Quests With Shareena is up. Take Shareena off your bench and earn some loot!
Because everyone was complaining about Awakening overuse, there is a new TT coming that will use Awakening Units. Here are the Bonus Units:
Also free 5* āMarthā.
So I started Birthright a couple of days ago and I like it a lot. A lot of people seem to think its a step down from Awakening but I actually like some things a lot more. For one, Iām glad you donāt have to walk around the world map just to find the stuff you want to shop for. The base building and base defense battles are actually pretty cool. Being able to pair units in the pre-battle is a nice touch as well. Im liking the different style of the Hoshido units and classes, definitely makes it feel like Iām not just playing more Awakening. The characters you get seem a lot more unique looks wise. They donāt just look like whatever class they are. The story is actually much more compelling to me so far too and im finding the map layouts a lot more challenging so far.
On the negative side, things def got a lot more āanimeā in this one. Which is something I cant help but notice but is easy to ignore lol. Not really getting why I gotta invite people over to my house just to look them up and down and watch them leaveā¦ (I know in the Japanese version you give them a nice rub down too ,LMAO wut?). The main character kinda looks like a bitch no matter what you choose for him looks wise, especially compared to my cool ass Tactician/Grandmaster/Dark Knight.
Im kind of Curious how the whole Spouse thing works in this one, does it result in a child unit like the last game? Do they do some other travel back in time nonsense in the story to make this feasible? I got my main guy on the verge of marrying both Azura and Felicia and im not sure who to pick.
[details=Spoiler]Children are back, though this time theyāre to whoever their dad is instead of the mother (except FemCorrin and Azura). Also if youāre playing Birthright make sure Corrin and Kaze get an A Support ASAP. As for who to marry to Corrin it depends on what growth boon and bane you have and your bonus class cause Corrin is pretty much the best option for anyone. Felicia gives children more magic but lower defense and Azura really doesnāt do anything for any kid sides bonus speed, skill, and luck (if anything itās more important to pick a good dad for Azuraās kid.)
And yes, there is time BS. [/details]
The new Tempest is up, and even though āMarthā is the bonus unit they have some kickass seals as rewards (especially that 40,000 reward one).
It isnāt time travel, basically the story goes the parents have the kid, then drop them off in alternate dimensions where time moves different and they are partially raised by other people.
It messes a few up according to the child recruitment missions but you rarely see the subject matter given breathing room and they are not acknowledge at all in the main story. Obviously a last minute addition in the game .
Yeah I got to that pretty weird lol
Another thing I really like is the environmental changes that throw you curveballs.
Finally, another chance to get Charlotte.
Oh and some new horse chick.
Yeah, if there is one thing from Fates that will be carried over to new games, the ability to alter the map environment at certain spots is it. Although I hope it isnāt just limited to nobles like in Fates.
Also, the ability to transfer to a different class and not lose levels is great. Been getting too many Ninjas, I need more heavy hitters! The maid outfit was cute but I turned Felicia into a Strategist because her magic was pretty high. Kagero might get changed too as shes not a particularly strong ninja but not sure what to do with her as I bred her with Kaden and wanna keep him in rotation with her as support.
Damn, going to pull hard for Elise.
I actually enjoyed Birthright more than Conquest looking back, although Conquest is definitely more suitable for being an actual, true āFire Emblemā game in terms of the difficulty. I feel like the ones that felt Awakening is better enjoyed abusing Awakeningās mechanics to its fullest, there are some very broken builds like Nosfu tanks, Galeforce legions, Super Kids/Dragons, Rallies, and etc.
Hoshido definitely got better units, better weapons, better customization, but thereās still some things wrong with it. Lack of Axe users is pretty questionable, and sure, Rinkah is there, but her strength growth is terrible overall as a unit. You could change her into a Blacksmith for the 60% strength growth, but the Blacksmith overall kinda sucks (although they have the best critical animation in the game). Way too many bow users as well, Takumi is probably the second best unit in the game because his bow is so OP. This makes all the other bow units obsolete (Nomu on my Conquest run was godly, they lack Bow users in Conquest strange enough).
Fates did it backwards in terms of the waifu stuff, it matters more on which guy marries which girl instead of the other way around. Marrying Azura gives you 2 kids though.
Birthrightās last few chapters were kinda BS. Especially the Wyvern one and the last one.
I need to finish Conquest though.
Birthright is just Ryouma emblem, just park that fucking lobster in the pink and the game plays itself.
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Hoshido definitely got better units, better weapons, better customization, but thereās still some things wrong with it. Lack of Axe users is pretty questionable, and sure, Rinkah is there, but her strength growth is terrible overall as a unit. You could change her into a Blacksmith for the 60% strength growth, but the Blacksmith overall kinda sucks (although they have the best critical animation in the game). Way too many bow users as well, Takumi is probably the second best unit in the game because his bow is so OP. This makes all the other bow units obsolete (Nomu on my Conquest run was godly, they lack Bow users in Conquest strange enough).
Fates did it backwards in terms of the waifu stuff, it matters more on which guy marries which girl instead of the other way around. Marrying Azura gives you 2 kids though. [/quote]
Yeah im definitely noticing all of these very things. Wayyy to many ranged units and Rinkah is ass I keep her tucked behind Kaze until I need the hammer. I made Saizo the master ninja and Kaze the mechanist (weird ass design lmao). Ryouma coming in so OP late in the game is kinda weird too since my units can handle themselves just fine and theres nobody left for him to bone!
They hand you broke ass Ryoma to help the rookies.
Birthright really is the āease newbies into the genreā game.
Another FEH update, itās getting datamined right now. Thereās gonna be a new years banner featuring Male Corrin, Azura, Takumi, Camilla.
Fuck you IS. Thereās like what, 15 FE games or some shit. Always the same units.
EDIT: On second thoughtā¦ I want camilla.
Oh Christ, flying dancer. Flier Emblem is gonna be the meta.
Was going for the rider chick in the legendary banner but Azura and Camilla? All my orbs one banner.
Fire Emblem apparently didnāt exist before Awakening and Fates, lol.
Didnāt Echoes only get like one event? How many versions of the same old Fates/Awakening characters do we need?