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tremain07 posted...

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Omg Chloe xD

Is this game accessible to those new to the series? I'm thinking of picking it up

W_S_C_M posted...

Is this game accessible to those new to the series? I'm thinking of picking it up

Yeah it does a good job explaining stuff and doesn't throw everything at you at once. If you're worried about permanently using characters in battle you can turn that off

W_S_C_M posted...

Is this game accessible to those new to the series? I'm thinking of picking it up

It has probably the best tutorial in the series so far and it's super easy to scroll over the stats to see what they actually dictate. There wasn't an in game explanation until FE 10 or 11 I think? And so far there's not been any map objectives like the older games that are hell to clear for newcomers, like "arrive in 7 turns" with wave after wave of reinforcements from turns 1 through 5.

I just did the Paralogue for *Emblem Spoilers for around Chapter 12 or 13 I think?*

Ike which was a ton of fun. The Knights had some pretty impressive defense and so did Ike himself so the magic characters had to carry for a while. It's cool that these maps seem to be the same layouts as the one's from their respective games, because this one from FE9 was pretty memorable.

This is probably a stupid question: should I be bonding all my main units with emblems? So far I mainly have been using them on the royals. (Im on chapter 9)

MaxEffingBemis posted...

This is probably a stupid question: should I be bonding all my main units with emblems? So far I mainly have been using them on the royals. (Im on chapter 9)

To get stuff like skills and proficiencies yeah. After you get enough spare A rank bond rings I think it's better to use the remaining points in the Arena to raise their bond levels or whatever it's called. There's some good stuff like Sigurd's Canto-equivalent.

MJOLNRVII posted...

To get stuff like skills and proficiencies yeah. After you get enough spare A rank bond rings I think it's better to use the remaining points in the Arena to raise their bond levels or whatever it's called. There's some good stuff like Sigurd's Canto-equivalent.

My next question is I should probably be making bond rings too right?

For sure. I think A ranks are usually like +1 to 3 different stats, and if they're not wearing an Emblem Ring there's no reason to leave that ring slot open. It just seems to take so many bond points to try and craft a specific A or S rank ring. Most of my characters have more SP than stuff to spend it on since I didn't bother with Emblem bonds for everyone, so I'm probably gonna stop making bond rings altogether.

You want every unit you are considering using to have some sort of ring on at all times, even if it's just a C rank bond ring, so they can generate SP. Beyond that Engage Rings give 4 things:

1. Stat Boost
2. The in map Engage Effects.
3. Weapon profiencies
4. Inheritble skills.

I'm of the opinion that the first two are most important than the latter two. Because you can buy bond rankings at least through level 5 really cheaply. So not having a unit that can use Warp Ragnarok well on a map where you need it isn't worth it just so you can raise the Celica Bond on another unit.

As your units start to approach level 10 start thinking about what class you want to promote them in and what profiencies you need for that. Let's say you have Chloe and would want to make her a Wyvern Knight to patch up her strength. She'll need to pick up either a Axe or Sword profiency to make that possible. On the Emblem Ring menu you can hit ZR to see who teaches what profiencies when.

Finally skills at least through the midgame are pretty last focus. SP is scarce and there aren't a ton of impactful, affordable skills initially*. So like look through the skill list Emblems give, start thinking about the ones you want and working towards that rank. Odds are you'll hit the bond rank long before you have the SP for it.

*Sigurd's canter is probably the big exception to this. At 1,000 SP it's probably the best combination of reasonably affordable and incredibly impactful. There isn't a single character that wouldn't benefit from Canter. So when in doubt snag that.

I'm sure the meta around skills in particular will shift as people actually learn the most efficient/effective ways to get and use SP, but for the time being, skills just don't seem that big a deal.

Also if you have the DLC, the Three Houses characters give an incredibly cheap (150 sp) skill that increases exp by 20%. That's obviously really good, but might also shift the balance of the game so use at your own discretion.

Tiki gives a 1,500 sp skill that increases growth rates, but I'm not sure people have confirmed the amount. If it's just like an Afa's Drops, as it's theorized, then it probably isn't worth the price.

tremain07 posted...

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It's sorta weird how much they literally worship you. It's like a cult lol.

How many of you guys got the season pass? Those emblem rings are VERY tempting for me

Blue_Inigo posted...

It's sorta weird how much they literally worship you. It's like a cult lol.

I actually like how they go about with Avatar worship in this. It's just funny how everyone's like "OMG the Divine Dragon! You're so amazing and cool and hot and etc etc"

And Alear is like "could you not?"

Way better than how Corrin and Byleth were handled.

I completely the Lyn paralogue last night (which was a BIIIIIIITCH).

Is it just me or is Lyn's personality kind of....off? She's like super generic nice. This doesn't sound like the girl who would get into constant verbal spats with Hector. >_>

Blue_Inigo posted...

How many of you guys got the season pass? Those emblem rings are VERY tempting for me

I did. I figured that when they eventually drop the "Cindered Shadows" style content I'd be getting it regardless, so might as well bite the bullet and do it now.

The Emblem rings are nice, but the real fun thing was Tiki's paralogue. It's really fun. The music is also a straight up banger.

I've only just started seeing some Yunaka supports and can already tell she's the best character in the game

Blue_Inigo posted...

I've only just started seeing some Yunaka supports and can already tell she's the best character in the game

Yep. If you're okay with her doing shit damage you can use a +5 short knife with an Avoidance engraving plus some inheritable skills while standing in cover she can basically dodge anything.

How important is A and S weapon ranks in the game? Framme has higher magic than physical stat, so when I evolve her I can make her melee focused puncher with S rank fists, or I can make her a priest with B rank in both fists and tomes.

I honestly don't think the Avoid engraving is needed. I don't actually want 0 hit against her since then enemies just start ignoring her. Something between 0 and 20 is ideal.

Yunaka should be wiping out almost every enemy unit who challenges her on Hard mode. The only exceptions are armored units and bosses. +5 Iron Dagger with Micaiah engraving and one of Marths Avoidance skills makes her one of the most broken units in the game. Even without cover, most enemies will have less than a 20% chance of hitting her.

Ive been letting her solo entire enemy groups by herself late game.

Ivynn posted...

I completely the Lyn paralogue last night (which was a BIIIIIIITCH).

Is it just me or is Lyn's personality kind of....off? She's like super generic nice. This doesn't sound like the girl who would get into constant verbal spats with Hector. >_>

Lyns characterisation In feh is also weird like that she has some lines where she says stuff like "I'm not sweet" but then she goes all perfectly nice like the characters in that game are barely capable of arguing or getting mad for some reason in the voicelines or forging bonds

I can't believe they went with Lyn over Hector.

DeadBankerDream posted...

I can't believe they went with Lyn over Hector.

I kinda feel like the Corrin / Byleth designs are weird. Feels like they intended to use Azura at some point but changed to Corrin at the last second and then gave her engage skill to Byleth.

Then Byleth has no crest abilities, and instead they gave him divine pulse even though that's just the 3H rewind ability which is something you can already do. And also give him the art abilities cause gotta dump them somewhere even though Byleth does not use arts unless you go way out of your fucking way to train him for it.

Kind of disliking that you get bonus bond points for playing the game for x amount of hours. It's encouraging me to just leave the game on when I go to work >_>

Idk about you guys but Clanne has a lotta trouble keeping up already and I just did the paralogue where you get Anna

So I'm not far in at all and he's already kinda eh

Blue_Inigo posted...

Idk about you guys but Clanne has a lotta trouble keeping up already and I just did the paralogue where you get Anna

So I'm not far in at all and he's already kinda eh

Clanne is just kinda eh. His magic growths don't make for a particularly strong Mage. Which means he struggles for kills. You can second seal him to a physical class but that's a lot of work when you can just use one of the many other physical units the game hands you and save the second seal.

You are close to getting a better mage anyway.

Feels bad man. I like his attitude well enough even if he is a devout freak.

DeadBankerDream posted...

How important is A and S weapon ranks in the game? Framme has higher magic than physical stat, so when I evolve her I can make her melee focused puncher with S rank fists, or I can make her a priest with B rank in both fists and tomes.

As far as I know, having an A/S rank for a weapon category doesn't grant any extra hit/crit chances like it does in past games. There aren't that many A/S rank weapons, and you can always improve your lower-rank weapons by refining them to make up the difference. You'd have to check SerenesForest (under Weapons and Items) to see if any of the A/S rank weapons are ones you might want to have her use later.

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Between the two choices you gave, I'd go with the High Priest option because having a 2-range option (and another magic use on the team) is always useful.

Blue_Inigo posted...

Idk about you guys but Clanne has a lotta trouble keeping up already and I just did the paralogue where you get Anna

So I'm not far in at all and he's already kinda eh

Clanne is in an awkward spot.

https://serenesforest.net/engage/characters/growth-rates/

I mentioned earlier that his personal growths include a 35% strength growth but only a 10% magic growth despite being stuck in a magic-using class. So if you really want to use him long-term, you basically have to make that choice from the very beginning of the game. You have to use him very little until you get to the point when you get Second seals, class-change him to a non-magic class, feed him level-ups to catch up to the rest of the team, and pray really hard to the Divine Dragon that the babying you're doing for him actually leads to good stats and not a waste of time. At this point, just use someone else. It's too late to save him.

Anna is the same way, just with the opposite stat situation of having a 50% magic growth while being stuck in a melee class. Thankfully, she joins a bit later, so you don't have to keep her benched for as long until you get Second seals to change her to a mage.

Both Clanne and Anna are high effort units but Anna is just in a lot better place to succeed. You can pop Miccy's ring on her and have her heal/GS spam for safe easy leveling, while simultaneously working toward her tome/staff profiency. Then you can promote at 10 to her axe class and then second seal her to Sage/Mage Knight. It's a pretty easy transition. Alternatively, if you are low on Master Seals you can second seal her to Mage. Being a Mage is a lot easier to keep up with her now probably promoted teammates than a 4 move melee class.

Clanne can do the same thing, but in reverse. But he actually has to get melee profiency in there which means he can't constantly staff spam. So he's fighting more with his less than ideal stats. You can then either second seal him to an unpromoted melee class or master seal him into a Sage/Mage Knight, the second seal him to a melee class.

Both are a lot of work, but with Anna's growths you are getting one of the better statistical mages in the game. With Clanne you are getting an okay melee unit in a game full of them.

Honestly the best use for Clanne might just be making him a sword wielding Mage Knight. He gets a physical weapon, that gets buffed by MK's pretty good ability and can still shoot a spell or two. He's not gonna be great but serviceable and won't take too much resources.

Blue_Inigo posted...

Idk about you guys but Clanne has a lotta trouble keeping up already and I just did the paralogue where you get Anna

So I'm not far in at all and he's already kinda eh

Clanne's a benchwarmer. I tried training him, but he fell so far behind. You'll get better mages anyway so unless you're really a fan of his character, you can replace him.

Are there good ways to make money? I just found a gold corrupted and all it gave me was 1k

Scintillant posted...

Are there good ways to make money? I just found a gold corrupted and all it gave me was 1k

Dogs, they find Silver and Gold Ignots
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I'm pretty sure Louis is a closet sociopath. The way he talks about people borders on straight up dehumanization.

Compsognathus posted...

I'm pretty sure Louis is a closet sociopath. The way he talks about people borders on straight up dehumanization.

Blame the localization, seriously, it's one of the worst dub hack jobs I've ever seen, Louis just a perv whose heavily into Yuri

Shit, Louis was the chief when I went in the kitchen and now I got an across the board F rank, why can't my army cook for shit?! Alear at least has an excuse what's wrong with the rest of these people?!

I have no clue how the cooking in the game works. Did I miss an explanation or five?

I don't know but if I wasn't using Louis as a human shield for Anna and Yunaka then he'd be sitting on the bench with Alfried and braid boy right now for that shit dinner

tremain07 posted...

Louis just a perv whose heavily into Yuri

Yeah, in the Japanese version he likes observing women hanging out together and appreciates seeing women bonding happily. He even ships Chloe and Celine together, which is made even funnier because Chloe is into fairy-tale couples and likely ships Louis and Celine together.

The localization missed the nuance, probably assumed he was a womanizer or creeper of some kind, and changed his habits of admiring women to admiring people in general, which basically ruins the whole thing.

Louis be like: "I like observing people"

Always have his eyes closed at all times.

Calwings posted...

Yeah, in the Japanese version he likes observing women hanging out together and appreciates seeing women bonding happily. He even ships Chloe and Celine together, which is made even funnier because Chloe is into fairy-tale couples and likely ships Louis and Celine together.

The localization missed the nuance, probably assumed he was a womanizer or creeper of some kind, and changed his habits of admiring women to admiring people in general, which basically ruins the whole thing.

Makes you wonder how he sees female altear and veyle guess we'll have to wait til veyle comes to Heroes for that

the units you get in the desert are serving himbo and i love it

Calwings posted...

Yeah, in the Japanese version he likes observing women hanging out together and appreciates seeing women bonding happily. He even ships Chloe and Celine together, which is made even funnier because Chloe is into fairy-tale couples and likely ships Louis and Celine together.

The localization missed the nuance, probably assumed he was a womanizer or creeper of some kind, and changed his habits of admiring women to admiring people in general, which basically ruins the whole thing.

So Nina watching men and shipping them makes it into the English version of Fates but Louis watching and shipping women gets censored?

Now that I think about it, Engage's translation seems overall sanitized compared to Awakening/Fates/Three Houses. Didn't Treehouse translate Fates and TH? Why the sudden backwards prudishness? :p And why isn't Nintendo hiring the Awakening translators anymore, that was a fun translation lol

tremain07 posted...

I don't know but if I wasn't using Louis as a human shield for Anna and Yunaka then he'd be sitting on the bench with Alfried and braid boy right now for that shit dinner

Ah, but see I like Louis, secret Dennis Reynolds personality.

The fact that he's an absolute beast of a unit is a cherry on top.

Ivynn posted...

So Nina watching men and shipping them makes it into the English version of Fates but Louis watching and shipping women gets censored?

Now that I think about it, Engage's translation seems overall sanitized compared to Awakening/Fates/Three Houses. Didn't Treehouse translate Fates and TH? Why the sudden backwards prudishness? :p And why isn't Nintendo hiring the Awakening translators anymore, that was a fun translation lol

My exact thoughts. Treehouse has been iffy since PoR and the "sanitization" is not at all exclusive to FE as Kirby has felt it as well. 8-4 that did SD, Awakening, Echoes, and Three Hopes (and does the Undertale/Deltarune Japanese localization with Toby's high praise) have had some changes too but they've been overall better received and their changes are just less awkward and intrusive.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/10inj55/localization_of_one_of_fire_emblem_9s_final/
https://www.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemThreeHouses/comments/vl67r9/how_is_the_dialogue_of_three_hopes_so_much_better/

btw does anyone know if plot relevant character's retreat quotes become death quotes by the end of the game like Three Houses and Echoes? It seems not a lot of people have gotten to endgame.

DeadBankerDream posted...

I have no clue how the cooking in the game works. Did I miss an explanation or five?

Just pick a recipe the chef has a high skill level in

I had a bunch of gold points or whatever so I got ten bucks off the season pass. Made me feel better about buying it

tremain07 posted...

Makes you wonder how he sees female altear and veyle guess we'll have to wait til veyle comes to Heroes for that

*Alear

I'm on chapter 14 now. Finally, a chapter that actually lets me use more than 10 characters! It's annoying that there are so many characters that I want to use, but not enough deployment slots or experience to go around for me to use them.

Plus it seems like the game keeps throwing new characters at me that are just as good or simply better that some of the ones I already have, so that plus the limited deployment slots means I've found myself replacing team members quite often so far. It's a very different experience compared to many past FE games where mid/late-game characters are usually not that great compared to well-raised characters from the early game.

Scintillant posted...

the units you get in the desert are serving himbo and i love it

All three of them definitely seem like cool dudes, but I'm not going to use any of them. I just can't be arsed to deal with a bow-locked character like Fogado at this point, and the other two are just redundant because I already have characters that do what they do but better.