Terper posted:

I'm getting engaged.

Lord Koth posted:

I don't think there is synergy though? Both seem to be in-combat activations for themselves, so not exactly sure how you'd stack them.

Briefly looking over the others, Lapis' personal seems extremely dubious. +10 Hit/Avo, -10 Crit if there's an ally next to her is generally just not good for a swordfighter - the Avo is nice, but Hit's generally pointless and a penalty to crit is brutal. In general though I'm noticing a lot of rather niche personal skills there, many of which don't seem particularly useful

SyntheticPolygon posted:

How does marriage get less involved than 3 houses but still exist?

Not that i'm unhappy to hear it.

E: Wait maybe they've finally got rid of S ranks entirely. In which case this will be goty

Tism the Dragon Tickler posted:

Engage isn't out yet so we can talk about how Edelgard is objectively correct in the meantime if you'd like

Terper posted:

Tired Moritz posted:

At least I haven't read a dumbass complain about how the ladies are too fanservicey.

Oh wait when the trailer came out, people were making GBS threads themselves when the pegasus knight have a little bit of cleavage. Nevermind.

FrickenMoron posted:

Who else is gonna play as F Alear and name her Colgate?

Cythereal posted:

I'm still leaning towards not picking this game up unless it's sufficiently gay tbh.

Tired Moritz posted:

Honestly Girl Alear's long hair is kinda driving me insane. Tie it up!! Maybe because I have longish hair as well but my hand itches just looking at her

Natural 20 posted:

That being said if you restricted Brawler to women and Pegasus knights to men, I'd consider that to be really loving interesting.

Hellioning posted:

We should compromise and make unicorn riders that are male only. That way no one is happy.

Drakenel posted:

i appreciate that folks aren't afraid to tell you that you suck this time around.

Notty posted:

One of the reasons I’m kind of okay with Engage’s story being a ‘step back’ in terms of the story is that we’ve had like half a decade now of underbaked ‘ambitious’ games that try to do too much and end up suffering for it.

I’m really looking forward to just having a game that doesn’t leave me wishing they had more time or money because of all the potential that had to be left on the cutting room floor.

Endorph posted:

hell the foreign direct investment and gym minigames are goofy but harmless

Endorph posted:

Tired Moritz posted:

FEH is kinda a bad game, no lie and I'm saying this as the biggest FE simp

Kanos posted:

That seems to be the case, yes. You need weapon type access to become a class, which means you need to spend time with that character using whatever engage provides that weapon proficiency, which of course means that other characters can't be working on getting that same weapon prof unlocked at the same time(unless it's a weapon you have multiple engages for, so, like, swords i guess).

Kanos posted:

It's interesting that they talk about 3H's animations being more subdued because they were held back by the battalion system.

Tae posted:

Is there any redemption for Clanne, you get two spellcasters super quick that don't have 10% mag growth

Gamerofthegame posted:

there's no redemption for them because anna is the most powerful wizard of all

Party Miser posted:

i came down with covid last night after doing so good avoiding it. i hope my brain is sufficiently defogged by tomorrow so i can enjoy this anime rear end game.

VanillaGorilla posted:

The combat seems fun but man what is up with the VO and these obnoxious child characters.

Are….people into this? Is this still a thing in 2023?

Miftan posted:

I'm going to keep Anna as an axe murderer and hope this game has a bolt axe.

Augus posted:

the emblem bond conversations are so half-assed I don’t know why they even bothered lol

“I’m glad to have you fighting by my side, Micaiah!”
“I’m proud of how far you’ve come, Yunaka”
BOND LEVEL UP!

“I feel like I’ve gotten stronger, Marth”
“With the power of friendship, anything is possible, Alear.”
BOND LEVEL UP!

jimmydalad posted:

Is there any difference between blue proficiencies and non-blue proficiencies?

Infinity Gaia posted:

In regards to General movement... I just gave Louis the first pair of Boots I found and 5 move is good enough, especially since I also gave him Advance and Canter so he can better reposition even without Sigurd.

And Smash weapons are for Generals too. Louis ain't doubling poo poo anyways and nothing non magical can hurt him, so might as well give him the biggest single hit possible.

FrickenMoron posted:

Also maybe I just overlooked the explanation but all the skills / stat boosts you unlock from Engage rings that you can buy as passives later... do you just get them? Are they only active if you engage with the ring or are they always on? Or do you need to buy them to work at all?

Endorph posted:

characters do actually have some dialog like this, it just gets overwritten by the 'woah i leveled up' or 'good job alear' dialog if you're actually using them. which means the characters who are most likely to actually comment on anything are the ones you aren't using. its really bizarre.

Eimi posted:

I was one of the biggest haters in this thread and at least up to chapter 10 my impression is mostly that a. the advertising for this game did it no favors, it made think it'd have a tone that's entirely like the scene where you meet Alcryst, instead of that kind of thing being the exception and not the rule. The plot/tone are still simple and lighter than 3H, but the whole package isn't that extra. b. the first few characters aside from Yunaka are the worst and that's where a lot of the advertising is on, once you get to Brodia the character quality massively improves and it's a bold move to put the worst part of your cast first but Alear is also a surprisingly good character, though that might just be that she's the designated straight woman amongst the weirdos and she immediately won me over by feeling how I do towards them. (Why can't any of you be normal!?)

As one of the biggest haters it's definitely managed to win me over, though supports still feel really spare and despite having seen at least a decent amount of C supports, very few drew me in to want to see more of the characters. At least I don't feel the need to be insane and get them all like Awakening.

Veryslightlymad posted:

Hmm. So if the game insists on giving me a slow trickle of Master Seals, would it be worth it to second seal a few people to a different tier 1 class to at least gain some different stats?

Keep in mind that I am using literally everyone. I need, uh, sixteen? Master Seals so far, and as of right now I have three.

Cythereal posted:

4. My brothers and sisters in Lumera what the hell is wrong with you wackadoodles. After getting C supports for Alear and almost everyone on the team, I'm amazed Alear hasn't run screaming for the hills.