micaiah's faults she never seemed objectified.
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Eh, I have some problems with some of the designs but if you play a female MU you get first person shots of the guys blushing as they ~confess their love~ to you so I can't really call that sexist. Dumb and pandering, yeah, but it's equal opportunity pandering.
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Terper posted:Matthew Mercer confimed to be the voice of Chrom. Matthew Mercer replaced Troy Baker as Kanji in the second season of the Persona 4 anime, so I guess that explains everyone thinking it's Troy Baker (even if he's busy with his new wife at the moment). I guess that means I can watch the second season of P4A without missing my Awesome Kanji Voice.
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Wait, English Kanji switched voices? That sounds irresponsible contract-wise, especially since it's the same character and not a Gurren Lagann Nina situation.
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Tae posted:Wait, English Kanji switched voices? That sounds irresponsible contract-wise, especially since it's the same character and not a Gurren Lagann Nina situation. Nah, he was honeymooning for the last half of P4A so they let Mercer take over.
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Tae posted:Wait, English Kanji switched voices? That sounds irresponsible contract-wise, especially since it's the same character and not a Gurren Lagann Nina situation. e;fb
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How do Great Knights stack up against Paladins? In FE8 they couldn't move as far and were vulnerable to two kinds of effective weapons, so even though I thought they were cool they had some serious marks against them. Is that still the case?
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Lotish posted:How do Great Knights stack up against Paladins? In FE8 they couldn't move as far and were vulnerable to two kinds of effective weapons, so even though I thought they were cool they had some serious marks against them. Is that still the case? I haven't been using Fredrick, and haven't promoted anyone into Great Knight yet, but I don't think I've actually seen any effective weaponry in enemy hands yet.
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Cake Attack posted:I haven't been using Fredrick, and haven't promoted anyone into Great Knight yet, but I don't think I've actually seen any effective weaponry in enemy hands yet. Well based on the demo on Lunatic, IIRC Great Knights are weak to hammers.
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(Marth DLC "plot" spoilers) Anyone else notice that your allies are all men and your enemies are all women? All this trouble is going to come down to Hubba being a loving idiot, isn't it?
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I want to use Fredrick because it was pointed out to me that he appears to be wearing an actual suit under his suit of honor. What a smooth dude.
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Lotish posted:How do Great Knights stack up against Paladins? In FE8 they couldn't move as far and were vulnerable to two kinds of effective weapons, so even though I thought they were cool they had some serious marks against them. Is that still the case? I made Amelia into a Great Knight and she wrecks the enemy regardless of weapons. 49HP and 14 DEF as a level 1 Great Knight is no small feat.
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Mordecai posted:(Marth DLC "plot" spoilers) Anyone else notice that your allies are all men and your enemies are all women? All this trouble is going to come down to Hubba being a loving idiot, isn't it? The second DLC, wherein we get the Drakengard-inspired Roy at the end, reverses it and has you fighting all of the male leads of the FE games with the help of Lyn, Eirika and Celica from FE2. Assuming Hubba is a bit of a doof is generally a good idea, however.  EDIT: Speaking of the DLC, if you bring certain units, they can talk to certain other units on the map. For Champions of Yore 1: Avatar (Male): Ike and Celica Avatar (Female): Ike Chrom: Eirika and Marth Lissa: Julia and Alm Virion: Elincia Miriel: Lilina Kellam: Caeda Maribelle: Micaiah Gregor: Lyndis Henry: Dierdre Owain: Nanna SpaceDrake fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Feb 1, 2013 |
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Lotish posted:How do Great Knights stack up against Paladins? In FE8 they couldn't move as far and were vulnerable to two kinds of effective weapons, so even though I thought they were cool they had some serious marks against them. Is that still the case? Paladins get a huge boost to resistance on promotion and have a much higher cap too. Great Knights get a similar large boost to defense. I think the ability to use axes is slightly more useful than the extra movement, since there's not a lot of axe users in Awakening.
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Don't forget to look at skills when weighing the pros and cons here. Paladins get all stats +1 when Paired Up and also half damage from bows, tomes and dragonstones on a skill% chance whereas Great Knights get Luna, which is apparently incredibly necessary for postgame stuff in higher difficulties, and Support Block +10%. I think the Great Knight probably comes out a little ahead here, but if you want to make someone extra tanky then the Paladin may be the road to go (or both I guess!).
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I'm liking the difficulty curve so far. I'm playing on Hard, and every time I think things might be getting a little easy, the next level kicks my rear end and tells me to think that through. I only got through Chapter 11 after surviving an enemy phase that could have ended me more then once.
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