Fire Emblem Three Houses: Looks like Teach Just Got Tenure

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Which House?
	Black Eagles
	Blue Lions
	Golden Deer

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Terper posted:

His initials are DAB

If the game gives me the ability to change faction names, it's going to take a lot of willpower to not rename the Blue Lions into "#SquadGoals".

# ¿ Jun 24, 2019 04:34

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 08:37

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

While the story is explicitly Alm's story, Celica will simply happen herself into your top ace list with very little resource investment despite a reduced story presence. She does cause Berkut to snap and go insane, however.

# ¿ Jun 30, 2019 02:53

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Tired Moritz posted:

If Kaiji Tang doesnt voice someone in this game, I will kill God.

In a surprise twist, Kaiji Tang voices the secret final boss, who is in fact a mad god you have to kill to save the continent.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2019 05:16

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Just hit chapter 6 (Golden Deer). Question: What is the trigger to advance the plot that I need to avoid so I don't miss out on the entire month?

# ¿ Aug 9, 2019 05:04

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

hopeandjoy posted:

Entering the dude you suspect�s room.

Thanks.

On a slightly different topic, I am glad that Ferdinand is a pain to poach from Black Eagles because he looks like a tool and can sit in corner like a loser for all I care.

\/ \/E: Hi, it's me. The dork with the sausage fingers that has had to reset multiple times because he accidentally selected incorrect dialogue/menu options. I will take all the help I can get.

AradoBalanga fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Aug 9, 2019

# ¿ Aug 9, 2019 05:12

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

https://twitter.com/moyashi_mou2/status/1191328100052635650

# ¿ Nov 6, 2019 04:33

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

FoolyCharged posted:

On the other hand, the end game arc also included your jagen as one of the final bosses, which was hilarious enough that I was able to find some joy in it all.

That's not even the best worst part.

Gunter (the aforementioned Jagen character) is possessed by the real mastermind behind everything, the fallen dragon Anankos. Once defeated, Gunter stabs himself to free his mind from said final boss. After doing this, Elise and Sakura are able to not only heal Gunter's wounds, but Gunter is freed from the mind control completely. The real kicker is that as the party has moved closer to the showdown with Anankos, they've faced other named bosses that have been possessed by Anankos. Absolutely NONE of these characters are revived and join the party after being defeated, despite both Elise and Sakura being right there when each of these characters die.

# ¿ Nov 9, 2019 05:04

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

CandyCrazy posted:

Some of those Mastery skills look like placeholders, but I fear a world where Lysithea gets Galeforce on top of flight, canto and Thoron.

I, on the other hand, am thrilled to be able to turn Lysithea into a pega pony death goddess.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2019 03:47

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

(Artist source)

# ¿ Nov 11, 2019 05:20

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Eimi posted:

Unrelated but I love fanart that has Byleth and Sothis be friends.

I can only imagine how hilarious the conversation between Hanneman and Manuela would go. :allears:

# ¿ Nov 16, 2019 05:00

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Amppelix posted:

They aren't though. Nobody dies during part 1 (except you know), they only get injured and retreat. This explains why you aren't instantly fired when you lose someone.

And yet, as someone recently discovered, every student (and Byleth) have different death scream clips for Part 1 than they do in Part 2. So it seems that at one point, your students could in fact actually die for real during the academy phase.

# ¿ Dec 1, 2019 05:16

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Zoran posted:

Can someone check for me whether Hanneman's personal rally and the Rally Magic ability stack? I�d look myself but I don�t have a save file on hand with them both available.

Crest Scholar would most likely supercede Rally Magic and not give you a higher buff. Or if Rally Magic was already used on a unit, Crest Scholar would not be usable.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2019 04:29

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Cythereal posted:

Other general thoughts as I go along:

* Thief Byleth is working out well so far - came especially in handy in the Holy Tomb where I sent Byleth up the left and Ashe up the right and both popped the chests. Keys? What's that?

I'd still carry around some keys just in case you need to swing someone over to get things done, especially if a map is wonky with the starting positions. Also, mastering Thief is very much recommended because that's the only way a character can use the Steal ability outside of the Thief class.

# ¿ Dec 27, 2019 05:59

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Carlosologist posted:

Peg Knight Byleth with bows is perhaps history's greatest monster

I can't wait until Dark Flier drops

I'm running Falcon Knight Byleth on my Azure Moon run, and she is very good alongside her Wyvern Lord husband Dedue. Getting him into Wyvern Lord has been a bit of a struggle (why must you have a weakness in Flying, Dedue?), but hey, now Dimitri has three excellent fliers (Ingrid is the third flier) to call upon.

# ¿ Dec 29, 2019 05:38

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

And now for something completely different:

https://twitter.com/eunnieverse/status/1212735297361854464

# ¿ Jan 3, 2020 05:15

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

McTimmy posted:

Gotta be one hell of an accuracy penalty with all that hair in the way.

And that's why Hubert von Vestra, the sentient Action Replay card, is preparing off-screen to ensure 100% accuracy.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2020 05:31

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

https://twitter.com/ScruffyTurtles/status/1203525385792692224

# ¿ Jan 3, 2020 05:43

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Hellioning posted:

Give Lorenz back his relic this instant. He needs the help more than Lysithia does.

In my runs, the help he needs is for him to actually decide whether he wants to go down paladin or mage/dark mage. He literally wants to be a jack-of-all-stats when his growths are clearly not cut out for that job. Oh, and the most important issue that has caused me to bench him: GET SOME loving SPEED, YA DINGUS!

Ignatz is in a similar situation, but I think the problem there is that I've used some combination of Claude/Bernie/Ashe/Leonie for primary bow user duty, and all have been fine and thus make poor Ignatz superfluous. I guess I'll try Ignatz the Assassin for my third run, maybe that'll be the change he needs to stand out more.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2020 00:44

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Eimi posted:

The trick is that Ignatz is actually your healer in Golden Deer while Marianne is another offensive spell caster.

I can also vouch for Marianne's incredible offensive utility. I'm currently having her run in Mortal Savant, and she fits it very well. Even if my choice to have everyone in their monastery outfits leads to accidentally hilarity because the default crouching "spell equipped" pose for Mortal Savant really does not gel with Marianne's long flowing dress. Oh and any staff she has equipped just floats over her right hip and is not properly attached to her waist. That's also hilarious.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2020 04:03

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

https://twitter.com/Willanator93/status/1216753239271469056

# ¿ Jan 14, 2020 06:26

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

ROFL Octopus posted:

I�m going to have a total meltdown if Mage Knight and Dark Flier are indeed gender-locked

I think the datamine said that Dark Flier is indeed locked to female characters. Mage Knight is the coin flip, since no real confirmation was found on gender locks, except that a test run of a male Mage Knight merely recycled the code assets of the Holy Knight class instead of using new assets.

Regardless, be ready to power grind up lance ranks for the people who you intend to put in these class, since all multi-weapon Advanced mounted classes want a minor in lances before you pass the certification.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2020 05:02

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

In a surprise twist, the drama CD will have a hour long track that is nothing but Alois and Seteth performing dad jokes.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2020 02:10

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

https://twitter.com/FireEmblemJP/status/1222429193843048448

So, it turns out that while Cindered Shadows' save data (read: levels, classes, victories, etc.) will operate independently of the main game, completing stuff in Cindered Shadows will unlock extra things in the the main game, like interacting with the Ashen Wolves in the main monastery content. And yes, the above tweet thread does more or less confirm that the Ashen Wolves will appear in the War Phase if you manage to recruit them to your class.

Although, Balthus confirming he has a big booming voice now makes me really upset he doesn't support with Raphael.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2020 06:20

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

https://twitter.com/marth_emblem/status/1220920804755550209

# ¿ Feb 1, 2020 18:20

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

https://twitter.com/eunnieverse/status/1225418873475760129

# ¿ Feb 7, 2020 06:50

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Junpei Hyde posted:

Agreed, three houses should have been a bonkers character action game.

I am midly upset that defeating the Death Knight did not result in him being transformed into a sick-rear end guitar.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2020 05:11

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Cover of this week's Famitsu, artist is Jun Suemi.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2020 04:20

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

General Morden posted:

why are they so gung-ho about removing all traces of the 3H soundtrack on youtube and other sources

Welcome to the Japanese music industry, where things are so tightly controlled and scummy, it makes the RIAA look like a pinnacle of decency.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2020 07:07

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Amppelix posted:

This is the only game OST Nintendo hounds like this though

Like they clearly don't appreciate any of their music being on youtube, but this specific one they go after extremely consistently and forcefully.

If I had to guess, whatever music contract that got put together for the game is still in effect, and thus Nintendo has to abide by the terms within. It might have to do with the fact that since the (almost certainly) new music for Cindered Shadows has not been officially released, Nintendo simply must block all uploads of the soundtrack until the DLC drops. Like, usually by this point, an official OST release would have been announced or even been released to the public, but that hasn't happened yet. So, my gut says that maybe they'll dial it back by the end of the week, but I do not have high hopes.

It kind of fits in with how Nintendo has been very controlling about what information gets put out for the game from early on. I think that in trying to learn from the mistakes of Fates, Nintendo decided to overreact and be way more controlling of Three Houses' development cycle in order to not repeat past mistakes.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2020 08:10

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Tae posted:

Oh my god, Hilda can finally be in her uniform during battle now. This update's great.

That change came with the last update. This update now allows you to change outfits from the activity menu instead of it being exclusive to Byleth's journal (which was only accessible by exploring the monastery).

E:
https://twitter.com/DeathChaos25/status/1224544976861908992

AradoBalanga fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Feb 13, 2020

# ¿ Feb 13, 2020 05:19

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Cattail Prophet posted:

For a second there I got excited and thought maybe they solved it for mounted classes now too, and that's what Tae was talking about. Boo, boo I say!

I think the issue with the mounted classes that the game treats the character as part of the mount's model rather than its own separate model. Thus, the code for outfits would potentially muck around with the code for the mount itself, resulting in either a lot of glitches or even game crashes.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2020 05:28

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

https://twitter.com/DeathChaos25/status/1228138246347067395

Interesting. It seems that the entire playable cast have data in Cindered Shadows, but are left "unrecruited" so you can't access them. Out of the list, the most striking is Manuela, as she starts as an Assassin (her enemy class if unrecruited in the main game), but still has Priest and Bishop on hand. Maybe she was going to be part of the playable CS roster at one point in time?

# ¿ Feb 14, 2020 07:11

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Zulily Zoetrope posted:

Wait wait wait

Manuela can be an enemy? On what routes? And does this also go for the other church characters recruitable on any route?

To add to what was said, if you don't recruit either Hanneman or Manuela and are on all non-CF routes, the pair will show up in the defense of Garreg Mach as the Warlock manning the Fire Orb (Hanneman) and the Bishop at the back of the starting point atop the stairs (Manuela). I did not know this until Ragnar Homsar's LP showed it off, as I recruited both in my playthroughs.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2020 07:43

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Blaziken386 posted:

me: "okay, I will use lorenz this run, I will make him useful this time"
lorenz: *absolutely refuses to have good levels*

he's not bad, exactly, but he is aggressively middle of the road. He tries to be a good mage and a good cavalier and succeeds at being mediocre at both

This is also my experience with Lorenz. He wants to effectively be a dedicated multitasker (Dark Knight is basically the end goal he wants to be), but ultimately gets sidelined by the specialist units. Lorenz wants to throw magic around...but there's Lysithea and Marianne to compete with him and both have more lucrative spell lists (Lysithea has high magic, anti-cavalry and anti-monster magic + Warp; Marianne has high crit spells + Physic and Silence). Lorenz also wants to be a cavalry unit, and there's Leonie doing doughnuts around him like it's an Olympic sport. Even Ignatz, by contrast, has a few more "get out of jail free" cards to play. His access to Rally skills is absolutely weclome, plus Ignatz will always have +20 Hit thanks to his personal skill. Thus, Ignatz can slide into a solid backup option role, while Lorenz just simply cannot establish a niche for himself to excel at.

And all of this is before you factor in students from other houses you poach or even Byleth, as those units can push Lorenz (and Ignatz to a degree) even further into the back.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2020 05:59

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Bongo Bill posted:

Imagine not wanting to see every support.

I have seen very little of Alois' supports, mostly because he joins so late and I'm already set on building up the team I have in place by that point. So any of his supports I've managed to unlock are due to "I have activity points to burn, let me eat some food with Alois and someone he supports with" or "Alois, go be the adjutant to this unit you have a support with while they get stronger".

# ¿ Feb 26, 2020 00:35

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

KittyEmpress posted:

His best support is with Mercedes who owns him.

Mercedes has two settings: doting and caring older sister figure, and absolutely savage dunkings. And sometimes she combines the two just because she can.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2020 01:11

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

capitaldelendaest posted:

Reuinion on BL is a powerful argument for putting Ashe and Annette on wyverns

I'd argue for having either Dimitri or Byleth brute force their way over to Annette and Mercedes' spawn area, if only to give the pair someone with an actual defense stat to block chokepoints. Dimitri turned out fairly tanky in my AM run, so I had him rip and tear on the way over to that side while Annette and Mercedes chipped in with either a finishing sweep, by keeping Dimitri healed up constantly, or being mobile supply crates full of lances for Dimitri to burn through. Thank goodness his crest only affects combat arts and doesn't also affect regular attacks, otherwise that whole strategy would have driven me insane.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2020 04:49

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Yeah, I'd say the difficulty goes (from easiest to hardest): Verdant Wind --> Silver Snow --> Azure Moon. Yes, Seteth may not have the ranged options Claude will most likely have by that point (I think you can maybe brute force Seteth into D bows by that point, so he can sort of have range), but being able to fly around like Claude will definitely help smooth things along. Claude also has the bonus of the Immortal Corps battalion, a 2-3 range AoE gambit that can be very useful with how clustered enemies can get. Seriously, I'd go for playing Verdant Wind first just so any NG+ runs have access to the very good C rank flier battalion out of the gate.

For Dimitri's side of things, I'd recommend that he carry the March Ring into battle, so he can have 6 movement and get around stuff faster. His unique timeskip classes being foot-locked really hurt him in the long run, so any extra movement he can pick up is welcomed. After that, it's sadly a game of "pray Annette/Mercedes/Ashe turned out good so they can survive the fuckpocalypse they'll be walking into".

# ¿ Mar 5, 2020 06:20

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

In news about this game nobody probably cares about, thanks to Heroes, we've learned the name of Ferdinand's father: Ludwig von Aegir.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2020 05:51

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 08:37

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

I have a weird question about Chapter 5 of Cindered Shadows. Spoiled since it's about a cutscene. So, when the Ashen Wolves are captured after the chapter, all of them are in their monastery clothes....except Balthus, who stays in his War Monk outfit for the entire scene. Is that a glitch or did the devs forget to swap clothes for Balthus? I didn't meddle with any of the appearance options, at least, I don't think I did.

As for the actual DLC, I did like it. It definitely made me re-evaluate some of the things I passed on in the main story. Seriously, the Great Wall of Edelgard was a lifesaver in a lot of cases, and this is someone who only gave people the Fortress Knight exam just for the defense stat boosts you'd get from passing. My one advice for anyone who wants to try the DLC: keep Linhardt as a Bishop. The extra healing uses will come in handy for most of the DLC, even though I wished that I could have had access to a healer with Fortify for some maps.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2020 05:01

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