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Regy Rusty posted:I guess I'll have to see how it's integrated. It does sound more important and hopefully it'll make natural sense as to when it should be done. One of the reasons I don't like it in 11 and 12 is that you can just do it whenever, and I had no way of deciding when it was a good idea, so I just chose to ignore it. This is my sole problem with reclassing also. It's less interesting when Haar is no longer Haar, badass Wyvern Lord, but instead Haar general amorphous badass who I should probably reclass repeatedly. I liked it more when class was integral to character.
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Francis posted:"I like Fire Emblem, but I wish more of the information about game mechanics was hidden from the player," said no one, ever. What
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Don't get me wrong. I think the art style in this game is kind of bad and Nono is kind of awful but Pandering moe bullshit?
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Jan 17, 2013 23:24
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Now if only everyone didn't have weird stumpy hoof feet in this game.
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Jan 18, 2013 16:41
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I hope they don't continue to let stat creep get out of control in future games. Way I see it, the smaller numbers were better. Easier to take a quick glance at two units and see exactly how their fight is going down. Transparent, easy to parse mechanics are one of the highlights of Fire Emblem.
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Cake Attack posted:I agree with what you're saying, but stat caps would need to get much higher than 30-50 before it becomes an issue. A lot of the transparency comes from how easy calculations are - a point of strength is a point of damage, a point of defense is one less point of damage, and you double if speed > enemy speed +5. Even with stats in the 40s, none of that really changes. It's more of a "I'm concerned for upcoming Fire Emblems" thing than a concerned for the current one thing. Kind of like the increasing anime levels in Awakening. It's fine right now but I'm a bit wary of where this is going.
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Jan 20, 2013 20:51
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Two questions: A) Is Sallya as annoying as she sounds? I read her description on the Fire Emblem wiki and it had "obnoxious tsundere crazy lady" written all over it. B) Isn't there some class skill that increases the activation chance of other skills? I seem to recall that.
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Jan 22, 2013 02:45
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ImpAtom posted:She's not really "tsundere crazy lady" so much as she is "evil gloomy witch." Dang. I was hoping for something I could put on My Unit. Currently trying to think of a decent skill set up for My Unit with a minimum of reclassing jackassery 
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Jan 22, 2013 02:55
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Endorph posted:If all else fails, female Avatar in this game has an eyepatch option. You can be Canas's pirate sister. Are the portraits listed on the Fire Emblem wiki all there are? And can I change their hair color?
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Jan 22, 2013 03:05
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Endorph posted:Not sure, and yes. You can mix and match options, you don't just have five portraits per character. That said the options are pretty limited and I don't think there's a monocle. Good enough.
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Jan 22, 2013 03:08
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It sounds like My Unit is a better mage than any Mage could ever hope to be, so I can't think of a decent reason not to pick Magic as his strength. The flaw though. God drat but I don't want to give anything up  DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE GAME Edit: If I reclass the MU out of Strategist, then back in, does he begin at level 1 again for Strategist or does he return to his old level? How does that work Captain Oblivious fucked around with this message at 04:27 on Jan 22, 2013 |
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Shiny777 posted:Reclassing always starts you at level 1 in whatever class you switch to, it doesn't remember what level you were last time you were in that class. Though there are invisible internal levels it won't reset that'll keep him from gaining EXP like a completely fresh level 1 dude again. Those can only be reset by promoting with a Master Seal, if memory serves. Seems like I need to reclass him out ASAP then. Edit: On that note, can you reclass into promoted classes? Like lets say I've reached Grandmaster once, can I reclass back into it or would I have to reclass back into Strategist to level all the way back to 20?
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Jan 22, 2013 04:38
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Shiny777 posted:Depends on what level you do it at. Aha This makes the whole process considerably less of a BOONDOGGLE.
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Strange Quark posted:There are videos floating around for the Avatar customization. It's going to take a while for the feet to stop being so distracting. They seriously look like they're clipping through the goddamn floor.
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Endorph posted:I seriously never notice the feet and have never noticed the feet, even with people pointing them out to me. It's an art thing. The sprites in the GBA games didn't have fingers. Heck, the sprites in the SNES games didn't even have eyes. It's because the rest of them looks so reasonable. Then you get to the lower torso and it's like what
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Endorph posted:It's stylized. They couldn't do big ol' character models like Radiant Dawn's that were nicely detailed, and Path of Radiance's were honestly kind of poo poo. They settled for simplified yet exaggerated models, overemphasizing the head (since that's most of the 'character' in the models, and helps distinguish them) and arms (since that's where the weapons are, as well as most of the motion). I actually edited my post because after looking at it longer, I realized it wasn't that their arms were too long it's that their lower torso is weirdly tiny. I'm not sure if simplified is even a valid defense, because their art is completely reasonable...until you get to the lower torso. It's just bad art  Not bad enough to be a deal breaker by any means.
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I find it hard to believe that adding feet to their character models would have been that resource intensive, when they already had plenty of detail to spare for My Unit's coat. Edit: I don't care about your opinion of the art's quality, I'm just interested in the claim that it's a decision in the name of hardware limitations. That claim is more than a little hard to believe. The lack of feet seems more likely a stylistic choice irrespective of memory constraints or what have you. The character models are already generally higher quality than Path of Radiance's. The only thing missing...is feet. Captain Oblivious fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Jan 22, 2013 |
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Ah right I see, I was thrown off because your claim of it being a decision in the name of memory was more in response to my old post about the arms, before I'd realized that the arms seeming off was more symptomatic of the lower torso than a problem with the arms themselves. Carry on.Zurai posted:The problem with that is the lack of feet actually draws attention to the legs, rather than decreasing the emphasis on them. Also this. The hooves make me think of Chinese footbinding, which is mad creepy poo poo.
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From the OP iv) Chrom and your Avatar have slightly unique inheritance. Your Avatar will always have an specific opposite gendered child, on top of the mother-dependant child (assuming a male Avatar). Similarly, Chrom will always have a specific daughter, on top of the mother-dependant child. Furthermore, Chrom’s daughter(s) will always inherit Aether, and his son will always inherit Royal Weapon. Okay now here's my question, is there anything stopping me from passing on Magnificent Flame to the Avatar's children?
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Do skill scrolls exist at all in Awakening or are skills gained entirely through reclassing around?
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Endorph posted:The only one that really confuses me is how we went from Tiamo to Cordelia. It's a bit of a bizarre leap I agree. But a good name so sure why not. 
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Lotish posted:I just noticed: Are those spikes on the bottom of her bustle? Why!? It just seems like she asking to stick one in her calf. Does she need to use her dress as a tent? Stuff like this is why I'm not overly fond of the art direction. Just a lot of really stupid, Nomura-esque pointless fobs and poo poo on outfits. Like the fact that Frederick appears to be wearing some kind of tux/formal suit underneath his armor? And Chrom's pants. On an unrelated note, Walhart is a pretty solid localization. I imagine it's meant to evoke a German accent. Edit: And while we're on the topic of ridiculous looking outfits, pretty much everything related to Cherche Captain Oblivious fucked around with this message at 05:36 on Jan 25, 2013 |
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Lotish posted:Well the "toilet armor" portion of Sully's outfit is just a form of gorget or bevor neck armor, so I actually kind of like it. And Kellam's armor is just an extension of the ludicrous shoulder pads we're used to seeing in other games, really, so no one even really notices it. It's the overdesigned bits and bobs like the awkwardly placed spikes on the bottom of her dress that stick out for me. The rest of the costume I can just kind of accept, but those just push it over into stupid for me. They also don't matter because as far as I can tell they don't even appear on her character model, so THe real deal breaker on Lissa's thing is not only that it has spikes, but that the spikes are curved inward. Why would you do that? 
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Endorph posted:
Virion is great, and there are plenty of good designs in Awakening. Particularly, Basilio strikes me as stylized in a way that doesn't tip over the edge into "THIS IS STUPID". Stahl and Sully look great, as do the Pegasus Riders. The issue is that those who offend, do so in remarkably bizarre ways. Lissa, Frederick, Chrom, Cherche what the gently caress is going on with your EVERYTHING. Edit: Gangrel has some strong design to him as well. Take one good look at him and you immediately know that somebody made Mark Hamill's Joker a King.
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Virion's design is great. I will fight you.
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http://serenesforest.net/fe13/char_growth_all.html This page is tearing me apart. I can't settle on a strength and flaw for My Unit! I can't settle on a waifu! What do I loving do!
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Currently planning on playing the game on Hard since it sounds like Normal is way too easy. Especially in light of the many sort of power creep-y features in Awakening.
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So okay, Awakening people Lets say I have Cordelia as a waifu and I get her to learn Lightning Speed and My Unit learns Quick Slash from Demon Fighter. Can I pass those skills, one from each parent, onto the kid?
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Zore posted:You can't pass on DLC skills. Female characters can never have Quick Slash. Mother fuckers! There has to be a more thorough write up on the rules for this poo poo somewhere.
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The Iron Rose posted:Question. It is a silly phrase for wife. Originally used to make fun of weeaboos who got worked up over dating sims 'n stuff, I believe.
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Zore posted:Not really, they come at level 10 with high inherited stats from their parents, c ranks in their weapons and with four skills halfway through the game. You can promote all of them immediately and have them start wrecking faces, or change seal them etc. I thought stat caps were determined by your class?
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Jan 27, 2013 06:55
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Can you adjust the order of your skills, or is that sort of thing fixed?
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RuBisCO posted:Yes, of course. You are free to swap around between any you have unlocked at any time. Thank god. I wasn't sure how much Intelligent Systems hates me. I mean they act all fine but...but sometimes they hit us
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Shadow Ninja 64 posted:Welp, I was trying to figure out who I thought would be best for the Villager guy to pair with and this has got to be it. Speaking of manaketes, do they still have to rely on a limited use non-replenishable item for their attack or are things a little nicer in that regard now? Too bad the only Manakete Donny can be paired with is incredibly terrible and impossible to justify using ever. And her daughter is just as insufferable.
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I kind of regret preordering the bundle online now. Should have raided a local store!
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Hard Mode best mode. That may just be Radiant Dawn talking though.
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So where does Awakening Hard fall in comparison to Radiant Dawn Normal (North American)? Harder or easier? If it's about the same I'm going for it.
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SpaceDrake posted:The big gimmick with Great Knights is that, theoretically, they can always have triangle advantage in a melee encounter. Which, you know, counts for a lot, both offensively and defensively. I'm not sure what the exact adjustment is in Awakening, but in the GBA and Radiance FEs it was usually plus or minus one damage and +/- 10% hit, plus applied to you and minus applied to the enemy. Luna. Luna is a strong strong argument in favor of the Great Knight.
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My bundle still hasn't shipped. I ordered it from Gamestops website well in advance and now I'm left wondering when the thing is actually gonna move 
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Gamestops website still lists my damned bundle as Open. Not pending, not processing, no update whatsoever
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Artix74 posted:20 is your max level. This is a little different since Awakening has reclassing, but by going to 20, you get the maximum stat gains before promoting. So a unit that goes 20/20 (max before promotion, max after) will have better stats than someone who went 10/20 by promoting as soon as they could, due to the first unit having rolled 10 more levels before promoting. With internal levels and the fact that you're presumed to be doing more levelling anyway, wouldn't it be better to reclass out the moment you have your relevant skills?
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