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Gruckles
Mar 11, 2013


[Plans for the future...] >[First crushes...] [Gardening mishaps...]

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Zoran
Aug 19, 2008

I lost to you once, monster. I shall not lose again! Die now, that our future can live!
The heartbeat thing is only fully explained in Crimson Flower, I believe.

HOTLANTA MAN
Jul 4, 2010

by Hand Knit
Lipstick Apathy

Gruckles posted:

[Plans for the future...] >[First crushes...] [Gardening mishaps...]

IT IS TIME TO PART. THANK YOU FOR THE TEA, I MUST PREPARE.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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>[Cats]

They were drawn in to the conversation!

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

this glorious monument

Alright. Playthrough #2 in the books. BE and BL down.

Pairings:
Byelth and Dorothea, obviously because Dorothea is the single best character in the game. It almost felt a waste to marry her myself since all her A supports are dynamite.
Dmitri and Marianne They bonded over mutual sadness, it was adorable
Felix and Lysithia This one wound up sucking. I tried switching to Lysithia/Cyril but it was too late
Cyril and Sharmir awww, they Robin Hoods. I don't recall if marriage was actually involved in this one
Manuela and Hanneman If they're going to argue like an old married couple they might as be an old married couple
Ferdinand and Bernadetta I loved their A support in my first run. Their paired ending is ok I guess
Ashe and Ingrid I was feeling the chemistry between these two right from C rank. It is ambiguous whether it ended in marriage
Sylvain and Mercedes I won't lie, this pairing exists because after all the other pairings Mercedes was the only one I could pair Sylvain with. I don't even remember details
Annette and Lindhardt This one seemed natural. Opposites attract. The support ladder was eh but their ending was cute

The fallout from Cyril/Sharmir meant that Dedue and Flayn didn't get paired endings. I kinda wish Felix/Catherine was a thing.

Blue Lions end spoiler that I'm sure pretty much everybody who has played Blue Lions has made:
I'm sorry I was of the understanding that I'd get some goddamn answers from Rhea

Despite my entire team being murder blenders and turning 90% of the game into solar supernova vs ant the last fight had that juuuuust right difficulty in it.
So allons y, the Golden Deer await.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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One of the DLC's adds the option to play Shout over the epilogue

Jerry Manderbilt
May 31, 2012

No matter how much paperwork I process, it never goes away. It only increases.
Oh the whims of the RNG for my Blue Lions run, or at least how it can sense who I’m gonna S rank this time around

Lysithea has missed her 60% magic growth four times so far but has hit her speed really well (13 in each stat at level 9)

Ashe on the other hand has like 14 attack and speed and 10 defense at level 8

Jerry Manderbilt fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Aug 15, 2019

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013


This would be cool DLC. I’d absolutely date the Death Knight.

There’s a few characters I feel were planned to be playable at some point but got cut, and I’m kinda hoping they’ll get some play in future content.

Mordiceius
Nov 10, 2007

If you think calling me names is gonna get a rise out me, think again. I like my life as an idiot!
So for the BE path split If you choose the Church path, I'm assuming you lose both Edelgard and Hubert?

Hellioning
Jun 27, 2008

Yes.

McTimmy
Feb 29, 2008

SyntheticPolygon posted:

This would be cool DLC. I’d absolutely date the Death Knight.

There’s a few characters I feel were planned to be playable at some point but got cut, and I’m kinda hoping they’ll get some play in future content.

He has Mastermind, which makes no sense whatsoever on an NPC.

rannum
Nov 3, 2012

SyntheticPolygon posted:

This would be cool DLC. I’d absolutely date the Death Knight.

There’s a few characters I feel were planned to be playable at some point but got cut, and I’m kinda hoping they’ll get some play in future content.

Jeralt can earn (& lose!) support points despite having no support lines. He also has a unique personal skill where bosses usually just double up on other unit's skills or your the final boss and you need a fancy gimmick.


Sothis I feel absolutely was at some point. She has stat caps internally & growth rates despite having no instance like Jeralt & Rhea to like...display them, the Sothis Guard in NG+ feels like a way to use scrapped battle animations, and like Jeralt she also earns/loses support points despite only having a S Rank that you can just always get

Ometeotl
Feb 13, 2012



It's MISSEL! Or SISSLE!
I confused myself...



I beat my first path last night, Eagles, but on the other paths does Jeritza...exist anymore than he does in this one? You never get introduced to him, he's just there being weird and standoffish when you first get to explore a little and he's there mostly unmentioned for a few months until Flayn is kidnapped and he just disappears never to be seen again except for the dungeon access being in his room.

rannum
Nov 3, 2012

Also, do the other routes even see Fleche? She's Randolph's sister you see on Edelgard's route but the way she's treated I'd be surprised if you ever fought her on the other routes. I'd add her to the pile of "was this a recruitable character at one point" if not.

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


rannum posted:

Also, do the other routes even see Fleche? She's Randolph's sister you see on Edelgard's route but the way she's treated I'd be surprised if you ever fought her on the other routes. I'd add her to the pile of "was this a recruitable character at one point" if not.

She does appear on the Blue Lions route but she's not named iirc.

not a bot
Jan 9, 2019

rannum posted:

Also, do the other routes even see Fleche? She's Randolph's sister you see on Edelgard's route but the way she's treated I'd be surprised if you ever fought her on the other routes. I'd add her to the pile of "was this a recruitable character at one point" if not.

She is in the Blue Lions route and after a mission where Randolph is the boss she tries to kill Dimitri and dies trying

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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That was really weird since Dimitri didn't even kill the guy, Byleth did

Caidin
Oct 29, 2011

Onmi posted:

Listen, if your plan is flawed by the idea of "Won't run towards the murder hobo's you hired." you need a better plan. And given we see Dimitri snap dudes necks with his bare hands. it really seems like of the three the one most in danger of being killed by bandits was Edelgard.

I feel like saying Dimitri snaps dudes necks with his bare hands is actually underselling the moment a little. He grabs a dude by the face with ONE hand, flicks his wrist, and that's all it took. Between that poo poo and some of the odd little strength related accidents mentioned in some supports and I wondered for a bit about that boy.

Fojar38 posted:

That was really weird since Dimitri didn't even kill the guy, Byleth did

Eh, Dimitri would have gotten around to it after indulging the more mean spirited bits of his psychosis for a bit. Byleth was just doing Randy a favor.

Caidin fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Aug 15, 2019

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?
on the BE fight vs Dimitri I had to divine pulse like 8 times before even one character could get a loving hit in on him, and I had at least 5 per turn trying (and at least one of them getting OHKOed). even Bernie, my beloved horse archer, couldn't loving hit him. on the last go around though Byleth and El each got him (after a Bernie and Petra miss), taking him down in one turn. very annoying.

Hunt11
Jul 24, 2013

Grimey Drawer

Fojar38 posted:

That was really weird since Dimitri didn't even kill the guy, Byleth did

That doesn't really hold up considering what Dimitri was hoping to do with him.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Hunt11 posted:

That doesn't really hold up considering what Dimitri was hoping to do with him.

Yeah but there's nothing to indicate that she was close enough to hear what he was saying so she would have just seen Byleth strike him down. Or maybe she just assumed Dimitri killed him

not a bot
Jan 9, 2019

Fojar38 posted:

Yeah but there's nothing to indicate that she was close enough to hear what he was saying so she would have just seen Byleth strike him down. Or maybe she just assumed Dimitri killed him

It' probably simpler than that. She knows that Dimitri is the leader of the army and his brother died because they attacked

Bogart
Apr 12, 2010

by VideoGames
Just beat Beagles-Chaos. Game loving rips. I hope the DLC is good and that Koei Tecmo gets another shot at this. Some minor UI fixes and better map design and 3H would be probably the best of 'em all. As it is, it's way high up there.

Funky Valentine
Feb 26, 2014

Dojyaa~an

Fojar38 posted:

One of the DLC's adds the option to play Shout over the epilogue

HUBERT was dispatched to the front lines when war between Fodlan and Tellius began. He was Meteor'd by his own men before ever seeing battle.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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HILDA retired to a well-earned life of relaxation in Derdriu. Within a year she was ruler of both the Leicester Alliance and the continent of Almyra.

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


https://twitter.com/AAnimatorYellow/status/1161794825261207554

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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IGNATZ received a knighthood from Lorenz, and took the opportunity to pursue his artistic dreams. He achieved great renown until his early death in IY 1208 after being accidentally locked in a supply warehouse for a week.

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




hahaha the Chap 10 cutscene

:ssj:

Carlosologist
Oct 13, 2013

Revelry in the Dark

Fojar38 posted:

One of the DLC's adds the option to play Shout over the epilogue

BERNADETTA retired to her territory and became a kind and just ruler, but she still needed to be coaxed out of her quarters for most social events. She went on to marry a commoner from one of her villages, causing quite an uproar.

Blaziken386
Jun 27, 2013

I'm what the kids call: a big nerd
Beat the penultimate mission for Golden Deer and lmao the setting is technically post apocalyptic

Also, originally I attempted to fight Thales normally, because I don't like cheesing bosses too much? But then he did an Earthquake attack on my units outside, who were all at half health, and killed four people. So, I reset time, plonked Lysithea behind his stronghold, opened the door, and one-shot him from behind a wall. Go to hell, you crotchety old gently caress.

Zoran
Aug 19, 2008

I lost to you once, monster. I shall not lose again! Die now, that our future can live!
Golden Deer chapter 20: I just killed Edelgard. That affected me way more than I expected. “I wanted... to walk with you.” :smith:

Blaziken386
Jun 27, 2013

I'm what the kids call: a big nerd

Zoran posted:

Golden Deer chapter 20: I just killed Edelgard. That affected me way more than I expected. “I wanted... to walk with you.” :smith:
:same:
:rip: Edelgard, you truly were the best character

Taear
Nov 26, 2004

Ask me about the shitty opinions I have about Paradox games!

rannum posted:

Jeralt can earn (& lose!) support points despite having no support lines. He also has a unique personal skill where bosses usually just double up on other unit's skills or your the final boss and you need a fancy gimmick.


Sothis I feel absolutely was at some point. She has stat caps internally & growth rates despite having no instance like Jeralt & Rhea to like...display them, the Sothis Guard in NG+ feels like a way to use scrapped battle animations, and like Jeralt she also earns/loses support points despite only having a S Rank that you can just always get

Apparently someone did a datamine and found that Sothis has a lot of stuff that makes it seem like she was cut really late on.

And yea with Jeritza it's really goddamn bizzare, he speaks to you like you've been introduced to him but you haven't at all. Like you say "that's not like you" about something when you've only seen him once, how do you even know? He's so clearly cut stuff.

rannum posted:

Also, do the other routes even see Fleche? She's Randolph's sister you see on Edelgard's route but the way she's treated I'd be surprised if you ever fought her on the other routes. I'd add her to the pile of "was this a recruitable character at one point" if not.

Yea she's just kinda there. All three of those BE generals are weird stuff.

Hyper Crab Tank
Feb 10, 2014

The 16-bit retro-future of crustacean-based transportation
I still want to know who the gently caress Metodey is supposed to be.

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

They're just some dude working for the bad guys.

I don't think it's supposed to be a mystery or anything.

SyntheticPolygon fucked around with this message at 09:40 on Aug 15, 2019

Hyper Crab Tank
Feb 10, 2014

The 16-bit retro-future of crustacean-based transportation
Nah, I don't mean it's a mystery. It's just this game has a tendency to put new named characters front and center only for them to instantly eat poo poo before you get a chance to learn anything about them, and turn out to be basically just glorified mooks.

It's such a stark contrast to the kids, who are interesting and fleshed out and in many cases could just take the place of some of these characters and be better for it.

Hyper Crab Tank fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Aug 15, 2019

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

I mean, I don't think there's anything wrong with there just being a generic dude with a name as a boss unit in a one-off map and I don't think he's really built up that much.

Unless maybe i'm getting names confused?

Hyper Crab Tank
Feb 10, 2014

The 16-bit retro-future of crustacean-based transportation
It's the guy who appears to be leading the raid on the Holy Tomb when Edelgard is revealed as the Flame Emperor, is fully voice acted and part of the animated cutscene. Except both Edelgard and Hubert are just standing around right next to him, so why isn't he just Hubert? You kill him in that same mission.

I would basically put Randolph, Fleche and whatshername in the same category, though. And for that matter, Kronya.

e: (Holy Tomb spoiler, as is the above) That cutscene has one of my favorite lines in the game though as Linhardt, with a lot of sincerity, goes "So the Flame Emperor is connected to the Empire... I never thought that possible." I mean, I get it, but it sounds so dumb when he says it like that.

Hyper Crab Tank fucked around with this message at 09:54 on Aug 15, 2019

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

Yeah that guy, every character is voice acted so I guess that bit never really felt like it meant much to me.

You're completely right about Kronya though, hell even Solon..

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Blaziken386
Jun 27, 2013

I'm what the kids call: a big nerd
I beat Nemesis :toot:
and I did it with the power of friendship. Thanks, Claude. :shobon:

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