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Goddamn it Chapter 17 keeps kicking my rear end. On normal.
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Feb 5, 2013 17:16
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Aaaand local Gamestop just confirmed the Friday delay 
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Feb 5, 2013 17:19
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I finally got a copy of this game this morning but I don't know which stats to pick as the one you get bonuses on and the one you give up. I've played Fire Emblem games before so I imagine it is like you just always get a +2 on the bonus stat and rarely get a +1 on the one you gave up but I am unsure. Someone said a mage with defense was powerful in these games so I was thinking of choosing defense and giving up resistance but I don't know if I will regret that by endgame and be wishing I chose +magic or strength or something. Will I end up hamstringing my character over this or does it really not matter?
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Feb 5, 2013 17:21
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Starting to regret having Rally as Avatar kid's skill. Having 3 Rally's is a bit too much and I wish I could've given Lucina Ignis or something.Devoyniche posted:I finally got a copy of this game this morning but I don't know which stats to pick as the one you get bonuses on and the one you give up. Does it really matter? I've played Fire Emblem games before so I imagine it is like you just always get a +2 on the bonus stat and rarely get a +1 on the one you gave up but I am unsure. Someone said a mage with defense was powerful in these games so I was thinking of choosing defense and giving up resistance but I don't know if I will regret that by endgame and be wishing I chose +magic or strength or something. Will I end up hamstringing my character over this or does it really not matter? Really doesn't matter, unless you're playing on Lunatic and want to min-max. The growths+Second Seal more than is enough to get insanely high stats.
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Feb 5, 2013 17:21
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You get 2 more points in your asset to start, and have a 10% greater chance of getting a point in it when you level. You lose 1 point in your flaw, and it has a 10% less chance of increasing when you level.
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Feb 5, 2013 17:24
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The growth differences aren't nearly huge enough for you to get +2 on a stat in a single level, unless you choose HP as your asset. I went with +SPD/-LCK and my avatar's turned out ridiculously well-balanced with skyhigh speed, and going by the growths that seems about right. Go with that if you're unsure, since being an all-rounder who doubles everything is by no means a bad thing.
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Feb 5, 2013 17:25
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This game has so many perfect little touches and tiny details done right. The inclusion of things like a unique line for every character when buying, selling, and forging is just blowing my mind. (Also Kellam has the best so far. "Go ahead, sell my life. I'll just be over here...  ")
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Feb 5, 2013 17:28
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Tae posted:Starting to regret having Rally as Avatar kid's skill. Having 3 Rally's is a bit too much and I wish I could've given Lucina Ignis or something. You can still give Lucina Ignis by class changing her to Tactician. She can do that. RuBisCO fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Feb 5, 2013 |
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Feb 5, 2013 17:29
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My avatar has 26 magic and like 19 speed at level 9 as a Dark Mage after I changed him over from Tactician at level 10. He does 99 damage pretty regularly, and frequently can doublestrike for over the enemy's hit points with each strike. He also has 12 defense and resilience, and almost 40 hitpoints, so he never dies. This is getting kind of silly.
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Feb 5, 2013 17:32
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Not as silly as my level 5 Mercenary Donnel who's got 20s in every stat except Res and Mag. He's slaughtering people with a treebranch.
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Feb 5, 2013 17:34
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Welp, time to start training up Donnel too.
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Feb 5, 2013 17:34
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Portraits aside, do the character sprites change for characters like Donnel when they become other classes?
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Feb 5, 2013 17:36
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Endorph posted:Not as silly as my level 5 Mercenary Donnel who's got 20s in every stat except Res and Mag. He's slaughtering people with a treebranch. Yeah that seems to be the norm. Donnel was capped out just from going lvl. 15 Villager->lvl. 10 Mercenary. And the Caps are pretty high in this game. Just to make sure, the special classes like real Marth and Dancer go to 30?
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Feb 5, 2013 17:38
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GaistHeidegger posted:Portraits aside, do the character sprites change for characters like Donnel when they become other classes?
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Feb 5, 2013 17:38
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Endorph posted:The portraits? No. The map sprites/battle animations? Yeah, definitely. Every character even has a unique little map sprite for every class they can be, it's a nice touch. Donny keeps his pot on his head no matter what class he is, too. I sincerely hope they find a way to make "Donny's Pot" become a thing in later games, like Titania's Axe and Celica's Gale. Is there something I'm missing regarding promotions? I'm in Chapter 6, and a couple of characters are already on the double digits and I haven't found any class changing seals, either for promoting or cross-classing. What's the deal?
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Feb 5, 2013 17:43
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You'll get the class changing stuff later? You're in the extremely early going of the game, you start getting them around chapter 8ish and start getting them in spades around chapter 12ish.
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Feb 5, 2013 17:47
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Just for shits and giggles I let the game run auto mode for level 17. It let four other characters die before Chrom's death gave it a game over. I can't tell if it's the AI or my troops that suck. Also the game was a lot more fun before the enemies realized that they should be putting mages and archers everywhere.
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Feb 5, 2013 17:47
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404GoonNotFound posted:Aaaand local Gamestop just confirmed the Friday delay This is one of the most hosed launches I've ever seen. Getting pretty irate at them for the delays on the bundles.
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Feb 5, 2013 17:56
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Yeah, investing in 1-2 range weapons is a huge boon. It's hardest for swordspeople before you get ridiculous characters with capped magic and strength.
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Feb 5, 2013 17:56
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How do I make random battles respawn? I'm early in the game (chapter 4) but Miriel and Sumia are level 2. I'd like to get them up to par but I only had one random battle against pegasus knights which is terrible for levelling mages.
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Feb 5, 2013 17:59
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Captain Oblivious posted:This is one of the most hosed launches I've ever seen. Getting pretty irate at them for the delays on the bundles. The worst part is I'll probably miss this week's Spotpass batch at this rate. You have to beat mission 5 to unlock them, right?
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Feb 5, 2013 18:00
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Levantine posted:How do I make random battles respawn? I'm early in the game (chapter 4) but Miriel and Sumia are level 2. I'd like to get them up to par but I only had one random battle against pegasus knights which is terrible for levelling mages.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:02
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Endorph posted:You can buy an item that does it, or you can just clear story battles. Oh drat, does that mean there is a hard limit to how many random battles you can fight based on missions cleared? Or money earned? I was hoping I could just trek around hitting dots on the map to make them respawn. EDIT: I did get a Reeking box from a sparkly. I'll try that for now.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:03
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Just let time pass. When I started up the game this morning, two encounters just appeared on the map.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:05
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Endorph posted:You can buy an item that does it, or you can just clear story battles. Levantine posted:Oh drat, does that mean there is a hard limit to how many random battles you can fight based on missions cleared? Or money earned? I was hoping I could just trek around hitting dots to make them respawn.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:05
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Levantine posted:How do I make random battles respawn? I'm early in the game (chapter 4) but Miriel and Sumia are level 2. I'd like to get them up to par but I only had one random battle against pegasus knights which is terrible for levelling mages. Endorph posted:You can buy an item that does it, or you can just clear story battles. I think it's based on a timer also. I woke up this morning, turned on the game and 3 random mobs popped up that were not there last time. However, manipulating the 3DS clock doesn't seem to do anything.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:08
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Yeah, time passing does it too, but I figured he didn't want to wait a few hours just to grind Miriel and Sumia up a couple of levels.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:08
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Ah ok, cool. Part of me kind of wants to restart on Normal. Hard is fairly difficult even early on. I find myself underestimating certain formations and getting rolled over and I chose DEF as my Avatar's flaw and I'm not loving that for Hard. I might beat the game once on Normal and restart on Hard when I have a better grasp of things.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:17
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Endorph posted:Yeah, time passing does it too, but I figured he didn't want to wait a few hours just to grind Miriel and Sumia up a couple of levels. Would manually changing the system clock work too? Nakar posted:Gamestop in Texas just called me. I already got it on the eShop but I'll probably keep the second copy for whatever. Might want to double check with yours if you ordered. I already checked and they gave me the "most likely Friday, we'll call if it comes in early" line. And I'm only one state away from you, dammit. loving Texas  
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Feb 5, 2013 18:17
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Gamestop in Texas just called me. I already got it on the eShop but I'll probably keep the second copy for whatever. Might want to double check with yours if you ordered.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:20
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Nakar posted:Gamestop in Texas just called me. I already got it on the eShop but I'll probably keep the second copy for whatever. Might want to double check with yours if you ordered. Just called mine to check, the game is in, the bundle is not, and he said they have no idea when it's coming in.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:26
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Amazon, if you're not going to fulfill my preorder on schedule, just let me know. Enough with the silent treatment.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:27
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Feb 5, 2013 18:32
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Oooookay, I think I'll wait on doing Nah's recruitment paralogue on Hard. Everything is level 7+ promoted with two highly forged B-rank weapons. And I do mean everything (except the revenant and entombed which have weapons that seemingly can't be forged).
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Feb 5, 2013 18:32
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Aiight! Finally got the 3DS bundle in the mail and it looks spectacular! Still haven't decided anything when it comes to pairings, but meh.
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Feb 5, 2013 18:36
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Slate Action posted:Amazon, if you're not going to fulfill my preorder on schedule, just let me know. Enough with the silent treatment. Yeah, this. They're going to have to ship it out soon if they want it to be here by Wednesday like they're saying it's going to be. it's not going to be here by wednesday, is it...
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Feb 5, 2013 18:38
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The Iron Rose posted:Still haven't decided anything when it comes to pairings, but meh. This is probably a good thing. Reading this thread makes me constantly think I am playing the game wrong haha. Gotta do your own thing the first time through 
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Feb 5, 2013 18:39
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Hay Best Buy preorder peeps, check store availability! It's starting to trickle in; I just got off the phone with them to change my pickup location since it wasn't available at my original store but they DO have it at several other ones in the area. Here's hoping my next post in this thread is about actually playing!
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Feb 5, 2013 18:40
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Holy poo poo my girlfriend just offered to buy me a 3DS just for Fire Emblem Awakening. I'll be able to share how much the RNG spites me sooner rather than later.  Honestly, this sounds like the best Fire Emblem ever.
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The Iron Rose posted:Aiight! Finally got the 3DS bundle in the mail and it looks spectacular!
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